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FT-IT REVIEW: LOOKING AHEAD

This review is the second to be published this year in the FT-IT "family" of special reports, which comprises the FT-IT Review and FT Telecoms Review. The reviews are published on the first and third Wednesday of each month, with FT-IT taking up three of every four slots and FT Telecoms occupying the fourth slot.

Future themes
Here are publication dates and brief details of themes due to be covered until the autumn. Please note that, while we make every effort to stick to our plans once announced the themes are subject to alteration and addition. Each issue will include our regular features, such as Views from the Top, interviews with senior figures in the IT industry, plus news reviews and statistics.

February 21
FT-IT: IT in health and medicine;
IT and the euro

March 7
FT-IT: IT and the internet in job recruitment; IT in retailing

March 21
FT Telecoms: Telecoms services for SMEs; internet telephony
Plus: special pre-CeBIT report on handsets, PDAs and devices

April 4
FT-IT: New media; measuring website traffic and performance

April 18
FT-IT Smart cards; internet-based training and skills development; construction industry online

May 2
FT-IT: IT in aerospace (first of a three-part series on transport); Corporate portals; IT and telecoms in the Nordic countries

May 16
FT Telecoms: Voice recognition for mobiles; future of public/on-street call boxes in mobile era; telecoms services in eastern Europe and former the Soviet Union

June 6
FT-IT: Convergence; transport part 2: IT in automobiles and road transport

June 20
FT-IT: Electronic government; transport part 3: IT in shipping and navigation

July 4
FT-IT: ASPs and other developments in IT outsourcing; IT and telecoms in Ireland

July 18
FT Telecoms: Mobile services - special report on new 3G services in Asia plus update on developments elsewhere; financial health of world telecoms industry

August 1
FT-IT: IT in Asia; computer games technology and industry

September 5
FT-IT: Internet security, payments, bill presentment; interactive TV; Israel's IT industry

September 19
FT Telecoms: Broadband network management and technology (including latest on optical networking); mobile phone marketing strategies

October 3
FT-IT: IT venture capital; search engine industry and technology

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Connectis
The next issue of Connectis, Europe's monthly e-business magazine, will appear on February 28. For Connectis online, visit www.ft.com/connectis