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• Sep

  2011

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  Join the PARADISO online community! (1)

  

  All individuals and organizations from Europe and other regions of the world, interested in the activities developed through the PARADISO initiative to better understand the interactions between Internet and societal developments, are invited to join the PARADISO LinkedIn group. This community already counts over 470 members from all regions of the world, engaged in lively [...]

   
• Sep

  2011

  10

  PARADISO recommendations to the European Commission (1)

  

  On September 8, 2011, during the last session of the 2nd edition of the PARADISO international conference organized at the European Commission in Brussels, members of the PARADISO high-level expert panel have presented their draft final recommendations regarding research topics to be addressed in future EU-funded programmes (see the “Reference document” section of this web [...]

   
• Sep

  2011

  9

  1st Dialogue on Platforms for collective awareness and action (0)

  

  The 1st Dialogue on “Platforms for collective awareness and action”, part of the “Internet and societies: new innovation paths” event organized with the support of PARADISO, has been successfully held today at the European Commission in Brussels. This one-day workshop, chaired by Robert Madelin, Director General of European Commission’s DG Information Society and Media, focused [...]

   
• Sep

  2011

  8

  2nd edition of the PARADISO conference (0)

  

  The second edition of the PARADISO international conference, part of the “Internet and societies: new innovation paths” event organized with the support of PARADISO, has been successfully held yesterday and today at the European Commission in Brussels. The conference was officially opened by Ms Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Digital Agenda [...]

   
• Sep

  2011

  7

  Drawing contest Award Ceremony (0)

  

  On September 7, 2011, during the welcome session of the 2nd edition of the PARADISO international conference organized at the European Commission in Brussels, the award ceremony of the children’s drawing contest organized by PARADISO took place (see the “Drawing contest” section of this web site for full details on this contest). The ceremony was [...]

   
• Aug

  2011

  21

  Support the PARADISO Foundation (0)

  

  The PARADISO Foundation has been created in September 2010, as a not-for-profit “private Foundation” under the Belgian law, by the same stakeholders who have been developing the PARADISO initiative, with the objective to extend PARADISO activities. It focuses on ICT-based solutions enabling a transition towards a more sustainable future. It targets citizens and the civil [...]

   
• Jul

  2011

  26

  A conference on very good track (0)

  

  The high-level conference organized by PARADISO from Sept. 7 to 9 at the European Commission in Brussels on the theme “Internet and societies: new innovation paths” is on very good track.The agenda for the 3 days has been finalized and features over 40 key officials and experts, including Ms Neelie Kroes, VP of the European [...]

   
• Jul

  2011

  10

  Success of the children’s drawing contest (0)

  

  PARADISO explores how the full benefits and potential of the Internet can be enjoyed by tomorrow’s societies, in order to contribute to a better world. It is important that today’s children, who will be the main users of the Internet of the future, should be able to make their voices heard.
  They have been able to [...]

   
• Jul

  2011

  4

  Platforms for collective awareness and action (2)

  

  We are happy to announce that the final agenda of the conference supported by PARADISO, to be held from Sept. 7 to 9 at the European Commission in Brussels, on the theme “Internet and societies: new innovation paths”, includes two different sub-events. The first one, the “2nd edition of the PARADISO international conference” will take [...]

   
• Jun

  2011

  21

  PARADISO contributes to a workshop on Trustworthy ICT (0)

  

  PARADISO has contributed today to a workshop organized at the DG Information Society and Media of the European Commission in Brussels on the theme “Socio-economics in Trustworthy ICT”. The aim of the workshop was to facilitate the submission of proposals at ICT Call 8 (Objective 1.4), to discover current research trends and to discuss future [...]