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Bob STEELE(CMS)
R.Steele@shu.ac.uk
Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:42:12 +0000
More news...
Sophie/ Tracy, can you do the usual please??
Thanks
Bob
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Volume 1, Issue 2 December 2001
news@digitalyorkshire.org
For this second issue we have shortened some of the stories in the email
version to make it quicker for you to review. The full version in pdf form
can be found at http://www.digitalyorkshire.org from the 1st December.
In this email issue:-
Report on a visit to Karlsruhe by Yorksihre Forward Digital Cluster members
(summary)
News Briefing -Short notes on current news
COE - Leeds delivering video technology to smart customers. (summary)
New XML industry organisation to launch in Leeds (summary)
Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks for e-learning and e-commerce in
Sheffield (summary)
IMS in Europe ... and South Yorkshire )summary)
Investors sought for 'e-campus'
Digital Cluster Manager announced
Digital Cluster Web Site Tender - Call for bidders
Business opportunities with German company CAS.de (summary)
Elevator pitch competition - call for entries! (summary)
The Digital Content Forum (DCF), (summary)
Centre for Journalism in Leeds (summary)
Manufacturing Exhibition
b.tv 2001 and the 2001 Shooting live artists commissions -Sheffield - 30th
November 1st December
E Security - You probably need to know more -7th November (summary)
Report from Comdex
Diary & opportunities
Jobs -29th November deadline.
EuroInfo Technical Service
Report on a visit to Karlsruhe -FULL story on PDF version.
(by a delegation from Yorkshire Forward) Dr Bob Gomersall
In October I visited Karlsruhe along with a number of colleagues from
Yorkshire Forward, and found the experience to be both fascinating and
inspiring.
In three days we saw at first hand almost every type of business support
facility known to man, including a few which at least to date were not known
to me. The sheer range and care with which this provision has been put
together was quite mind boggling, and seemed to contrast with the apparently
rather incoherent provision we experience in the UK. It is difficult to say
whether this is real or imaginary - it is inevitable that in a 3 day tour a
coherence is imposed which may not reflect the reality, but everything we saw
seemed to suggest that we were really looking at true substance.
In the end however, I came away enthused rather than depressed. There is no
magic to what has been achieved in that region, and we certainly can, and
already do in many instances, do similar things in Yorkshire. If one thing
stands out as being crucial, it is the drive and enthusiasm of senior
academics, who use their power and influence to make things happen for the
benefit of industry, particularly small and medium enterprises.
bobg@bradtech.co.uk
NEWS Briefings
Kingston to launch ground breaking video service
By Sheila Jones,FT Northern Correspondent
Kingston Interactive TV, the Hull-based company owned by Kingston
Communications, breaks new ground in the merging market for digital
entertainment and high speed internet access this week with the launch of its
video on demand and other broadband television services to 10,000 households.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3VTJ09XTC
United Kingdom - Telewest announces broadband subscriber numbers
UK cable company Telewest announced its Blueyonder broadband internet service
currently has 70,000 subscribers, with 68 per cent of users also taking its
TV and telephony services. Telewest's third quarter results show 1,745,000
residential subscribers to its various internet, TV and telephony services,
with a nine per cent increase in monthly revenue per subscriber.
Story:Revolution
http://www.uk.revolutionmagazine.com/news/view.cfm?r=1&id=79732
Adobe Illustrator 10
Adobe Illustrator 10, vector graphics software, is being aimed at
"cross-media design professionals", web designers and web developers.
Available on Mac OS X and "ready for Windows XP", Illustrator 10 integrates
tightly with Adobe's other graphics
programs including AlterCast, Photoshop, InDesign, GoLive, LiveMotion,
Premiere, and After Effects
http://www.adobe.co.uk/illustrator
UK national news images online
Picdar and Syndication International (SI), formerly Mirror Syndication
International, have re-launched Mirrorpix.com. The site hosts an extensive
picture library containing close to 300,000 images that can be purchased
on-line for either business or private use. Picdar host the Mirrorpix.com
service through its managed secure Digital Asset Management solution, the
Picdar Greenhouse. The sister site, UK-press.com, also hosted by Picdar,
contains a fully searchable text database of own-copyright articles from
leading UK newspaper titles: The Mirror, the Sunday Mirror, Sunday People,
the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail.
Picdar http://www.picdar.com/
Users Won't Pay Premium for Web Access? -report from the USA
According to the Chicago Tribune, after years of extolling the virtues of
so-called broadband connectivity to the Web, telecommunications companies are
facing a new reality - a lot of Internet users are saying no thanks. The
result? Recently, Sprint, AT&T and SBC Communications have slowed their
broadband rollouts and two trade associations have issued warnings about
waning consumer interest.
http://www.wave-report.com/search/search.htm
Internet archive launches wayback machine
The Internet Archive, a comprehensive library of Internet sites and other
cultural artifacts in digital form, today launched the Wayback Machine, a
free service allowing people to access and use archived versions of past web
pages. For the first time, all members of the public will be able to search
and view the Internet Archive's enormous collection of web sites, dating back
to 1996 and comprising over 10 billion web pages.
http://www.archive.org/wayback/press_kit/press_release.html
European historical children's books
Experts from the UK's Buckinghamshire County Council are hosting a free one
day symposium (Brussels, 4 December 2001) on attracting EU funding for
historic children's books and also to discuss the establishment of a European
network of historic children's book collections. http://www.bookchilde.org/
DSL expansion in Europe
Digital subscriber line (DSL) penetration in Europe will overtake US within
five years, according to "DSL Future Prospects in Europe", a report from UK
telecoms consultancy BWCS. "Pressure form national regulatory authorities is
finally clearing the way for DSL roll out, at the same time companies like
Telefnica are gearing themselves to be major content suppliers in this new
age", claims the report's author.: http://www.bwcs.com/
On Line Learning in the USA
Study of industry trends in the USA in on line learning
http://www.onlinelearningmag.com/stateofindustry/
Uneven pace of European cinema development
There is a school of thought that believes European cinema exhibition will
be largely in the hands of several major chains in a few years' time.
However, data shows that, whilst some countries are already concentrating
down and for some it is a matter of time, cinema exhibition is still in the
main a national affair.
There are chains that operate across Europe; indeed, there are some that have
a presence around the world. To learn more see
http://www.screendigest.com/
People and policy in the EU
If you want to find people and policy decision of the EU a new web site give
you instant access to this information
http://www.euractiv.com/
Uniform Web Services Standards Remain More Goal Than Reality
IBM's and Microsoft's WS-Inspection announcement takes a first step toward
addressing some of the issues that vendors must resolve before true
enterprise Web services standards emerge.
http://www.gartner.com
"Live" Web-Events Expected to Increase 25%, According to IDC Survey
November 7 - According to a recent survey completed by IDC, 80% of the
administrators of conferencing systems surveyed expect to see a 25% increase
or more in "live" Web-events in the next six months. The survey respondents
are users of several of the largest conferencing and elearning products and
represent software, healthcare, telecom, and business consulting industries,
as well as others.
The Future of Live eLearning: IDC's 2001 Conferencing Survey http://www.idc.com
Poor Economic Conditions More Than Attacks Cause Dramatic Decline in
Worldwide PC Market
The worldwide PC market further deteriorated in the third quarter of 2001
with shipments declining by 13.7% over the same quarter a year ago and by
0.8% sequentially. This compares to an average sequential growth for the
quarter of 15% over the past several years. According to IDC research, 3Q01
shipments were 29.1 million in the quarter.
http://www.idc.com/Hardware/press/PR/PS/GPS101701pr.stm
A new directory for the packaging industry
This new directory for the whole of the packaging industry, UK and
world-wide, offers several special features. It is always up to the minute as
companies listed are allowed free updates, and it is free to use. Users don?t
even have to register! This directory comes from the same stable as the very
successful www.printindustryguide.com using a newly developed multi-layer
database. http://www.packagingindustryguide.com
Towards fulfilling the commitments on Paper Recovery
The first Annual Report on fulfilling the commitments outlined in the
European Declaration on Paper Recovery (launched in 2000) has been issued.
The main target of the European Declaration is to reach a 56% European
recycling rate of the paper and board products consumed in Europe by 2005. In
real terms this means that the industry has to increase its recycling of
recovered paper with an additional 10 million tonnes. It also proposes to
take measures to further improve the environmental performance of the
industry http://www.cepi.org
Credit Card Fraud
The complexities of credit card fraud screening - a look at some new techniques
A up to date look at what is available including location identification of
the card holder and immediate transaction histories.
http://www.europemedia.net/showfeature.asp?ArticleID=6423
Key Broadband conference.
As it was early in November 2001 We all missed it but you can still get up to
the minute information on the thinking and philosophy behind the actions of
many key players in the market.
http://www.ctam.com/ctam/conferences/broadband/index.htm
New product for graphic artists and designers
ParallelGraphics, a developer of 3D technologies for the Web and Wireless
markets, has released Outline3D v2.5, a professional online design tool that
enables designers, manufacturers and distributors of furnishings, and
interior designers, to deploy a customized environment specific to their
real-life design needs.
http://www.outline3d.com
http://www.parallelgraphics.com
Increased piracy of software
Websense Inc. the world's leading employee Internet management (EIM) software
company, reports that the number of pirated software and hacking Web sites
has spiked more than 240 percent in the last year alone, now totaling 5,400
sites representing 800,000 Web pages. According to Wordtracker, pirated
software terms have risen to the top 15 in recent months, joining "sex" and
"MP3" as some of the most commonly typed phrases in search engines.
http://www.websense.com/company/news/pr/01/103001.cfm
Fastforward Host Forum On Developing Technologies
Fastforward, a partnership for media, business and education online, will be
holding a half-day forum investigating the development of multimedia and
communication technologies. The forum will include speakers from ITN, CBE and
the British Photographic Industry amongst others. The forum aims to bring
together the senior figures from film, television, multimedia and
communications as well as from universities, libraries, professional and
government bodies. The event will be at BAFTA, Piccadilly, London on the 6th
December 2001
www.bufvc.ac.uk/fastforward
Creative Industries web site
A web site for the creative industries run by the British Council. This is a
site for businesses - typically small and medium-sized enterprises - that are
interested in overseas opportunities. Here you can view the range and dates
of events in which you could participate, request more information or locate
key contact information. http://www.creativeindustries.org.uk/
Contemporary Visual Arts
QuayArt promotes access and the development of creativity in the contemporary
visual arts through learning (open access workshops, artists' talks, learning
by creating), viewing (exhibitions, events, international collaborations),
creation (residencies, enabling artists to work with communities, supporting
artists' projects) and discussion (debate, seminars). http://www.quay-art.org/
Bmedi@ form Company limited by guarantee
Bmedi@ the Bradford based organisation formed by local companies, the
university, colleges, council and the NMPFT museum has incorporated itself
into a company limited by guarantee to allow it to develop the media
industries in the Bradford area.. formed in February of 2001 and lunched in
July 2001 the association looks forward to an active development of the
Bradford media community. The Group will target winning national and
international tenders in new media to help grow the local economy.
http://www.bmedia.org.uk
COE - delivering video technology to smart customers. -FULL story on PDF
version.
In the 12 years of its existence, COE has established a brand image as a
technology leader with cutting edge R&D programmes and partnerships
delivering video communication solutions.
The company is based in Leeds where it designs and manufactures, but it has a
global distribution network with offices in Singapore & Australia, with a
high proportion of product being shipped to the Far East. The companies
products are primarily used in CCTV applications in the Transport,
Industrial, Security, Energy and Utilities sectors, but the company
specialises in providing video transmission solutions which can be used in
any application.
http://www.coe.co.uk
New XML industry organisation to launch - FULL story on PDF version.
Leeds Metropolitan University's Centre for PR Studies will kick off a major
technical initiative for the PR industry. The aim is to agree formats for
how computer data on PR campaigns is stored and shared across the internet.
Agreed formats, or "schemas", will help computer and internet technology to
dramatically slash the amount of information PR professionals need to retype
or recreate PR material and the data associated with planning, managing and
accounting for the success of PR campaigns.
www.xml.org
or
dphillips@cyberalert.com
Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks for e-learning and e-commerce - FULL
story on PDF version.
REMIT and MOE are twin projects funded from three Measures of EU Funding. The
lead partner is Sheffield Hallam University. The other main partner is
Fretwell-Downing. Smaller contributions are being made by the University of
Sheffield (REMIT only) and David Jennings Associates (MOE only). The REMIT
project is installing 24 access points to provide substantial coverage within
the 802.11b wireless LAN paradigm at three organisations across Sheffield -
Sheffield Hallam University (City Campus), University of Sheffield (Centre
for Mobile Communications Research) and The Wired Workplace (in association
with Fretwell-Downing Education Ltd) - plus associated wireless long-haul
links between these three sites. This is being done as part of a compelling
vision of an all-pervasive mobile e-learning network across and near to
universities, colleges, schools, learning centres and student residences in
Sheffield.
P.Bacsich@shu.ac.uk
IMS in Europe ... and South Yorkshire FULL story on PDF version.
The IMS Global Learning Consortium http://www.imsglobal.org defines and
delivers interoperable, XML-based specifications for exchanging learning
content and information about learners among learning system components. IMS
members are implementing and adopting these specifications to make learning
easier and cheaper to deliver anywhere and anytime, as well as to create new
mechanisms, new contexts, and new products for education and training.
http://www.imsglobal.org
Investors sought for 'e-campus'
The UK's first new high-technology e-campus development is being marketed at
an international level as Yorkshire Forward attempts to attract investors
from abroad to the project. The 'e-campus' will act as a centre for cutting
edge digital, ICT, wireless multi-media and software companies. In order to
promote the development as an ideal target for investment two trade missions
have taken place this week and last week - one to Bangalore in India, and the
other to the world's largest Internet show, Comdex, in Las Vegas. It is
hoped that the development will create 5,000 jobs in Sheffield.
Yorkshire Post (West Riding) 08.11.2001 p18
www.Yorskshire-Forward.com
New Digital cluster Manager
The new Yorkshire forward Digital Cluster team manger is Jim Farmery, who has
joined the team from Pace PLC. We look forward to working with Jim and
developing the digital activities in the region.
Yorkshire Forward Digital Cluster web site.-Development opportunity
The Digital Cluster will shortly have its own web site hosted at
Http://www.digitalyorkshire.org.
Companies interested to tender for the development of this site should
contact Nicky Steynis at Yorkshire Foreword at
Nicky.Steynis@Yorkshire-Forward.com
Business opportunities with CAS.de FULL story on PDF version.
During the Digital Cluster Team visit to Kalsruhe The team met with a go
ahead German company looking to find a partner in the UK. This company CAS
has a number of divisions but the CRM group are currently looking to
establish a UK partner
http://www.cas.de
Elevator pitch competition - call for entries! - FULL story on PDF version.
Beyond Bricks and The Venture Catalyst Programme are holding a competition to
give people who have a great business idea the chance to turn their idea into
a reality. The competition will be held in heats around the country.
How does it work?
The idea is that you get ten minutes to put across your business idea - the
length of time you would have if you were stuck in a lift with a venture
capitalist. The best idea of each heat will go through to the final at
Internet World UK in June 2002.
www.beyondbricks.com
The Digital Content Forum (DCF) - FULL story on PDF version.
The Digital Content Forum (DCF), is the new representative body that bridges
the gap between traditional publishing, graphic design, film and TV
production, high-tech computer engineering and e-commerce entrepreneurs. It
represents industries who share a common interest in using the tools and
functions of interactive digital media to bring new products and services to
the market.
Local contact http://www.ciq.org.uk/
Main site http://www.dcf.org.uk
Centre for Journalism in Leeds - FULL story on PDF version.
Journalism at Trinity & All Saints enjoys a well-deserved reputation, both
among news organisations and related media, and in academic circles.
Our Centre harnesses the skills and knowledge of academics, media
professionals and craft workers to support a full range of journalism courses
- from undergraduate schemes through vocationally-dedicated postgraduate
programmes to masters and doctoral research.
http://www.tasc.ac.uk/depart/media/cfj/
Manufacturing week
The last week in October saw the annual manufacturing week at the NEC.
Yorkshire companies were only lightly represented on the exhibition floor but
the attendance at the show was above average with over 8211 visitors looking
a the new developments in design , computer aided manufacturing, inspection
techniques and tooling.
http://www.manweek.co.uk
b.tv 2001 and the 2001 Shooting live artists commissions.
Friday 30th of November and Saturday 1st December.
The National Centre for Popular Music, Sheffield, England.
b.tv 2001 festival. The International celebration of creative use and abuse
of convergence media (the coming together of cinema, tv, the net, mobiles and
live performance)
Staggering new combinations of cinema, tv, the net, mobiles and live
performance are revolutionising the way we live.
But, what can we actually do with the all this brave new possibility? What
exactly are people using these miraculous technologies for? What difference
will they really make to our lives?
b,tv brings together some of the world's leading artists, media producers and
theorists to begin to answer these questions and make sense of the creative
use and abuse of convergence media.
b.tv 2001 festival is 2 inspired and inspiring days of leading people, work,
ideas, music, installations, specially commissioned artworks, performances,
screenings and parties.
Shooting Live Artists commissions 2001. The Arts Council of England, the BBC,
The Studio of the North and b.tv are working together on unique commissions
that open up the relationship between the live, the actual and the virtual.
The bold and daring Shooting Live Artists commissions fuse audacious live art
from leading artists with digital media. By converging avant garde art with
mainstream broadcast media, the projects brings radical work and ideas to a
broad audience. The b.tv 2001 festival marks the launch of these seminal new
media art works.
Profiles of this year's artists and the works in progress will be on the BBC
Arts site at www.bbc.co.uk/shootinglive from 26 November.
www.convergence-arts.com
E Security - You probably need to know more - FULL story on PDF version.
Lecture Theatre 7140, Sheffield Hallam University, Stoddart Building
7th December 2001, 11:30 am to 5:00 pm
The South Yorkshire ICT sector board, Media Online and the Digital Cluster
for Y&H are pooling resources and contacts to host a key regional event in
South Yorkshire.
IT systems in government, business and elsewhere are becoming increasingly
interconnected, creating national and global IT networks. This opens up
unprecedented benefits for businesses but at the same time creates new
vulnerabilities in our IT systems, which could be exploited. Any system
connected to the Internet or other public network is a potential target for
attackers ranging from foreign states to amateur hacking enthusiasts.
MarkS@blsy.com or 01226 784404
Report from Comdex
Somewhat ludicrously, the Comdex pundits were evaluating the computer
industry in the light of September 11. We have no idea why. It seems that
the mouse has already worked its way through the snake and we're back to the
same old mess we were already in. Overbuilding, stuffed channels, inventory
backlogs and crashing prices have caused an economic crash in all industries
in all countries -- recession happens.
Continuing the trend that started becoming obvious last year, the high tech
industry is swinging to small devices on the low end and Internet
Infrastructure on the high end. In between, desktop-centric companies are
scrambling to redefine themselves. At Comdex, we saw a little of this as
companies like Acer showed off their notebook PC that folds up into a tablet.
Compaq has been demonstrating an almost pathological urge to morph ever since
the company lost a bunch of money in the computer business a couple of years
ago. They saw the writing on the wall and they've been building up their
infrastructure business. Most recently Compaq has been trying to hedge their
bets with the HP merger announced a couple of months ago.
One trend we saw at Comdex was the pairing of a traditional PDA (as it's
evolved over the last couple of years thanks to Palm's groundbreaking pilot)
with a handset. It makes sense; we're seeing phones no bigger than a pea. On
the other end of the spectrum, we saw GPRS, G 2.5, G3 phones designed to do
it all from Sony, Samsung, Nokia and more.
http://www.jonpeddie.com
Diary & opportunities
GAME-ON 2001
"London, UK"
"November 30 - December 1, 2001"
http://hobbes.rug.ac.be/~scs/conf/gameon2001
IP Security Conference
"London, UK"
"December 3-5, 2001"
http://www.iir-conferences.com/ipsec/
"Online Information 2001"
"London"
"4- 6-Dec-01"
http://www.newmediaevents.co.uk
"Lightspeed Europe 2001"
"London"
"4-06-Dec-01"
http://www.newmediaevents.co.uk
"Revolution Internet Business Show"
"London"
"4 -6-Dec-01"
http://www.ibshow.co.uk
Online Information 2001
"London, UK"
"December 4-6, 2001"
http://www.online-information.co.uk/
"New Media Recruitment Fair"
"BDC"
"5-6 Dec. 2001"
fairs@careers.lon.ac.uk
South Yorkshire E Security event
Fri 7th Nov
UGC cinema, Sheffield
MarkS@blsy.com
Voice Portals and VoiceXML Conference
"London, UK"
"December 10-11, 2001"
http://www.ibctelecoms.com/mobilevoice/?src=voicefmem
Value added Mobile & E-Services Conference
"London, UK"
"December 10-11, 2001"
http://www.ibctelecoms.com/valueadded
21st SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied
Artificial Intelligence
"Cambridge, UK"
"December 10-12, 2001"
http://www.bcs-sges.org/es2001/
Enterprise Forum. Regeneration & the role of Objective 1
"Sheffield Hallam"
11th December
business@shu.ac.uk
Setting up an image database - cataloguing & metadata with Intermediate
Capture/Digitisation Workshop
"Bristol, UK"
"December 11-12, 2001"
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/training/bookingform.html
"Secure IT"
"London"
"11 -12-Dec-01"
http://www.business-meetings.co.uk
CEN/ISSS Learning Technology Workshop
"Berlin, Germany"
"December 18-19, 2001"
http://www.cenorm.be/isss/workshop/LT
"Scottish Computer Fair"
"Central Scotland"
"22 23-Dec-01"
http://www.newmediaevents.co.uk:
"Advanced Capture/Digitisation with ""Funky File Formats"" Workshop"
"Bristol, UK"
"January 15-16, 2002"
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/training/bookingform.html
Digital Print World 2002
"London, UK"
"January 23-24, 2002"
mailto:ciaranl@pira.co.uk
2nd European E Learning Expo & Conference
"Paris, France"
"February 5-6, 2002"
http://paris.elearnexpo.com/
"SOUNDS EXPO"
"Wembley Exbn Centre"
"5-7 Feb 2002"
events@vcm.co.uk
"Wider Options Fair"
"Bristol University CAS "
06-Feb-02
http://www.cas.bris.ac.uk/whatson/fairs.htm
"Digital Mapping Show"
"Chelsea Village"
"12-13 Feb. 2001"
cpexceel@aol.com
"Technology for Marketing 2002"
"London"
"12 13-Feb-02"
http://www.t-f-m.co.uk
"M-Commerce World 2002"
"London"
"12 -14-Feb-02"
http://www.m-commerceworld.com
"ISPCON Europe 2002"
"London"
"12 14-Feb-02"
http://ispconeurope.com
Imagina 2002
Monaco
"February 12-14, 2002"
http://www.imagina.mc/
Online Learning Europe 2002
"London, UK"
"March 4-7, 2002"
http://www.vnuonlinelearning.co.uk/
"Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition 2002"
"Paris, France"
"March 4-8, 2002"
http://www.date-conference.com/
e-Commerce Expo
"NEC Birmingham"
"5 - 07-Mar-02"
http://www.ebizexpo.co.uk
New Media Marketing - The Marketing Expo
"London"
"12-14-Mar-02"
http://www.newmediaexpo.co.uk
"Softworld Supply Chain 2002"
"NEC, Birmingham"
"13 - 14-Mar-02"
http://www.newmediaevents.co.uk
ILI 2002 -Internet Librarian International Conference
"London, UK"
"March 18-20, 2002"
http://www.internet-librarian.com/
Cebit
Hanover, March 13-20th
http://cebit.de
Jobs
Supported by Yorkshire Forward and Yorkshire Arts, CIDA works across
Yorkshire and Humberside to provide continuing professional development and
business support for creative practitioners and companies. Recent
developments have necessitated a staff re-structure, and we are now looking
for new people to join our team:
Executive Assistant to the Director (Project Development) c. #16,000 -
#18,000 pa
(Self confident, with strong administration & liaison skills/experience in
creative environment)
Finance Officer c. #14,000 - #16,000 pa
(Potential to take accounts to trial balance, ideal for part qualified
accountant, assistance available for continuing training)
Project Tracking Officer c. #14,000 - #16,000 pa
(Experience of public sector funding claims essential, great attention to
detail required)
Assistant to the Project Managers c. #11,500 - # 13,000 pa
(Knowledge of M/S Access and good communication skills essential interest in
website management; training available)
CIDA is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes
applications from minority ethnic communities.
For further details, please send a stamped and self addressed envelope to our
Human Resources Manager, Margaret Wilkinson at CIDA, The Media Centre,
Huddersfield HD1 1RL, or email Margaret@cida.org : Closing date for all
posts: 5.30pm Thursday 29 November
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1. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS / TENDERS
D011201/1/01
Calls for proposals for indirect RTD actions under the specific programme for
research, technological development and demonstration on a user-friendly
information society (1998 - 2002) (The IST programme). Main deadline for
proposals: 21st February 2002.
Note: this will be the only call for the 2002 IST Work Programme (see recent
publications for details).
D011201/1/02
Call for proposals for projects of common interest in the field of
Trans-European Telecommunications Networks - Generic Services and
Applications (Call TEN-Telecom 2001/2) Deadline for applications 31st
January 2002
D011201/1/03
Call for proposals for indirect actions under the programme to stimulate the
development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to
promote linguistic diversity in the information society (2001 - 2005) - The
eContent Programme Deadline for applications: 1st February 2002
D011201/1/04
Call for proposals for awareness actions, under the EU Action Plan on
Promoting Safer Use of the Internet
Deadline for applications: 31st January 2002
D011201/1/05
Advance Notice of a call for proposals for the specific programme for
research, technological development and demonstration on "Promotion of
Innovation and Encouragement of SME Participation": Innovation Projects
The call will be published in the Official Journal on 15th December 2001
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MEDIA PLUS - Development, Distribution and Promotion (2001 - 2005):
Implementation of a programme encouraging the development, distribution and
promotion of European audiovisual works. Call for Proposals No 67/2001:
Support for promotion and market access in connection with audiovisual
festivals Closing dates: 3rd December 2001 for events to be held 1st March
- 31st August 2002, 15th March 2002 for events to be held 1st September 2002
to 30th April 2003
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MEDIA PLUS - Development, Distribution and Promotion (2001 - 2005):
Implementation of a programme encouraging the development, distribution and
promotion of European audiovisual works. Call for Proposals No 68/2001:
Support for promotion and market access in connection with actions carried
out by networks implementing cooperation between European audiovisual festivals
Closing date for proposals: 3rd December 2001 for projects to be held
between 1st March 2002 and 30th May 2003
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Open call for tenders for a study on the policy implications of convergence
in the field of numbering, naming and addressing (telecommunications)
Deadline for submission of tenders: 3rd December 2001
D011201/1/09
Invitation to tender for a feasibility study on facilitating access to
information on national research programmes, activities and policies in the
area of information society technologies, in preparation for the framework
programme 2002-2006
Deadline for tender document requests: 3rd December 2001
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Advance information of an invitation to tender for software development and
implementation of multimedia applications for the EU's Joint Research Centre
Estimated date for invitation to tender: last trimester of 2001
2. NEWS BRIEFING
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New Website: SME TechWeb
The European Commission has launched a new website for small & medium sized
companies, which offers a single point of contact for on-line information and
advice about EU research for SMEs. It can be found at
http://www.cordis.lu/sme/
D011201/2/02
UK finds funds for innovation in science and technology
The DTI has announced a new #4m scheme, the Rainbow Seed Fund, which aims to
help produce high quality business opportunities from a partnership of UK
scientific and research institutes
D011201/2/03
Information Society Technologies Programme
170 proposals were submitted under the 7th call under the European IST
programme, which closed on 17th October 2001. The European Commission hopes
that the successful projects will begin in March 2002 (See Section 1 for
details of the 8th call)
D011201/2/04
Information Technology sector statistics
Latest statistics from Eurostat show that the IT sector in Europe grew by 14%
in 1998, with almost 400,000 businesses now operating in this sector.
Employment in the industry grew by 3% in the same year
D011201/2/05
Information Technology Awards
20 winners have been announced for the IST Prize for 2001 and will be
showcased at the IST 2001 event in Duesseldorf in December (see Forthcoming
Events for details). 22 finalists have also been chosen for the 2001
eLearning Awards, from over 900 school-based projects submitted.
D011201/2/06
R&D Expenditure in Europe
Expenditure on R&D in the EU Member States was 161 billion euro in 2000, a 5%
increase on 1999, according to the latest statistics from Eurostat
D011201/2/07
EIC e-business Campaign
Euro Info Centres have launched a campaign to encourage SMEs to get involved
in e-commerce, as part of the Go-Digital initiative under the EU's eEurope
programme
D011201/2/08
The Disabled and the Internet
The European Commission has issued guidelines for website designers and
webmasters, to try to make public websites more user-friendly for disabled
people (see Recent Publications for details)
D011201/2/09
Electronic Signatures
Implementation of the European Directive on electronic signatures has been
slow, with only Germany meeting the deadline of 19th July 2001, according to
the European Forum for Electronic Business
D011201/2/10
.eu Domain Name
EU Member State ministers are reported to have reached agreement on a draft
regulation to set up the first level internet domain ".eu". The text will
now go back to the European Parliament for a second reading (See Recent
Publications for details of the latest version of the proposal)
D011201/2/11
Internet Usage
A Commission report drafted in October is reported to show that the number of
internet users in the EU rose from one quarter to one third of the EU
population between November 2000 and June 2001. Nine out of ten schools are
now connected to the internet.
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E-commerce Trustmarks
The European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC) and the Union of Industrial &
Employers' Confederation of Europe (UNICE) have signed an agreement on a
European-wide accreditation system for trustmarks in e-commerce.
D011201/2/13
Future of European Cinema and Audio-visual Industry
The European Commission and the European Parliament have both adopted reports
on the future of Europe's audio-visual and cinema industry. Both documents
propose measures to help the sector overcome the handicaps which it faces.
(See Recent Publications for details of Commission report)
D011201/2/14
Innovation Scoreboard
The Commission's Innovation Scoreboard, published in October, assesses
Europe's strengths and weaknesses in the capacity for innovation and finds
that, whilst all member countries are improving, the EU still lags behind the
US and Japan (see also Recent Publications)
3. RESEARCH PROJECTS FUNDED
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Learning Opportunities
The EDLO project involves the creation of an internet portal providing access
to European, national or regional information systems and services in
learning opportunities. It forms part of the EU's IDA (Interchange of Data
between Administrations) programme
4. RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
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Sixth Research Framework Programme
Member State Research Ministers are reported to have made progress in their
discussions on the proposed new framework for EU-funded Research &
Development (the Sixth Framework Programme) at their meeting on 30th October
2001. MEPs also debated the proposal at their session on 14th November,
making various amendments and proposing that at least 15% of the total budget
be earmarked for small firms
D011201/4/02
European Research Area
The European Commission has published an amended proposal for a specific
research programme aimed at integrating and strengthening the European
Research Area. It proposes to allocate 440m euro for measures to anticipate
the EU's scientific and technological needs
D011201/4/03
Sixth Research Framework Programme: rules for participation
The Commission has also adopted a proposal concerning the rules for the
participation of firms, research centres and universities and for the
dissemination of research results, which will be used to implement the
2002-2006 Framework Programme
5. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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IST Programme: 2002 Workprogramme
Programme setting out the research priorities for the Information Society
research programme, which will apply to the 8th Call for Proposals (see
Section 1 for details). Available via the CORDIS website
D011201/5/02
Communication from the Commission...: eEurope 2002: Accessibility of Public
Websites and their Content
D011201/5/03
Your Software and How to Protect It
A guide for small businesses on how to protect the software you have developed.
D011201/5/04
Council Resolution of 8th October 2001 on "e-inclusion" - exploiting the
opportunities of the information society for social inclusion
D011201/5/05
Communication from the Commission...: eEurope 2002: Creating an EU Framework
for the Exploitation of Public Sector Information
D011201/5/06
Communication from the Commission...on certain legal aspects relating to
cinematographic and other audiovisual works
D011201/5/07
Innovation Scoreboard 2001
Special Edition of Innovation & Technology Transfer magazine, October 2001
D011201/5/08
Prometeus Newsletters
Including features on EL-TCO - the E-Learning Total Cost of Ownership (how to
calculate the real costs of e-learning solutions); Accessibility: an issue
for all; and E-Learning laboratories
D011201/5/09
eContent (European Digital Content on Global Networks): Preparatory Actions
Overview of activities resulting from the April 2000 call for proposals
D011201/5/10
Commission Study on Broadband Internet Access in Europe
D011201/5/11
Amended proposal for a Directive...on universal services and users' rights
relating to electronic communications networks and services
D011201/5/12
Amended proposal for a Decision....on a regulatory framework for radio
spectrum policy in the European Community
D011201/5/13
Amended proposal for a Regulation....on the implementation of the internet
top level domain ".eu"
D011201/5/14
Communication from the Commission: The regional dimension of the European
Research Area
D011201/5/15
Opinion of the Economic & Social Committee on the Communication from the
Commission....: Creating a Safer Information Society by Improving the
Security of Information Infrastructures and Combating Computer-related Crime
6. FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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IST 2001 Conference & Exhibition
2001 theme: "Technologies serving people"
Duesseldorf, 3rd- 5th December 2001
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Online Information 2001
Including 300 exhibiting firms, various seminars including one on eBusiness
and an insight into the eContent programme
London, 4th - 6th December 2001
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Managing EC Research Projects
Workshop for SMEs interested in submitting a bid under the IST programme (see
Section 1) and looking for partners. Those unable to attend themselves are
offered the opportunity for their project idea to be presented on their
behalf by SingleImage Ltd
Prague, Czech Republic, 11th December 2001
D011201/6/04
LEARNTEC 02
Conference and exhibition
Karlsruhe, Germany, 5th - 8th February 2002
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Infrastructures for Virtual Enterprises
Vilamoura, Portugal, 1st - 3rd May 2002
D011201/6/06
Train your staff to carry out CE audits
Non-Directive specific workshops, but will cover EMC and Low Voltage Directives
SGS Ltd, various venues in UK, 6th December 2001 - 21st February 2002