DAY 1, 22 JUNE 2006

Opening lecture: The information Society in the Regional Policy - Benchmarking and evaluation in the New Programming Period 2007-2013
Mr Reiner Kneifel-Haverkamp, European Commission, DG Regio

The Understand project: measuring the development of the Information Society in the regions - Understand overview
Chiara Mancini, Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna

Presentation of the benchmarking results in partner regions:

* Broadband infrastructure
Chiara Mancini, Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna

* E–government
Victor Prieto, Valencian Office for the Information Society

* E-business
Olaf Juptner, HA Hessen Agentur

* ICT usage by citizens
Chloe Chadderton, University of Wales

Building on benchmarking: how data can be used to support policy making Indicators in the process of regional strategy development
Sandra Lotti, Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna

Experiences from New Member Regions
Wojciech Sadowicz, Cities on the Internet Association - POLISH VERSION

From policy inputs to sectoral changes: the TRANSFORM project
Karsten Gareis, Empirica

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DAY 2, 23 JUNE 2006

What lies behind benchmarking indicators: best practices to develop the Information Society in the Understand regions. (parallel sessions )

Social infrastructure: CHAIR: Karsten Gareis - Empirica

* Regional Digital Libraries 1 - Regional Digital Libraries 2
Marcin Werla, Project Leader, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

* A rural lifestyle with good ICT access
Charlie Wallin, Project Manager Association of local authorities in the county of Vasternorrland

* Using ICT for social inclusion: examples from Wales
Miranda Morton, Research Manager, Welsh Assembly Government

E-government: CHAIR: Wojciech Pelc - Poznań City

* e-Formación and Canal GV Project, bringing near the e-administration to citizens
José Vicente Monfort, Project Manager, Generalitat Valenciana

*The e-gov services by the Regional Local Authorities Unified Network (RUPAR-2)
Chiara Valerio, Project Manager, Technopolis

*Applications and services for local government
Marek Bigosiński, Deputy Director, Wielkopolska Center of Education and Local Government Studies - POLISH VERSION

*IRIDE: user identification as a success factor for e-government services Silvana Ponsero, Project Manager, CSI Piemonte

Broadband: CHAIR: Cristoforo Morandini, Between Spa

* Broadband metropolitan and national network – services for education
Piotr Grzybowski, Deployment Manager, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center - POLISH VERSION

* Development of broadband infrastructure for provision of e-gov services
Sławomir Partyka, Director, Polish Telecommunication S.A. - POLISH VERSION

* Lepida the Broadband Network of Emilia Romagna Region
Marco Calzolari, Head of the regional ICT infrastructure management and development department, Region Emilia-Romagna

E-business: CHAIR: Freek Posthumus NORMAPME/UEAPME

*TRADE POINT POZNAŃ – platform for matching offers
Marcin Kraska, Deputy Head of e-Commerce Center, Institute of Logistics and Warehousing

* Booking engines for direct selling and electronic distribution in the tourism sector
Miguel Angel Chacón, Project Manager, IBIT Foundation

*The program hessen-it and activities resulting from the benchmarking data
Dieter Kreuziger, CEO, HA Hessen Agentur GmbH

* E-business training for SMEs and in social infrastructure
Charlie Wallin, Project Manager Association of local authorities in the county of Vasternorrland