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* Examining the links between innovation and e-business: A conference examining the links between innovation and e-business will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on May 26 and 27. The event will bring together high level policy makers from around Europe, researchers and practitioners to debate the convergence between e-business and innovation. Participants will also discuss how e-business can enable new ways of doing business. A central focus of the conference will be how to design policies that address e-business and innovation in a complementary manner, so as to help business move into new fields. For further information, see: http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/innovation/e-business_en.htm

* NO-REST workshop on the impacts of standards on ICT: The Sixth Framework Programme project NO-REST (the networked organisations - research into standards and standardisation) is organising a workshop on the impact of standards in the ICT sector. The event will take place on May 27 in Sophia Antipolis, France. The goal of the event is to develop a better understanding of the impacts that standards may have in the e-business and ICT sectors, and to explore different approaches to assessing these impacts. For further information, see:

http://www.no-rest.org/Workshop-home.htm.

* European semantic web conference: Staged in Crete, Greece, from May 29 to June 1 2005 in the context of the FP6 (sixth framework programme) the conference will focus on ground-breaking research in areas such as knowledge mark-up languages, semantic web services and ontology management. For further information, see: http://www.eswc2005.org/

* Freephone services workshop: Staged by the European Commission on June 8, this workshop will focus on the problems posed by cross-border freephone services (access to "00800"). Those interested in attending should register before May 27. For more information see: http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/ecomm/useful_information/library/public_consult/index_en.htm#freephone_services

* Mobile and wireless communications summit: The 14th mobile and wireless communications summit will take place from June 19 to 23 in Dresden, Germany. Supported by the European Commission and other organisations, the event gathers prominent scientists and business representatives to present their achievements and discuss future developments. For further information see: http://www.mobilesummit2005.org

* European Research and Innovation Fair: The European...