ERIN S.A., Luxembourg

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ERIN S.A., Luxembourg

• The DIP proposal for aNetwork of Excellence
• Laurie Causton

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About ERIN

• IT solutions company
• launched in 1996
• currently around 12 staff
• skills and services include
• Projects and project management
• Website development, operation and hosting
• Consultancy and studies
• Training
• ePublishing

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ERINs activities

• European Commission
• MULTIPLE supporting knowledge technology
  research
• eLexPortal e-commerce legislative portal
• Digital Content Observatory feasibility study
• European Parliament, European Agency for Safety
  and Health at Work, European Monitoring Centre
  for Drugs and Drug Addiction,
• Other clients - Royal Thai Customs, Arcelor,
• Inter-IT.com online monthly newsletter on
  Internet and information technology

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ERINs interest in DIP

• Provision of project management and coordination
  services
• Continued involvement in the knowledge technology
  domain
• Capitalising on MULTIPLE experience and on ERINs
  pm expertise

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MULTIPLE - background

• An FP5 Accompanying Measure, supporting European
  knowledge technology research
• Partners ERIN (lead), INBIS, VUA
• Operates as KTweb
• Provides
• Web portal
• Workshops
• Printed Project Directory
• Promotion and support services

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MULTIPLE - achievements

• Web portal www.ktweb.org
• Live in June 2002
• News, events, articles, project information,
  links, documents, domain glossary,
• Soon online Community Directory,
• Currently around 28000 external page hits and
  1500 user sessions per month

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MULTIPLE - achievements

• Workshops
• KM Europe 2002, London on business potential of
  knowledge technologies
• At least two more planned for 2003
• Promotion and Support Services
• Attendance and promotion at relevant events
• Organised and managed the exhibition presence at
  European Research 2002 on behalf of three
  DG-INFSO units
• KTweb exhibition stand at KM Europe 2002

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ERIN in DIP

• Provision of management, coordination,
  promotional and support services
• Project management expertise
• Preparation of consortium agreements
• Communication and PR services
• Organisational and administrative services
• Experience of the knowledge technology and
  Semantic Web domains

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ERIN S.A.

• 2 Place Virchow
• L-2671 Luxembourg
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail laurie_at_erin.lu