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*Seminar on social capital, quality of life and information society technologies: to be held on February 22-23 in Heidelberg, Germany. Organised for SOCQUIT's special interest group, this interactive seminar will be an occasion to discuss the preliminary results of the participants' dynamic modelling work, together with the analyses on some of the research topics that were identified at the first seminar in Seville. A proper usage and exploitation of the SOCQUIT model and its results will also be discussed.

SOCQUIT is a specific support action under the IST (information society technologies) strand of the EU Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). For further information, please contact: Jeroen Heres E-mail: heres@stb.tno.nl

* First International Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities: A conference on testbeds and research infrastructures for the development of networks and communities will take place in Trento, Italy, from February 23 to 25. Topics will include: multimedia services; ubiquitous services; wireless testbeds and new capabilities; wireless testbeds and emerging technologies; ORBIT testbeds; next generation wireless networks; protocol testbeds; optical and high speed networks; testbeds and measurement. For further information please visit: http://www.tridentcom.org/CfPart.pdf

*Creativity and market access: the role of training, development and marketing in European film distribution: Seminar to be held on February 27-March 1 in Luxembourg, attended by Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media. Information: Veronique Rouee, tel: 00 32 2 289 26 00 or kea.general@kernnet.com

* Web-based project management for FP6: A workshop on understanding the principles of electronic collaboration and dissemination tools to facilitate the implementation of FP6 projects and the effective dissemination of research results will take place in Cambridge, UK, on March 1. The aim is to look at the importance of using web-based electronic collaboration tools for FP6 project management. The workshop will also address network management and dissemination, the view of the European Commission, the desired functionality and how to assess products that are currently available: For further information, please contact Andrew Jackson: andrew.jackson@scientiasolutions.com

* TED conference on e-government The Towards Electronic Democracy programme TED, launched by the European Science...