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SSOKU09, 1st European Conference on Software Services and Service Oriented Knowledge Utilities technologies

Dates: 13-14 January 2009
Venue: Diamant Conference Centre, Brussels, Belgium
Sponsors: the CHALLENGERS and ECSS European Funded Projects
Cost: none
Registration
Deadline: 28 November, 2008, for both the submission of abstracts and application for free exhibition booth.
Event Web site
Contact: [email protected]

SSOKU09 aims to gather over 200 experts in the fields of Software & Services and SOKU, including high level researchers, top industrial and political representatives from the European Commission and from national authorities. It will provide a forum to discuss the future of Grids & Software and Service oriented Architectures as well as to evaluate the findings presented in the results of the ECSS White Paper on Software and Service Architectures, Infrastructures and Engineering and of the Challengers' Research Agenda and Roadmap on Grids.

European SMEs participation is particularly encouraged and attendance from European and International projects and initiatives, universities, media, commercial, research or governmental organisations are most welcome.

The event features a mix of plenary and parallel sessions. We also offer a technological exhibition space and promotional area, focusing on non technical issues as well as business, research and standards tracks. The conference will include invited presentations from experts from academia, industry, and government as well as presentations from the call for participation.

Why attend?

• Contribute building the international dialogue, roadmaps and recommendations on Software & Services and SOKU
•  Launch or promote new products, applications, services or initiatives to an international audience, including potential users and decision makers
• Reach and network with an international audience of over 200 targeted key players
• Promote your project findings in a large cross-section of practitioners, decision makers from Research, Industry, Governmental Organisations, Associations, Press & Media
• Get your work noticed by attending Press and Media
• Increase visibility and readership of your organisation to a new international audience