The City of Ljubljana is to host the Annual Conference of Major Cities of Europe which is an independent organisation of local government CIOs and ICT managers. The conference will be held from 3 – 5 June in Ljubljana and will bring together colleagues from cities across Europe as well as top level business leaders. The goal of the conference is to find answers to today's challenges regarding ICT in cities.
Euro-BRICS 2012-2014: Towards a set of thematic cooperation networks based on a specific political-diplomatic framework
e-Forum director Baudouin de Sonis participated as the representative of e-Forum in the Euro-BRICS 2012-2014 seminar, held in Cannes, France on 27 September 2012. The seminar was organised by LEAP in partnership with MGIMO. De Sonis endorsed the final report from the seminar (available below) on behalf of e-Forum.
Porvoo 17 event summary
The Porvoo 17 meeting took place in Brussels on 10-11 May 2012. The theme of the meeting was online identity and personal data: how can these be safeguarded on the internet, and do legislation and technology provide sufficient tools to ensure trust.
The EU-China e-Forum, an initiative of e-Forum, will hold a seminar in Beijing, China on June 29 with the aim of furthering EU-China cooperation on eGovernance for cities.
Porvoo 17 presentations available for download
The first presentations from the 10-11 May 2012 Porvoo 17 conference are available on the Porvoo 17 minisite. Other presentations will be made available for download in due course.
Porvoo Group meets in Brussels
The international Porvoo Group is meeting in Brussels, Belgium on 10 – 11 May 2012 to consider questions relating to electronic identity (eID) and data protection. As daily life is increasingly moving online, citizens are becoming more and more concerned about the protection of their electronic privacy. Can legislation and technology guarantee it?
Porvoo 17 agenda takes shape
The agenda for Porvoo 17 – the seventeenth meeting of the Porvoo Group on electronic identity – is almost final, with less than two weeks to go before the conference. Porvoo 17 is co-organised by the Porvoo Group and e-Forum, and will take place in Brussels on 10-11 May.
