Official results of the event “Kommunales GIS Forum 2013” (Municipal GIS Forum 2013) For the first time the Round Table GIS organized a municipal GIS Forum with focus on “What INSPIRE brings to municipalities”. With around 130 participants mainly from Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria – including representatives from municipalities (almost 80), from state agencies and providers of GIS products and services – the attendance surpassed the organizers’ expectations. Source. FOSS4G Europe
The MCA’s Digital Inclusion Strategy, launched by the Maltese Communications Authority on 2012, cover the period 2012-2015 and developed into two different strategies called: “Networked society” and “Networked Enterprise” was designed to facilitate the improvement of a Networked Society that exploits on the opportunities brought about by ICT for social cohesion and economic development. GeoICT in Malta is mostly developed through the initiatives of the Maltese public authorities in exploring
Another strategic achievement of the smeSpire network has been made. An important Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by smeSpire and SIBA (Spatial Industries Business Association) of Australia and New Zealand. The scope of this MoU is to establish a framework collaboration agreement between smeSpire and SIBA aimed at exploring further collaboration scenarios between the two Parties as a whole, as well as between their present and future members, in
The European Enterprise Network is organizing a series of EEN days to present the priorities of Horizon2020. The next Monday 25.11.2013 in Cosenza (Italy) it will be presented the ICT priority and smeSpire has been invited to present its success story as ICT project funded under FP7. The program of the event is available here.  
GDI-DE New Publications – Recommendations for the provision of geodata and INSPIRE download services From now on the updated recommendations of the working groups Ad-Hoc-AG and Geodienste can be viewed: Preparation of Geodata for INSPIRE Preparation of INSPIRE compliant Download Services (Version 1.1, 21.10.2013) Summary of the current status regarding Spatial Data Services and Invoke Services Training Seminar “Basics of GDI & INSPIRE” – Applications • Developments • Perspectives 18-22
ICT 2013 in Vilnius was a unique opportunity for projects and companies to showcase their research, ICT products and innovative creations. The exhibition linked todays’ research and innovation with visions for the future. More than 200 exhibits covered a diverse set of research results and products, ranging from cars and advanced robots to very small components, software, new business or new ICT services. EPSILON International SA participated in the event
Trentino Sviluppo is the agency set up by the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) to foster the sustainable development of the Trentino system by taking action and providing services aimed at supporting the growth of business skills and the capacity for innovation. For this purspose the smeSpire project was identified as key project to support the growth of companies devoted at the GEO-ICT sector, gaining the support if Trentino Sviluppo
FreeGIS.net: Open source solutions for the management of geographic data according to OGC standards.
FreeGIS.net releases the a virtual machine with free and open source solutions for the management of geographic data according to OGC standards. The FreeGIS.net project aimed at finding solutions to capture, analyse, visualize and download geographic data, using open formats and free software tools. FreeGIS.net is an Interreg Italy-Switzerland project financed by the Program of superregional cooperation Italy-Switzerland 2007-2012 of the ERDF and the European Union. Project partners are the Free Software Center of the TIS innovation Park
This award is designed to reward and encourage SMEs in the Geographic Information sphere for engaging with and taking advantage of INSPIRE implementation. The AGI Annual Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday 5th December 2013 at the AGI, London. More information about the event and the participation conditions can be found here.  
smeSpire will be presented in LATAM during the IX International Surveying Congress which will take place in Colombia from 21st to 23rd of November. Alejandro Guinea de Salas, from Geograma, member of the smeSpire network, will show how INSPIRE is managing Geographic Information in Europe, in order to share the knowledge and find synergies between the companies on both sides of the ocean. More info.