As technology develops rapidly and an Information Society is approaching, the concept of Assistive Technology seems to be moving away from adopting the most appropriate device/s for each user in order to overcome the limitations to her/his activity to the design and set up of the total environment in which people live, supported by suitable functionalities (services) and, when necessary, by additional support devices integrated within the environment. At present, these two perspectives are deeply intertwined, from both a technological and a social point of view. The main aim of the conference is just to provide an opportunity to clarify the differences and the common points between them and to better define a way for the future.

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ICT Proposers' Day focuses on mobilising key research actors and firms from all over Europe and from third countries, in particular from neighbouring regions, to collaborate and establish partnerships in ICT research and development.

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This event will provide opportunities to exchange Living Labs related information, potentially relevant in the context of the FP7 ICT 4th and 5th Calls for Proposals, and for the CIP ICT-PSP (ICT Policy Support Programme) 3rd Call, all foreseen for 2009.

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Under the overall theme of "Developing and Implementing Health in the European Union" the conference will mark an important step towards strengthening the involvement of all stakeholders in contributing to the development and implementation of actions and activities to protect and improve the health of European citizens.

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The 2008 e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference will be held from 30 November to 2 December in the Vienna Reed Messe Congress Centre. It is a jointly organised by the European Commission and the hosting Austrian Government, in cooperation with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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The biennial ICT Event (formerly called the "IST Event") is the most important forum for discussing research and public policy in information and communication technologies at European level. The Event brings together researchers and innovators, policy and business decision-makers working in the field of digital technologies

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The conference will provide an international forum for exchanging views and disseminating recent research and practice in the area of Digital Literacy in Compulsory Education. Networking amongst delegates is actively supported. Two discussion sessions will take place during the two days of the conference: "Perspectives of national policy making and curricula for Digital Literacy" and "Digital competence assessment: frameworks for instruments and processes to be used by students and teachers"

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The « Global Forum/Shaping the Future » is an annual international and independent event, dedicated to the Economic, Political, Social and Societal issues related to the successful evolution of the Information Society.

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This year’s Conference is titled "Broadband Everywhere!" and all attendants will have the opportunity to be informed about the ongoing process of broadband in diverse levels: infrastructure of next generation networks, multiple operator services (triple, quad play, bundled services), and strategic business moves in the region of South-Eastern Europe, in the electronic communications sector.

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The European Commission is organising 4 different experts’ panels on the following topics:

• Social Networking and Children
• Age verification
• What do we know about Children's use of online technologies?
• Media Rating – towards pan-European cross media rating and classification schemes

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