Conference Program

Saturday, 8 May

Arrival:

Regular shuttle buses will be provided from Budapest Ferihegy International Airport to the conference venue Marina Hotel, Lake Balaton.
Buses will depart at 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 and 22:00 hours.

16.00-19.00 Registration commences

20:00 Conference Dinner

Sunday, 9 May

7:00-9:00 Breakfast

9.00-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.30 Coffee

10.30-10.45 Introduction and welcome from conference chairman, David R. Worlock

10.45-11.30 Keynote Address : Esther Dyson

Setting the scene:

11.30-11.50 Session 1: European Commission speaker – DG XIII / E : Bernard Smith

11.50-12.10 Session 2: An International Perspective - David R. Worlock

12.10-12.30 Session 3: Open Society Institute speakers - Michael Kay and Jonathan Peizer

12.30-13.00 Question and answer session

13.00-14.15 Lunch

Case histories of relevant projects / examples of excellence:

14.15-15.15 Three 20-minute presentations of EU-funded projects

1. Carol Peters, The Delos Working Group, Eurogatherer project

2. Isabella Hofstetter, MBLN project

3. Dr. Marshall Young, Mastering The Wired World project

15.15-15.45 Coffee

15.45-16.45 Three 20-minute presentations of OSI-funded projects

1. Professor Richard Rose and Dr. József Mészáros, TÁRKI project

2. Graham Howard, Central and Eastern European Distance Learning project

3. András Nyirõ, iNteRNeTTo

16.45-17.00 Question and answer session

17.00 Close of day's formal proceedings

20:00 Conference Dinner

Monday, 10 May

7:00-10:00 Breakfast

Business forum sessions:

Three or four parallel streams, each chaired by an experienced facilitator.

Streams will be chaired by Berthold Stuckenbrucker, David Worlock, David Powell and Michael Kay.

Each delegate's organization to be permitted one 15/20-minute slot to:

• Present organization's principal products/services
• Summarize key competences/skills
• Describe collaborative experiences (if any)
• State key area(s) in which would like to find/act as collaborative partner

Rooms available for consortium meetings and for private discussions with prospective partners.

Facilities available for product/service demonstrations.

20:00 Special Conference Dinner

Traditional Hungarian Evening at Baricska Csárda including wine tasting.

Tuesday, 11 May

7:00-9:00 Breakfast

Next steps:

10.00-11.00 Summary of rules and procedures; help / support facilities: DG XIII speaker

11.00-12.00 Chairman's summary

12:15 Closing lunch

Afternoon:

Rooms available for consortium meetings and for private discussions with prospective partners.
Facilities available for product / service demonstrations (including online)

Departures:

Shuttle buses will be provided from the venue to the airport throughout the day.

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