17:30 - 18:15 The Balkan Stability Pact (including the e-SEE initiative) 

K. Thelin, Chairman of eSEEurope (electronic South-Eastern Europe)

18:15 - 18:30 Financing Programmes in the SEE Region

M. F. Bosco, DG Information Society - European Commission

18:30 - 18:45  A viewpoint from a private sector initiative: Financing a study of the creation of a Balkan Telecommunication observatory

P. Aggelidis, INA (South Eastern Europe Telecommunication and Informatics Research Institute)

18:45 - 19:15  The operational programme for the Information Society in Greece

Dr. G. Papakonstantinou, Secretary for the Information Society, Ministry of National Economy

Session 2: Building the Information Society in the Balkans

Chair: Professor G. Metakides, Director, DG Information Society - European Commission

19:15 - 20:45 National Information Society policies and links with eEurope+

Presentations from: 

A. Minxhozi, Ministry of Education and Science, Albania 
S. Petrovic, Commun. Regulatory Agency of BiH, Bosnia- Erzegovina
N.Stoyanova, Minιstry of Transport and Communications, Bulgaria
M. Mauher, Government Office for ICT, Croatia
P. Papettas, Departement of Computer Science, Cyprus University
B. Popovich, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau for Informatics, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
A. Pesev, FYROM  
D. Banciu, ICI, Romania · 
C. Arikan, TBV, Turkey  

20:45 - 21:00 Discussion

21:00 Cocktail - Reception