The Belgian TeleWorking Association organises the following activities
during the European Telework Week 1996 :
The set-up of a Belgian National Committee for ETW 96, comprised of over
40 prominent representatives from the business, academic and governmental
including the Belgian Prime Minister Dehaene
Two main initiatives during European Telework Week 1996:
1. Publication of a special edition of "Digitalt"
(a weekly IT, business and mangement section in Denmark's leading quality
newspaper Jyllands Posten) covering teleworking trends, opportunities and
challenges in both Europe and Denmark, and the launch of the new ACTS project
ETD (European Telework Development).
2. Planned announcement of final agreement by a consortium
of interests to establish a Danish website devoted to teleworking, teletrade
and telecooperation before the end of 1996, linked to the European Telework
Online (ETO) site and the ETD project. The group behind this is expected
to include, subject to confirmation, Tele Danmark Consult, Tele Danmark
Internet (who will provide server space and technical back-up), the Danish
Research Ministry (responsible for IT, telecoms and information society
issues in Denmark), the Association of Danish Local Authorities, DJOF (Danish
Association of Lawyers and Economists) and Thomas Frovin Jensen (free-lance
teleworker, ETD Danish National Coordinator, and proposed web-master)
ETW '96 in Denmark is being used to kick-off a number of other initiatives
which will run over subsequent months, before the end of 1996 the establishment
of an informal Danish Telework Interest Group, before the end of 1996 the
publication by the Research Ministry of the first authoritative survey of
both the existing and potential incidence of telework in Denmark, at the
beginning of December 1996 a high-level two day conference on 11-12 December
1996 in Copenhagen bringing together Danish and European experts, and sponsored
by the IDG Conference Group.
All the above initiatives and events will take place in Danish.
For further information contact:
Thomas Frovin Jensen
Tel.: + 45 86 13 15 50
Fax: + 45 86 18 06 03
E-mail: frovin@post4.tele.dk
Jeremy Millard,
Tele Danmark Consult:
Tel.: + 45 86 28 64 55
Fax: + 45 86 28 64 99
E-mail-1: 100117.1157@compuserve.com
E-mail-2: jeremy@post4.tele.dk
There are no special large events planned in Finland this year. A number
of small-scale, invitation events are likely to take place and will be locally
advertised, including a synchronisation meeting between horizontal telework
projects in Finland with the aim of making relevant decisions of immediate
use for all parties involved. A press release about telework is also involved.
Contact:
Lars Tollet
Tel.: +358 271 2993
Fax: +358 271 2974
E-mail: lasset@xgw.fi
Wednesday 23rd October
The opening ceremony of the Vercors Connect Telecentre.A wooden building
in a ski resort with over 16 temporary offices.
See:
http://www.vercorsconnect.gre.fr
Over 350 people attended 3/4 hour from Grenoble.
The President and Vice President of the French senate were present . The
Vercors is especially famous for the School network "Buissoniere"
run by Francois Bocquet, and connecting over 20 schools via lotus notes
server.
Tuesday & Wednesday 30th & 31st October
Conference & exhibition Mobilities '96
Accent on Road Warriors and Cyber Pilgrims. Everything for the mobile executive.Teleworking
was to the forefront of all the conferences. Closing ceremony by The French
Minister of
Post & Telecoms Francois Fillon.
5th & 6th November
IDATE , Montpelier
See:
http://www.idate.fr
The yearly event in France for everything on the teleworking area. Many
international celebrities in the world of teleworking including Jack Nilles.
DGXIII are strongly represented with senior Commission members (see website
for details).
Sunday 3rd November & Sunday 10th November 19:00 GMT
Internet Relay Chat Channel
#Cyberworkers
Run by Cyril Slucki and Sylvie .
Saturday 9th November @ 12.10h on Television Suisse Roman (TSR)
See:
http://www.tsr.srg-ssr.ch
This is a programme dedicated to working at a distance and especially teleworking.
We are waiting for the date to be confirmed for diffusion on TV5 Europe.
The website
http://www.inp.fr/cybertel/ is
featured in the programme.
This contribution to the ETW 96 is a statement from the Enquete Commission
of the German Bundestag "Future of the Media in the Economy and Society
- Germany's Road into the Information Society". It
is a WinWord file in the English language.
The statetment was forwarded by TA Telearbeit GmbH, who is the National
Coordinator of the ETD Initiative (European
Telework Development) for Germany. You will find more information about
this Study Commission on the following web-site: http://www.bundestag.de/gremien/14344d.htm
An English section is available aswell as German.
Apart from the Telearbeit
Deutschland `96: Neue Formen und Wege zu Arbeit und Beschaeftigung (Telework
Deutschland `96: New Ways to Work and Employment) to be held 11 - 13
November 1996 , TA Telearbeit is arranging or contributing to the following
events on telework topics in the near future:
5 November 1996: 'innfo '96' (Innovationsforum '96 ) in
Gladbeck within the innovation centre 'IWG' (address data see below), where
TA Telearbeit will contribute with several presentations on telework, telework
technologies and where we will have live demonstrations of teleccoperation
in CAD/CAM environments too (Please contact Rainer Pollman for further details)
11 November 1996: an Open Day at TA Telearbeit's premises
at Gladbeck and at Geilenkirchen for visitors who want to discuss about
Telework issues and about our TA project 'Virtual Office in NRW'. We will
be reachable there by videoconference too. (Address data see below)
28 November 1996: information forum on telework and the
employment market in the town Kirn called 'Informationsveranstaltung am
28. November 1996 in Kirn, Arbeitsmarktgesprach Telearbeit - Innovative
Arbeitsformen' A videoconference with DGXIII is planned.
Contact:
Rainer Pollmann for TA Telearbeit GmbH
TA TeleArbeit GmbH
ESC Euro-Service-Center Geilenkirchen
An Fuerthenrode 52
D-52511 Geilenkirchen
Tel.: +49-2451-718-171
FAX : +49-2451-718-179
Videoconference (H.320): +49-2451-959155
E-Mail: 101342.1160@compuserve.com
Losheim am See
"We are preparing some activity for the ETW related to our project
CAFE MONDIAL and the TEN-TELECOM project "Euro-ISDN as a platform for
teleworking" coordinated by TELES AG Berlin, of which we have become
a subcontractor.
We have recently bought an office in the center of the rural and tourist
village Losheim am See, which is just being refurbished into a rural CAFE
MONDIAL providing information, communication, teleworking, and teletraining
facilites for the general public and for SMEs in the region. The centre
will be opened at the beginning of November, and we plan an Open House.
The Minister of Economics and Finance of the Saarland, Christiane Krajewski,
will open the centre. We would be very happy to link to other events via
videoconferencing and computer-conferencing. We will also kick-off the validation
phase of our project. One of the major research tasks will be to look into
legal and social aspects of teleworking across Europe, with a focus on on-line
publishing."
Contact:
Youandi-Communication Network GmbH
Jolande Leinenbach
Hasenbornsenke 84
D-66679 Losheim am See
Tel. +49 6872 91024
Fax +49 6872 3041
Email: 100046.1023@compuserve.com
Telework Ireland Conference:
8th November 1996
Each year the association holds a conference where members, researchers
and others can discuss teleworking issues and network. This year the conference
is being held in the purpose-built conference centre at The European Foundation,
Loughlinstown House, Shankill, Co. Dublin
There will be twin themes - telecommuting and training for teleworkers.
Further Information
Italian inititives for ETW'96 include:
15 October 1996: official presentation of a proposal of
law for stimulation of Telework. Open Seminar to be held in the Italian
parliament.
4 November 1996: Special Issue on Telework of Notiziario
del Lavoro, bimonthly magazine of the Study Centre on industrial Relation
of Telecom Italia. The Issue will be released (bilingual format: Italian
and English) on 4th November and distributed free of charge at telework
96 in Vienna. Contribution of Mr. Bangemann, Mr. Treu (Italian Minister
of Labour), Mr. Properetti (National Council of Economy and Work). Articles
of Patrizio Di Nicola (Univ. Rome), Alistair Campbell (Univ. Paisley), Natalie
Fay (ISDW - USA), Janet Salaff (Univ. Toronto), Constance Perin (MIT- Sloan
School of Management), Massimo Intorrella (Telecom Italia), Mario Iannaccone
(Telecom Italia).
Contact:
Patrizio Di Nicola, University of Rome
Tel.: +39 6 439 1066
E-mail: dinicola@mclink.it
4 November 1996: Nederlandse Telewerk Prijs
For the third time the Dutch Telework Price will be handed out to an organisation
that proved to have a succesfull telework project. This project should be
an showcase for other organisations, which want to implement telework to
optimize their businessprocesses.The setting will be the new office of the
insurance company Interpolis where, due to a new office concept combined
with telework, 1500 people will be accomidated at the office/workspace for
1150 persons.
The program includes keynote speakers as: a member of the board of directors
of Interpolis, the designer/architect mr veldhoen , the chairman of the
jury (mrs T van Beek, min of transport), Chairman of the NTForum, mrs de
Bruin.
12 November 1996: The National Traffic Coordinators Day.
The NTFORUM will be present with a booth during this event. About 250 traffic
coordinators are expected to participate.
NIA (Dutch Institute of Labour-Environment) will announce a book about telework
during European telework week with the titel: Vorm geven aan telewerk. This
book will include references and crosspoints to the Teleworking Handbook
produced by British and Irish teleworkers.
Contact:
Kitty de Bruin:
Tel.: +31 30 283 2081
Fax: +31 30 283 2612
kitty.de.bruin@uto.mts.dec.com
SIMO (Madrid computer and Telematic Fair) during ETW'96
Plan for a special debate on teleworking in Spain.
25 October 1996: roundtable on INTERNET and telework During
ARS Futura event.
Contact Michel Ickx:
Tel.: +34 1 5931186
Fax: + 34 1 5943960
E-mail-1:100703.30712compuserve.com
E-mail-2: mickx@atmadrid.automail.com
General Contact Point For Swedish Events:
Katarina Almquist,
NUTEK,
Phone: +46 8 681 94 04
Fax: +46 8 681 66 10
E-mail: katarina.almquist@nutek.se
Swedish Council for Building Research
Contact point:
Maria Guminski, Fax +46 8 6537462
E-mail:maria.guminski@bfr.se
IT & Social Change. The first of a serie of 5 seminars . "The Turn
of the Century - a Turn of Society".Stockholm, Sweden. 25 November.
Attachmate,
Mercatum,
Bull,
Project Software,
Canon,
Informator i Uppsala,
Offensiv Datastrategi AB
Contact point: Louise Thomasson
Phone +46 8 622 44 00, Fax +46 8 622 44 01
E-mail: lot@bull.se
My work is where I am. Serie of 3 seminars.
19 November in Stockholm, Sweden
20 November in Jonkoping, Sweden
27 November in Uppsala, Sweden
Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola,
National Board for Industrial and Technical Development, Swedish Council
for Building Research, SBUF
Contact point: Hans Lindgren
Fax +46 31 772 24 97, E-mail:Hans@arch.chalmers.se
Web: http://www.citb.chalmers.se
IT in building and administration - from ambition to implementation. Seminar.
Gothenburg, Sweden. November 1996.
Institutet for Medieteknik/Riksforeningen for Elektronisk Kunskapsoverforing
Contact point: Sivert Kaveren
Phone: +46 36 15 77 07
http://www.imt.se/konferens96/
IT Conference in Vetlanda. Myths, visions and opportunities for commerce
and industry in town and rural area.
Vetlanda, Sweden. 30-31 October.
Data Association in Umea.
Contact point: Kjell-Harald Karlsson
Phone +46 90 16 58 06
Fax + 46 90 13 79 29
Teleworking. Seminar. Video-connection to Telework 96 Conference in Vienna.
Umea, Sweden. 4 November.
The National Swedish Tax Board/Distansforum
Contact point: Eva Sjoberg +46 8 764 80 00
Lennart Eriksson +46 8 479 71 15
"Focus conversation".Seminar. Employer issues in flexible working.
Solna, Sweden. 28 November.
The Swedish IT-Commission/Swedish Transport and Communications Research
Board/ReferendumInvestigation
Contact point: Camilla Olsson
Phone +46 8 405 18 51
Fax +46 8 20 28 04
E-mail:itkommissionen@communications.
Ministry.se
Technology, democracy and participation. Seminar. Stockholm. Sweden. 8 November.
City of Stockholm, The Bangemann Challenge
Contact point: Fax +46 8 650 16 40
E-mail:bangemann@challenge.stockholm.se
Teleworking - Challenge of the Future. Seminar. Stockholm, Sweden. 11 November.
The Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees
Contact point: Ulf Olsson
E-mail:ulf.olsson@sales.vattenfall.se
Working-hours.Seminar on Teleworking. Videoconference between 4
Vattenfall-sites: Trollhattan, Stockholm, Ringhals and Motala. 5 November.
STF Ingenjorsutbildning AB
Contact point: Anna Bergman
Phone +46 8 613 82 31
Fax +46 8 613 8200
E-mail:abe@stf.se
The Annual Scandinavian Call Center Conference 1996. 5-6 November
Workshop-Integration of the Internet as a customer channel into the call
center. Stockholm, Sweden.7 November.
The Telecom Section of The Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical
Employees
Contact point: Kristina Shaw, Telia AB
Phone: +46 70 581 83 45
Seminar on Teleworking for industrial safety representatives. Teleworking
raises questions about the application of laws and rules concerning labour
safety. Stockholm, Sweden. 21 October.
Telia AB
Contact point: Rune Hoffman
Phone +46 8 688 08 29
Fax +46 8 600 16 18
Teleworking-the new way of working. In-house seminar on teleworking addressing
to managers at Telia. Stockholm, Sweden.
15 November.
Institute for Future Studies /National Institute for Working Life
Contact point: Sonja Hoffman
Phone +46 8 540 87230
Fax +46 8 540 8777
IT-entrepreneurs of the future. A conference addressing to work, youth and
information technology. Stockholm, Sweden.
5 December.
Sun Microsystems
Contact points: E-mail: Javaday.Stockholm@sun.se
& Javaday.Lund@sun.se
Real World Java Computing. Seminar on Java, the new tool for telebusiness,
teletraining, teleworking and networking.
Stockholm and Lund, Sweden.
14-15 November.
Dataforeningen i Sverige (Swedish Data Assosiation)
Contact point: Inger Ortenblad
Phone: +46 8 34 33 35
Fax: +46 8 34 01 35
Web: http://www.sto.dfs.se
Conference on electronic tendering, Home Shopping, EDI and business via
Internet.
Stockholm, Sweden
19 November
TELEWORK CENTRE/NETWORK OPENINGS:
Radisson SAS Hotel/Canon Svenska AB/Kontorsvaruhuset,MidSweden University
Contact point: Vanja Aronsson, Radisson SAS Hotel. Phone +46 63 12 77 40,
Magnus Andersson, Canon Svenska AB, Phone +46 8 744 86 19
E-mail: magnus. Andersson@canon.se
The hotel as a part of flexible working. Opening at SAS Radisson Hotel.
Ostersund. Sweden. 5 November.
OPEN HOUSE ACTIVITIES:
Telecottage Association.
Contact point: Ewa Jonnerby
E-mail: Ewa_Jonnerby@arjeplog.telestugan..se
http://www.telestugan.se/forening
Open House presentations in 15 telecottages all over Sweden. 4-6
November.
PRESENTATION OF PROJECT/PROJECT START-UPS
Local councils of Hallefors, Lindesberg, Ljusnarsberg and Nora.
Contact point: Henrik Arenvang
Phone +46 581 81585
Fax +46 581 14836
E-mail:henrik@masugnen.lindesberg.se
Cooperation between 4 Local Councils on teleworking in the County of Orebro.
Four communities aiming to create IT-enabled work opportunities. Kick-off
meeting. Lindesberg, Sweden. 28 October.
County Council of Stockholm.
Contact point: Tommy Karlsson
Phone +46 8 737 51 09
Fax +46 8 737 51 10
LISS - (County Counsil's establishment in the Archipelago of Stockholm)
Location of 120 work opportunities to the Archipelago of Stockholm. Stockholm
Sweden. Start-up in November 1996.
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
Local Council of Karlsborg.
Contact point: Kjell Karlsson
Phone +46 505 17000
"Telework ". Teletraining for administrative staff. Karlsborg,
Sweden .6-7 November.
IT-studion i Mariestad.
Contact point: Eva Julin
E-mail:anna.g.it-studion@mariestad.mail.
telia.com
Video-meeting between two comprehensive schools. Mariestad, Sweden.
11 November.
CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION
Telework 96, Vienna:
Contact point: Information Officer
Eva Lindau
Phone:+46 8 405 36 36
Fax: +46 8 411 73 93
Events
Closing speech by the Minister of the Swedish Ministry of Transport and
Communications, Mrs Ines Uusmann. The Minister will also present the plans
for Telework '97 in Stockholm and together with Mr Mats Hulth, the Mayor
of Stockholm, who participates via video-link from Stockholm, welcome everybody
to Stockholm and Sweden next September.
Conferences
6-8 NOVEMBER 1996 - TELEWORK
'96 - Britannia International Hotel, Docklands, London.
8-9 NOVEMBER 1996 - TELEWORKING
UK - New Lanark, Scotland. (The annual conference of the TCA)
8 NOVEMBER 1996 - FOCUS ON TELEWORKING, THE INTERNET AND
SOFTWARE FOR RURAL BUSINESSES - Oban, Argyll, Scotland Key speakers include
Richard Duggan - Innovation unit DTI Chris Mellor - writer on Computer Marketing
Dr Tim Blaxter - Crossaig David Henderson - Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Enquiries by:
Tel 01631 566368 (Melody McKay)
Email : m.mckay@hient.co.uk
Open Days
WREN Telecottage - Open Day There will be having an Open Day with demonstrations
of equipment and a talk by the manager.
On a separate day, the telecottage will also be having an Internet awareness
day where amongst other things, people are invited to come and design their
own web page.
Contact:
Duncan Arrow
Tel + 44 1203 696986
Fax + 44 1203 696538
email : wren@midnet.com
Norfolk and Waveney - open days in the eight or so telecottages, teletraining
centres and cybercafes
Contact:
Hilary Pegg
Dereham Digital Centre
Tel + 44 1362 691690
Fax + 44 1362 - 699664
Open Days in North Devon:
Chulmleigh Resource & Information Centre - Monday 4th November
1996 9am - 6pm
Sandra
Chulmleigh Resource & Information Centre
The Library
Chulmleigh
Devon
EX18 7AA
Tel & Fax No: + 44 1769 580292
E Mail: communitycoll@campus.bt.com
Pathfinder Centre, Ilfracombe - Friday 8 November, 12noon
- 7pm
Contact:
George Curry
Pathfinder Centre
The Candar
Ilfracombe
Tel: + 44 1271 866711
tarkatrn@tarkatrn.devon-cc.gov.uk
Barnstaple Flexible Learning Centre (Flexit) - Saturday 9 November,
10am - 4pm
Contact:
Neil Tanton
Tel and Fax + 44 1271 24224
Email : ntanton@ndcfe.devon-cc.gov.uk