European Research Chief to Address Research Issues & Funding

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

European Research Chief to Address Research Issues & Funding Opportunities
at MIT Forum


Roland Hueber, Director of the European Commission's Advanced
Communications, Technologies and Services (ACTS) program will speak on
future European Union funding for international cooperation on basic
research in telecommunications at a public forum on Wednesday, November
30th, from 4:30 to 6 pm, in Bldg. 9, Room 150, 105 Massachusetts Avenue,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.


A press conference will be held from 6 to 6:30 pm at the same location,
summarizing the ACTS program and introducing the USA National Host. The USA
National Host is a newly formed consortium consisting of MIT's Research
Program on Communications Policy, the University of Pennsylvania's
Distributed Systems Lab, the University of Illinois' National Center for
Supercomputing Applications, and the National Media Lab. The USA National
Host is coordinating proposals in the United States for the EC's ACTS
program.


At the MIT Forum, Dr. Hueber will describe the ACTS effort recently
announced by the EC. ACTS is a $1.5 billion, 4-year program for
pre-competitive research to aid implemention of the global information
infrastructure. This is the first time that projects in an EC research
program are open to third country participation. Where there is mutual
interest in international collaboration, ACTS has the authority to match
funds for work done in EU member countries with funds from external
entities.


Dr. Hueber, who is visiting the U.S. as a member of an EC delegation, will
be meeting next week with Washington officials on coordination policies --
including arrangements for the forthcoming meeting of the G7 countries in
February on the global information infrastructure.


The MIT Research Program on Communications Policy is hosting the public
forum, open to all interested parties.


Further Information call: Julia Malik or Gill Cable-Murphy at 617-253-4138,
or e-mail fred () farnsworth mit edu