Ms. Danijela Trbovic hosted the Opening Session.

Speakers at the Opening Session were:
· Ante Simonic, Ph. D., Croatian Parliament,
· Robert Manger, Ph. D., Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology,
· Slavko Krajcar, Ph.D., Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engeenering and Computing, Zagreb,
· Jasenka Gojsic, B.Sc., CARNet CEO.

Ms. Gojsic, on behalf of CARNet, gave a Welcome Speech. Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Mr. Krajcar, as a conference host, also gave a Welcome Speech. Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Manger, gave a speech about meaning of the CUC conference in academic and research community in Croatia.

Mr. Ante Simonic, Head of the Committee for Education, Science and Culture of the Croatian Parliament officially opened the Conference. Mr. Simonic gave the first speech on the Conference, titled: "Informatical Reaches of the Search for Meaning".

Finally Mr. Miroslav Milinovic, Program Committee Chair gave a brief overview of the Conference and its topic. After the Opening Session all participants and guests were invited to attend the welcome cocktail.