9.00 - 10.00 Registration
10.00 – 10.05 Welcome
Barbara Held (IDABC)
10.05 – 10.30 Introduction: Semantic Interoperability for European eGovernment services
Karel De Vriendt (Head of Unit, IDABC)
10.30 – 11.15 The European XML-Clearinghouse – Study results and concept presentation
Antoine Rizk (Valoris, France)
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.30 Discussion
12.15 Lunch break
13.30 – 14.15 Sectoral initiatives in the Commission
Giuseppe Sindoni (EUROSTAT), Achim Klabunde (INFSO)
14.15 – 15.30 Learning from XML-Initiatives in Public Administrations
Peter Brown (Bundeskanzlerlamt, Austria), Pascal Souhard (ADAE, France),
Hosein Askari (National IT and Telecom Agency, Denmark)
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 What can industry contribute?
Mike Connor (Adobe), Roland Merrick (IBM), Andreas Ebert (Microsoft)
17.15 Conclusion