Brussels, 25/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - The 2002 edition of the annual IST conference (Information Society Technology) is to be held in Copenhagen from 4 to 6 November. Organised by the European Commission in collaboration with the Danish Presidency of the EU Council, this event aims to encourage meetings between researchers in the sector. Present will be, notably, Helge Sander, Danish Minister of Science, Technology and Information, and European Commissioners Philippe Busquin and Erkki Liikanen, responsible, respectively, for research and the information society. Round tables and workshops will be organised, as well as exhibitions presenting the latest innovations to have emerged from European research. Furthermore, the European IST Prize will be awarded (For further information: http: //2002.istevent.cec.eu.int).