This workshop plays host to the launch of the revised work programme for the fourth and fifth calls of FP6 The commission representatives will be available in the afternoon of the 1st and 2nd day, for bilateral talks with prospective IST project proposers. More information Here

The workshop is a two-day event consisting of two symposia:

Technical Symposium featuring  A keynote presentation by an internationally renowned researcher: Prof. Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University "Low-Level Features to High-Level Semantics: Are We Bridging the Gap?"  8 selected oral and 32 poster contributions on the workshop topics EU IST Symposium featuring  A keynote addresses from the EU commission Roberto Cencioni, Head of Unit INFSO.E2, European Commission "The Integration of knowledge, content and semantics as part of the IST Vision for the 7th Framework Programme"  Launch of the revised Work Programme for the 4th and 5th calls of 6th framework programme  A keynote addresses from the EU commission Brian Macklin, Albert Gauthier, INFSO.E2 "From project ideas to successful proposals: hints and tips for prospective proposers"  Two panel sessions with prominent researchers and key players in the field