FINAL SEMINAR ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL INFORMATION SOCIETY (LOCREGIS II) PROJECT


Eisenstadt, Austria, April 13-15, 2000
in Wirtschaftskammer Burgenland

Organised by
BIC Burgenland
LOCREGIS II Project

Objectives:

*   To show the positive role of information society projects in promoting regional development, especially from the point of view of economy and interregional co-operation in Europe. 

*   To demonstrate best practice in the local and regional information society. 

*   To demonstrate and disseminate the results and tools of the Locregis II Project

 

Target groups:

*   Representatives,   both   politicians  and  experts,  from  local  and  regional authorities.

*   Regional  decision  makers  and  developers

*   Representatives  of European institutions and networks in regional development

*   Project leaders, and grass-root actors.


 

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Seminar Programme

Thursday 13th April

Registration 11.00 -

 

Cold Buffet 11.00 - 12.30

WELCOME SESSION 12.30-13.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burgenland and the Information Society

Mr Karl Stix

Landeshauptmann
Landesregierung Burgenland

 

 

Burgenland and the LOCREGIS Project

 

Mr Josef Münzenrieder

CEO

Business Service Burgenland

 

 

 

The Chamber of Commerce and the Implementation of the Regional Information Society

Mr Anton Bubits

Director
Burgenland Chamber of Commerce


 
 

OPENING SESSION 13.00-14.30

 

 

 

Regional development and information society – Round table discussion

 

 

 

Moderator:
Ms Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen
External Relations Manager
Net Radio Mikaeli

 

Challenges of the information Society to the regional development

Mr Oiva Laitinen

Regional Development Manager

Regional Council of North-Karelia


 

Ms Ingrid Liljenäs

University of Umeå
IT Västerbotten

Mr Johann Günther

Professor

Donau-University Krems

Coffee Break 14.30 – 15.00

 

LOCREGIS APPROACH

15.00-15.30

 

 

 

LOCREGIS project and tools - Introduction

Mr. Heikki Lunnas

Project Manager

Association of the Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

(LOCREGIS project)

 

 

 

STRATEGIC APPROACH

15.30 – 17.30

 

 

 

European Union and the regional information society strategies


Mr Henry Haglund

Head of the Unit

European Commission

DG Information Society

 

Break 16.15 – 16.30

 

 

 

Crucial components of the information society strategies

Mr Aidan Roe
Information Society and IT Consultant
North West England
 

 

 

 

 

The use of IT in SMEs -a driving force for the regional development

Mr Stefan Holm
Project Manager

NUTEK


 

19.00 
Haydn Quartet

19.30 
Reception in the Castle

Friday 14th April

 

REGIONAL BUSINESS APPROACH;

eCommerce as a Tool for Regional Development 

09.00 – 10.45

 

 

 

The role of the public sector - LOCREGIS experiences

Chairman
Mr Manuel Gigot

Managing Director

ARCO

 

 

 

 

Tolppa.Net in South-West Finland

Mr Juha-Pekka Helminen

Turku Technology Centre


Mr Kimmo Tolvanen

Turku Technology Centre
 

 

 

 

 

The public sector as a promotor of the IS in rural areas

Mr Sven Winemark
Project Manager

County Administrative Board of Jämtland

 

 

 

 

Tourism Portal of Lower-Austria

In German

Mr Helmut Heinisch

Eco Plus

Break 10.45 - 11.00
 

TRANSREGIONAL APPROACH;

Added Value through co-operation

11.00 - 12.45

 

 

 

Burgenland-Kainuu Co-operation

Mr Eero Vilhu

Project Manager

Regional Council of Kainuu

 

 

 

 

 

BIT-Houses on Baltic Sea Region

Mr Johannes Thomsen
Manager
South Jutland Regional Business Development Center

 

 

 

 

RDA-Net CEDA Project

Mr Michael Roth
Project Manger
Eco Plus
 

 

 

 

 

Benefits of the transregional co-operation

Mr Javier Ossandon
Managing Director

ANCINET
President of ELANET


 

Lunch 12.45 - 14.00

 

MONITORING APPROACH;

LOCREGIS Tools and the Follow-Up of the Development

14.00-15.00

 

 

 

Monitoring of the EU Regional Programmes

Mr Robert Shotton
Head of the Unit

European Commission DG Regional Policy

 

 

 

 

Regional viewpoint

Ms Satu Ahonen

Project Manager

Regional Council of North-Karelia

 

 

 

 

 

Use of LOCREGIS regional information society profiles in the follow-up of the development – Practical examples

Ms Marjo Rauhala

Project Expert

BIC Burgenland

(LOCREGIS Project)


 
 

IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH;

Projects implementing the strategies

15.00 - 17.00

 

 

 

ESMO - South-Savo Multimedia Network

 

Mr Matti Laitsaari
Producer

South-Savo Multimedia Network

 

 

 

WWW.Burgenland.at

Mr. Johann Binder

Managing Director
BIC Burgenland

Ms Birgit Rivalta
Project Manager Regionalmanagement Burgenland

Coffee Break 15.45 - 16.15

 

 

 

Concept of IT-Norrbotten

Mr Anders Lundkvist
Manager

IT-Norrbotten

 

 

 

 

Information Society on a Baltic Sea Island

Ms Anne Ståhl Mousa
Project Manager

Municipality of Gotland


 

CONCLUSIONS

17.00-17.30

 

 

 

LOCREGIS Project from the viewpoint of the European Commission

Mr Robert Shotton
Head of the unit

European CommissionDG Regional Policy

 

 

 

LOCREGIS – Life after the project

Mr Anders Elmevik
National Co-ordinator of LOCREGIS

Federation of the Swedish County Councils


 

20.00 
Winetasting in the vicinity of Eisenstadt

Saturday 15th April

 

9.30-10.45

in Technologiezentrum Eisenstadt

 

 

 

Technology Centre as a Tool for Regional Development

Mr. Johann Binder

Managing Director
BIC Burgenland

 

 

 


 

10.45 Bus to Sopron (Hungary) from Technology Centre

 

15.00 – 18.30 From Sopron to Eisenstadt via Middle Burgenland wine region

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