From: Mike Macedonia Subject: ANNOUNCE: Fraunhofer TradeNet G7 Project Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 14:50:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Fraunhofer TradeNet Selected To Be G7 Pilot Project (Providence, Rhode Island) The Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics (CRCG), Providence, Rhode Island, and its partners, the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD), Darmstadt, Germany, and the Rover Group have been designated to host an official international electronic commerce testbed, TradeNet, at the first meeting of the G7 Global Marketplace for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) held in Bonn, Germany. The Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics (CRCG) and its partners have developed the Transatlantic Development Environment Network (TradeNet). The objective of TradeNet is to develop and build advanced, affordable collaborative environments for a "Global Market Place". The intent is to enable companies to better synchronize their operations and compete across the world. Fraunhofer CRCG is capitalizing on its proven expertise in computer graphics, digital security, virtual reality, and networking research to develop applications for use in this global marketplace. Fraunhofer CRCG and IGD have successfully demonstrated virtual conferencing and telemedical distributed environments in which participants can collaborate and interact with live voice, video, text, modeling, and imagery. During the G7 meeting in Bonn, delegates were able to participate in a virtual conferencing environment that included Providence, Bonn, and Darmstadt. As a result, TradeNet was selected by the delegates to be officially designated as an international testbed pilot project for the development of electronic commerce. The Group of Seven Nations (G7) operates as a powerful gathering of the leaders of the seven major economic powers (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan). G7 initiatives address the fundamental issues of the global information economy. A key working group is the Global Marketplace for Small and Medium Enterprises which is developing underlying policy recommendations for facilitation of electronic commerce. The European Commission, United States, and Japan are the coordinators of this project. CONTACT For more information please visit our WWW site or contact Dr. Stefan Noll, Project Coordinator or Dr. Michael Macedonia at the addresses below. Dr. Michael R. Macedonia Tel: ++1 401 453 6363 x123 Fax: ++1 401 453 0444 Email: mmacedon@crcg.edu WWW: htttp://www.crcg.edu Fraunhofer CRCG 321 S. Main St. Providence, RI, USA 02903 Dr. Stefan Noll Tel: ++49 6151 155 213 Fax: ++49 6151 155 299 E-mail: noll@igd.fhg.de WWW: http://www.igd.fhg.de/www/igd-a9/projects/TRADE/TRADENet_e.html Fraunhofer IGD A9 Wilhelminenstr. 7 Darmstadt, Germany D-64283 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Michael R. Macedonia, Ph.D. | URL: http://www.crcg.edu | | Vice President | EMAIL: mmacedon@crcg.edu | | Fraunhofer CRCG | | | 321 S. Main St. | PH : (+1) 401 453-6363 x123 | | Providence, RI 02903 | FAX: (+1) 401 453-0444 | -----------------------------------------------------------------