Organised by the ECTF in association with the European Commission, the City of Rome and the European Trade Union federation. This two-day event will highlight the economic and social potential of telework and flexible working for creating New Employment Opportunities.
There will special presentations, focussed on Telework Practices and Global Competitiveness, highlighting the need for Europe to adapt and replace out-moded work practices as the global market becomes a reality. Speakers will include Mr Martin Bangemann, the European Union Commissioner for Industrial Affairs, Information Market and Telecommunications.
Plenary opening speakers will include:
Sr. Rutelli, Mayor of Rome
Sr. Treu, Italian Minister of Labour
Sr. Gabaglio, Secretary General European Trade Union Federation
Mr. Sunderstrom, Swedens Minister of Labour
Sr. Pascale, Director of STET
Sr. Quattrin, Chief Executive Officer, IBM SEMEA
Sr. Carlo de Benedetti, President of Olivetti
Parallel sessions on the afternoon of November 9, will include:
Regulations: Sr. Eduardo Barrera (ECTF), Sr. De Rita (President of Consiglio Nationale dellEconomia e de Lavoro), Sr. Rodota (Professor in Private Law Rome), Sr. Blanpain (Professor in Law, Leuven), Sr. di Martino (ILO), Engelen Kefer (DGB vice president), will not be available and is replaced by Mr Lennart Forseback (Development Director of Nykoping, Sweden
Sustainable development: Sr. Enrique de la Serna (ECTF), M.Ayres (Professor of Management/environment at Fontainebleau), Sr. Siembab (Professor Urban Planning UCLA), Sr. Vecchio (Personnel Director of the Italian Ministry of Transport), Sr. Radermacher (Director FAW University of Ulm), Mr. Eric Britton (Ecoplan, France)
Global Information Society: Sr. Veyret (ECTF), Soete (Professor in Maastricht, MERIT) is not now available and is replaced by Sr Guiseppe de Rita (President of Consiglio Nazionale dell'Economia e de Lavoro), Rozenholc (DATAR), Tamames (Professor Madrid University)) Sr. de Masi (Rome University)
Electronic Superhighways: Mr Andrew Page (ECTF), Mr. Yap (Professor Singapore University), Kuhn de Chizelle (France Telecom), Mr. Fuchs (Canada)
Organisation and Management: Mr. Noel Hodson, (ECTF), Nilles (JALA California), Mr. Oborne (Professor,Swansea University, Wales), Turbe Suetens (IBM France), Ms. Deidre Hunt (Professor, University of Cork, Ireland)
A special Members of Parliament summit will include contributions from Dorin & Christine Gauthier (CATRAL, Paris) and M.Lenoir (MP, France)
The Plenary session on Friday, November 10 will include contributions from:
M. Pons (French Minister of Transport), Sr. Pena (Secretary General Spanish Ministry of Labour), Mr. van Beek (Deputy Secretary General Dutch Ministry of Transport & Telecoms-), , Sr. Carlo de Benedetti (Olivetti) Messrs Swoboda & Haupt (City of Vienna) and Mr S van Beek
Tomas Quattrin, General Manager of IBM Italy and other IBMers will also be among those speaking at the Conference
Full programme and details on the Rome Conference from:
ECTF Italy
Enrique de la Serna
Innova International
Via Lariana, 00199 Roma
Tel: +39 6 853 00 846.
Fax: +39 6 853 510 68.
E-mail: 100340.2203@compuserve.com
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