Communication and Information Society Croatia CCIS curriculum

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

Communication and Information Society, Croatia 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 information technologies § CCIS particularly encourages the development of new technologies, systems and applications that promote the ”soft” approaches and solutions § CCIS provides a framework for collaboration between academy and industry CCIS January 2004

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

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

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

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

Communication and Information Society, Croatia 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 Architecture: distributed regional management and operation CCIS January 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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