IST 2004

European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

Description

Participate in your future : smaller, faster, safer, smarter
Information policy

Sujets

• Information society (disambiguation)
• Information technology
• Research program
• Research and development
• Quality of life
• Economic growth
• Economie gestion

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 22
• Langue: English

Extrait

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Information Society Technologies (ISTs) are becoming Europe’s main economic resource – key to its growth, competitiveness and jobs creation. In recent years, IST research has focused on a new generation of applications and services that are more peoplecentred and easier to use. We foresee a world where users – citizens, students, workers, patients – are able to access and benefit from such technologies in a much more convenient way. Technologies will make systems smaller, faster, safer, smarter and cheaper – and always best connected. Applications based on these become even more wide ranging.

Today, many products and services are still hard to use and out of reach for many people. Research at European level must therefore place users at the centre of future developments:

Overcoming the ‘digital divide’, where people could be disadvantaged due to geographic location or other demographic factors. Ensuring that the elderly and persons with physical handicaps may play their full part in society. Improving the quality of life of citizens through better use of technologies. Encouraging the participation of citizens in government and cultural affairs.

This is exactly the main theme of this year’s publication: Participate in your future. Our belief is that we are still far from taking full advantage of the possibilities that progress in IST and their applications can offer. We are still just at the beginning of their development and use.

The objectives for IST in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) are to ensure that Europe will achieve this vision whilst maintaining its lead in the technologies that lie at the heart of the knowledge economy.

Further information:

IST Information Desk European Commission Information Society DirectorateGeneral Office BU 31 1/19 B1049 Brussels

email: [e-mail] Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] http://www.cordis.lu/ist

INFSO Desk European Commission Information Society DirectorateGeneral Office BU 24 00/41 B1049 Brussels

email: infso[e-mail] Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] http://europa.eu.int/information_society/

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November 2004