Country: Slovenia

Domain: eGovernment

Topic: Policy, Interoperability, Open Source, eIdentity and eSecurity, eServices for Business, eServices for Citizens, Infrastructure

The mid-term IDABC conference is a part of the eGovernment days (11-13 February 2008) organised jointly by the Slovenian Government and the European Commission. The eGovernment days will first feature the Slovenian Presidency's eGovernment conference "Alliance with users" on 11 February. The IDABC mid-term conference will follow on the next two days (12-13 February). Both conferences will be held in the same venue.

Taking place under the theme "IDABC and beyond", the mid-term IDABC conference aims to demonstrate the achievements of the IDABC programme so far and to introduce a vision for a possible future follow-on programme. Two plenary sessions will cover both aspects.

Keynote speeches are to be delivered by Mr. Virant, Slovenia's Public Administration Minister, Mr. Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Mr. García Morán, Director General for Informatics of the European Commission.

Topics to be covered are likely to include eIDs, the mutual recognition of eSignatures, European Interoperability Framework, Services Directive, the new ePractice portal, Projects of Common Interest, Open Standards, etc. Furthermore, a set of three parallel sessions will respectively address the themes of: Security & Infrastructure; European eGovernment Services; and Collaborative platforms.

The expected number of participants of the mid-term IDABC conference is 250. Registration for the event will be on-line, by invitation only. In case places are available, registration will open as of January 2008 to the public.