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Niko Schlamberger CEPIS President CEPIS Council 2008, Brussels. PRESIDENT’S REPORT. Council of European Professional Informatics Societies Established 1989 To represent European IT professionals’ community – the voice of European IT professional
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Niko Schlamberger CEPIS President CEPIS Council 2008, Brussels PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Council of European Professional Informatics Societies Established 1989 To represent European IT professionals’ community – the voice of European IT professional To define proper user and IT professionals skills and competences To develop applicable certification schemes and products for both To take an active part in European developments Member Societies regardless of countries’ integrations
ACTIVITIES Publications Upgrade and Upnet Reports, Position Papers www.eucip.org Special Interest Networks LSI ISYP Task Forces Professionalism Education and Research
ACTIVITIES EC-related e-Skills Harmonise Euro-inf Member Societies Related ASTIC Conference 2007 Turkish Computer Society Conference 2007 Polish Information Society Day 2008 Hungarian Computer Society 40 Anniversary 2008 Serbian Computer Society – Diskobolos 2008
ACTIVITIES Regional Information Technology Standing Regional Committee (IT STAR) NDU i-12
Institutional Relations European Commission Collaborating with IFIP I3P on Professionalism ECDL Foundation Industry Leadership Board
PLANS Continue activities – Projects, SINs Professionalism Education and Research Skills Seek input from Member Societies Keep relations with Member Societies Promote Professionalism Price of Incompetence What About Universities? 20th Anniversary Event in 2009