1. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 CCIS curriculum  founded in 2002  members include researchers and professionals from universities, ICT industry and operators from the four main universities, ICT industry and operators from the four main national centers(Split, Zagreb, Rijeka and Osijek) national centers(Split, Zagreb, Rijeka and Osijek)  an Agreement between CCIS and IEEE ComSoc as Sister Societies was signed in December 2002 in Taipei Sister Societies was signed in December 2002 in Taipei

2. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 CCIS at a glance  non-governmental and non-profit society  a community comprised of professionals and researchers with a common interest in advancing all communication and with a common interest in advancing all communication and information technologies information technologies  CCIS particularly encourages the development of new technologies, systems and applications that promote the technologies, systems and applications that promote the ”soft” approaches and solutions ”soft” approaches and solutions  CCIS provides a framework for collaboration between academy and industry academy and industry

3. Communication and Information Society Communication and Information Society CCIS CCIS CCIS CCIS January 2004 in addition  contributes to education and knowledge, improvement of existing academic and professional programs existing academic and professional programs  assures transfer of technology, promotes and translates recommendations and standards in ICT recommendations and standards in ICT  publishs professional, scientific and text books, conference proceedings, promotional materials and documents in order proceedings, promotional materials and documents in order to diseminate achievements in ICT to diseminate achievements in ICT

4. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 CCIS current activities Co-organizing conferences, workshops, presentations Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks SoftCOM Computer Networks SoftCOM participation in organizing events of other societies participation in organizing events of other societies (KOREMA, MIPRO, ELMAR, …) (KOREMA, MIPRO, ELMAR, …) a number of workshops, seminars and tutorials a number of workshops, seminars and tutorials a number of presentations and round tables a number of presentations and round tables

5. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 CCIS short term plans  increase the number of active members  establish regional sections and working groups for areas:  publish a journal on software and soft communication/ information systems in collaboration with ComSoc information systems in collaboration with ComSoc soft communication systems soft communication systems soft information systems soft information systems software software services, applications and QoS services, applications and QoS multimedia and virtual reality multimedia and virtual reality electromagnetic ecology electromagnetic ecology  publish a CCIS Newsletter

6. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 CCIS Newsletter Viable topics hot topics in ICT hot topics in ICT news from ICT industry news from ICT industry new providers and operators new providers and operators news in ICT, standards, regulation & laws news in ICT, standards, regulation & laws looking through customer eyes looking through customer eyes incoming events, professional opportunities incoming events, professional opportunities advertisements advertisements

7. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 CCIS organization Officers: President, Vice-presidents, Secretary Presidency: the executive body chaired by the CCIS president Assembly: the supreme body includes all CCIS members Secretariat: the executive body headed by the Secretary Supervisory Board: supervises CCIS bodies decisions and operations operations Architecture: distributed regional management and operation

8. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 Taipei (December, 2002) Sister Society Summit Globecom 2002, Taiwan December, 2002 CCIS and IEEE ComSoc collaboration

9. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 Before signing an Agreement between CCIS and IEEE ComSoc, a presentation about CCIS organization, achievements and future plans has been held. The listeners were President and Director of Sister Societies, IEEE ComSoc Staff and presidents of a number Sister Societies. Taipei (December, 2002)

10. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 Signing the Agreement: Mrs Celia Desmond, President of the IEEE ComSoc and Nikola Rozic, President of the CCIS

11. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 Agreement is signed: Mrs Celia Desmond, President of the IEEE ComSoc, and Nikola Rozic, President of CCIS; Algirdas Pakstas, Director of Sister Societies and Alex Gelman, ComSoc VP Societies Relations

12. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 In a relaxed atmosphere: keeping company with people from Slovenia who also signed Agreement with ComSoc, and with M. Decina and J.R.B. de Marca former ComSoc presidents

13. ACTUAL IEEE COMSOC SISTER SOCIETIES BRAZIL Sociedade Brasileira de Telecomuniçacões (SBT) CHINA CHINA China Institute of Communications (CIC) CHINA CHINA The Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) CROATIA CROATIA Communications and Information Society, Croatia (CCIS) CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAKIA Czech and Slovak Society for Radioengineering (SR) FRANCE FRANCE Societe des électroniciens et des électroniciens (SEE) TO: Société de l Electricité, de l Electronique et des Technologies de l Information et de la Communication GERMANY GERMANY Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (VDE HUNGARY HUNGARY The Scientific Association for Infocommunications (HTE) INDIA INDIA The Institute of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers (IETE) ISRAEL ISRAEL Association of Engineers & Architects in Israel (AEAI) ITALY ITALY Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana (AEI) JAPAN JAPAN The Institute of Electronics, Information & Communication Engineers (IEICE) KOREA KOREA The Korean Institute of Communication Sciences (KICS) LATVIA LATVIA Latvian Information Technology & Telecommunications Association (LITTA) RUSSIA RUSSIA The Russian Popov Society for Radio Engineering, Electronics, & Commun. (Popov) SLOVENIA SLOVENIA The Electrotechnical Association of Slovenia (EZS) TAIWAN TAIWAN Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (CIEE) VIETNAM VIETNAM The Radio & Electronics Association of Vietnam (REV) CCIS CCIS January 2004

14. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 Government Academy CCIS members: individual professionals, institutions ICT Industry Operators &Providers Communications And Information Society (CCIS)

15. Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 Communication and Information Society, Croatia Communication and Information Society, Croatia CCIS CCIS January 2004 CCIS goals  co-organization of meetings (SoftCOM, …)  participation in advancing all communication and information technologies information technologies  publishing (journals, newsletter, standards, ….)  supporting collaboration between academy and industry  education of professionals, seminars, certificates  transfer technologies and encouraging of start-ups