18/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Austrian Presidency and the European Commission are planning a conference on European Technology Platforms to be held in Vienna on 4 and 5 May. Participants include Commissioner Janez Potocnik, Austrian Minister of Economics and Labour Martin Bartenstein, and MEPs Vittorio Prodi (ALDE, Italy), Jerzy Buzek (EPP-ED, Poland) and David Hammerstein-Mintz (Green, Spain).