WORKSHOP AGENDA AND CONCLUSIONS
REVIEW OF THE USER NEEDS
Digital Ecosystems: Re-tuning the user requirements after 3 years

9:30	Welcome, Setting the scene - Scope and objectives of the workshop Gérald Santucci – EC DG-INFSO – Head of Unit, ICT for Enterprise Networking [welcome speech pdf-120k]
9:45	The history of digital ecosystem and past activities Francesco Nachira – EC DG-INFSO – Head of Sector, Technologies for Digital Ecosystems [pdf-3.6M] [key-2.9M] [ [ppt-3.7M]
10:00	The work of the Digital Ecosystem cluster: user needs and preliminary findings from the pilot regions Petri Räsanen – DBE pilot regions coordinator, Tampere Technology Center - COSS [pdf-10.0M]
10:15	Expression of needs from the European SME associations - UEA-PME : European Association of Craft Small and Medium-sized Enterprise [pdf-3.6M] - NORMAPME : European Office of Crafts, Trades and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for standardisation - CEA-PME / FFII : Confédération Européenne des Associations de Petites et Moyennes Entreprises [pdf-1.4M] [summary]
11:15	Expression of regional needs - Claudio Inguaggiato: eris@ network
11:45	Expression of regional needs from regional representatives and regional catalysts Tampere Technology Centre Hermia [pdf-2.9M] Piedmont CSP [swf-240k] Baden-Württemberg MFG Baden-Württemberg Agency for IT and Media [pdf-6.9M] Trento Createnet [pdf-5.2M] Yorkshire Yorkshire-forward   Aragon Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón   eDEN network Blekinge Institute of Technology [pdf-700k]
15:00	Structural, architectural and juridical aspects arisen within the projects of the cluster - Andrea Nicolai, T6 - DBE project [pdf-770k] - Marco Conte, ESoCE-NET - LEGAL-IST project [pdf-340k]
15:30	Round Table – Open Discussion – User requirements for a Digital Ecosystem Chairperson Petri Räsanen - Tampere Technology Center, COSS Which are the needs which should be translated into architecture requirements ? Which technological constraints and which areas of research ? Which instruments, which subsidiarity ?
17:15	Wrap-up
17:30	End

Conclusions about user needs

• List of participants ;
• Appendix 1 : Notes taken during the presentations
• Appendix 2 : Minutes of the roundtable discussion
  
  The document has been refined by the participants of the workshop using this wiki

More Information about Digital Ecosystems at: http://www.digital-ecosystems.org

Previous Workshops

• October, 4th, 2002 – Bruxelles - Brainstorming on “Digital Business Ecosystems concept”
  - Conclusions of the workshop
• November, 6th, 2002 – Copenhagen IST2002 - Workshop on “Organisational ecosystems for SMEs”
  - Summary and Conclusions

Next Workshop

• May, 18th 2005 – Bruxelles – Workshop – “Towards a network of digital ecosystems: which technology, which research and which instruments ?

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