This major eGovernment Conference will take place on 11 February 2008, in Brdo, Slovenia within the frame of the “eGovernment days” (11-13 February). It is organised by the Slovenian government on the occasion of the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union.

The eGovernment days are specially designed to exchange knowledge, ideas and future plans about eGovernment between those in charge of the development of eGovernment: policy makers and high-level IT experts in Public Administration, as well as Universities and Industry.

Placed under the theme “Alliance with Users”, the one-day eGovernment Conference 2008 will highlight the three policy priorities of the Slovenian Presidency in the area of eGovernment, namely: interoperability, eParticipation and eInclusion, reduction of administrative burden. In an era of highly developed information technology, those elements are essential for a better public administration.

A set of plenary sessions as well as interactive and rolling on live cases presentations will revolve around those three core priorities. The conference theme is to be understood as the need to form an alliance with users and to take steps together in the mentioned policy areas, towards the creation of a modern public administration.

On-line registration will be available at the event website just before the issuance of email invitations.Furthermore, on the next two days following this first event, the eGovernment days will feature the mid-term IDABC conference under the auspices of the Slovenian Presidency; the Mid-term IDABC Conference "IDABC and beyond", organised by the IDABC programme of the European Commission’s General Directorate for Informatics.

Event website: http://www.egov2008.gov.si/