Shaping the Workspace; essential tools for the future. Venezia 3-4 July
3 July 2003 - 4 July 2003
Italy
Introduction,In the increasingly challenging economic climate organisations are more concerned than ever to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Economic pressures of this kind have in the past led to deteriorating working conditions for many workers. However research and best practice experience suggest that the workplace, both virtual and physical, acts as an enabling tool for business.
In the context of today's knowledge economy the needs of the human individual must be placed at the centre of any future vision of the design and management of the workplace.
The rationale for placing this vision within a framework of thinking holistically about business is the belief that human beings are increasingly important assets to businesses in the knowledge economy and that their productivity will be enhanced if treated as humans rather than capital assets.
While concern for the psychological, social and physical welfare of human beings in the workplace should be valued as an end in itself, increased knowledge and understanding of the business benefits of accommodating these issues acts as a powerful lever encouraging ,organisations to take action.
Conference Focus,The two-day conference "Shaping the Workplace; Essential Tools for the Future" will explore how these issues can be addressed from the perspectives of users, policymakers, implementers as well as suppliers and managers of the workplace.
This conference is being organised by the e-Locus Cluster (http://e-locus.fundaciontekniker.com(opens in new window)) on behalf of the European Commission's Information Society Directorate, New Working Environments Unit.
The conference will act as a catalyst bringing together existing communities of interest working to improve understanding of the user needs in the workplace and provide a springboard for establishing a wider understanding of our shared vision across Europe.
Expected Outputs,The e-Locus project seeks to strike a balance between drawing new ideas, research and thinking together into a shared vision and acting to disseminate these ideas to the widest possible audience. The conference "Shaping the Workplace; a tool for winning" will play an important role in creating a shared vision which can then be disseminated in terms of:
- recommendations and guideline to employers ,- a clear and concise statement identifying existing best practice and future challenges to the research community
Participants at the conference will be invited to contribute both to the further development of the vision and its dissemination.
Key priorities will be to identify the most effective mechanisms for changing established attitudes and practices in European organisations and ensuring that the conference outcome is available into as many European languages as possible.
Event Details,The Event will be held at Telecom Italia "Future Centre" in Venice, situated 5 minutes walk from the Rialto Bridge. (http://www.futurecentre.telecomitalia.it/index2.htm )
The official language of the Congress is English.
Conference Registration Fees 250 EUR. per person (16% VAT included) including :
- attendance at all sessions, ,- the inauguration Act for the Congress at the Telecom Italia at the "Future Centre" located at the old Venetian Convent of San Salvador, ,- all refreshments including lunches
Congress Timetable,Thursday 3rd July, 2003- 8:30- 17:30 Friday 4th July, 2003 -9:00- 17: 30
AN ONLINE FORM IS AVAILABLE AT ,http://e-locus.fundaciontekniker.com/venezia03
,For more information on registration procedures and on the detailed programme, please contact:,TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT: ,Fundacion TEKNIKER ,Av. Otaola no 20 C.P.20.600 ,EIBAR Guipuzcoa -( Spain )
Tlf: +34 943 206744 ,Fax: +34 943 202757 ,Email: infovenezia@tekniker.es
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------,Guest Speakers
Verna Allee,President and Founder Verna Allee Associates ,Verna Allee, M.A. is an internationally recognized thought leader, author and cosultant on the promise and implications of managing enterprise from a living network perspective. She is an expert in value networks, knowledge management, communities of practice, intangibles and new business models. Her publications include her groundbreaking book, "The Knowledge Evolution: Expanding Organizational Inte/1igence", and the newly released 'The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity through Value Networks". She is also a contributor to a variety of business journals, books and prestigious reports.
Dr. Francis Duffy,Co-Founder of the DEGW ,Elected member of the UK Architects' Registration Board (ARB). Trustee of the Architecture Foundation, visiting Professor at the MIT and a Contributing Editor of Architectural Record. Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997.
Dr. José Luis Pardos,Member of the Diplomatic Service since 1961 and Former ,Embassador of Spain for IT's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ,Former Member of the Executive Board of UNITAR at the U.N. and Chairman of the United Nations Conference for Technical Cooperation among Developing CountriesMember of several Academic and Scientific Associations: ICIS, New York; CESTM, Mexico; Instituto de Estudios de Prospectiva, Madrid; Association de Futuribles, Paris; ISOC (Internet Society).
Roberto Vacca,Life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Former Member of the Club of Rome (resigned in 1981). ,Since 1995- Director of Research at 1515 (Institute for Systems Integration Studies, Rome, Italy) for studies on mathematical models of cities, energy systems, land use and transportation systems, technological forecasting, decision support systems. Currently active on SEAMATE, a contract to the European Commission to analyse and forecast Socio-economic Impacts of Information Communication Technology.
Scientific Committee,· Dr. Ramon Bueno Zuluaga, Fundacion Tekniker, Spain. ,· Dr. Carmine Biancardi, Mettle Group, France. ,· Dr. Fabrizio Davide, Tel.ecom Italia, Italy. ,· Dr. Frank Duffy, DEGW, US. ,· Dr. Patrido di Nicola, Universita La Sapienza, Italy. ,· Peter Kercher, EIDD, Italy. ,· Giorgio de Michelis, Irso-Butera e Partners, Italy ,· Prof. Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany. ,· Prof. Marjan Sarshar, University of Salford, UK. ,· Nicole Turbe-Suetens, Distance-Expert, France.
Executive Committee,· Cristina Brugnoli, ANGELO project. ,· Marjan Sarshar, DIVERCITY project. ,· Peter Kercher, IDIA and HUMANTEC projects. ,· Paul Wheeler, SANE project. ,· Leonie Schaefer, TOWER project. ,· John Wilson, VIEWS OF THE FUTURE project. ,· Marielle Labrosse, WfNG-FOR-SHIPS project. ,· Preben Mogensen, WORKSPACE project. ,· Michel Ickx, e-Locus cluster. ,· Irene Lopez de Vallejo, e-Locus cluster.,
In the context of today's knowledge economy the needs of the human individual must be placed at the centre of any future vision of the design and management of the workplace.
The rationale for placing this vision within a framework of thinking holistically about business is the belief that human beings are increasingly important assets to businesses in the knowledge economy and that their productivity will be enhanced if treated as humans rather than capital assets.
While concern for the psychological, social and physical welfare of human beings in the workplace should be valued as an end in itself, increased knowledge and understanding of the business benefits of accommodating these issues acts as a powerful lever encouraging ,organisations to take action.
Conference Focus,The two-day conference "Shaping the Workplace; Essential Tools for the Future" will explore how these issues can be addressed from the perspectives of users, policymakers, implementers as well as suppliers and managers of the workplace.
This conference is being organised by the e-Locus Cluster (http://e-locus.fundaciontekniker.com(opens in new window)) on behalf of the European Commission's Information Society Directorate, New Working Environments Unit.
The conference will act as a catalyst bringing together existing communities of interest working to improve understanding of the user needs in the workplace and provide a springboard for establishing a wider understanding of our shared vision across Europe.
Expected Outputs,The e-Locus project seeks to strike a balance between drawing new ideas, research and thinking together into a shared vision and acting to disseminate these ideas to the widest possible audience. The conference "Shaping the Workplace; a tool for winning" will play an important role in creating a shared vision which can then be disseminated in terms of:
- recommendations and guideline to employers ,- a clear and concise statement identifying existing best practice and future challenges to the research community
Participants at the conference will be invited to contribute both to the further development of the vision and its dissemination.
Key priorities will be to identify the most effective mechanisms for changing established attitudes and practices in European organisations and ensuring that the conference outcome is available into as many European languages as possible.
Event Details,The Event will be held at Telecom Italia "Future Centre" in Venice, situated 5 minutes walk from the Rialto Bridge. (http://www.futurecentre.telecomitalia.it/index2.htm )
The official language of the Congress is English.
Conference Registration Fees 250 EUR. per person (16% VAT included) including :
- attendance at all sessions, ,- the inauguration Act for the Congress at the Telecom Italia at the "Future Centre" located at the old Venetian Convent of San Salvador, ,- all refreshments including lunches
Congress Timetable,Thursday 3rd July, 2003- 8:30- 17:30 Friday 4th July, 2003 -9:00- 17: 30
AN ONLINE FORM IS AVAILABLE AT ,http://e-locus.fundaciontekniker.com/venezia03
,For more information on registration procedures and on the detailed programme, please contact:,TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT: ,Fundacion TEKNIKER ,Av. Otaola no 20 C.P.20.600 ,EIBAR Guipuzcoa -( Spain )
Tlf: +34 943 206744 ,Fax: +34 943 202757 ,Email: infovenezia@tekniker.es
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------,Guest Speakers
Verna Allee,President and Founder Verna Allee Associates ,Verna Allee, M.A. is an internationally recognized thought leader, author and cosultant on the promise and implications of managing enterprise from a living network perspective. She is an expert in value networks, knowledge management, communities of practice, intangibles and new business models. Her publications include her groundbreaking book, "The Knowledge Evolution: Expanding Organizational Inte/1igence", and the newly released 'The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity through Value Networks". She is also a contributor to a variety of business journals, books and prestigious reports.
Dr. Francis Duffy,Co-Founder of the DEGW ,Elected member of the UK Architects' Registration Board (ARB). Trustee of the Architecture Foundation, visiting Professor at the MIT and a Contributing Editor of Architectural Record. Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997.
Dr. José Luis Pardos,Member of the Diplomatic Service since 1961 and Former ,Embassador of Spain for IT's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ,Former Member of the Executive Board of UNITAR at the U.N. and Chairman of the United Nations Conference for Technical Cooperation among Developing CountriesMember of several Academic and Scientific Associations: ICIS, New York; CESTM, Mexico; Instituto de Estudios de Prospectiva, Madrid; Association de Futuribles, Paris; ISOC (Internet Society).
Roberto Vacca,Life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Former Member of the Club of Rome (resigned in 1981). ,Since 1995- Director of Research at 1515 (Institute for Systems Integration Studies, Rome, Italy) for studies on mathematical models of cities, energy systems, land use and transportation systems, technological forecasting, decision support systems. Currently active on SEAMATE, a contract to the European Commission to analyse and forecast Socio-economic Impacts of Information Communication Technology.
Scientific Committee,· Dr. Ramon Bueno Zuluaga, Fundacion Tekniker, Spain. ,· Dr. Carmine Biancardi, Mettle Group, France. ,· Dr. Fabrizio Davide, Tel.ecom Italia, Italy. ,· Dr. Frank Duffy, DEGW, US. ,· Dr. Patrido di Nicola, Universita La Sapienza, Italy. ,· Peter Kercher, EIDD, Italy. ,· Giorgio de Michelis, Irso-Butera e Partners, Italy ,· Prof. Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany. ,· Prof. Marjan Sarshar, University of Salford, UK. ,· Nicole Turbe-Suetens, Distance-Expert, France.
Executive Committee,· Cristina Brugnoli, ANGELO project. ,· Marjan Sarshar, DIVERCITY project. ,· Peter Kercher, IDIA and HUMANTEC projects. ,· Paul Wheeler, SANE project. ,· Leonie Schaefer, TOWER project. ,· John Wilson, VIEWS OF THE FUTURE project. ,· Marielle Labrosse, WfNG-FOR-SHIPS project. ,· Preben Mogensen, WORKSPACE project. ,· Michel Ickx, e-Locus cluster. ,· Irene Lopez de Vallejo, e-Locus cluster.,