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19th Annual EINIRAS Conference
"How Technology and Users Influence the Culture of Information in International Relations"
17-18 September 2009, Madrid
Hosted by the Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies and the Defence Information Centre (Spanish Ministry of Defence)

 

September 17

Venue: CESEDEN (Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional)

09:00 - 09:30

Registration

09:30 - 10:00

Opening and Welcome at CESEDEN

(Spanish Ministry of Defence and EINIRAS)

 

 

Session 1: Spain in the World

Chair: General Miguel A. Ballesteros. Director, Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies
(Spanish Ministry of Defence)

10:00 - 10.30

Spanish Foreign Policy

Charles Powell, Deputy Director, Elcano Royal Institute

10:30 - 11:00

Image of Spain and Information Society

Javier Noya, Senior Analyst for Spain’s International Image & Public Opinión, Elcano Royal Institute

11:00 - 11.30

POLNET Project. Politic participation & Internet

Michael J. Jensen IGOP/UAB Autonoma University of Barcelona / Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (160 KB)

 

 

 

Session 2: Spanish IR Institutions

Chair: Anna Borrull (Fundació CIDOB)

12:00 - 12.30

Research Role and ITC from Spanish Institutions for the Spanish
International Relations Community

Paz Fernández, Fundación Juan March

12:30 - 13:00

Networking Experience in Redial

Itziar Hernandez, HEGOA. Basque Country University

13:00 - 13.30

The Defence Information Centre as an Information Provider for the Spanish IR Community

Ana Isabel Cervantes Munõz, Spanish Ministry of Defence.

 

 

 

Session 3: EINIRAS Member Projects

Chair: Juan A. Sánchez (Elcano Royal Institute)

15:00 - 15.20

Cybermetrics for European International Relations Network Presence on the Internet (working title)

Isidro Aguillo, Spanish National Council for Research. CSIC (1 MB)

15:20 - 15:40

Social Networking Experience at ISN Zurich

Matthias Pintsch (ISN Zurich) (500 KB)

15:40 - 16.00

BBC Monitoring Presentation

Chris Kelly, BBC Monitoring.

 

 

 

Session 4: EINIRAS Business

Chair: Eva Sodomova (Council of Europe)

 

The Current Awareness Service of FIV - Changes in the Model of Subscription

Dr. Petra Galle, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

 

Experience with Using the EINIRAS Google Group

Eva Sodomova, Council of Europe (380 KB)

 

Web Conferencing Update

Gerd Hagmeyer-Gaverus (SIPRI)

 

Reports of the EINIRAS Task Groups

Axel Huckstorf (SWP) (Group 1, 30 KB), Gerd Hagmeyer-Gaverus (SIPRI)

 

Constitution Ballot

 

Other EINIRAS Business

 

 

September 18

 

Session 5: Innovation and Networking

Chair: Gerd Hagmeyer Gaverus (SIPRI)

09:30 - 10.00

Politics 2.0, Government 2.0 & Geopolitics 2.0

Matthew Fraser, INSEAD (Paris)

10:00 - 10:30

Global Technology Outlook

Elisa Martín Garijo IBM IOT Member (2.6 MB)

10:30 - 11.00

Social Web & Tool 2.0 in the Obama Administration

William Ostick, Information Officer US Embassy in Madrid (3,3 MB)

 

 

Session 6: How Technologies Shape User Behaviour

Chair: Eva Sodomova (Council of Europe)

11:30 - 12.00

Fostering Findability on the Web. Building Findable Websites - Web Standards, SEO, and Beyond

Aarron Walter, The Web Standard Project, The Rocket Science Group

12:00 - 12:30

Open Source Intelligence and the Future of IR Librarianship

Chris Pallaris (ISN Zurich) (1 MB)

12:30 - 13.00

New Interfaces for Digital Content Management: NUI (Natural User Interfaces)

Óscar Rodado, Senior Manager, INDRA

 

 

Session 7: Internet and Mobile Phones

Chair: Axel Huckstorf (SWP)

15:00 - 15.30

Mobile Web and User Behaviour

Charles McCathie Nevile, Opera Software

15.30-16.00

One Web: Accessibility and Device Independence using Merkur

José Manrique, Centre for Information Technology and Communication in Asturias (CTIC Foundation)

 

 

 

Session 8: Knowledge Management

Chair: Ivanosca López-Valerio (Elcano Royal Institute)

16:00 - 16.30

The Beginning of the Web Dialogue towards Knowledge Management

Jose M. Calleja, Director of Information Society Unit, Tecnalia/European Software Institute (ESI) (360 KB)

16.30-18.00

Knowledge Café on Issues Related to Knowledge Management

All EINIRAS Members (30 KB)

   
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