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Foresight on Information Society Technologies in Europe (FISTE) is an umbrella project bringing together various activities of the IPTS/ICT unit.
The FISTE initiative is composed of cross-cutting and multidisciplinary foresight exercises linking the monitoring and forecasting of IST trends (via scenario development) and technology roadmapping, and on the other hand, impact analysis of these technologies in selected areas (including best practice in IST innovation).
The focus of attention for 2003 is in line with the Lisbon process and with the conclusions of the Stockholm summit, i.e. cybersecurity, information society technologies in an enlarged Europe, and their role in mobility (including sustainability). The work for 2003 concentrates mainly on:
- The systematic updating of the generic European IST roadmap which is being carried out by a research consortium led by the IPTS ICT team .
- The completion of the work started in 2002 for eEurope+ as well as the continuation of the work started in the context of Enlargement Futures.
- The follow-through of baseline studies (launched in 2002) looking at:
- The conditions for a successful information society in the Candidate Countries
- A way to quantify the relationship between IST and sustainability.
- The animation of an expert group supported by ESTO in the areas of IST and enlargement and IST and sustainability.
As agreed with its main client and partner, DG Information Society (DGINFSO), FISTE will hold yearly a workshop with key people in R&D as well as in policy making of information society technologies. Key research results will be discussed in view of innovation strategies to be taken. Suggestions for future work will be made. This workshop will also include other interested parties from the Commission. The action will also strive for a wide dissemination of its results.
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