-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: sexta-feira, 19 de Abril de 2002 09:11 To: all Subject: IFIP Information Release
IFIP Information Release
Slovenia, 19 April 2002 Representatives of the computer societies of Austria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and IFIP have assembled in Portoroz, Slovenia during the Annual Conference of the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA, 17 19 April.
Yesterday, IT STAR held a regular meeting which admitted Croatia to IT STAR membership. The procedure for Croatian membership to IFIP is also initiated. IT STAR reviewed and accepted a preliminary report for the establishment of a regional IT Pool of experts and institutions. The President of the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA and the IFIP Executive Director (and IT STAR Coordinator) were requested to develop a detailed proposal, based on the Portoroz agreements, for the next IT STAR meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia in November 2002. IT STAR members will increase their efforts to promote the forthcoming 17th IFIP World Computer Congress in Montreal.
Today, IT STAR country papers on ICT will be presented at a special Conference session. These papers are a valuable source of reference information on institutions, regulations, challenges and applications in the region.
More information on IT STAR is available at http://www.ifip.or.at/it-star
National papers, submitted before the Portoroz event, can be accessed at the STAR site.
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-------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/