Presentation of the e-business forum, at Valencia, for the 17th eBSN, April 2008

1. e-business forum - GREECE: A generator of policy actions for the digital economy Hatzakis Ilias, Greek Research & Technology Network [email_address] www.ebusinessforum.gr 17th eBSN workshop on, "Competitiveness and new technologies in the age of globalization", Valencia, 10 April 2008

2. The e-business forum vision and mission: A consultation mechanism for open, broad and continuous dialogue of the State with the main stakeholders from business and academia, that are connected to e-business. OBJECTIVES: - Promote and extent the dialogue about the digital economy in Greece - Generate policy measures on the digital economy - Monitor and r eport the progress of ICT and e-business penetration in the Greek economy - Actions to increase the ability and the skills of citizens, consumers and businesses on the use of IT and e-business practices - Link to relative international initiatives 17th eBSN workshop on, "Competitiveness and new technologies in the age of globalisation", Valencia, 10 April 2008

5. Education Life long learning Academic curricula E-learning ROI Government G2B E-democracy E-invoice Marketing Web marketing CRM SEO Internet trends Open source GRID Web 2.0 … Sectoral Tourism, F&B, health Nautical, Culture., transport e -business technologies & procedures SCM E-payments … Legal Regulatory Framework, ADR, Codes of conduct, consumer protection, IPR 3 rd party models B2B E-marketplaces Technical Security, smart cards, wireless , IPV6, RFID E-business forum horizontal support Statistical data Synergies between WGs Transfer knowhow 17th eBSN workshop on, "Competitiveness and new technologies in the age of globalisation", Valencia, 10 April 2008

9. 10% The opinion making 17th eBSN workshop on, "Competitiveness and new technologies in the age of globalisation", Valencia, 10 April 2008

10. 10% The opinion making 17th eBSN workshop on, "Competitiveness and new technologies in the age of globalisation", Valencia, 10 April 2008