The International Women Day on 8th of March 2010 once again will provide the European Commission with an occasion to address the role of women in the ICT sector.

However, this year, substantive changes have been introduced to the formula of the event, starting from the location: Cyprus. The intention is to move the discussion to Member States which have only recently joined the European Union adventure, exactly where women's potential is particularly untapped and where fresh ideas could bloom.

This year the debate on women and ICT will be embedded in a broader initiative encompassing other ICT related issues.

The event will comprise workshops targeting women willing to set up consortia and submit proposals for future calls.

The four workshops of the conference:

• ICT for Inclusion
• ICT for learning, content and digital preservation
• ICT for components and systems (cognitive systems, robotics)
• International cooperation

A second part of the event will tackle the issue of eskills and look at innovative solutions to transfer knowledge and skills.

Furthermore, the agenda will give the floor to the usual look to the past activities, which will offer valuable insights on achievements, new goals and needed actions:

Agenda-2010.pdf 
 

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