Time

          Activity

0800

Registration and Coffee

0900

Welcome & Keynotes

Welcome

Hanne Shapiro, Chairman of the day

0910

Introduction

Rosalie Zobel
(European Commission, Director DG Infso)

0920

IST: a challenge to government

Mark Rickard
(Director of the British Hansard Society)

0940

Scenarios as a means to support development of robust policies

James P. Kahan,
(presentation included talking points not included on the slides.)
(RAND Europe)

1000

Scenarios for ICT policy in  education

Beatriz Pont
(OECD Education)

1020

Scenarios on the digital economy

1040

Morning Coffee

1100

Session 1: IST impact on Governments and their interaction.

Public administration in 2010

Georg Aichholzer
(Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) – Austrian Academy of Sciences, Prisma)

E-government services of the future

Maria Wimmer
(Johannes Kepler University of Linz, eGOV)

Internet, discourses and Democracy

Rolf Lührs
(Tutech, Demos)

Questions and discussion

1230

Lunch

1340

Keynote

Regional development and Information Society

Olivier Pascal
(European Commission)

1400

Session 2: IST impact on Regional Development

Regional Benchmarking of e-government in European Regions

Gabriella Cattaneo
( Databank, STAR)

The new regional agenda – evolving practice and policy

Jeremy Millard
(DTI, BISER, BEEP)

PANDORA: Pilot Action on digital economy opportunities for Rural Areas

Stefania Filipazzi,
(Politecnico di Milano, PANDORA)

Questions and answers

1530

Afternoon Coffee

1545

Session 3:

Development beyond the EU

Challenges for Knowledge Systems in the EU's New Member States

Ken Ducatel
(IPTS)

The new role of the regions in a global economy

Ursula Huws,
(Analytica, Emergence)

Scenarios and modelling to support sustainable policy

Steve Simmons
(Addico Cornix, Terra2000)

Questions and answers

1715

Plenary Panel

An Agenda for Europe

Andrew Miller (MP)

Maarten Botterman (RAND Europe)

Lone Dybkjaer (Member of the European Parliament)

1800

End