Commission of the European Communities Bücher

The 1990 ESPRIT Conferene is being held in Brussels from the 12th November to the 15th November. Well over 1700 participants from all over Europe and overseas are expected to attend the various events. The Conference will offer the opportunity to be updated on the results ofthe ESPRITprojects and Basic Research actions andto develop international contacts with colleagues, both within a specific branch of Information Technology and across different branches. The first three days of the Conference are devoted to presentations of Esprit projects and Basic Research actions structured into plenary and parallel sessions; the scope of the Conference has been broadened this year by the inclusion of several well-known international speakers. All areas of Esprit work are Microelectronics, Information Processing Systems, Office and Business Systems, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Basic Research and aspects of the Information Exchange System. During the IT Forum on Thursday November 15th, major European industrial and political decision-makers will address the audience in the morning. In the afternoon, a Round Table will discuss the impact of Information Technology on society. More than 100 projects and actions will display their major innovations and achieve­ ments at the Esprit Exhibition which will be, for the first time, open to the general public.

Hardbound. ESPRIT (European Strategic Programme for Research in Information Technology) is the most ambitious cooperative research programme ever embarked upon in Europe. It spans the area of information technology, enabling cooperation of several hundred large and small industrial companies and research institutions throughout twelve European nations. This volume comprises 82 technical papers selected from the 110 ongoing projects. To improve the value of the book as a source for public information and justification, summaries of all projects launched in 1984 and 1985 have also been included. The contributions are topically arranged to facilitate easy access by the reader.