Brussels, 14 April 2011,

(by Ton Zijlstra)

The registration for the Digital Agenda Assembly taking place in Brussels on June 16-17 is now open!

EC's DG Information Society writes:

"The Digital Agenda Assembly is a milestone in the delivery of the Digital Agenda for Europe. The objectives of this two day event on 16 & 17 June are to assess progress to date on delivery towards the Digital Agenda's goals and actions and seek ways to improve delivery; identify challenges ahead for the implementation of the Digital Agenda and for the information society in general; and mobilise stakeholders' to enable further progress. Registration is free and is already open. In order to secure your place at the Assembly, please register as soon as possible."

"The main objectives of the Assembly are to:

• Assess progress to date on delivery towards the Digital Agenda's goals and actions and seek ways to improve delivery;
• Identify challenges ahead for the implementation of the Digital Agenda and for the information society in general;
• Mobilise stakeholders' actions to make further progress and address challenges.

The European Commission has therefore invited a broad range of participants from industry, the research community and NGOs, as well as representatives from Member State governments, and the other EU institutions to assess progress in meeting the targets of the Digital Agenda."

If you post about the Digital Agenda Assembly on Twitter and other social media sites, please use #daa11eu. There is also a separate hashtag for each workshop. For the workshop on PSI re-use, the hashtag is #daa11psi