Innovation & Technology Transfer 2/96. Building a European Information Society

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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Innovation™ Technology Transfer INNOVATION PROGRAMME · MARCH 1996 PUBLISHED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONTENTS Telecommunications for All "A new 'information society' is emerging, in which management, quality and speed of information are key factors for competitiveness." Thus the European Commission's 1994 White Paper on growth, competitiveness and employment identifies information and communication technologies as the motive force leading to dramatic trans­Smartcards for smart cars · the formations of economic and social life. Information Society takes to the road (Dossier, page 8). This issue's Dossier looks at two research programmes contributing to a coherent European approach to the POLICY NEWS 3­7 information society: the Advanced Communication ReinforcingEurope'sMaritime Industry ■Technologies and Services programme, and the Telematics Innovation:theGreenPaper Debate Applications programme. The latter concentrates on the use of communication technologies to provide new user­DOSSIER: 8­13 friendly and cost­effective services for business, institutions INFORMATION SOCIETY RTD and individuals. INNOVATION PROGRAMME NEWS 14­21 New Director­General for DG XIII ■ CORDIS The Policy News section reports on the first phases of Update: CORDIS focus now in English, French the debate on the Commission's recently­launched Green and German; Exploratory Award Projects In Paper on Innovation (page 4).

Sujets

• Marketing et communication

Informations

• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 10
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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