Conference Activities
We encourage you to submit a proposal for the Open Conference. If your proposal is accepted following the review process, you will be invited to present it during the first two days of the conference. You are also invited to join the Working Conference of the Working Groups 3.1, 3.2 and 3.6 on day 3 and 4. The Working Conference is designed to allow in-depth treatment of each conference theme and to promote comprehensive discussions and informal exchange of ideas and experiences, in each of the four Focus Groups. Each participant of the Working Conference chooses membership of one Focus Group. The intensive interaction with experts in the field (from all over the world) will provide a most stimulating experience.

Focus Group Sessions
In these sessions small groups of participants will work on different sections of the post-conference report identifying relevant problems and presenting possible (partial) solutions. After the conference this report will be edited and published as part of the conference website. Each Focus Group will be chaired by one of the participants and other participants will be asked to act as Focus Group Reporters. All Focus Group members are expected to contribute to the text of the post-conference report.

Intermediate Exchange at a Marketplace
Around the middle stage of the Focus Group discussion a “Marketplace” poster session will be held. This will facilitate sharing of information and will give participants the opportunity to reflect on the ideas of the other groups and promote coherence of the group reports.

Focus Groups Presentations
One the final day of the conference members of each Focus Group will present their conclusions and submit their completed contribution to the postconference report.