1. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Opportunities for collaboration in IST activities between Latvia and other countries. Inga Bakane Riga Technical university Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology IST4Balt Project Manager

2. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Labdien! Your first Latvian word to know!

3. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 The main aim of the presentation is to show how our activities can facilitate collaboration with Latvia.

4. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Promote the FP6 IST Priority to Latvia. Perform technology studies and market studies with IST. Manage contacts with the IST projects and EU experts. Maintain the database of contacts concerning the IST and FP6 activities in Latvia and EU legal bodies interested in collaboration with the Baltic States. Organise contacts with: - local authorities (Ministries, City councils, etc.); - representatives of EU in Latvia; - enterprises; - universities; - SME's…

5. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04  Creation of Information and dissemination centre and Management during the project life.  Preparation of the 3 Workshop which will be organised at the same time than Baltic IT&T conference.  Participation in other EU workshops, seminars and conferences in order to distribute information about different organisations in Latvia.  Publishing of News Journal second issue.

6. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Companies and institutions ready to participate in the IST programme

7. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Belss Ltd. DATI group Computer Science Institute DeSL Ltd (Deutsche Software Lettland) Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Computer The Latvian Information Technology and Telecommunication Association, LITTA Environment Modelling Centre, Riga Technical University E Pasaule Ltd. Institute of economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences Institute of Electronics and Computer Science University of Latvia(IECS) Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia Latvia University of Agriculture, Faculty of Information Technologies Komerccentrs DATI grupa Ltd OPTRON Ltd. Oracle East Central Europe Limited Priekuli Plant Breeding Station RIDemo Riga Information Technology Institute (RITI) Aviation Institute of Riga Technical University Scientific Library of Riga Technical University. SAF Tehnika AS JSC SOFTEX LATVIA SWH SETS TietoEnator Financial Solutions Ltd. Tilde Lattelekom Distance Education Study Centre, Riga Technical University Latvia Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technologies of Riga Technical university.

8. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Results of participation in IST projects altoget her 1.co mpeti tion 2. comp etitio n Fet Open IST+ NMP Number of participants 109673435 The number of the projects 86522725 Contracts93501 Pass-rate11%6%18%-20%

9. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 LV participation only in IST (5.IP & 6.IP) 5.FP6.FP Number of participants178104 Number of the projects14481 Contracts338

10. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Submitted projects 1.competiti on LV 1.competitio n EK altogether 2. competition LV Fet OpenIST+NMP altogether865213962725 IP191529%32523%27%-240% NoE9612%16112%27%-120% STREP261529%72752%933%2100%- SSA231121%1309%1037%-240% CA759%524%415%--

11. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Successful LV projects (%) 1.competition 2. competition Fet OpenIST+NMP Altogether36%518%-120% IP-150%- NoE117%-- STREP--- SSA19%220%1100% CA120%250%-

12. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Come and Work with us! Baltic States is aiming to be the most dynamic region of Europe for IT!

13. IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future IST 2004 Event - Participate in your future, Hague, Netherlands, 15-17/11/04 Paldies! Your second Latvian word to know! Contact me: ibakane@cs.rtu.lv