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UPENET (UPGRADE European NETwork) is the network of publications, paper or electronic, from CEPIS (Council of European Professional Informatics Societies) member societies. It was created in April 2004.

With UPGRADE, The European Journal for the Informatics Professional, as its anchor point, the main purpose of UPENET is to make available to the Information and Communication Technology communities (professional, academic, business, government), mainly in Europe but also worldwide, the wealth of knowledge and experience accumulated by CEPIS member societies' publications, as well as to foster cooperation among them.

To this end UPGRADE republishes, in English, in its section UPENET, articles from the syndicated publications, while these can republish, in their own languages, articles published in UPGRADE and in any of the syndicated publications.

Participating publications

To date these publications have joined UPENET:

• Informatica, quarterly journal published, in English, by the Slovenian CEPIS society SDI (Slovensko Drustvo Informatika). It was created in 1977. (Joined UPENET in 2008).
• Informatik-Spektrum, bimonthly journal published, in German, by Springer Verlag on behalf of the German CEPIS society GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik) and the Swiss CEPIS society SI (Schweizer Informatiker Gesellschaft - Société Suisse des Informaticiens). It was created in 1978. (Joined UPENET in 2006).
• ITNOW, bimonthly magazine for BCS members published, in English, by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British CEPIS society BCS (British Computer Society). It was created in 1957 as The Computer Bulletin. (Joined UPENET in 2006.)
• Mondo Digitale, quarterly digital journal published, in Italian, by the Italian CEPIS society AICA (Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico). It was created in 2002. (Joined UPENET in 2004).
  
• Novática, bimonthly journal published, in Spanish, by the Spanish CEPIS society ATI (Asociación de Técnicos de Informática). It was created in 1975. (Joined UPENET in 2004.)
  
• OCG Journal, bimonthly journal published, in German, by the Austrian CEPIS society OCG (Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft). It was created in 1975 with the name OCG Kommunikativ.  (Joined UPENET in 2004.)
  
• Pliroforiki ("Informatics" in Greek), quarterly journal published, in Greek or English, by the Cyprus CEPIS society CCS (Cyprus Computer Society). It was created in 2002. (Joined UPENET in 2004.)
• Tolvümál, biannual journal published, in Icelandic, by the Icelandic CEPIS society ISIP (Skýrslutæknifélagið). It was created in 1976. (Joined UPENET in 2008.)

Other journals belonging to CEPIS societies have already expressed a serious interest in joining this promising European endeavour soon (we will be keeping our visitors informed about this forthcoming expansion).

Articles published

The articles from the participating journals that have been published so far in UPGRADE can be accessed from the following links:

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Advisory Board

The composition of the UPENET Advisory Board, a body that supervises the operation of this network, is as follows:

• Matjaz Gams (Managing Editor, Informatica)
  
• Hermann Engesser (Chief Editor, Informatik-Spektrum)
• Brian Runciman (Managing Editor, ITNOW)
• Franco Filippazzi (Chief Editor, Mondo Digitale)
• Llorenç Pagés-Casas (Chief Editor, Novática)
• Veith Risak (Member of the Publications Committee, OCG)
  
• Panicos Masouras (Chief Editor, Pliroforiki)
  
• Torvardur K. Ólafsson (Chief Editor, Tolvümál)
• Rafael Fernandez Calvo (Coordination)