WISTCIS Outlook Conference
"Information Society Priorities: New Prospects for European CIS Countries"

The conference is funded by the Information Society Technologies Programme of the European Union and organised by International Association EDNES (Earth Data Network for Education and Scientific Exchange) in the framework of the project WISTCIS ("New methods of Working for Information Society Technologies Programme Promotion to Commonwealth of Independent States").

Conference goals:

1. Strengthen scientific and technological co-operation between the European Union (EU) and CIS countries;
2. Promote development of new technologies, applications and creating of new roles for technology in the field of public services including eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning and eCulture, ensure higher security of the information infrastructure and a wider availability of broadband access to create a dynamic business environment;
3. Demonstrate Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme results of Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) and promote Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) to CIS;
4. Encourage submission of new project proposals to Information Society Priority of FP6.

Conference participants will have special opportunities to take part in training course on EU FP6 and thematic workshops.

All projects, companies and individuals interested in IT applications and participation in FP6 are encouraged to take part in the conference and submit papers.

Conference languages: English and Russian