The Hungarian Economic Association and the International Center for Economic Growth European Center (ICEG EC) organised an international conference supported by the Ministry of Informatics and Communication of the Republic of Hungary on:

"Trends and Prospects in the Information Society:
Hungary and the New Member States"

Date: 18. October 2004.

Venue: The Building of the Ministry of Informatics and Communication

Language: English

ICEG European Center and its partners in the consortium have been awarded a contract from the European Community represented by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Center (JRC) in Seville to carry out a project on Factors and Impacts in the Information Society: a Prospective Analysis in the Candidate Countries.

In the framework of the programme 13 country-studies have been prepared along with a Synthesis Report on regional developments. The latter will get an official EU Publication number and will be the Union's official publication after its final acceptance.

In some of the 13 participant countries follow-up conferences will be organized as an organic part of the programme, where the trends indicated in the national studies and the regional summary can be debated.

The purpose of the Hungarian conference was the exposition and versatile debate of the statements of the Hungarian Study, the evaluation of the Synthesis Report and the introduction of the Slovak Study, which has relevance for Hungary. Economic policy experts, representatives of international organizations, researchers, executives of companies and business federations gave presentations on the domestic and regional prospects of the Information Society's development.

The following people gave presentations at the conference:

•  Péter Bakonyi Political Secretary of State, Ministry of Informatics and Communication, Republic of Hungary
•  Marc Bogdanowicz Senior Researcher , JRC, Institute for Prospective Studies, Seville
•  Ken Ducetel Head of Sector eEurope, Directorate General Information Society - 'to be confirmed'
•  Miklós Hoffmann Technical Director, Siemens Rt.
•  Balázs Cseh Chief Architect , Synergon Rt.
•  Peter Druga co-author of the Slovak Country Study
•  Anita Halász Research Fellow , ICEG EC, co-author of the Hungarian Country Study
•  Pál Gáspár Director , ICEG EC, co-author of the Hungarian Country Study
•  József Veress Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Republic of Hungary

 

If you have any further questions about this event, please contact Renata Anna Jaksa at 248 1160, or rajaksa@icegec.hu.