SAP Research SAP AG CEC Darmstadt, Germany. (http://www.sap.com)

SAP Research is the global technology research unit of SAP, with a network of 13 research
centers on five continents. The group significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and
extends its leading position in the market by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends and
generating breakthrough technologies through applied research. The research activities include
disruptive information technologies, such as mobile business, knowledge management, e-
learning, e-business, Internet and mobile computing.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Rostock, Germany.
(http://www.fraunhofer.de)

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is an autonomous organization which maintains 58 research institutes all
over Germany. Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) focuses on software
applications for cooperative work, publication and information, and lifelong learning in real and
virtual environments. The main activities are the development of product prototypes (hard- and
software) and the realization of concepts, models, and solutions for computer graphics and its
adaption to specific application requirements.

City University London Centre for HCI Design CITY University London - Centre for HCI
Design, UK. (http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/)

The Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design is an independent research centre
established within the School of Informatics at City University in 1991 and one of Europe’s
leading research centers in requirements engineering. It focuses on HCI-in-the-large, (user-
centered design of socio-technical systems) as well as HCI-in-the-small (detailed design of
interactive artifacts). The Centre has an international reputation in software engineering research,
with strong links with industry for commercial uptake of academic research.

University of Twente, Faculty of Behavioral Science, Dept. of Instructional Technology, The
Netherlands. (http://www.utwente.nl)

The University of Twente is an entrepreneurial research university which was founded in 1961. It
has become the leading institute in the Dutch national research on Educational Technology
focusing on requirements analysis techniques, design of large educational systems, and product
and process evaluation. Furthermore it offers education and research in areas ranging from public
policy studies and applied physics to biomedical technology.

Fondazione Bruno Kessler Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica
Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Center for Information Technology, Italy. (http://cit.fbk.eu/en/home)

Fondazione Bruno Kessler is situated in Trentino, a province in northern Italy governed under a
special autonomy statute. The Centre for Information Technology focuses its research on key
areas of information technology with the aim to provide a practical and experimental evidence of
its added value for the market, cultural growth, and social welfare. Their research aims to push
innovation through the construction of a networked system that involves companies, other
research institutions, universities, public bodies, and end-users.

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, EADS France EADS Innovation Works,
France. (http://www.eads.com)

EADS is the largest aerospace company in Europe and the second largest worldwide and hence a
global leader in aerospace, defense and related services. EADS employs about 116,000 people at
more than 70 production sites, above all in France, Germany, Great Britain and Spain as well as
in the U.S. and Australia. Among a range of activities its Corporate Research Centre is
specialized in innovative methods and processes based on advanced IT and communication for
the benefit of EADS Business Units.

The Open University, UK.(http://kmi.open.ac.uk)

The Knowledge Media Institute at UK's largest university, the Open University, was set up in
1995 in recognition of the need to be at the forefront of research and development in a
convergence of learning technologies and new media. Study at the institute encompasses a
number of technologies, including Internet-enhanced collaboration media, multimedia
environments for disabled learners, intelligent agents, organizational memories, digital
documents, scientific visualization and simulation tools, and representations of knowledge of
both a formal and informal variety

Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble 1, France. (http://www.ujf-grenoble.fr)

The Laboratory of Informatics from Grenoble (LIG) is a Joint Research Unit of UJF, the CNSR
(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), de Grenoble-Institut Polytechnique (Grenoble
INP) and of the UPMF (Université Pierre Mendès France de Grenoble). Its research competences
relate to theoretical computer-science, infrastructure, software engineering, autonomous systems,
person-system interaction, cognitive systems and ambient computing. The disciplines cover
computer science and applied mathematics, language science and ergonomics.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany. (http://www.psy.lmu.de)

The Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität is regularly among the top three universities in Germany in
most international rankings and awarded with the title "Excellence University" by the German
Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Science Council. The Chair of Education and
Educational Psychology is administered by the Department of Psychology (Faculty of
Psychology and Education) and focuses on research in the area of learning, instruction, and
collaboration in different educational contexts.

University of Bristol, UK. (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/education/)

The Graduate School of Education (GSoE), University of Bristol is a large research-based
education department, widely considered to be one of the leading departments in the UK.
Research within the Graduate School of Education is organized around seven research centers
which all work within the overarching theme of culture and learning in organizations. The Centre
for Learning, Knowing and Interactive Technologies (L-KIT) is concerned with developing
theories and practices which increase understanding of how cultural, cognitive and technological
tools shape and support learning and knowing.

University of Nottingham, UK. (http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk/)

The University of Nottingham is a leading research university in the UK. The Learning Sciences
Research Institute (LSRI) researches the cognitive, social and cultural aspects of learning, and to
enhance education through the design of innovative technologies and environments for learners.
It is an interdisciplinary institute that combines staff expertise from the Schools of Computer
Science, Education and Psychology, as well as links to other disciplines.

Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. (http://www.l3s.de)

L3S Research Centre is a joint research institute of several universities in Lower Saxony,
Germany. Work at L3S focuses on innovative and cutting-edge methods and technologies for
three key enablers for the European Information Society: Knowledge, Information and Learning.
Projects investigate innovative scenarios and solutions in the areas of Semantic Web
Technologies, Technology Enhanced Learning, Search and Information Retrieval, Distributed
and Peer-to-Peer Information Systems, Digital Libraries and Databases.

Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany. (http://www.iwm-kmrc.de)

The Knowledge Media Research Center (KMRC) with its responsible body, the foundation
"Medien in der Bildung", is located in Tübingen, Germany, and was founded 2001. It has become
one of the leading research institutions in the world in the field of psychological and educational
media research. The institute examines the potentials synchronous and asynchronous digital
communication and collaborative media technologies have for collaborative learning and net-
based knowledge exchange. KMRC's expertise is in quantitative and qualitative empirical
research in the field of applied cognitive psychology, instructional design, and technology-
enhanced learning.

Centre for Social Innovation, Austria. (http://www.zsi.at)

The Centre for Social Innovation is a private, not-for-profit research institute. Since its
foundation in 1990 work has been organized interdisciplinary and situated extensively within
international networks. Scientific qualifications and practical experiences encompass labor
market, education and training, ethnic business, European research and technology development,
technology assessment, environmental issues and cultural studies. Activities are concentrated on
thematic priorities concerning the transformation to the Information Society and its knowledge
base. Proceeding from a sociological approach and a trans-disciplinary perspective ZSI offers
analyses and concepts for trend-setting social innovation in its thematically focused areas.

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. (http://www.epfl.ch)

The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is one of the leading global Universities
(ranked 26 worldwide in 2006 by Newsweek). The CRAFT and the ReAct Group are its main
research units involved in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). The CRAFT
(http://craft.epfl.ch/) is in charge of the training policy, course assessment and e learning support.
It is also a research unit that belongs to the School of Computer Science and Communication
Systems. Its main research focus is on computer-supported collaborative learning and related
issues. The Real-Time Coordination and Sustainable Interaction Systems Group (ReAct) is the
leading research unit part of the School of Engineering and investigating, promoting and
deploying Technology Enhanced Learning solutions for bringing together engineering education
and engineering practice (http://interaction.epfl.ch/). One of its focuses is on human computer
interaction, teamwork and collaboration support for online engineering.

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/ ARIADNE Foundation, Belgium.
(http://www.kuleuven.be/kuleuven/)

K.U.Leuven has been a centre of learning for almost six centuries, is a charter member of the
League of European Research Universities, and European surveys rank it among the top ten
European universities in terms of its scholarly output. As part of the Computer Science
department of K.U.Leuven, research in the "HyperMedia and DataBases" group focuses on the
management of and access to data and content, available in a more or less structured way. The
overall goal is to provide flexible, effective and efficient access to large-scale collections in a
way that goes beyond what typical search engines provide. The work of the HMDB group is at
the core of the technical infrastructure of the ARIADNE Foundation, four European eContentPlus
projects (MACE, MELT, ASPECT and iCOPER).

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche, Italy. (http://www.itd.cnr.it)

The Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD) is one of the research institutes of the Italian National
Research Council (CNR). It was created in 1970 and recently expanded in the framework of the
process or reorganization of the whole National Research Council. The Institute is strongly
interdisciplinary with expertise which includes informatics, mathematics, physics, linguistics,
psychology, pedagogy. ITD research is mainly focused on innovative technology based
environments for enhancing teaching and learning processes.

Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands. (http://www.ou.nl)

The Open Universiteit Nederland is an independent government-funded institute for distance
learning at the university level. The Educational Technology Expertise Centre is active in the
field of learning technology standards, harbours the chair of the national learning technology
standards committee (NEN Technische Commissie Leertechnologieën). Its current research focus
is on theories and models for instructional design, and on the technological facilitation of learning
in ill-structured, self-organizing, networked communities of lifelong learners.

University of Freiburg, Germany. (http://www.uni-freiburg.de)

Founded in 1457, the University of Freiburg is one of the oldest German universities and now
one of the countries' leading research and teaching institutions. In 2007, it was awarded
excellence status under the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments
for the promotion of science and research. The Research Group Cognition-Emotion-
Communication is part of the university’s Institute of Psychology (http://www.psychologie.uni-
freiburg.de). The institute has approximately 700 students and 120 staff members, and ranks as
one of the leading institutes in Germany regarding both research and teaching quality.

ATOS ORIGIN, Spain. (http://www.atosorigin.com)

Atos Origin s.a.e is the Spanish branch of a major international IT services company, Atos Origin
plc. Atos Origin’s business is turning client vision into results through the application of
consulting, systems integration and managed operations. Atos Research & Innovation
(http://www.atosresearch.eu) node of R&D at Atos Origin in Spain, focuses on projects
combining research and development and the economic exploitation of investigation's results.
Within the Consulting and Public Sector business unit, the Atos Research and Innovation group
(ARI) concentrates on the realization of international projects, combining the most up-to-date
technological developments with a high awareness of the human factors (education sciences,
disability-related issues, cultural diversity, multi-linguality).

SCIENTER, Italy. (http://www.scienter.org)

SCIENTER is a research and innovation support centre, active in the field of education and
training. It is a non-profit organization, set up in January 1988, which includes the University of
Bologna among its shareholders. The Centre is interested in innovation of training systems, with
main reference to the field of open and distance learning and organizational learning. It develops
research projects at regional, national, and European level in the following areas: training needs
analysis; design and development of open and flexible learning systems; organizational learning
design and implementation; training of trainers for the use of new methodologies and new
technologies; research and selection of learning materials; market analysis in education and
training, particularly concerning the use of new technologies and ODL.

The Multimedia Metadata Community (http://www.multimedia-metadata.info/)

The Multimedia Metadata Community aims at bringing together experts from research and industry in the area of multimedia meta data interoperability for collaborative working environments. By establishing a community of professionals it is intended to bridge the gap between an academic research and an industrial scale development of innovative products for natural collaboration.

Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft (http://www.salzburgresearch.at/) is the non-profit research organisation which conducts applied research in the areas of information and communication technologies with a focus on creating and managing digital content. Within its four application areas Digital Media, eCulture, eTourism and EduMedia Salzburg Research offers a combination of strategic and practical solutions in technology and social development. Its clients and partners include private companies, national and international technology leaders and public bodies such as governments, public administration, libraries and other educational and social institutions.

Institute for Information Technology (ITEC), Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt

(http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/tewi/inf/itec/)

The Department of Information Technology (ITEC) at Klagenfurt University covers computer and communication technology related areas in the Informatics Departments of the Klagenfurt University. ITEC comprises two research groups with currently two full professors and about 20 scientific, technical and administrative staff. The areas of work, both in teaching and research, are as follows: distributed multimedia, computer and multimedia communication networks, multimedia databases, multimedia metadata and retrieval. ITEC has strong ties to the MPEG standardization group and has participated actively in the standardization of parts of the MPEG-7 and the MPEG-21 standard. Furthermore ITEC is a core member of the Multimedia Metadata Community, an international community of Multimedia Experts (cf. http://www.multimedia-metadata.info).