November 16, 2011

The Poznan University of Economics hosted an international conference „Innovation for eParticipation – Pre-Conference to the 6th European Ministerial e-Government Conference and Exhibition eGOV2011PL - Borderless eGovernment Services for Europeans", organized jointly by the Department of Information Technology,  the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems VINNOVA, and Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP). Prof. Wojciech Cellary served as a co-chair of Program Committee of the Pre-Conference. He also chaired the Opening Session. The Pre-Conference was intended to show the results of important European eGovernment research in generating and implementing e-visions and e-solutions, as well as the possibilities to build new strategies upon current results. The following themes were focused on: Innovations for Government e-participation, Innovations for Business e-participation and Innovative e-services. More than 170 attendees came from 18 countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Dennmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Letuvia, Luxemburg, Netherland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, United  Kingdom, and USA.