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style="FONT: 10pt arial">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR><BR><STRONG>eChallenges
e-2005 Call for Papers</STRONG><BR><BR>The eChallenges e-2005 Conference and
Exhibition takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia 19 – 21 October. This is the
fifteenth in a series of Annual Conferences supported by the European
Commission, which regularly attracts over 500 delegates from commercial,
government & research organisations around the world to share knowledge,
experience, lessons learnt and good practice.<BR><BR>The International Programme
Committee for e-2005 is now inviting extended abstracts (800 - 1,200 words) for
technical papers, visionary papers and business case studies. Proposals to
arrange workshop sessions are also welcome. Related themes and suggestions for
papers and sessions are outlined in the Call for Papers <A
href="http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=call-papers">http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=call-papers</A><BR><BR>This
year's conference themes include eBusiness, eGovernment, eWork, eEurope beyond
2005 and ICT take-up by SMEs and International Co-operation on IST. e-2005 will
also feature an Exhibition and an attractive Social Programme for delegates,
speakers exhibitors and partners, to enhance networking opportunities at the
Conference.<BR><BR>e-2005 will provide a forum to showcase the achievements of
FP6, eEurope 2005 and Regional, National and International ICT related
initiatives, and look forward to the future by focusing on the thematic
priorities of FP6 and FP7. The European Research Area (ERA) and research
priorities and trends for the future will also be discussed.<BR><BR>Abstracts
must be registered by <STRONG>28 February 2005</STRONG> on the eChallenges
Portal - <A
href="http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=abstract-info">http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=abstract-info</A>.
Workshop proposals must also be registered by <STRONG>28 February 2005
</STRONG>- <A
href="http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=ws-info">http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=ws-info</A>.
Each workshop proposal should be supported by a minimum of two paper abstracts
per workshop session, which will be double blind reviewed by the IPC.<BR><BR>The
CFP is available for download from the eChallenges Portal <A
href="http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=call-papers">http://www.echallenges.org/2005/default.asp?page=call-papers</A><BR><BR>Confirmed
sponsors for e-2005 include the European Commission, Ministry of Higher
Education, Science and Technology Slovenia, Ministry of the Economy Slovenia and
Hewlett-Packard Europe.<BR><BR>We look forward to welcoming you to eChallenges
e-2005 in Ljubljana.<BR><BR>Sincerely<BR>eChallenges Consortium<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.eChallenges.org">www.eChallenges.org</A></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>