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* Converging Technologies Conference

The UKs Institute of Nanotechnology is organising a conference entitled "Converging Technologies a Vision for Europe", to be held in London on January 20. The conference will discuss opportunities arising from the convergence of nano-, bio- and info- technologies and cognitive sciences, as priority research areas under the 7th Framework-Programme.

For more information, please go to:

http://www.nano.org.uk/conferences/convtech/convtech.pdf

* 7th International conference on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering

An international conference on "terminological methods in content development with special emphasis on semantic interoperability and standardisation" (TKE 2005) will take place from August 16 to 19 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

On the agenda:

- Methodology standardisation;

- Semantic interoperability under the requirements of multilinguality & multimodality;

- Metadata;

- Data elements and data categories;

- Metamodels;

- Information extraction and retrieval;

- Terminology extraction;

- Content development;

- Content maintenance and updating mechanisms;

- Ontologies;

- Concept systems;

- Classification systems & thesauri;

- Taxonomies

For more information, please go to:

http://uk.cbs.dk/konferencer/tke2005

* BioSec Workshop: Biometrics in every-day applications - Brussels, Belgium

The BioSec consortium will hold its second open workshop in Brussels on January 19-20, with the theme "Biometrics in every-day applications".

BioSec is an Integrated Project launched under the Information Society Technologies Priority (part of the 6th Framework Programme). BioSec workshops are designed to promote networking between the key players in Europe, such as European biometrics and security groups. The BioSec consortium is still in its first year of existence. The workshop will include an exhibition area for the latest research results.

For more information, please go to: http://www.biosec.org

* Conference on Radio Frequency Identification - Paris, France

A conference on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and its applications will take place in Paris from June 15 to 16. The conference is organised in conjunction with the GES Convention (geolocalisation and embedded services).

For more information, please contact: Caroline Prince - e-mail: cprince@yucatan.tm.fr

* ICT 21 Forum - The contribution of Information and Communication Technologies to sustainable development - Valenciennes, France

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