SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY:

Liveable, innovative and competitive
cities and regions

Sustainability is an essential element of lon-term strategies and therefore a basic principle in urban planning, regional development and mobility management. With the Rio Declaration and Local Agenda 21 sustainability has become a widely acknowledged and discussed concept and a "mega-trend" in diverse economic fields.

Information as factor of production, as consumer good and as an instrument of power characterizes the core element of the Information Society. It raises opportunities for new ways of libing and gives hope for a real sustainable development. With its ecological, economical and social mechanisms of ongoing developments have to be carefully observed and challenged.

CORP2006 in cooperation with i.convienna deals with "Sustainable Solutions for the Information Society" in a multidisciplinary way focusing the following main topics:

> Intelligent Urban, Environmental and Transport Technologies
> Environmental Policies & Climate Protection Measures
> ICT`s contribution to Sustainable Mobility
> Top Real Estate: Development, Finance, Management
> Housing the Information Society
> Strategic Projects and Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP)
> Geo-Information-Technologies & Information-Infrastructures
> eGovernment, eGovernance, eDemocracy in Spatial Planning
> Gender Aspects in Urban and Regional Development