Women in ICT
Conference "Women in ICT: The Way Forward"
8-9 March 2010, Cyprus
Cyprus Hilton Hotel


The International Women Day (8th of March), once again will provide the European Commission with an occasion to address the role of women in the ICT sector. However, this year, substantive changes have been introduced to the formula of the event, starting from the location: Cyprus. The intention is to move the discussion to Member States which have only recently joined the European Union adventure, exactly where women's potential is particularly untapped and where fresh ideas could bloom. This year the debate on women and ICT will be embedded in a broader initiative encompassing other ICT related issues. The event will comprise workshops targeting women willing to set up consortia and submit proposals for future calls.

For this purpose, four workshops have been designed:

ICT for Inclusion
ICT for learning, content and digital preservation
ICT for components and systems (cognitive systems, robotics)
International cooperation

A second part of the event will tackle the issue of eskills and look at innovative solutions to transfer knowledge and skills.

Furthermore, the agenda will give the floor to the usual look to the past activities, which will offer valuable insights on achievements, new goals and needed actions.