Greek Interoperability Centre visits IBM Research Labs in Haifa

The Greek Interoperability Centre and IBM Research examined common projects, research results and opportunities in a meeting in IBM Labs in Haifa, Israel, in September 2010.

The two organisations share common work in the areas of elctronic governance, future internet, cloud infrastructures and interopeability.

In picture, left, Yael Dubinsky (IBM Research) Yannis Charalabidis (GIC) and Gilad Saadoun (IBM Research) in Haifa Labs.

Cloud Infrastructures and Interoperability Track in MCIS 2010

The Track on Cloud Infrastructures and Interoperability was succesfully conducted on 12 September 2010, as a part of the 5th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems - MCIS 2010 in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

The track targeted novel approaches, methods, practices and tools for achieving interoperability in the provision of Digital Public Services, resulting into a significant increase of service quality for citizens and businesses, through utilizing cloud infrastructures. Specific importance was placed in multidisciplinary approaches, combining organizational, legal, semantic, technical and participative elements of interoperability, providing relative support by advanced information systems. The papers of the track were the following:

Policy Processes Support Through Interoperability With Social Media George Gionis - National Technical University of Athens, Yannis Charalabidis, Euripides Loukis - University of the Aegean,

Extracting Normative Content From Legal Texts Daniela Tiscornia and Tommaso Agnoloni - The Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques of the Italian National Research Council (ITTIG-CNR)

A Distributed E-Learning Service  For Remote Areas Anna Mavroudi, Thanasis Hadzilacos - Open University of Cyprus, Demetra Egarchou - Research Academic Computer Technology Institute

Chairpersons: Yannis Charalabidis - University of the Aegean, Ralf Klischewski German University in Cairo

ICT 2010 - Networking Session: Research Roadmap on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling

The aim of this session is to generate insight, feedback and consensus on the research roadmap on ICT for governance and policy modelling. It will explore issues such as societal modelling, simulation, visual analytics, social networking and mass collaboration. Participants can become involved in the development of the roadmap and join the validation community by discussing research related to ICT for governance and policy modelling, what research activities need to be carried out, and which aspects are essential for supporting novel governance practices. Discussions will also focus on what applications could be envisaged by 2020.

Session Agenda:

Part A: The CROSSROAD Roadmap for ICT-enabled Governance 14:00 – 14:30
- The CROSSROAD Project Dimitris Askounis (NTUA)
- Roadmap presentation David Osimo (Tech4i2), Yannis Charalabidis (NTUA)

Part B: Discussion and Deliberation 14:30 – 15:00
Discussion and rating on the Roadmap Challenges by participants, facilitated by the CROSSROAD Consortium members.

Part C: Next activities and future opportunities 15:00 – 15:30

- Antonis Ramfos, INTRASOFT International
- Yael Dubinsky, IBM Research Haifa
- Richard Wilson, IZWE.com
- Next steps, closing Yannis Charalabidis (NTUA), David Osimo (Tech4i2)

You may comment, propose issues and follow developments at:  http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/ict2010/item-display.cfm?id=2844

Twitter hash-tag: #xroad

CROSSROAD Group in Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2594136

Printable version of the agenda here.

The CROSSROAD Workshop on the Grand Challenges for ICT-enabled Governance

More than 50 international experts from all over the world participated in the Workshop organised by the CROSSROAD project (http://www.crossroad-eu.net/) on the new research roadmap for ICT-enabled governance.  The Workshop was held in IDHEAP Lausanne on 30th August 2010,  in conjunction with the IFIP International eGoverment Conference.  The agenda of the Workshop was as following:

Session A: Research Projects on ICT for Governance & Policy Modelling

• “PADGETS - Policy Gadgets Mashing Underlying Gruop Knowledge in Web 2.0 Media”, Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean
• “OCOPOMO - Open COllaboration for POlicy Modelling”, Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau
• “IMPACT: Integrated Method for Policy Making Using Argument Modelling and Computer Assisted Text Analysis” Radboud Winkels, University of Amsterdam
• “COCKPIT - Citizens Collaboration and Co-Creation in Public Service Delivery”, Fenareti Lampathaki, National Technical University of Athens

Session B: ICT Research Roadmap for Governance & Policy Modelling
• “CROSSROAD - A Participative Roadmap for ICT Research in Electronic Governance and Policy Modelling”
• Questionnaire on Grand Challenges (online and paper)
• Discussion on Grand Challenges and Overall Conclusions, led by the Workshop Chairs


You are invited to fill-in the online questionnaire for rating the Grand Challenges for ICT-enabled governance at http://bit.ly/b7HbVG

Workshop Chairs:

Yannis Charalabidis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Gianluca Misuraca, JRC - European Commission, IPTS, Spain
Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

More information on the workshop is available at http://www.crossroad-eu.net/

New IGI Book on Interoperability

Interoperability in Digital Public Services and Administration: Bridging E-Government and E-Business

Yannis Charalabidis (University of the Aegean, Greece)

ISBN: 9781615208876; (c) 2010; 350 pp.

During the last decade, interoperability has emerged as a vivid research area in electronic business and electronic governance, promising a significant increase in productivity and efficiency of information systems, enterprises and administrations.

"Interoperability in Digital Public Services and Administration: Bridging E-Government and E-Business" provides the latest research findings such as theoretical foundations, principles, methodologies, architectures, technical frameworks, international policy, standardization and case studies for the achievement of interoperability within the provision of digital services, from administration and businesses toward the user citizens and enterprises.

More info at: http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=40287&DetailsType=Description