Presentation of a talk held at the first EuroIA 2005 in Brussels.

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Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
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Information
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in a European dimension
Peter J. Bogaards

2. Start of the journey

3. Disclaimer
Personal perception: descriptive (not normative)
No anti-US sentiments
To identify and strengthen the IA community

4. S1
S1
History

6. S2
S2
Multi

9. S3
S3
Technology

11. Strengths
1. Our historical roots
2. Multilingual and multicultural
3. Specific technologies

12. W1
W1
Fragmentation

15. W2
W2
Terminology

16. C. Babbage A. Turing J. Von Neumann N. Wiener E. Dijkstra
1971-1871 1912-1954 1903-1957 1894-1964 1930-2002
Paul Otlet Vannevar Bush Ted Nelson Douglas Englebart Tim Berners Lee
1868-1944 1890-1974 1937-... 1925-... 1955-...

17. W3
W3
Language

20. Weaknesses
1. Fragmentation of the community
2. Confusion about the term
3. Language proficiency in English

21. O1
O1
Politics

23. O2
O2
Locality

26. O3
O3
Value

28. Opportunities
1. The Lisbon strategy
2. Emerging local players
3. Added value for global clients

29. T1
T1
Economy

30. China
US
EU
GDP growth rates

31. T2
T2
Education

33. Arthur van Hoff Tim Berners-Lee
Linus Thorvald Kai Krause

34. T3
T3
Industry

36. Threats
1. State of our economy
2. Organisation of education
3. Lack of relevant industries

37. ‘One more thing...’

38. EIA

39. European food designers
Georges A. Escoffier Paul Bocuse Jamie Oliver

42. Thank you
Peter J. Bogaards (pjb@bogieland.com)