- From: Libby Miller <Libby.Miller@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:50:56 +0100 (BST)
- To: public-esw@w3.org
I'm going to say no. Is that ok? He asked several of us, and I don't want him to get diferent answers from different project members. Tell me today if you want to do a presentation at this conference. Sure noone wants to do it? [[ ...many visitors to the region tend to fall madly in love with Vilnius... ]] http://www.balticsww.com/tourist/lithuania/ http://www.infobalt.lt/telebalt/ Libby On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Libby Miller wrote: > > This is the second message we have had. I'm going to have to regretfully > decline unless someone wants to do it (Charles and I can't make it). > They also want information about the project itself, which I'll sort > out. > Let me know asap if you'd liek to do the presentation. > > Libby > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:48:50 +0200 > From: Edmundas Zvirblis <zvirblis@infobalt.lt> > To: libby.miller <libby.miller@bristol.ac.uk> > Cc: sb <sb@stilo.com>, danbri <danbri@w3.org>, m.d.wilson <m.d.wilson@rl.ac.uk>, > martin_merry <martin_merry@hp.com> > Subject: Invitation to make presentation > > Dear Libby MILLER, > > It is our great pleasure to extend to you an invitation to make presentation > or to participate at the TELEBALT Conference Teleworking for Business, > Education, Research and e-Commerce (Vilnius, Lithuania, 21-22 October > 2002): (http://www.infobalt.lt/telebalt ) > > On behalf of the organizers we invite you or your project SWAD-EUROPE > partner to submit presentation topics, abstracts and bios for the TELEBALT > Conference. The number of possible presentation is limited. > > Organised by INFOBALT - Association of Information Technologies, > Telecommunications and Office Equipment of Lithuania in the frame of the > project TELEBALT (Teleworking as a Tool for Information Society Technologies > Programme Promotion to Baltic States) funded by Information Society > Programme of the European Union. The conference is organized in co-operation > with Earth Data Networks for Education and Scientific Exchange (EDNES), > France, public foundation Open Latvia. > > The Conference Teleworking for Business, Education, Research and > e-Commerce aims at strengthening the scientific and technological > co-operation between the European Union and the Newly Associated States > (NAS), in particular the Baltic countries in the field of IT application to > new methods of work, business, education, research, e-commerce, medicine, > regional development and social integration using IT. > > Currently Baltic States community faces changes and opening possibilities > for cooperation with EU partners in the field of information society > development and added value creation through the various information and > communication technology related programmes. In-time acknowledgement about > these possibilities would serve as basement for future fruitful > collaboration. > > Some 50 speakers and 200 participants from all countries of the Baltic > Region and the European Union and the European Commission have been invited > and will be invited. Parallel to the TELEBALT conference INFOBALT organize > 4th International Conference Information Society 2002 and League of > Investors. These events will take place in the same venue as TELEBALT. Last > year it attracted some 90 speakers and 600 participants. More information > about these events at http://www.infobalt.lt/english/ . > TELEBALT conference participants will have occasion to present their IST > project in the INFOBALT 2002 trade fair that will be organized 23-26 October > 2002. It is 9th International ICT sector trade fair and is the major such a > type event in Baltic States. Last year it attracted 200 exhibitors and 60000 > visitors (+ 100 000 visited virtual trade fair). Association INFOBALT and > organized events will also provide occasion to disseminate material about > your project, extend it finding new partners from Candidate Countries or > initiate new activities under various EU programmes umbrella. > > Edmundas Zvirblis or Saulius Arelis will provide detailed information under > your request. > > We also contact you due to the project SWAD-EUROPE, for which you have been > mentioned as the contact person implementing another Association INFOBALT > activity. > > Association INFOBALT participates in working group P2F (Projects to > Funds), which was initiated by the Information Society Development > Committee under the Government of Lithuania. The working group P2F was > especially formed, to develop a large range of multiple project proposals > and to seek subsequently for their co-funding at international donor > programmes. Currently, P2F comprises sixteen members from different > Lithuanian ministries, universities and private companies. > It is one of our immediate tasks, to gather 50-70 project proposals from > previously successful funded ICT projects. Thus, we aim to achieve both, (a) > to facilitate the project development work of the working group, as well as > (b) to identify appropriate cooperation partners and programmes for joint > projects. The gathered information will be made available to the members of > the working group P2F only. > For this reason we kindly ask you to provide us with more background > information to the project mentioned above. Of a particular interest for us > would be the project application form as it was submitted to the co-funding > donor programme (We currently still lack experience with non-national donor > programmes; thus an application example would be of a great value for us). > > Many thanks in advance for your assistance. If you have any further > questions, please do not hesitate to contact Saulius Arelis at any time. You > may also get a deeper insight in the functions and responsibilities of the > two major stakeholder organisations of the working group P2F at the links > below. Yours sincerely, > > Yours sincerely, > > Edmundas Zvirblis > Project Manager > Tel. + 370 2 622623 > Mobile: + 370 86 55422 > Fax: + 370 2 622629 > INFOBALT Centras > Vokieciu 28/17-16 > LT-2001 Vilnius > zvirblis@infobalt.lt > www.infobalt.lt > > Saulius Arelis > Project Manager > Association INFOBALT > Tel. + 370 2 622623 > Mobile: + 370 610 35036 > Fax: + 370 2 622629 > saulius@infobalt.lt > > >
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