Modern public administrations aim at providing efficient, open and citizen-centric public services, while reducing users' administrative burden and minimising costs. In this view, public sector innovation and modernisation are key elements for Europe's economic strength and competitiveness. At the same time the availability of mobile Internet continuously changes daily life, in the sense that mobile phones are becoming the most rapidly adopted...

ERTC Plant Maintenance and Shutdowns has been developed for refining companies to share their case studies and best practices along with industry suppliers and technology providers. During these times of global financial uncertainty, fluctuating oil prices and reduced margins, it is more important than ever to maintain existing plants and equipment with minimum investment. Additionally the human error factor has the potential to impact on both...

ERTC Energy Efficiency conference, Brussels – A review of efforts being made to meet EU targets & how they will be affected by the turnaround in energy policy on the supply strategy of refinerieGlobal Technology Forum is delighted to return to Brussels for the 5th ERTC Energy Efficiency conference.Energy efficiency initiatives are in many ways critical to the long term survival of many refiners in OECD countries. Faced with higher en...

Falling in a key period for policymaking, with the European Commission and European Parliament elections this spring, The 3rd Annual European Cloud Computing Conference will be an opportunity to debate future policy priorities for the Cloud Computing sector. It will explore what the expected market developments in Cloud Computing are and how Europe can best exploit the opportunities offered by the Cloud. It will also discuss the necessary meas...

Global Intelligence Forum - "The Role of Intelligence in Meeting Europe's Emerging Security Challenges" The world is changing…and so must the role of Intelligence! Last year’s inaugural unclassified Global Intelligence Forum (Brussels) explored the intelligence lessons learned and not learned since 9/11. Lord Robertson, former Secretary General of NATO, noted that Europe “… collectively woke up to the importance of in...

Many regions in the world will be in persistent conflict for generations and the adaptive IED challenge will remain a potential threat across the full range of Alliance operations. We must contain the spread of IEDs as a global weapon of choice by making them too costly to produce and too risky to employ by Attacking the Network that emplace IEDs, and by training our forces on effective CIED operations. As the war in Afghanistan winds down U.S...

CO2 AS A FEEDSTOCK FOR FUELS & CHEMICALS ACI’s Carbon Dioxide Utilisation Summit 2013 taking place on the 30th & 31st October in Brussels, will provide in depth analysis of current and future CO2 market size, as well as drivers & constraints of CO2 demand. Awareness of net carbon emission and potential ways to reduce them is becoming more and more important to all industries today. A growing number of environmental, political...

Future ISR: C4ISR, Network Enabled Capability and ISR Interoperability Conference, Roundtables and Exhibition Here’s Why Future ISR Is One Event You Can’t Afford To Miss Understand new national and multinational approaches to Joint ISR that will impact your organisation to make better decisions about investing your time, money and effort across your ISR portfolio for the year ahead Enhance your professional network by meeting gover...

The Case for Intervention, Stronger Targets, and the Backloading Proposal Building on the success of previous years, Platts 4th Annual European Emissions Markets conference will provide market participants with a comprehensive overview of the European emissions market, its policy and current challenges faced. The industry's leading analysts, policy makers, compliance companies, traders, and observers will debate and discuss the case for market...

The years since 9/11 have been a sobering, exciting and highly demanding period for nations and societies around the world. Governments, industry and the public have been called upon to combat multiple threats, both traditional and non-traditional, in diverse theaters; to learn new ways of doing business; to rethink and adapt to new ways of thinking about sharing vs. security; and to conduct relationships with entirely new partners. This has h...