Subject: [E-Conf] IST 98 Conference and Workshops in Vienna
From: Steven Krauwer <Steven.Krauwer@let.uu.nl>
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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:33:14 +0200


IST 98 Vienna 


      Information Society Technologies Conference &
      Exhibition 30 November - 2 December 1998
      Living & Working in the
      Information Society

Full Conference and Workshop Programme at: http://www.cordis.lu/ist98/

Especially recommended workshop:


                        The Language of Business 
                           the Business of Language

        Wednesday 2 December (full-day workshop), Austria Center Vienna
                             A workshop at IST 98

                           Overview of programme
                                       
       Spoken and written language is the most powerful and flexible
       means of expressing and communicating human knowledge. We are all
       bound by language, and yet language and its embedded cognitive and
       communicative features are difficult to master and exploit,
       especially in today's increasingly global economy and digital
       society. This workshop will review recent advances and ongoing
       developments in the area of language technologies supporting
       multilinguality, interactivity and knowledge management, together
       with their impact on current and future business capabilities.
       
  Welcome and introduction
       Roberto Cencioni, Head of Unit, Language Processing and
       Applications, DG XIII-E, European Commission
       
  Panel discussion
       The panellists will include:
          + Gary Strong, Program Director, National Science Foundation
            (NSF) (USA)
          + Dirk van Compernolle, Vice-President R&D, L&H Speech Products
            (B)
          + Wolfgang Wahlster, Director, DFKI (D)
          + Monica Beltrametti, Director, Grenoble Laboratory, Xerox
            Research Centre Europe (F)
          + Steven Krauwer, Coordinator, ELSNET (NL)
          + Niels Ole Bernsen, Professor, University of Odense (DK)
          + Luca Gilardoni, Quinary (I)
       They will each make a short statement addressing one or more of
       the following issues:
          + How can language technologies best serve today's (and
            tomorrow's) Information Society?
          + Better technologies for enhanced business capabilities: are
            language technologies ready for prime time?
          + But everyone speaks English, don't they?
          + More of the same? New research avenues at the turn of the
            century.
          + Global village or global competition? European start-ups vs.
            global players.
          + European projects: what for? Lessons from the Fourth
            Framework Programme.
          + Can we afford not to collaborate? Opportunities for
            international cooperation.
       Rapporteurs will then briefly report on the conclusions of recent
       prospective studies and address questions to the panellists from a
       business perspective:
          + Reinhard Schaeler, Director, DCU Localisation Resource Centre
            (IRL) - From global software to local content: challenges and
            opportunities
          + Jeremy Peckham, Director, Strategis Consulting (UK) -
            Tele-business and electronic commerce: what role for language
            technologies?
          + Rose Lockwood, Director, Equipe Consortium (UK) - Technology
            transfer and the marketplace: where is the payback?
       
  The role of language-enabled products and services in promoting Europe's
  competitiveness and cross-border trade
          + Giovanni Battista Varile, Head of Sector, DG XIII-E, European
            Commission - Directions and priorities for language
            technologies in the IST Programme
          + Stephen Hagen, Professor, University of Wolverhampton (UK)-
            The language of business
          + Gabor Proszeky, Scientific Manager, Morphologic (HU) -
            Marketing language products, today
       
  The Austrian scene
          + Hermann Bodenseher, Director, International R&D Cooperation,
            Ministry of Science & Transport (A) - The Austrian R&D scene:
            policy background and overview
          + Harald Trost, Professor, OFAI (A) - Research assets and
            experiences
          + Werner Rosensprung, Head, Software Development Laboratory,
            IBM Austria (A) - Industrial assets and expectations I
          + Walter Forsthuber, Director, Software Development, Philips
            Speech Processing (A) - Industrial assets and expectations II
          + Markus Kommenda, Kapsch (A) - From research through
            innovation to business
          + Christian Frey, BIT (A) - How Euromap can help build new
            partnerships
       Contact: Roberto Cencioni, Roberto.Cencioni@cec.be, fax
       +352-4301-34999
       
  Useful links
          + Language engineering in the Telematics Applications programme
          + Working document on Human Language Technologies
          + LE Journal: "The journal of record for human language
            technology"
          + I*M Europe: about the European electronic information market
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   It was last updated on 16 September 1998, and is maintained by the IST
   98 Secretariat ist98@cec.be

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