European Telework Information Day Brussels - 28th May 1998 Report By Jeremy Millard ETD Project Manager

ANNEX A: Information Day agenda

09:30	Registration, coffee
10:00	Opening by Chairman - the European Telework Agenda	Peter JOHNSTON, Head of Programme Preparation and Evaluation, European Commission DG XIII
10:15	The Information Society: Working for Quality of Life	Claudio CARELLI, Chairman of the Information Society Forum (Telecom Italia)
10:40	European Policy Context The Social Dialogue on Telework	Vibeke SYLVEST, Labour Law, Industrial Relations, Fundamental Rights and Anti-discrimination, European Commission DG V
	The 5th Framework Programme: New Ways to Work and Electronic Commerce	Michael ARENTOFT, European Commission DG III ESPRIT
11:10	Status of European Telework	Jeremy Millard, Project Manager, European Telework Development TeleDanmark Consult
11:30	European Telework Awards Programme
	Winners in 1997
	1. Hans DE JONG, the Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Winner of the 1997 Award for Best Contribution to Sustainability 2. Jos GOFFIN, IBM Belgium, Winner of the 1997 Award for Competitiveness 3. Fiorenza SCOTTI, Information Society disAbilities Challenge (Finsiel SPA), Winner of the 1997 Award for Originality
	Call for nominations 1998
	Categories & Procedure	Ian CULPIN, European Coordination Office for Telework Week (ETD, Martech Int.)
12:30	Lunch: sandwich buffet. Opportunities for networking.
14:00	European Telework Week
	ETW Core Partners rationale	(to be announced)
	Results of ETW97, Expectations for ETW98	Maarten BOTTERMAN, European Commission DG XIII ACTS
	Plans, support mechanisms for 1998	Ian CULPIN, European Co-ordination Office for Telework Week (ETD, Martech Int.)
15.00	Q & A Session
	Call For Initiatives	Ian CULPIN, European Coordination Office for Telework Week (ETD, Martech Int.)
	This session will enable participants to ask questions on any subject related to the European Telework Agenda for 1998-1999, to identify opportunities for active participation in Telework Week 1998 and it will also include a short presentation of the outcomes of the questionnaire which will be handed out to all participants to the event, concerning the status of telework in 1998.
	European Assembly on Telework and New Ways of Working in Lisbon, 23 - 25 September Rui CARTAXO, vice-president of the ATDP (Portugal Telecom)
16:30	Close by Chairman