Sophia : presentation of the IST program

A presentation of the IST program by Christine Montagut, the national contact point, and a presentation of the IST 2002 prize by its organizer, Alain Mogon, will take place on Monday February 26th, 4.30 pm, on SAEM premises, place Bermont in Sophia Antipolis. This meeting is principally dedicated to the small technological companies of the NICT industry and more widely to those who whish to develop their R&B or to promote their results at the European level.

The IST program (Information Society Technologies : www.cordis.lu/ist) is the main financing target by the European Commission of the R&D in the information technologies. The call launched January 27th 2001 is one of the last opportunities to present projects for the 2000-2002 period. The European Information Society Technologies Prize (IST European Prize : http://www.it-prize.org) is considered as a major distinction in Europe for innovating prizes in that industry. This year, twenty prize-winners will benefit from an important media coverage, each of them will be awarded with a 5.000 euro prize and they will show their products to the European Conference of Information Society Technologies that will take place late 2001.

Program

- 4.30 pm : Introduction with Delphine Foucaud – Euro Info Centre and Christian Dubarry – Méditerranée Technologies
- 4.40 pm : 6th call to the IST program application by Christine Montagut – CFCE – IST national contact point.
- 5.40 pm : the 2002 european IST Prize by Alain Mongon – EuroCase – the prize organizer