This year's ICT event - the largest research event in Europe in 2008 - will examine:

• European Union priorities in ICT research for over €2 billion of funding available in 2009-2010
• The major current technological trends which impact upon strategic research planning
• Public research policies to stimulate research and innovation

The event will host leading visionaries from academia and industry and will address topics as diverse as Europe's role in shaping the future internet, ICT's contribution to advancing the sustainability agenda and alternative research paths for future ICT components and systems.

Call for exhibits - deadline 5 May
The exhibition aims at showing concrete results of research in and around Europe related to information and communications technologies. The call for exhibition ideas is open to any organisation involved in European research and development as well as deployment projects and associated support activities.

Call for networking sessions - deadline 16 June
The event will include networking sessions to provide an open forum for exchanging views and ideas on how to address current ICT challenges. Networking sessions encourage forward-thinking collaborative initiatives that support the development of the European Research Area. Researchers, innovators and engineers from all ICT fields are invited to suggest pertinent themes. Deadline for submissions is 16 June 2008.

ICT2008 website
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2008/index_en.htm