CHAIRMAN: Mr. Paris Kokorotsikos, Managing Director, EUROCONSULTANTS SA, Hellas 
CO-CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Rosalie Zobel, Director, DG Information Society, European Commission 
RAPPORTEUR: Mr. A. Pesev, Managing Director - ULTRA COMPUTING, FYROM.

9.00 Opening and objectives of the session - Mr. P. Kokorotsikos. 

9:05 Setting the context - Mrs. R. Zobel, Director, DG INFSO-KAII 

9.25 ROUND TABLE POSITION TAKING 

• Mr. Trajkovski - I&T Consulting FYROM 
  SEED Project: South Eastern European Digital Economy. 
• Ms. Kourounakou, The Athens Laboratory of Business Administration
  ENLARGE project: Entrepreneurship Laboratory for Eastern European Regions
• Dr. R. Mlesnita, Transilvania Business Centre, Romania. 
  VIVA project: Virtual Valley for rapid growth SMEs. 
• Mr. R. Koumeri - Planet-Ernst & Young S.A. 
  LEVER project: Leveraging Knowledge in the Software Industry. 
• Mr. R. Chelli - European Trends Association - Innovation Division (to be confirmed) 
  BENe-BUS project - Benchmarking of e-business solutions for Western and Eastern Europe SMEs. 
• Mr. P. Kokorotsikos, Managing Director, EUROCONSULTANTS SA, Hellas.
  e-Market places and e-Business Portal initiative in Thessaloniki 

Each participant is encouraged to make a statement for 3-6 minutes (depending on the number of interventions) on his / her ideas for e-Business actions for the region. 

10:30 OPEN DISCUSSION: PRIORITIES THEMES FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS IN THE REGION 

The aim of the open discussion is to set common priorities for regional actions in e-business and identify possible project proposals. 

11.30 WRAP UP AND CONCLUSIONS FOR THE FINAL SESSION 12:00 CLOSE

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