Following up on the success of ÁÍÔÁ 2002, TEMAGON S.A., member of the ÏÔÅ group of companies, organizes the 2nd Telecommunication & IT Conference “ÁÍÔÁ 2003 - Advanced Networking Technologies and Applications” (http://www.anta.gr), on Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th of June 2003, at Hotel Divani Caravel, in Athens.
The ANTA2003 conference aims to cover thoroughly current and emerging issues of the telecom and IT sector, by inviting interested and involved parties to exchange their views and ideas.
The conference themes will address advanced telecom & IT applications and services, the e-Government framework, and security issues for large & critical infrastructures. These themes will be covered by well-known representatives from the Corporate and Academic, as well as the Public Administration sector.
 
Invited speakers include the following:
 
P. Georgiadis, Generaral Secretary of Public Administration & e-Government, J. Êalogirou, Special Secretary IS, L. Mitrou, Authority for Protection of Data of Private Nature, E. Protonotarios, Professor NTUA, S. Katsikas, Vice-Rector University of Aegean, P. Kargados, CEO Maritel-OTESat, J. Kyriakakis, General Technical Manager COSMOTE, Á. Evans, General Manager of Residential, SME and Corporate Customers OTE, G. Argyropoulos, General Manager of Technology ÏÔÅ Group, E. De Luchi, Cisco Systems, V. Maglaris, President GRNET, Th. Karounos, Administration Authority of Information Society, Å. Sykas, Professor NTUA, E. Van Gend - Cisco Systems, D. Gritzalis,  Professor AUEB,  I. Halaris, ÔÅÉ Athens, Member of the Board of Information Society, S. Najarian, Infovista.
 
Gold Sponsors are: ÏÔÅ Group of Companies and Cisco Systems.
 
Sponsors are: INTRACOM, Sun Microsystems, Anco s.a., NetScope Solutions, ÔÁ×ÕÄÑÏÌÉÊÏ ÔÁÌÉÅÕÔÇÑÉÏ.
 
Communication Sponsors are:  Naftemporiki, NetFax, and Knowsys.
 
The conference program will commence on Tuesday 10th of June at 9:00am.