PROGRAM

INFOSAM Conference April 19-20, 2004

Location: NTNU Gløshaugen Campus Main Building, Room H3, Høgskoleringen 1, Trondheim, Norway
Program chair: Professor Arne Sølvberg, Dean of Faculty of Information technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering

April 19th
0915 Registration
0930 Opening session
Welcome address: Rector Eivind Hiis Hauge, NTNU
Introduction: Prof. Arne Sølvberg
0945 Enabling technology / Basic ICT infrastructure
Electronics - Prof. Einar J. Aas
Communication Technology - Prof. Geir Øien
Computer Systems - Asc. Prof. Kjetil Nørvåg
1045 Discussion:
"Where will Norwegian ICT industry be in 2020?"
Chair: Dir. Jørn Sperstad, Abelia
1115 Lunch
1200 The organization of human affairs/
The creative human
Information Security and Safety - Prof. Torbjørn Skramstad
Information Systems - Prof. Jon Atle Gulla
Language Technology - Prof. Torbjørn Norgård
Learning with ICT - Researcher Leif Martin Hokstad
1315 Discussion:
"The knowledge organisation of 2020"
Chair: Prof. Ingeborg Torvik Sølvberg, Department of Computer and Information Science
1345 Coffee break
1400 Invited talk
Chief Scientist Michael Brodie, Verizon , USA:
"Holistic Solutions From Technologies that Converge, Shift, Disrupt, and Disappear"
[Abstract]
1500 Enabling technology / Computation
Mathematics - Prof. Kristian Seip
Computational Science  - Asc. Prof. Anne Cathrine Elster
  - Prof. Einar Rønquist
1545 Discussion:
"Towards simulation-based science and engineering"
Chair: Prof. Helge Holden., Department of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU
1615 Coffee break
1630 Invited talk
Professor Keith Jeffery, Director, Business & Information Technology Department ,CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK:
"The Future is GRIDs"
[Abstract] [Slide Show]
1730 Discussion:
"Is technology foresight possible? On what time-horizon?"
Chair: Tore Tennøe, The Norwegian Board of Technology
1815 Conference buffet dinner at Electric Gardens

 

April 20th
0900 Invited talk
Dr. Johan de Kleer, PARC, USA: "Smart Matter"
1000 Coffee break
1015 The material world
Electrical Energy - Prof. Arne Nysveen
Gas technology - Prof. Morten Hovd
1100 Discussion:
"Taking advantage of Norway's comparative advantages - an ICT perspective"
Chair: Prof. Bjarne Foss, Department of Engineering Cybernetics
1130 Lunch
1215 The biological/medical world
Bioinformatics - Asc. Prof. Finn Drabløs
Health Informatics - Asc. Prof. Øystein Nytrø
Life support/medical tech. - Prof. II Kjell Arne Ingebrigtsen
1315 Discussion:
"The sick and old in 2020…..How can we afford them?"
Chair: Prof. Gunnar Bovim, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU
1345 Coffee break
1400 Conluding discussion
Chair: Prof. Arne Sølvberg, Dean of Faculty of Information technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering
 
Theme:
  • Are the proposed reality descriptions in disagreement, or are the views overlapping?
  • Are there desired competence profiles in 2020 for graduates in ICT, mathematics, EE?
  • What competence should we develop? What research policy should we have?
  • Where do we go from here? What's next?
1500 Closing


Editor: Gudrun Kolbotten Sjøvold E-mail: INFOSAM2020@ime.ntnu.no
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