Taking as its theme 'I's to the Future: Invention, Innovation, Impact, the 2008 ICT (Information and Communication Technology) conference attracted more than 4,000 delegates to Lyon, France, in late November. This important forum, held biennially, showcases European research and presents opportunities for discussing and debating public policy priorities and for learning about European funding for ICT research. Leading policymakers and visionaries from academia and industry discussed the challenges to sustaining European competitiveness within a rapidly evolving technological environment. Exhibits presented the results of more than 100 ICT projects, including extremely innovative collaborative projects for health data grids; smart-home intelligent control, monitoring, and metering systems; assistive technologies to enable older persons to remain active in their communities; semantic search technologies, and more. All student reporters received a Zpen, which writes on any paper and converts handwritten text to digital content that can then be downloaded to a computer. I wish I had one of those!
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