European conference of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU
TOWARDS eENVIRONMENT
Opportunities of SEIS and SISE: Integrating Environmental Knowledge in Europe | March 25-27, 2009 | Prague, Czech Republic
www.e-envi2009.org

TOWARDS eENVIRONMENT

Partners

The European Union Masaryk University Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic European Environment Agency FP7 CENIA IBA - Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science of the Masaryk University Czech Hydrometeorological Institute Czech Space Office Technology Centre AS CR Institute of Computer Science Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

The European conference Towards eEnvironment is dedicated to information exchange among public administrations, EU institutions, environmental agencies, scientists and businesses involved in developing and using environmental informatics for the delivery of modern eEnvironment services in Europe. The conference is organised by the Masaryk University in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, the European Commission and European Environment Agency.

Main topics for the conference will include; ICT research towards the development of a Single Information Space in Europe for the Environment (SISE); best practices of European Member States in the implementation of the Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS); cooperation and integration of GMES and INSPIRE activities.

The conference will display state-of-the-art in environmental informatics and opportunities towards the development and implementation of two related initiatives, SEIS and SISE. Special focus will be on the following topics :

  • Building SEIS, Europe's backbone for eGovernment environment services. Does Europe champion challenges and seize the opportunities in provision of eEnvironment/eParticipation services?

  • ICT research towards enabling a Single Information Space in Europe for the Environment (SISE). How can ICT contribute to strengthen a collaborative information space on the web that will maximise the use of distributed environmental information for multiple purposes and actors?

  • ICT for monitoring and controlling of energy efficiency and security, environmental modelling of air pollution, climate changes to support decision making in environment protection.

The conference is a meeting place for experts on leading edge ICT technologies. It aims to foster the standardization and integration of environmental data and information flows in Europe and beyond, which are essential pre-requirements for managing our natural resources in a framework of sustainable development.

The European conference Towards eEnvironment is open to governmental institutions, international and intergovernmental organisations, environmental agencies and networks, scientists, academicians, politicians, businesses, managers of corporate social responsibility, public administration and decision makers in the field of environmental information, experts from ICT industry, specialists of theoretical and applied informatics, consultants, students and the concerned public.

The conference unifying thread is Integrating Environmental Knowledge in Europe.

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