The follow-up to IST 2006, Köln 2007 is dedicated to help ICT researchers respond to the calls for proposals under the work programme 2007/2008.

A one day event to help ICT researchers respond to the calls for proposals under the work programme 2007/2008 of the 7th Framework Programme for R&D. Köln 2007 will be an opportunity to meet other people with similar or complementary research interests who wish to form project consortia.

After a short opening ceremony with speeches from Dr. Annette Schavan, German Federal Minister of Education and Research and Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, the rest of the day will be organised as an information fair, with no formal agenda.

Registration has just opened on the site, which also features details of each networking session. Online networking facilities similar to the 'Express an Opinion' system used for IST 2006 networking will appear in early January.

For more information visit: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/koln_2007/index_en.htm