Some 600 R&D actors and policy makers from across Europe attended the annual symposium and exhibition organised by the ITEA 2 Cluster for software-intensive systems and services in Rotterdam in October 2008. The event included a joint Co-summit with ARTEMISIA – the Association for R&D actors in the field of ARTEMIS. Presentations included a first look at the third edition of the ITEA Roadmap covering 2008 to 2014 that provides a global vision of the future for the entire software community. ITEA 2 Chairman Rudolf Haggenmüller highlighted progress achieved in areas such as: high definition TV; the AUTOSAR software standard for the automotive industry; and software development for product lines rather than just products. He pointed to two key emerging technologies: the so-called ‘Web of Objects’ and service innovation.
The ITEA 2008 gold Achievement Award went to the LOMS project. “LOMS overcame the barriers between network operators, service operators and local service providers to simplify the creation of a wide set of new services for mobile users,” said Haggenmüller.
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