“...Excellent event for bringing people together. Besides many
contacts from India with whom I am still in discussion it was useful to renew
European contacts as well.”
Stephen Hope, Orange SA, UK
“EuroIndia2004 helped in giving an overall exposure to the European market and
other opportunities available, waiting to be explored.”
Sid Dharth, Cyberica Net Technologies Pvt. Ltd, India
These two comments offer insight into the results achieved and the general level
of satisfaction of the majority of European and Indian ICT delegates at the
EuroIndia2004 Co-operation Forum which registered 1,250 delegates, 800 Indian
and 450 Europeans on the portal. Over 900 came together to exchange views,
project ideas, technologies during three days i.e. March 24-26 in Delhi.
Peter
Zangl, Joint Director General of the Information Society Directorate of the
European Commission and Kris Gopalakrishnan, Deputy Managing Director and COO
Infosys officially opened the EuroIndia2004 Forum whilst European Commissioner
for Enterprise and Information Society Erkki Liikanen presided over the closing
ceremony. The Forum provided a congenial setting for presentations and
discussions of innovative developments in eEnabling, Next Generation
Technologies, Communication Technologies and Security and Standardisation at
more than thirty thematic parallel Workshops which attracted a substantial
number of delegates and participants. EuroIndia2004 also provided an excellent
networking environment to discuss new ideas, share knowledge and obtain feedback
from potential partners and users.
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