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<P class=MsoNormalCxSpFirst style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="BACKGROUND: white">The sixth edition of
the symposium <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">VSST</B> will be held in
October, Toulouse 3 University (France). </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="BACKGROUND: white">This symposium brings together, for already 15 years,
the public and private actors in the domain of technology watch and competitive
intelligence. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="BACKGROUND: white">Universities, public
administrations, SME and large groups are invited, every 3 years, to attend this
event to exchange viewpoints, methodologies, tools and experiences. </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="BACKGROUND: white">In addition to traditional topics, we will
particularly focus on the following subjects: <BR><BR>• Metadata and
Interoperability </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="BACKGROUND: white">• Treatment of
heterogeneous information <BR>• Security of access to data and treatments
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="BACKGROUND: white">• Online analysis <BR>• Mining temporal data<BR>•
Cartographies <BR>• Social Networks <BR>• Online Intelligence Community, Web
Intelligence </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="BACKGROUND: white">• Multilingualism
<BR>• Geostrategy <BR>• Web new structured data<BR>• New sources of patents
(China, Korea, Japan, India, ...) </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="BACKGROUND: white">• Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="BACKGROUND: white">• Contributions of 3G technology in competitive
intelligence<BR>• Innovations in the decision process<BR>• Risk Management and
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<P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="BACKGROUND: white">* but this list is
not exhaustive<BR><BR>We also organize: <BR><BR>• Forum between businesses,
students and young graduates <BR>• Presentations training in competitive
intelligence<BR>• Tutorials and workshops <BR>• Demonstrations of software <BR>•
Presentations of strategic analysis <BR>• Exchanges on the effective
establishment of watch cell <BR>• Exhibition for professionals. <BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">1/</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Electronic submission of papers for
VSST'2010: <BR></B><BR><U>Front page:</U> <BR>Title, authors and contact details
(organization, address, phone, e-mail) <BR>15 lines french abstract, french
keywords, english abstract and keywords. <BR><BR><U>Text for submission of
papers (in French or English):</U> <BR>Minimum 5 pages on the problem, methods
or tools presented and their validation. <BR><BR>• Deadline for receipt of paper
proposals: <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">May 15, 2010</B> <BR>•
Deadline for acceptance of papers: <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">June
15, 2010</B> <BR>• Date of publication of final program: <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">June 30, 2010</B> <BR>• Deadline for
receipt of papers for publication on CD / ROM and online: <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">September 15, 2010</B> <BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">2/</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Final format of papers:
<BR></B><BR><U>Front page</U>: <BR>Title, authors and contact details
(organization, address, phone, e-mail) <BR>15 lines French abstract, French
keywords, English abstract and keywords. <BR><BR><U>Final text (in French or
English):</U> <BR>12 to 20 pages (landscape A4) including figures and
references. <BR><BR>Email submission: <BR>vsst2010 @ irit.fr <BR><BR>For more
information: <BR>http://atlas.irit.fr <BR
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<P class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="BACKGROUND: white">URL for online
registration:
<BR>http://www.ampere-asso.org/Register.asp?ID=08122006145351&LG=FR
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style="BACKGROUND: white"> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><BR></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=longtext1><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="BACKGROUND: white">Best
regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Professeur Bernard DOUSSET UPS/IRIT/SIG<BR>118, route de
Narbonne 31062 Toulouse cedex 9<BR>tél: (33) 5 61 55 67 81 gsm: (33) 6 12
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