Paris, 7 June 2004 EFITA newsletter / 162 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment Two IPSI BgD multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary conferences Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Internet, Computer Science and Engineering, Management and Business Administration, Education, e-Medicine, Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, Environment Protection, and e-Economy. > IPSI-2004 VENICE Venice, Italy (arrival: 10.11.2004. departure: 14.11.2004.) Deadlines: 15 June 2004 (abstract) + 1 August 2004 (full paper). > IPSI-2004 PRAGUE Prague, Czeck Republic (arrival: 11.12.2004. departure: 14.12.2004.). Deadlines: 15 July 2004 (abstract) + 1 September 2004 (full papers) Contact: Prof. V. Milutinovic E-mail : venice@vreme.yubc.net Second  Internazional Symposium on Sangiovese: identity of  typical and  international winegrape November 17-19, 2004 - Florence Wine and Tuscany is a binomial to spread around the world the culture and the tradition of a land .This binomial is mainly due to the Sangiovese. Sangiovese is the main grapevine cultivar of vine, which constitutes the ampelographic platform for wine production in Tuscany. See: http://www.arsia.toscana.it/sangiovese/ Contact: Daniele PAPI E-mail: d.papi (a) arsia.toscana.it GM and non GM arable crops can co-exist in the EU without problems: says new research paper See: http://www.pgeconomics.co.uk/co_exist_in_%20the%20eu.htm e-mail marketing See: http://www.constantcontact.com Contact: René HUSKEN E-mail : r.husken (a) geo-t.nl e-Business in Bulgaria See: http://ecom.edabg.com/en/ Contact: Margarita TODOROVA E-mail : marga_get (a) abv.bg e-Business Adviser Handbook See: http://www.usherproject.org.uk This is a checklist of the main points to consider when conducting e-business This is a checklist of the main points to consider when conducting e-business. Our legal briefing notes which follow from this give more detail of the issues involved in e-business and should be read to get a more detailed overview of areas of difficulty and on which professional advice should be sought. It is not intended that this checklist be used in isolation of the legal briefings which have been drafted to be read together. - Consider your choice of domain name carefully from a branding perspective - Consider whether you wish to register alternative spellings, variations, permutations of your key domain name to further protect the brand in it - Carry out checks to determine whether your domain name will infringe any existing IP rights - Consider registering a trademark to protect your business brand - Plan the development of your website carefully and put in place a contract with your web developer - Draft your website specification carefully so that the end product is as envisaged – it will act as the blueprint for the website - Consider whether you have all necessary rights in relation to copyright works (assignation/assignment or licence) from your web developer - If a web host maintains and services your website consider what standard of service the host is to provide for your website and document what is agreed - Obtain all necessary copyright consents for the use of third party content - Ensure that you are providing all required information to users - Draft appropriate terms and conditions for use of your website and consider what other information requires to be given to users - Consider the impact that your website and its content might have on users/customers in other countries - Carry out a data audit to assess what personal data is held - Notify with the Webmaster and ensure your notification is kept up to date - Ensure you are processing personal data in a fair and lawful manner in compliance with data protection legislation - When trading online, ensure that your terms and conditions are appropriate and consider how they are to be incorporated into a contract - Take notice of the E-commerce legislation - Consider who you are dealing with - Consider the tax consequences of trading online - When supplying digital products, ensure that you have all necessary rights to do so and that appropriate licence terms are drafted This briefing note sets out a brief description of the law in this field at the time of writing and is for information purposes only. It should not be regarded as legal advice or relied upon. Specific advice should always be sought for particular facts and circumstances. Voir : http://www.geo-t.nl Contact: René HUSKEN E-mail : r.husken (a) geo-t.nl Cow Corporations (I did not remember all of them -GW) > Traditional Corporation You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. > American Corporation You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then you execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new President of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet is provided with the annual report. The public buys your bull. > Australian Corporation You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead. > French Corporation You have two cows. You go on strike because you want 3 cows. > Japanese Corporation You have two cows. You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce 20 times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide. > German Corporation You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. They are so efficient that you have to make one cow redundant. > British Corporation You have two cows. Both of them are mad. > Italian Corporation You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You think that one of the cows may be being milked by the mafia. You break for lunch. > Russian Corporation You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again, and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again, and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another crate of vodka. > Swiss Corporation You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. Some of the cows were stolen from the Jews by the Nazis during the Second World War. > Chinese Corporation You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity and arrest the newsman that reported the numbers. > Indian Corporation You have two cows. The entire workforce spends its time worshipping your cows. > New Zealand Corporation You have two cows. The one on the left is kinda cute… Contact: Ian HOUSEMAN E-mail : ian.houseman (a) adas.co.uk About the EFITA mailing list Please note that you can use this moderated list (>2500 subscribers) to announce any event / product / web site / joke… related to IT in agriculture, environment, food industry and rural areas, and send me all e-mail addresses of people, who might be interested in these matters. If you do not wish to receive our messages, please see: http://www.efita.net to remove your e-mail address from our mail list.