Crossroads Copenhagen

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Crossroads Copenhagen Mads Tofte,
Ph.D. Chairman of Crossroads Copenhagen President
of the IT University of Copenhagen Nov. 6, 2002
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• Who are we?
• The Danish Broadcast Corporation (DR)
• The IT University of Copenhagen (IT-C)
• Copenhagen Business School
• NOKIA
• CSC
• The Royal Library
• The Faculty of Humanities at the
  University of
  Copenhagen
• Hewlett-Packard
• TDC
• Skanska
• The Danish Consumer Information
• The Danish Business Daily Børsen

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Crossroads Copenhagens vision
Ørestad will become a European large-scale
laboratory in which 20,000 daily users and
visitors from Europe (and beyond) can explore
what the Network Society will be and what it will
be like living in it.
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The Theme

• Context-dependent mobile communication
• communication WLAN, secure access to protected
  data, CSCW, the hyper-complex society
• mobile CS foundations of mobility and security,
  mobile phones, hand-held PDA, 3D positioning by
  multi-modal WLAN networks
• context mathematical contexts, physical
  location, consumer interest, family context, work
  context

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Value Chains in Crossroads Copenhagen
IT and its role in society and culture
Digital contents and services
New software
New software platforms
Old software platforms
Terminal production
Foundational computer science
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Three projects started so far

• Projects A 3D Location-dependent Mobility
  (IT-C)
• Projects B Situation-based Services (Nokia)
• Projects C Virtual education (CSC)

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Crossroads Copenhagen and 6FP

• We want to expand Crossroads Copenhagen to an
  Integrated Project within the 6th FP
• Submitted Expression of Interest with Cambridge
  Computer Lab and INRIA
• If you are interested in learning more about
  Crossroads Copenhagen - or perhaps even want to
  contribute to the realisation of the vision,
  please talk to us!
• www.crossroadscopenhagen.com