<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><h2>Objectives</h2><p>The main objectives of the Assembly are to:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/scoreboard/index_en.htm">Assess progress</a> to date on
implementation towards the Digital Agenda's goals
and actions and seek ways to improve delivery;</li>
<li>Identify challenges ahead for the implementation of the Digital Agenda
and for the information society in general;</li>
<li>Mobilise stakeholders' actions to make further progress and address
challenges.</li>
</ul>
<h2>
Programme</h2><p>
The Assembly consists of an online engagement
space launched ahead of the event, 8 <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/daa/programme/index_en.htm">workshops</a> on
key Digital Agenda topics and a plenary session to report feedback on previous
discussions and hold debates on the way forward.
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/daa/programme/index_en.htm">View the full draft programme</a> online.
<span class="auto-style1">The
plenary sessions as well as 7 workshops will be</span> <a href="http://webcast.ec.europa.eu">streamed LIVE</a>.</p>
<h2>
Hashtags</h2><p>
If you post about the Digital Agenda Assembly on Twitter and other social media
sites, please use <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23da12">#da12</a>.
There are also separate hashtags (<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/daa/programme/index_en.htm">list with all hashtags</a>) for each workshop,
as indicated on the <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/daa/programme/index_en.htm">workshop description pages</a>.</p>
<h2>
Venue</h2><p>
The conference takes place in the premises of EU Institutions in Brussels: on
the first day, workshops at the
<a href="http://cor.europa.eu/en/contacts/Pages/contact.aspx" title="Rue Belliard 99-101, Brussels">Committee
of the Regions </a>(rue Belliard 99-101) /
<a href="http://www.eesc.europa.eu/" title="Rue Belliard, 99, Brussels">European Economic and Social Committee</a> (rue Belliard 99); on the second day plenary at the
<a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/" title="60 rue Wiertz, Brussels, DAA entrance via Altiero Spinelli building">European Parliament</a> (Hemicycle),
rue Wiertz
60, DAA entrance via Altiero Spinelli building (from Place du Luxembourg side).
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/daa/images/daa_2012_map.pdf">Venue map</a> (<img src="http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/images/pdf.gif" border="0" height="16" width="16">
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