PROGRAMME & SPEAKERS

INVITED SPEAKERS

  Dr. Poulicos Prastacos
Researcher, Head of the Regional Analysis Division, Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundation for Research and Technology -Hellas (FORTH), Hearklion, Greece.

  Dr. Robin Smith
GIS Analyst, The Informatics Collaboratory of the Social Sciences (ICOSS), University of Sheffield, UK.

  Dr. Dimitris Ballas
Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK.

  Mr. Kostas Kaggelides
Technical Director, Gnomon Informatics, Thessaloniki, Greece.

  Mrs. Valentina Suljoti
Researcher, Soil Science Institute, Tirana, Albania.

  Mr. Florian Petrescu
Lecturer, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania.

  Dr. Lazo Roljic
Associate Professor in IT and MIS, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  Mr. Ivo Landek
Assistant Director, State Geodetic Authority, Croatia.

  Mr. Goran Bonevski
Head of IT Department and modernization, City of Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

  Mr. Miroljub Kostic
Head of IT Department, Serbian Statistical Office, Serbia.

PROGRAMME

09:00	Registration
09:30 - 10:00	Opening Dr. Angel IVANOV, Deputy Minister, Ministry of State Administration and Administrative Reform, Bulgaria Mr. Nikos ZAHARIS, SEERC Director Dr. Dimitris DRANIDIS, Lecturer, CITY Liberal Studies, “eGovernment and its Spatial Dimension” Mr. Ulrich BOES, URSIT Ltd., Bulgaria
10:00 - 10:30	“e-Government in Bulgaria”, Dr. Alexander OGNIANOV, Ministry of State Administration and Administrative Reform, Bulgaria.
10:30 - 11:00	“The status and perspectives of e-government in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, Dr. Lazo ROLJIC, Associate Professor in IT and MIS, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
11:00 - 11:30	“Review on development of SDI as a basis of E-Government in Croatia”, Mr. Ivo LANDEK, Assistant Director, State Geodetic Authority, Croatia.
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:30	“e-Government projects in Greece developed in a research environment”, Dr. Poulicos PRASTACOS, Director of Research, Regional Analysis Division, Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece.
12:30 - 13:00	“Local-to-Global: e-Government, digital participation and the GINIE Project”, Dr. Robin SMITH, GIS Analyst, Informatics Collaboratory of the Social Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK.
13:00 - 13:30	“Applying an e-procurement system in Healthcare: Benefits, Criteria for success & Obstacles (The EPOS paradigm)”, Mr. Kostas KAGGELIDES, Technical Director, Gnomon Informatics, Thessaloniki, Greece
13:30	End of Open Workshop Session