The 3rd FAST Plenary meeting, which took place last 4th-6th November, was hosted by DERI in Galway, Ireland.

The main objective of the meeting was to discuss the status of the different activities of the project and to talk about future actions. All partners presented their advances and there were several reports of the progress of the whole project and first project’s achievements. During the meeting, we had a very productive discussion about the FAST Tool architecture and design.

Like in previous meetings, we met with new members. The meeting outcomes were very positive and we are impatient to meet each other again during the next meeting probably in Kassel.

The biennial ICT Event (formerly called the “IST Event”) is the most important forum for discussing research and public policy in information and communication technologies at European level. The Event brings together researchers and innovators, policy and business decision-makers working in the field of digital technologies.

This event will take place in Lyon on 25-27 November 2008. FAST will be present there and a number of our representatives will take active part the sessions. FAST is also co-organizing the networking session “Next Generation Service Front-Ends in the future Internet of Services: Research Challenges and Opportunities�