Arthur, Thanks for this notice. There is, however, so much confusion in this conference between work and employment, and workplaces and employmentplaces, that I wouldn't think it could be very useful.
Notice how they use "work" and "employment" as though they were synonymous and use "workplaces" to describe what are really just employmentplaces. Their "e-work" is really just "e-employment" -- paid jobs in the monetized labour market? Rather than "The World, The Workplace and We, the Workers" the conference might better be entitled "The Global Economy, The Employmentplace, and We, the Employees." Members of the futurework list could never make such elementary mistakes could we? I wonder what other members of the list might think about this. Yours provocatively (and, I trust, constructively) Gail Gail Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: conference > > The introduction of new information and communications technologies and the > spreading of e-work throughout our economies has been accompanied by major > changes in the organisation of the local and global economy within and > between European regions, and globally. As a consequence, we can not only > observe major shifts in the location of employment, but also the > implications this has on the organisation of the workplace and the > individual workers around the world. However, these changes, underlying > processes and consequences are often poorly documented. By presenting recent > research material and confronting this with views from more theoretical and > policy oriented experts, the conference will try to put the debate into a > more empirical perspective based around three subthemes: the world, the > workplace and we, the workers > > eWork in a Global World, Brussels, 16-17 April 2002 > http://www.emergence.nu/events/wwwe.html > >
