NESSI, the Networked European Software and Services Initiative, was launched as a European Technology Platform at the Crowne Plaza in Brussels on the 7th of September 2006, with the support of Commissioner Viviane Reding.

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Vision and ambition
Jean-Paul Lepeytre, Senior Vice President, Thales

Putting the vision into practice
Reinhold Achatz, Vice President Corporate Technology, Siemens

Software and services: powering the European digital economy
Commissioner Viviane Reding, European Commission

Building the infrastructure for innovative services for business/industry
Joachim Schaper, Vice President EMEA, SAP

Building the infrastructure for innovative services for telecommunications
Francisco Jariego, Director of Services & Network Management Systems, Telefonica

Relationship with the other platforms
Jan Bosch, VP Software and Application Research, Nokia

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Commissioner Viviane Reding delivering her speech at the NESSI Launch event "Software and Services powering the European Digital Economy"

Commissioner Viviane Reding and Jean-Paul Lepeytre