Brussels, 3 November 2006

The CEN/ISSS e-Business Interoperability Forum will hold a conference entitled 'Interoperability - step by step to workable solutions' on 11 and 12 December in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

At the conference, participants will learn about opportunities, benefits, problems and solutions in e-business interoperability in Europe today. The main topics to be developed are the following:

- How can industrial sectors achieve interoperability and reap the benefits?

- How can they deal more innovatively with e-business interoperability in practical and strategic terms?

ߣߣÊÓƵ

- Learn from your neighbour: best practice from around the world;

- What are the risks that companies face, what are the challenges, how should they be solved?

ߣߣÊÓƵ

- How can the forum contribute to achieving interoperability?

- Roadmap for e-business interoperability: