1. ERIN S.A., Luxembourg The DIP proposal for a Network of Excellence Laurie Causton

2. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 2 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

3. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 3 ERIN’s 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

4. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 4 ERIN’s interest in DIP  Provision of project management and coordination services  Continued involvement in the knowledge technology domain  Capitalising on MULTIPLE experience and on ERIN’s pm expertise

5. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 5 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

6. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 6 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

7. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 7 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

8. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 8 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

9. DIP meeting 17/01/03www.erin-it.comSlide 9 ERIN S.A. 2 Place Virchow L-2671 Luxembourg Tel:+352 26 48 50-1 Fax:+352 26 48 50-27 E-mail: laurie@erin.lu