GREAT-IST
Final Conference
“Insights to IST RTD policies
in Eastern Europe: Fostering innovation
in the “Great European East”
Sofia,
21st November 2007
The Great-IST Final Conference “Insights to
IST RTD policies in Eastern Europe: Fostering innovation in the “Great
European East” took place in Sofia
on 21st November 2007 within the 10th Central European Initiative (CEI) Summit
Economic Forum (SEF).
The Great-IST Final Conference focused
on the adoption of a more consistent IST RTD approach within the European
framework in the project target countries as well as on the improvement of the
IST legislative and institutional infrastructure through the presentation and
the discussion of the final results of the Great-IST project, that is the study
(final report) ‘IST Research & Development Policies in Eastern Europe
- Insights and Recommendations Fostering Innovation’ and the Great-IST
position paper. These documents include IST state of the art and analysis in
the target countries and recommendations for convergence towards the EU IST
policies.
The Final Conference gathered decision
and policy makers, representatives of academia, research and industry related
to IST from the project target countries and from other European countries. Key
speakers were representatives of the European Commission, of institutions
from the target countries, and of IST research and industry from the target
countries and other European countries.
Have a look at the PROGRAMME of the Final Conference
The Great-IST Final Conference was
co-organised by the Central European Initiative (CEI), as project partner
responsible for the event, and the Bulgarian State Agency for Information
Technology and Communication on behalf of the CEI Bulgarian Presidency for
2007, in cooperation with the whole project consortium.
