Gaia-X Finland – Learning and Sharing Experiences 8.12.2021Sitra / Hyvinvointi
Gaia-X Finland – Learning and Sharing Experiences event on 8 December 2021. As the coordinator of the Finnish national Gaia-X Hub, Sitra is hosting an event to bring together some of the most interesting voices in Finland and in Central Europe who are working hard to bring the most value out of the European data economy. During the virtual event, you will find out about hands-on experiences and initiatives in data sharing in the framework of Gaia-X. You will learn from peer experiences, use cases and real business environment insights from different national hubs in Europe, such as Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Event page: https://www.sitra.fi/en/events/gaia-x-finland-learning-and-sharing-experiences/
Gaia-X Finland – Learning and Sharing Experiences 8.12.2021Sitra / Hyvinvointi
Gaia-X Finland – Learning and Sharing Experiences event on 8 December 2021. As the coordinator of the Finnish national Gaia-X Hub, Sitra is hosting an event to bring together some of the most interesting voices in Finland and in Central Europe who are working hard to bring the most value out of the European data economy. During the virtual event, you will find out about hands-on experiences and initiatives in data sharing in the framework of Gaia-X. You will learn from peer experiences, use cases and real business environment insights from different national hubs in Europe, such as Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Event page: https://www.sitra.fi/en/events/gaia-x-finland-learning-and-sharing-experiences/
EDF2014: Dimitris Vassiliadis, Head of Unit, EXUS Innovation Attractor: From ...European Data Forum
Selected Talk by Dimitris Vassiliadis, Head of Unit, EXUS Innovation Attractor at the European Data Forum 2014, 20 March 2014 in Athens, Greece: From Carbon to Diamonds: Business cases of data value.
Information Communication Technology
Malaysia's Digital Economy: ICT
Business Information and Business Intelligence
Growth Hacking Economy System Concept
Improving Policy Coherence and Accessibility through Semantic Web Technologie...Edward Curry
The complexity, volume and diversity of government policies and regulations raises significant burden on both the complying parties and government itself. On the one hand, businesses, civil organizations and other societal entities are required to simultaneously comply with and interpret different and possibly conflicting or inconsistent regulations. On the other hand, government as a whole must ensure policy and regulatory coherence across its various policy domains. While the recent wave of open government initiatives have led to significantly more public access to these documents, features allowing cross-referencing related documents and linking to less formal documents or comments on other media more understandable and accessible to the public are not common if at all available today. As a solution to this challenge, we propose an Open Government-wide Policy and Regulation Information Space consisting of documents that are “semantically” annotated and cross-linked to other documents in the information space as well as to external resources such as interpretations, comments and blogs on the social web.
Our approach is three-fold. First, we identify the requirements for the infrastructure. Second, we eloborate a Reference Architecture identifying the various elements needed within the infrastructure. Third, we show how such infrastructure may be realised as a linked data portal where policies and regulations are published as linked open data. Finally, we present a case study involving environmental policy and regulations; discuss the potential impact of such infrastructure on coherency and accessibility of policies and regulations and concludes with challenges associated with provisioning a linked open policy and regulatory information infrastructure.
Présentation à l'atelier de la Commission européenne du 13.11.12, consacré au suivi et au rapportage de la directive INSPIRE (en anglais)
Presentation made during the European Commission INSPIRE Workshop on monitoring and reporting, 13.11.12
Opening up Aid for enhanced Aid TransparencySoren Gigler
This presentation was presented by Aleem Walji and myself to the International Aid Transparency Initiative in March 2013 and provides an overview of how open aid data can enhance aid effectiveness and empower citizen to hold international donors and governments more accountable.
The slides for my talk on "HPC as a service" at the 25th anniversary Machine Evaluation Workshop in December 2014. I cover Jisc's HPC brokerage and related initiatives including our shared data centre, industry connectivity to Janet, our VAT cost sharing group, and our pilot of the Kit-Catalogue equipment sharing database.
Big data roadmap and cross-disciplinary community for addressing societal externalities
BYTE Community Overview
Edward Curry
Insight @ NUI Galway
BYTE Work Package 8 Leader
Big data and the dark arts - Jisc Digital Media 2015Jisc
There still remains a certain misunderstanding by the very definition of "big data" and the perceived hype around the term. This workshop clarified the concepts and give examples of relevant big data projects.
Closing the Investment Gap for Deep Tech in Europe Soren Gigler
This presentation during the INTABA organised workshop, It describes the market failure in terms of investments in deep tech startups and SMEs in Europe. It provides an overview of the EU's investment program for AI and blockchain to support the early stage and scale-up of highly innovative startups and SMEs.
2015 06 18 datascienc meetup privacy - update - philippe van impeDigitYser
Our mission is to educate, inspire and empower scholars and professionals to apply data sciences to address humanity’s grand challenges.
We are the fastest growing community of data scientists in Europe.
We love doing Data4Good.
We promote the value of analytics and organise events, hands-on sessions and trainings to close the gap between academics and business.
Join us if you want to share, learn and have fun with analytical & technological innovation & positive social change.
EDF2014: Dimitris Vassiliadis, Head of Unit, EXUS Innovation Attractor: From ...European Data Forum
Selected Talk by Dimitris Vassiliadis, Head of Unit, EXUS Innovation Attractor at the European Data Forum 2014, 20 March 2014 in Athens, Greece: From Carbon to Diamonds: Business cases of data value.
Information Communication Technology
Malaysia's Digital Economy: ICT
Business Information and Business Intelligence
Growth Hacking Economy System Concept
Improving Policy Coherence and Accessibility through Semantic Web Technologie...Edward Curry
The complexity, volume and diversity of government policies and regulations raises significant burden on both the complying parties and government itself. On the one hand, businesses, civil organizations and other societal entities are required to simultaneously comply with and interpret different and possibly conflicting or inconsistent regulations. On the other hand, government as a whole must ensure policy and regulatory coherence across its various policy domains. While the recent wave of open government initiatives have led to significantly more public access to these documents, features allowing cross-referencing related documents and linking to less formal documents or comments on other media more understandable and accessible to the public are not common if at all available today. As a solution to this challenge, we propose an Open Government-wide Policy and Regulation Information Space consisting of documents that are “semantically” annotated and cross-linked to other documents in the information space as well as to external resources such as interpretations, comments and blogs on the social web.
Our approach is three-fold. First, we identify the requirements for the infrastructure. Second, we eloborate a Reference Architecture identifying the various elements needed within the infrastructure. Third, we show how such infrastructure may be realised as a linked data portal where policies and regulations are published as linked open data. Finally, we present a case study involving environmental policy and regulations; discuss the potential impact of such infrastructure on coherency and accessibility of policies and regulations and concludes with challenges associated with provisioning a linked open policy and regulatory information infrastructure.
Présentation à l'atelier de la Commission européenne du 13.11.12, consacré au suivi et au rapportage de la directive INSPIRE (en anglais)
Presentation made during the European Commission INSPIRE Workshop on monitoring and reporting, 13.11.12
Opening up Aid for enhanced Aid TransparencySoren Gigler
This presentation was presented by Aleem Walji and myself to the International Aid Transparency Initiative in March 2013 and provides an overview of how open aid data can enhance aid effectiveness and empower citizen to hold international donors and governments more accountable.
The slides for my talk on "HPC as a service" at the 25th anniversary Machine Evaluation Workshop in December 2014. I cover Jisc's HPC brokerage and related initiatives including our shared data centre, industry connectivity to Janet, our VAT cost sharing group, and our pilot of the Kit-Catalogue equipment sharing database.
Big data roadmap and cross-disciplinary community for addressing societal externalities
BYTE Community Overview
Edward Curry
Insight @ NUI Galway
BYTE Work Package 8 Leader
Big data and the dark arts - Jisc Digital Media 2015Jisc
There still remains a certain misunderstanding by the very definition of "big data" and the perceived hype around the term. This workshop clarified the concepts and give examples of relevant big data projects.
Closing the Investment Gap for Deep Tech in Europe Soren Gigler
This presentation during the INTABA organised workshop, It describes the market failure in terms of investments in deep tech startups and SMEs in Europe. It provides an overview of the EU's investment program for AI and blockchain to support the early stage and scale-up of highly innovative startups and SMEs.
2015 06 18 datascienc meetup privacy - update - philippe van impeDigitYser
Our mission is to educate, inspire and empower scholars and professionals to apply data sciences to address humanity’s grand challenges.
We are the fastest growing community of data scientists in Europe.
We love doing Data4Good.
We promote the value of analytics and organise events, hands-on sessions and trainings to close the gap between academics and business.
Join us if you want to share, learn and have fun with analytical & technological innovation & positive social change.
Τhe Hellenic Professionals Informatics Society (HePIS) organizes its 2nd annual conference,14 December 2012 at Divani Caravel Hotel, Athens.Digital Trends 2012.Enabling MobileTechnology.The conference is sponsored by SiEBEN,Cisco,Microsoft,IBM,PEOPLECERT,Google and Inedu.
The CEPIS Green ICT Task Force created the Green ICT survey in 2011, aimed at ICT Managers, to examine awareness regarding energy consumption & energy efficiency of ICT equipment & policies within organisations
Livre blanc Apec LinkedIn - Lancer sa marque employeur sur le webApec
Un livre blanc réalisé par l'Apec et LinkedIn pour aider les petites et moyennes entreprises à lancer leur marque employeur sur le web.
A découvrir 6 cas de PME/PMI commentés par des experts.
Marque employeur et recrutement 2.0 - 2ème editionHelloWork
RegionsJob propose dans cet ebook un décryptage des dernières tendances ne matière de marque employeur, mais aussi les témoignages de 6 entreprises sur leur manière de construire leur marque employeur en ligne.
Marque employeur : Donnez-vous vraiment envie aux candidats ?Dagobert
Découvrez la nouvelle étude de l'agence Dagobert rédigée par Jérémie Abric, Delphine Primard et Clara Metayer.
Comment donner envie aux candidats potentiels quand 33% d'entre eux pourraient refuser un poste dans une entreprise où la marque employeur est dégradée ?
EDF2014: Marta Nagy-Rothengass, Head of Unit Data Value Chain, Directorate Ge...European Data Forum
PPP on Data & Executive Panel on Big Data, Introduction by Marta Nagy-Rothengass, Head of Unit Data Value Chain, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology at the European Data Forum 2014, 20 March 2014 in Athens, Greece: Towards a Data Value Chain Partership in Europe.
"Responsibly Open: how can open source help us tackle the climate crisis?" by...Mindtrek
Track | the Future of Open Source Business
Hanna Niemi-Hugaerts, Executive Director, TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development Centre
Mindtrek Conference
15th of November 2022.
Tampere, Finland
www.mindtrek.org
Presentation delivered by Jaroslaw Ponder, Coordinator for Europe Region at the High Level Conference on Innovation, Information and Communication Technologies, 5-6 October, Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona within the framework of the ITU Regional Initiative for Europe on Innovation
Towards a BIG Data Public Private PartnershipEdward Curry
Building an industrial community around Big Data in Europe is the priority of the BIG: Big Data Public Private Forum project. In this workshop we will present the work of the project including analysis of foundational Big Data research technologies, technology and strategy roadmaps to enable business to understand the potential of Big Data technologies, and the necessary collaboration and dissemination infrastructure to link technology suppliers, integrators and leading user organizations. BIG is working towards the definition and implementation of a clear strategy that tackles the necessary efforts in terms of Big Data research and innovation, while also providing a major boost for technology adoption and supporting actions for the successful implementation of the Big Data economy.
For a country like Finland, which is full of innovations and startups, Gaia-X is a gateway for reaching the next step of the data economy ladder. The potential of this groundbreaking initiative is enormous and far-reaching.
Gaia-X is the answer to a massive demand for safe, secure and sovereign data across Europe. By merging hundreds of different organisations in different domain and from across the globe in a single endeavour, Gaia-X combines challenging use cases with innovative solutions to bring the most value out of the European data economy.
Gaia-X project is accelerating rapidly with the launch of Gaia-X regional hubs. We are pleased to invite you to our Gaia-X for Finland – Hub launch event.
During the event, you will learn about the role of a Gaia-X as a game-changer for data-driven businesses, hear about the strategy and operational model of the Finnish Gaia-X Hub and get insights from companies already involved in Gaia-X.
The event page: https://www.sitra.fi/en/events/gaia-x_for_finland_hub_launch/
Presentations:
Jaana Sinipuro, Project Director, Sitra
Hubert Tardieu, Independent Board Member in charge of relationship with governments
Lars Albäck, CEO, Vastuu Group
Digital as an enabler for climate actionSoren Gigler
Digital innovations are key enablers for climate action and sustainability. the presentation provides an overview of the EU's program on the digital and green transformation and provides recommendations on how to leverage the power of digital innovations to address the challenges of climate change.
MMEA (The Measurement, Monitoring and Environmental Efficiency Assessment) research program final seminar presentation by Director of Laboratory Tero Eklin, SYKE & Technology Manager Heikki Turtiainen, Vaisala Ltd
This presentation focuses on the role breakthrough digital technologies, such as AI, blockchain and IoT can play for climate action and sustainble development. It also addresses the urgent need to enhance the sustainability of the ICT sector. The digital transformation approach is based on a people-centered approach that puts people instead of technologies first
Tri ICT "Cooperation between innovative SMEs, Lead Users and support organizations in the field of ICT" aims at identifying market driven trends and opportunities for cross border cooperation in the field of ICT, information communication technology, in the regions of Carinthia and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Andreea Bereczky: "Knowledge Based Economy project"TELECENTRE EUROPE
Telecentre-Europe Summit 2011: Parallel session "Joining forces at the European level - Telecentre content creation"
Are telecentres innovative enough to create their own content (produce digital media content, curriculums, guides, researches)?
Should we look more into developing our own content that can transform in revenue source for sustainability?
Presentation given at Giornata di studio su "eGovernment e Cloud Computing"
http://www.digitpa.gov.it/notizie/giornata-di-studio-su-egovernment-e-cloud-computing
ICTFOOTPRINT.eu was invited to be a speaker on “Green ICT” webinar, taking place on 7th November 2016 at 11:00 am CET and organised by Green Digital Charter, a network of committing cities to working together to deliver on the EU climate objectives through the use of ICT.
Silvana Muscella, Coordinator of ICTFOOTPRINT.eu, will make a presentation on “Services within the ICTFOOTPRINT.eu ecosystem”, explaining how cities and public administrators can become more energy efficient in their ICT.”
Mr. Titley presented the objectives, events, partners and challenges of ERRIN (European Regions Research and Innovation Network).
(FInES Cluster Meeting, December 2012)
Speaker:Νiklaus Meyer, President Green IT Special Interest Group, Swiss Informatics Society
Presentation:Reducing the costs of your enterprise through Green ICT
DigitalTrends2011,Athens
Organisers:CEPIS&HePIS
HePIS has conducted a survey in order to measure IT Managers’ awareness regarding Green ICT.
The sample consists of 44 respondents working in companies that operate both in the Greek private and public sector, as well as NGOs, all of which have big IT departments.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish Caching
Vasile Baltac-DigitalTrends 2011
1. CEPISPresentation Title Here
President
30pt Arial
Prof. Vasile Baltac
Digital Trends 2011
Green ICT and Cloud Computing
Athens, 5 December 2011
2. Digital Trends 2011
• Forum encouraging discussion
– increasingly vital topics
– ICT sector contribution on economic growth and
productivity
– Promoting Information Society in Europe
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3. CEPIS
• Council of European Professional Informatics Societies
– Informatics professionals from 33 countries
– Over 350,000 IT professionals
– 36 Member Associations
• CEPIS plays a key role in the Digital Agenda
• Focus on strategic areas
– Professionalism, e-Skills, Green ICT and through our
Legal & Security Issues
– Special Interest Network - a pan-European recognised
paper on Cloud Computing
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4. Digital Age
• The impact that ICT has brought to our
daily lives
• This digital age needs to be embraced
not just by ICT professionals
– ICT users from thousands (1950) to
2 Billion (2011) and to 4 Billion
(soon)
• All sectors of society use ICT for the
benefit of the recovering economy,
productivity and smart growth
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5. Smart growth
• Part of EU Europe 2020 strategy
• Smart growth
– improving the EU's performance in using ICT,
– new products/services that generate growth and jobs
– encouraging people to use new skills
• CEPIS and its Member Societies - strategy around the
contribution that this sector can have on society
– without a proper strategy to be left behind
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6. How Green are You?
• The way of the future is digital
• Limit the way ICT sector harms the environment
• The positive impact that the ICT sector can have in
reducing Europe’s carbon footprint
• European Commission report- ICT equipment and
services
– 2,5 and 4% of the EU's carbon emissions
– 8 to 10% of our electricity consumption
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7. Green ICT Actions
• European stakeholders to join together
• All major emitting sectors to band together to take
advantage of the energy saving capacity of ICT
• The use of Green ICT needs to be encouraged and
promoted
– organisations like SMEs
– European citizens’ own personal use of ICT
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8. CEPIS and Green ICT
• The Green ICT Task Force
– 10 different countries
– 11 informatics associations from across Europe
• Byron Nicolaides, CEPIS Honorary Secretary and
Vice President of HePIS
– information about the Task Force
– results of a recent pan-European survey for ICT
Managers
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9. Stakeholders
• Public and private sectors - responsibility in power
consumption and wasteful usage of ICT resources
• Public authorities - adopt actions in order to
enhance public e-services
• Private sector - practices that contribute to energy
efficiency and reduction of power consumption
• Green ICT practices in our personal and
professional lives
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10. Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing - important focus of CEPIS strategy
• Advantages of Cloud Computing
– cost savings, especially for SMEs
• Implications of data protection particularly across
borders
• European Commission’s public consultation this year
– Cloud Computing strategy that is to be launched next
year
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11. CEPIS paper on Cloud Computing
• The positive impact on all of our daily lives
• Security and privacy implications
• The CEPIS working group
– loss of control over data
– dependence on the Cloud Computing provider
• Recommendations to deal with the risks and privacy
invasion factors
• Huge value that Cloud Computing can provide in the
corporate world and beyond
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12. Bridging Digital Divide – The four Pillars
• Appropriate ICT
Infrastructure
• Accessible and Affordable
Internet Access
• Generalized Ability to Use IT
• Availability of Useful Content
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13. Cloud computing and 2nd Digital Divide
• Predominant
narrowband (red) vs.
broadband (blue)
access
• New Divide – in the
use of transactional
applications
– eGovernment,
eCommerce, cloud
computing, etc.
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14. Digital trends 2011
• CEPIS is proud to co-host of Digital Trends 2011
with its Greek Member Society HePIS.
• Forum – a relevant and significant event
• The event to inspire you to realise the importance of
two influential topics
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15. Contact CEPIS
www.cepis.org
Follow CEPIS
– E-mail info@cepis.org or vasile.baltac@cepis.org
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