this may be of interest to some... -----Original Message----- From: Phil Agre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: August 25, 2000 8:42 PM To: Red Rock Eater News Service Subject: [RRE]E-Work Location in a Digital Global Economy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use the "redirect" option. For information about RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, see http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:35:01 +0100 From: Ursula Huws <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WHERE IN THE WORLD? E-WORK LOCATION IN A DIGITAL GLOBAL ECONOMY I am writing to bring to your attention a conference which will be taking place on October 24-25, 2000 in Budapest. Most of us are now familiar with the idea that the new information and communications technologies can be used to relocated employment around the globe, but so far little is known about the extent to which this is happening, where the jobs are going, and why these locations are chosen. This will be the first international conference to address this important issue. The conference will bring together leading experts and senior policy- makers from international bodies and the corporate and voluntary sectors to discuss the implications of these developments and consider regional case studies from America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the EU and Eastern Europe. It will also launch the results of the 22-country survey of e-work location currently being carried out by the EMERGENCE project, funded under the European Commission's Information Society Technologies Programme. You will find information about the EMERGENCE Project at www.emergence.nu and a booking form on the EMERGENCE website at www.emergence.nu/forms/conference.htm Please book soon to ensure a place. For those of you who were sent an invitation earlier this summer, there is good news: thanks to the success of our fundraising efforts, we have been able to reduce the attendance fee from 500 euros to 200 euros per person. This fee includes lunch on October 24th and 25th and a gala dinner on the evening of October 25th. We are anxious to ensure that there is representation from as wide a range of stakeholders as possible. We will therefore consider waiving the fee altogether in cases of hardship, although unfortunately this will only be possible in exceptional cases. Please contact me if you require further information and I will send you more information about the Project in general and the Conference in particular. Hilary Williams EMERGENCE Project Officer (email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) apologies for any cross-posting
