The following list gives national and local events and initiatives. For trans-national and European events see section 3.17.4.
Country |
Event/initiative |
Date(s) and location(s) |
Organiser(s) |
Comments |
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| Italy | Official presentation of proposed law for stimulation of telework | 15 Oct. 1996, Rome | Italian Parliament | Open seminar held in the Italian Parliament. | |
| Sweden | Seminar: Teleworking for industrial safety | 21 Oct. 1996, Stocholm | Telecom Sec-tion of Swedish Union of Cleri-cal and Techn-ical Employees | Covering the questions telework raises about the application of laws and rules concerning labour safety. | |
| France | Opening of Vercors Connect Telecentre, attended by the President and Vice President of the French Senate. | 23 Oct. 1996, Vercors | Vercors Connect Telecentre | A wooden building in a ski resort with more than 16 temporary offices. Over 350 attendees. The Vercors is especially famous for the schools network Buissoniere run by François Bocquet and connecting over 20 schools via Lotus Notes. | |
| Spain | Roundtable on Internet and Telework | 25 Oct. 1996, Madrid | ARS | During ARS Futura event. | |
| Sweden | Project presentation: IT-enabled work opportunities | 28 Oct. 1996, Lindesberg | Local authori-ties of Hälle-fors, Lindes-berg, Ljusnars-berg and Nora | Cooperation between 4 local authorities on teleworking in the county of Örebro. | |
| Denmark | Publication of special edition of Digital (weekly IT and business section in Jyllands Posten) on teleworking | 30 Oct. 1996 | Jyllands Posten, Denmark’s big-gest selling quality news-paper, and Tele Danmark Consult | Covering teleworking trends, opportunities and challenges in both Denmark and Europe with case studies, articles and comment, as well as the launch of the European Telework Development project. | |
| Sweden | IT conference: Myths, visions and opportunities for commerce and industry in town and rural areas | 30-31 Oct. 1996, Vetlanda | Institutet för Medieteknik, Riksföreningen för Elektronisk Kunskapsöver-föring | ||
| France | Conference and Exhibition Mobilities ´96 | 30-31 Oct. 1996, Paris | Accent on Road Warriors and Cyber Pilgrims, and everything for the mobile executive with teleworking to the forefront. Closing ceremony by the French Minister of Posts and Telecoms, François Fillon. | ||
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Sweden |
Project start-up of work opportunities programme | Nov. 1996 | County Council of Stockholm | LISS (the County Council’s authority in the Stockholm archipelago) established a project providing 120 telework opportunities in the archipelago. | |
| France | Internet relay chat channel on Cyberworkers | 3 Nov. 1996 & 10 Nov. 1996 | Run by Cyril Slucki and Sylvie | ||
| Italy | Special issue on telework in Notiziario del Lavoro, a bimonthly magazine | 4 Nov. 1996 | This edition of the magazine of the Study Centre on Indus-trial Relations of Telecom Italia, was published free in both Italian and English, and included contributions from Mr. Bangemann (European Commission), Mr. Treu (Minister of Labour), and Mr. Properetti (National Council of Economy and Work). | ||
| Netherlands | Nederlands Telework Prize (Nederlandse Telewerk Prijs) | 4 Nov. 1996, Tilburg | Nederlands Telework Forum: For the third time this prize was awarded to an outstanding Dutch telework project: this year to Telewerkcentrum Lochem, a business centre in a rural area for women wishing to re-enter the labour market. The programme also included keynote speakers, including a member of the Board of Interpolis, architect and designer Mr. Veldhorn, the Chair of the Prize Jury Mrs. van Beek (Ministry of Transport), and the Chair of the Dutch Telework platform Mrs. de Bruin. A lot of press coverage was obtained (including two radio specials), and a video of the event is available. | ||
| Sweden | Seminar: Teleworking | 4 Nov. 1996, Umeå | Data Associa-tion in Umeå | Including a videoconference connection to the Telework 96 Congress in Vienna. | |
| Belgium | Setting up of Belgian National Committee for ETW96 | 4-11 Nov. 1996 | Belgium TeleWorking Association | Comprising over 40 prominent representatives from business, academia and government, including the Belgian Prime Minister Dehaene. | |
| Denmark | Setting up of a consortium of interests to plan a Danish web-site on telework, teletrade and telecooperation, as well as a Danish interest group on teleworking. | 4-11 Nov. 1996, Copen-hagen and Aarhus | Freelance teleworker, Thomas Frovin Jensen, and Tele Danmark Consult | Meetings between Thomas Frovin Jensen, Tele Danmark Consult, the Danish Association of Local Authorities and the Danish engineering trades union, with other public and private interests kept informed, including the Research and IT Ministry. | |
| United Kingdom | Open Days: WREN Telecottage | 4-11 Nov. 1996, War-wickshire | WREN Telecottage | Demonstrations of equipment, an Internet Awareness Day, etc. | |
| Netherlands | Launch of book on telework: Vorm geven aan telewerk | During ETW96 | NIA (Dutch In-stitute of Work Environment) | The book includes references and links to The Teleworking Handbook publishd by the TCA (UK) and Telework Ireland. | |
| Spain | SIMO Madrid Computer and Telematic Fair | 4-11 Nov. 1996, Madrid | Promoted by AET, Instituto de Ingenieria de España, Compaq Com-puters, Ciber-teca and Edito-res Associados. | Including a special debate on teleworking in Spain (on telework and teletrade, the Vienna Congress, the new infolitic economy, and the reasons for change), concluding with a roundtable on access to telework. | |
| Sweden | Seminar: IT in building and adminstration - from ambition to implementation | Nov. 1996, Gothenburg | Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, National Board for Industrial and Technical Development, Swedish Council for Building Research, SBUF. | |
| United Kingdom | Open Days: Norfolk and Waveney Telecottages | 4-11 Nov. 1996 | Norfolk and Waveney Telecottages | Open days in 8 telecottages, teletraining centres and cybercafes. |
| Netherlands | Various seminars | During Nov. 1996 and linked to ETW96 | Various |
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| Sweden | Open house presentations | 4-6 Nov. 1996 | Swedish Telecottage Association | Open house presentations in 15 telecottages all over Sweden. |
| United Kingdom | Open Days in North Devon Telecentres | 4-11 Nov. 1996 | North Devon Telecentres |
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| Sweden | Opening event: The hotel as part of flexible working | 5 Nov. 1996, Östersund | Radisson SAS Hotel, Canon Svenska AB, Kontorsvaru-huset and Mid Sweden University. | |
| Belgium | Seminar on teleworking | 5 Nov. 1996, Halle-Vilvoorde | Belgium TeleWorking Association | Organised jointly with the Chamber of Commerce of Halle-Vilvoorde. |
| France | IDATE Conference | 5-6 Nov. 1996, Paris | IDATE | The yearly event in France for everything on teleworking. Many international celebrities, including Jack Nilles the "father" of telecommuting. DGXIII were strongly represented. |
| Germany | Seminar: Innovationsforum ‘96 | 5 Nov. 1996, Gladbeck | Input by TA Telearbeit | TA Telearbeit contributed with presentations on telework, telework technologies and live demonstrations of telecooperation in CAD/CAM environments. |
| Sweden | Seminar: Teleworking and working hours | 5 Nov. 1996 | Swedish Union of Clerical and Technical Employees | Videoconference between four Vattenfall sites: Trollhätten, Stockholm, Ringhals and Motala. |
| Belgium | Seminar on Teleworking and SMEs | 6 Nov. 1996, Brussels | Belgium TeleWorking Association | Organised jointly with Belgacom Telebusiness and the Chamber of Commerce of Brussels. |
| Sweden | Training: Telework | 6-7 Nov. 1996, Karlsborg | Local Authority of Karlsborg | Teletraining for administrative staff. |
| BelgiumSweden | Workshop: Integration of the Internet as a customer channel for call centres | 7 Nov. 1996, Stockholm | STF Ingenjörs-utbildning AB | The annual Scandinavian Call Centre Conference, 1996 | ||||
| Belgium | Reception to celebrate ETW96 | 7 Nov. 1996, Brussels | Belgium TeleWorking Association | Guest speakers were Elio Di Rupo (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Telecommunications and the Economy) and Jan Lamers (Managing Director of De Financieel-Economische Tijd. | ||||
| Ireland | Telework Ireland Conference | 8 Nov. 1996, Shankhill, Co. Dublin | Annual conference of the Telework Ireland association for members, researchers and others to discuss teleworking issues and network with each other. This year the twin themes were telecommuting and training for teleworkers. | |||||
| Sweden | Seminar: Techno-logy, democracy and participation | 8 Nov. 1996, Stockholm | Swedish IT Commission, Swedish Transport and Communications Research Board and ReferendumsInvestigation | |||||
| United Kingdom | Seminar on Teleworking, the Internet and software for rural businesses | 8 Nov. 1996, Oban, Argyll, Scotland | Key speakers included:
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| United Kingdom | TCA (Tele-Cottage Asso-ciation) Annual Conference: Teleworking UK | 8-9 Nov. 1996, New Lanark, Scotland | TCA: in con-junction with the Scottish Teleworkers Association (STA) and Clydesdale Telecentre. | Covered a range of subjects applicable to teleworkers and corporates, and connected with other events around Europe via videoconferencing. The keynote speaker was Ian Lang, President of the Board of Trade. | ||||
| France | TV programme on teleworking | 9 Nov. 1996 | TSR and TV5 | Programme dedicated to working at a distance and especially teleworking | ||||
| Sweden | Training: video-based training session | 11 Nov. 1996, Mariestad | IT-Studion i Mariestad | Video-meeting between two comprehensive schools on telework. | ||||
| Germany | Open Day at TA Telearbeit | 11 Nov. 1996, Glad-beck and Geilenkirchen | TA Telearbeit | For visitors who wish to discuss telework issues and the TA project project Virtual Office in NRW. Videconferencing links were also established. | ||||
| Sweden | Bangemann Challenge Seminar: Telework: challenge of the future | 11 Nov. 1996, Stockholm | Focusing on the current status of Bangemann Challenge projects covering telework, and a look to the future. The target group was both the public and private sector, with the aim of highlighting possibilities for the future and learning from the experience of cities throughout Europe. | |||||
| Netherlands | National Traffic Congestion Day, including conference | 12 Nov. 1996 | Dutch Traffic Ministry | The Nederlands Telewerk Forum presented a booth during this event at which about 250 traffic coordinators participated. |
| Denmark | TV feature on teleworking | 13 Nov. 1996 | Danmarks Radio 1 | DR1 (Denmark’s main TV channel) transmitted a 5 minute feature on teleworking during the main 30 minute evening news broadcast. |
| Sweden | Seminar: Real world Java computing | 14-15 Nov. 1996, Lund and Stock-holm | Sun Microsystems | Covering Java, the new tool for tele-working and networking. |
| Sweden | Seminar: Telework: the new way of working | 15 Nov. 1996, Stockholm | Telia AB | In-house seminar addressed to managers in Telia. |
| Sweden | Conference: Electronic tender-ing, home shopping, EDI and business via the Internet | 19 Nov. 1996, Stockholm | Dataförening i Sverige (Swedish Data Association) | |
| Sweden | Three seminars: My work is where I am | 19 Nov. : Stockholm; 20 Nov.: Jönköping; 27 Nov.: Uppsala |
Organised by Attachmate, Mercatum, Bull, Project Software, Canon, Informator i Uppsala, and Offensiv Datastrategi AB. | |
| Sweden | Seminar: IT and Social Change | 25 Nov. 1996, Stockholm | Swedish Coun-cil for Building Research | The first of a series of 5 seminars: The turn of the century - a turn of society. |
| Germany | Information Forum: Telework and the employment market | 28 Nov. 1996, Kirn | TA Telearbeit | Videconferences were also included. |
| Sweden | Seminar: Focus conversation: employer issues in flexible working | 28 Nov. 1996, Solna | The National Swedish Tax Board and Distansforum. | |
| Sweden | Conference: IT entrepreneurs of the future | 5 Dec. 1996, Stockholm | Institute for Future Studies, National Insti-tute for Working Life | Addressing work, youth and IT. |
| Denmark | Conference: Distance working | 11 Dec. 1996 | IDG Conference Group and PID (Personnel Managers in Denmark) | Follow up to the successful first nationwide telework conference in Denmark in November 1995, with themes relating to productivity, flexibility and the work environment. |
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