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Moving Forward. The e-Economy?. Technology Advance. Volatile Financial Markets. Time to Double Chip complexity: 18 months Communications bandwidth: 9 months Disk storage capacity: 17 months Number of Internet users: 17 months Number of websites: 5 months. M. A. J. A. J. D.
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The e-Economy? Technology Advance Volatile Financial Markets • Time to Double • Chip complexity: 18 months • Communications bandwidth: 9 months • Disk storage capacity: 17 months • Number of Internet users: 17 months • Number of websites: 5 months M A J A J D M S O N J F A J A M J D S O N J F M 1999 2000 2001 Nasdaq
Different Starting Points Internet Penetration Mobile Penetration % % Source: International Telecommunication Union, December 2000
The Galloping Technology Ubiquitous Computing Networked Devices Standalone PC Mainframe Performance Applications &Services Technology Time
What will be? Global Satellite Suburban Urban In- Building Micro-Cell Home-Cell Macro-Cell Pico-Cell Seamless & Rich Connectivity ‘P-Com’ User-Centered Radical Simplicity
Initiatives andFunding Opportunities eSEE INCO II CARDS Programme National e-Initiatives
National e-Initiatives • Commonalities - differences • Link with eEurope+ • Timeframes • Co-operation opportunities (variable geometry?)
Speakers Agim MinxhoziMinistry of Education and Science, Albania Sinisa PetrovicCommunications Regulatory Agency of BiH, Bosnia Nelly Stoyanova Ministry of Transport and Communications, Bulgaria Mladen Mauher Government Office for ICT Development, Croatia Marilena ParaskevaResearch Promotion Foundation, Cyprus Antoni Pesev Ultra Computing, FYROM Doina BanciuICI, Romania Cemil ArikanTBV, Turkey Borjan Popovic Federal Bureau for Informatics, Yugoslavia
Tomorrow Sessions • Understanding national contexts => convergence of regulatory systems and policies • Identifying concrete objectives, regional actions and actors e-Government e-Business e-Education Project Proposals