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EIF PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Wednesday, 7 December, 2005 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels. 

TRIP TO INDIA

25 November - 3 December 

EIF BOARD MEETING

Wednesday, 23 November, 2005 (12.45-14.30)
Hotel Leopold, rue du Luxembourg 35, 105 Brussels

WSIS REPORTS

Wednesday, 23 November, 2005 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels. 

Chair: Malcolm Harbour MEP
Guest Speaker: Jean-François Soupizet, European Commission

POLICY DISCUSSION WITH COMMISSIONER McCREEVY

Tuesday, 22 November, 2005 (12.45-14.30)
Club des Guides, 32 rue d'Arlon, Brussels.

Keynote speaker: Commissioner Charlie McCreevy

DIGITAL LIFESTYLE PLANNING

 
Wednesday, 9 November, 2005 (9.30-11.00)
EBU, 50 rue Wiertz, 1040 Brussels

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Wednesday, 9 November, 2005 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels 

All EIF Members Welcome

DIGITAL LIFESTYLE PLANNING

Wednesday, 19 October, 2005 (11.00-12.30)
EBU, 50 rue Wiertz, 1040 Brussels
 


BOARD MEETING


Wednesday, 19 October, 2005 (8.00-10.30)
Renaissance Hotel, Brussels
 


ONLINE GAMBLING

Wednesday, 12 October, 2005 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels 

Co-Chairs:

Malcolm Harbour, MEP Manuel Medina Ortega, MEP
Guest speakers:
Marc Callu Belgian Gaming Board
Wes Himes Remote Gambling Association
Etienne Marique President, European Lotteries

Please find the speech given by Mr Marique below.

Speech Intgam EIF 1005.doc (60 KB)

DATA RETENTION

Tuesday, 11 October, 2005 (19.45-22.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels 

Chairman: Alexander Alvaro, MEP
Guest Speaker:
Philippe Gerard DG Information Society, European Commission
Guest Panel:
Luc Beirens Belgian Federal Computer Crime Unit
Michael Rotert President, EuroISPA
Tim Smith IFPI
Sjoera Nas Bits of Freedom
Giuseppe Verrini Global VIce President, Symantec

 

DIGITAL LIFESTYLE PLANNING

Wednesday, 5 October, 2005 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels 

All EIF Members Welcome

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN eCOMMERCE

Tuesday, 4 October, 2005 (19.45-22.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels 

Wecome from the Chair: Arlene McCarthy, MEP
Governor, European Internet Foundation
Guest Speakers:
Mike MacNamara Chief Operating Officer, Tesco.Com
David Mair DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
Frederik Nordquist European Consumer Centre
Tanguy Peers Country Manager, eBay Belgium; Co-Founder BeCommerce
 

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE


Thursday, 15 September, 2005 (8.00-9.30)

Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels 

EIF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Wednesday, 14 September, 2005 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels 

TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED EUROPEAN eHEALTH SYSTEM

Tuesday, 13 September, 2005 (19.00-22.30)
Stanhope Hotel, 9 rue du Commerce, 1000 Brussels

19.00: Cocktails and demonstrations by:
Cisco: Medical Messanger - a platform for integrated, unified communication in Healthcare organisations
Kodak: Web based diagnostic reporting system - a system that enables e-consultation and reporting between medical facilities
Philips: Myheart - Fighting cardio-vascular diseases by prevention and early diagnosis
Siemens: Soarian Health Connect - A Scottish internet based platform for monitoring and screening diabetics


20.00: Dinner Discussion
Welcome from the Chairman:

Guest Speakers:

Pilar del Castillo, MEP
Governor, European Internet Foundation

Kevin Dean
Director Public Sector Healthcare, Cisco Systems

From eHealth to Connected Health

Cisco.pdf (1 MB)

Christopher Varian
Kodak Health Group

Cross Border Diagnostic Services
Kodak.ppt (10 MB)

Stan Smits
CEO, BG Medical IT, Philips Medical Systems
Integrating Personal Healthcare into a Healthcare System
Philips.ppt (1 MB)
Karl-Jürgen Schmitt
Director Health Policy, Siemens Medical Solutions
Healthcare Infrastructure and Optimizing Healthcare Processes
Siemens.ppt (3 MB)
Kees Smedema
Chairman, eHealth Taskforce, COCIR
Concluding Recommendations
COCIR.pdf (68 KB)

MEP VISIT TO WASHINGTON DC AND LOS ANGELES

USA July 2005 029.JPG   July 18-27 

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Wednesday, 13July, 2005 (8.00-9.30),
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

All EIF members welcome 

DINNER WITH ICANN

Wednesday, 6 July, 2005 (20.00-22.30),
Strasbourg, Restaurant "Au Crocodile", 10 rue de l'Outre

Chairman: Malcolm Harbour, MEP, Governor, EIF
Guest Speaker: Paul Twomey, CEO, ICANN

MEETING WITH ENISA - EUROPEAN NETWORK AND INFORMATION SECURITY AGENCY

Thursday, 23 June, 2005 (8.15-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels
 

Chairman: Erika Mann, MEP, Chairman, EIF
Guest Speaker: Andrea Pirotti, Executive Director, ENISA

GLOBAL SOURCING AND THE NEED FOR ENHANCED ICT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE

Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 19.45-22.30
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

Chairman: Erika Mann, MEP, Chairman, EIF
Guest Speakers: Dudley Dolan, ECDL and Senior Lecturer, Trinity College, Dublin
Antonio Herrera, Cisco Systems, in behalf of eSCC Chair
Christine Leitner, Senior Lecturer, European Institute of Public Administration
Giles Sumner, Business Development Manager, Computer People Consultants 

Please find below a report on the above dinner discussion

EIF eSkills dinner debate report.22June05.doc (135 KB)

EIF BOARD MEETING

Wednesday, 22 June 2005, (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

GEANT AND GRID eINFRASTRUCTURES FOR RESEARCH

Thursday, 16 June 2005, (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members' Restaurant, European Parliament,  Brussels 
 

Chairman: Malcolm Harbour, MEP, EIF Governor
Guest Speakers: Dai Davies, General Manager, DANTE
Wolfgang von Rüden, Director, CERN
 

i2010 DINNER

Wednesday, 15 June 2005, (18.45-20.00)
Private Salons, Members' Restaurant, European Parliament,  Brussels

Chairman: Arlene McCarthy, MEP, EIF Governor
Guest Speakers: Frans De Bruïne, Director, DG INFSO C (Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society), European Commission

Phillipa Marks, Director,  Indepen
Contributor to Indepen Ovum Report “2010…Achieving the Lisbon Agenda:  The Contribution of ICT”

COMMISSION RECEPTION ON i2010

 Wednesday, 15 June 2005, (18.45-20.00)
European Parliament, PHS2, Brussels

Keynote Speaker: Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media

All EIF Members welcome

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Thursday, 26 May, 2005 (8.00-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels
All EIF Members welcome

WGIG-WSIS

Tuesday, 24 May, 2005 (19.45-22.30)
Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

Chairman: Arlene McCarthy, MEP, EIF Governor
Guest Speakers:
Markus Kummer, Executive Secretary, WGIG
Peter Zangl, Deputy Director General, Information Society DG, European Commission

COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED INVENTIONS

Tuesday, 24 May, 2005 (8.00-9.00)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

Chairman: Erika Mann, MEP, Chairman of EIF
Guest Speakers:
Michel Rocard, MEP, Rapporteur on CII
Piia-Noora Kauppi, MEP, Shadow Rapporteur on CII

LEGISLATORS' ROUND TABLE DICUSSION WITH MICHAEL EISNER, CEO OF WALT DISNEY

Monday, 23 May, 2005 (13.30-14.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

EIF BOARD MEETING

Thursday, 28 April, 2005 (8.15-22.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

DIGITAL TV

Tuesday, 26 April, 2005 (19.00-22.30)
Stanhope Hotel, 9 rue du Commerce, Brussels

Chairman: Malcolm Harbour, MEP
Guest Speakers:
Tom Loosemore, Head of New Media Foresight, BBC New Media
Jorma Miettinen, Senior Vice President Broadcasting, MTV Finalnd
Ted Shapiro, Deputy Managing Director, VicepPresident and General Counsel Europe, Motion Picture Association
Duco Sickinghe, CEO and Managing Director, Telenet
Cesar Vohringer, Chief Technology Officer, Philips Consumer Electronics

Below are some of the interesting presentations that our distinguished speakers presented during the dinner.

Tom Loosermore.ppt (3 MB)
Jorma Miettenen.ppt (4 MB)
Ted Shapiro.ppt (1 MB)

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Thursday, 21 April, 2005 (8.15-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament
All members welcome

LUNCH WITH THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

 Wednesday, 6 April, 2005 (13.00-14.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament

Chairman: Pilar del Castillo, MEP
Keynote Speaker: Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Thursday, 17 March, 2005 (8.15-9.30)
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels
All members welcome

ROME II REGULATIONS AND THE SINGLE MARKET

Wednesday, 16 March, 2005 (13.00-14.30)
Salle Sydney, NCI Centre, 50 rue Wiertz, Brussels

Chairwoman: Erika Mann, MEP
Guest Speaker: Diana Wallis, MEP, Rapporteur on Rome II
Comments: Tilmann Kupfer, European Regulatory Manager, BT
Michael Wagner, Deputy Director Legal Affairs, European Broadcasting Union
 

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN DIGITAL SCIENCE AND THE ROLE OF FP7

Tuesday, 15 March 2005 (19.45 - 22.30) 
 Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

 

Chairman: Angelika Niebler, MEP
Guest Speakers: Frans De Bruïne, Director, DG INFSO C (Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society), European Commission
Martyn Lowry, Vice President, Technology Business Development, Oracle
Table duscussion leaders: Xavier Barras, EPCglobal France Manager, GS1 France
Paul Brown, Vice President, WorldDAB
Stephen Emmott, Director, Cambridge R&D Labs, Microsoft
Martyn Lowry, Vice President, Technology Business Development, Oracle
Burkhard Neidecker-Lutz, Technical Director, SAP Research
Thomas Sidenbladh, Head of EU Affairs Office, Ericsson

Please find below a copy of the speech that Martyn Lowry gave on behalf od Andrew Sutherland and resumés of the individual table discussions.

A Sutherland - M Lowry speech.doc (39 KB)
TableResumés.doc (61 KB)

EIF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Wednesday, 2 March (8.30-9.30)  
 
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels
All EIF Members welcome

DATA RETENTION

Tuesday, 1 March (8.15 - 9.30) 

Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

Chair: Erika Mann, MEP, Chairwoman, EIF
Guest Speaker: Alexander Alvaro, MEP, Rapporteur on Data Retention, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 

VISIT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL INTERNET CAUCUS

Tuesday, 22 February (lunch - late afternoon)  
 
European Parliament, Strasbourg 

12:30-14:15: Lunch and roundtable discussion with

Host:
Guests:

Vice President Alejo Vidal-Quadras and MEPs 
Visiting Congressional Delegation and staff

14.30 - 15.30: Legislators Roundtable Discussion on Technological issues.
Involves: Congressional Delegation, TPN, EIF/ Internet Caucus political and business personalities and co-operating institutions
 
 
15.30 - 16.30: Roundtable Discussion on Agricultural issues:
Opening Comments:Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Commissioner for Agriculture
Involves:Visiting Congressional Delegation and staff
Chairman Joseph Daul and TPN MEPs participants 

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

 Thursday, 17 February (8.15-9.30)  
 
Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels
All EIF Members welcome

Consultation of all EIF Business members regarding Board candidates

Friday, 4 February 2005 (10.30-12.00) 
 
Telefónica Offices, 28 rue de la Loi, Brussels
All EIF Business Members welcome

LEGISLATORS' ROUND TABLE DICUSSION WITH BILL GATES

Tuesday, 1 February 2005 (13.30-14.30) 
 
Concert Noble, rue d'Arlon, Brussels 
 

James Elles (Vice-Chairman), Bill gates and Erika Mann (Chairman) at the EIF Roundtable discussion with Bill Gates

UPDATE ON THE WSIS

Wednesday, 26 January2005 (8.15-9.30) 
 
Private Salon, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

Guest Speaker: Jean François Soupizet, DG Information Society, European Commission
  Soupizet Speech.doc (85 KB)

EIF WELCOME RECEPTION

Tuesday, 25 January (18.00-20.30)

Private Salon, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels
 
 
Chairman:
Erika Mann, MEP
Chairman, European Internet Foundation

Keynote Speakers:
Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, European Commission
Ruud Huisman, CEO, Tiscali
 

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Viviane Reding, Ruud Huisman and Erika Mann at the Welcome Reception

  Huisman Speech.ppt (430 KB)


EIF Board Meeting

Wednesday January 19 (8.15-9.30) 

Private Salons, Members Restaurant, European Parliament, Brussels

 
 


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