5^th December

TELECITIES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

15.00-17.00
Rome City Hall

Telecities Steering Committee Meeting

TeleCities Annual General Meeting

(Election of the new President and the Steering Committee)

Conference “Public Administrations and Business in the Development of E-commerce and the New Economy”

6^th December

Fiera di Roma

8.30-9.00 Registration

9.00-9.30 Opening of the exhibition, Francesco Rutelli, Mayor of Rome

9.30 – 9.50

Welcome speech, Francesco Rutelli, Mayor of Rome

9.50-10.10

Mariella Gramaglia, Vice General Director of the City of Rome and President of the TeleCities network

10.10-10.30

Giuseppe Roma
Director, Censis Foundation

“Opportunities and threats in the New Economy”

10.30-10.50

European Commission, Head of Key Action II – New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce, Information Society Programme

“European Union’s Actions and Opportunities to Stimulate PA-business Networks for E-commerce Learning Cities/Regions”

10.50-11.10

Alfonso Molina

Professor, Director of TechMaPP, University of Edinburgh

“The Role of Public Administrations in E-commerce and the New Economy”

11.10-11.30

Coffee Break

11.30-13.30

“Cities strategies in the New Economy - Emerging Practices in E-commerce in Public Administrations”

Pietro Barrera, General Director, City of Rome, moderator

Carl Cederschiold, Mayor, City of Stockholm,

Ernest Maragall, Councillor for Presidency and Financial Affairs, President of Telecommunications Commission of the Barcelona City Council, City of Barcelona

Dave Sullivan, Mayor of London Lewisham

Tom Yantis, Director of Information Services, City of Georgetown – Texas,

Frantisek Dohnal, President of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czeck Republic, City of Hradec Kralove

Claudio Mastore, General Director, Unisys Italia

Questions and Answers

13.30-15.00

Lunch

15.00- 16.30

“Public Administration and Business Networks in E-commerce Learning Cities / Regions”

Luigi Paganetto, Dean of Economics, Torvergata University, moderator

Tony Kinder, University of Edinburgh.

“The Challenge of Stimulating E-commerce Learning Cities/Regions: An Analytical Perspective”

Jean-Bernard Benhaiem, Head of Sector, DG Regio, European Commission

“Strategy and opportunities for stimulating learning cities/regions. The perspective of DGRegio”

Bill Potts, Group Manager, Glasgow City Council

“Towards an holistic approach to a city strategy in the new economy: the experience of the Glasgow City Council”

Mariella Gramaglia, City of Rome, Vice General Director

“The Consortium Digital Youth. A private-public partnership for ICTs, education and employment in Rome/Lazio.

16.30-17.00

Coffee Break

17.00-18.15

Continuation of the round table

Wilbert Stolte, Vice Major, City of Den Haag

“City Government and the new economy in Den Haag”

Questions and Answers

Howard Thomas, CEO and Managing Director, e-xSELLence.com,

“The role of SMEs in regional e-commerce learning programmes”

Renato Brunetti, President e-Works

“The role of Venture Capital in regional e-commerce learning programmes”

18.15-18.30

Closing of first PACE/TeleCities Conference

Mariella Gramaglia, President of the TeleCities network

7^th December,
Fiera di Roma

PACE Working Groups

e-Commerce Applications and Services:

A) Public Administration to Public Administration

B) Public Administration to Business

C) Public Administration to Consumer/Citizens

Lunch

TeleCities Working Groups

A) Electronic Democracy

B) Smart Government

C) Organisational changes and new jobs in the City of Tomorrow

TeleCities plenary session and conclusion of the TeleCities Seminar