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General
2 nd International Conference on
"Foresight Studies on Work in the Knowledge Society"
- Monte de Caparica, FCT-UNL, 26-27 January 2009
- This conference will be organised by IET, the Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation, at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of "Universidade Nova de Lisboa" (FCT-UNL), on 26 and 27 of January with the support of the European project WORKS-Work Organisation Re-structuring in the Knowledge Society (financed by the European Commission, and co-ordinated by HIVA Leuven).
The main objective is to analyse and discuss research findings and methods on the trends of work structures in the information and knowledge society, and to debate concepts on new work organisation models and forms supported by ICT.
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Programme
- Key-note speakers:
* Monique Ramioul from HIVA (Univ. Leuven, Belgium)
- Global Value Chain Restructuring and changes in work in the EU: Facts and Perspectives
* António Dornelas from CIES (ISCTE, Lisbon)
- Alternative targets: Scenarios for the current crisis
- Global Value Chain Restructuring and changes in work in the EU: Facts and Perspectives
- Accepted papers:
- Tobias Woll: Synopsis of global scenarios and forecasting surveys: drivers of change
- António B. Moniz: Assessing scenarios
- Margarida R. Paulos: Futures of work and skills: some foresight exercises in Europe and USA
- Bettina Krings (ITAS-FZK):Technology Assessment as a tool of reflection in knowledge-based societies
- Luis Ribeiro, José Barata and Nelson Silvério: A High Level E-Maintenance Architecture to Support on-site Teams
- Helder Rosendo (CITEVE): Scenarios for the Clothing and Textile Sectors
- Linda Nierling: Global trends in gender relations - case study evidence from different occupations
- Duco Banninck:The future of work in the knowledge society: policy implications
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Dates:- Call for papers
This 2nd Conference will be held on January 2009.
Invited are different scientific disciplines like sociology, computer sciences, economics, ergonomy, history, psychology etc. as well as representatives out of the field of social science and the field of economical practice. The conference language will be English.
Some topics to be envisaged:
- Ethics and emergent technology
- Technology assessment in knowledge society
- Trends in work re-structuring
- Foresight analysis in the field of labour and employment
- Innovation process in knowledge society
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Local:- Auditorium of the UNL Library at Caparica Campus
- Auditório da Biblioteca UNL
Campus da FCT
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Information on the 2006 conference
- Date: 19 and 20 October 2006.
Place: Auditório da Biblioteca UNL, Campus de Caparica
- This conference was organised by IET, the Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation, at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of "Universidade Nova de Lisboa" (FCT-UNL), on 19 and 20 October 2006 with the support of the project CodeWork@VO (financed by FCT-MCTES, and co-ordinated by INESC Porto), and related with the European project WORKS-Work Organisation Re-structuring in the Knowledge Society (financed by the European Commission, and co-ordinated by HIVA Leuven).
The main objective is to analyse and discuss research findings on the trends of work structures in the information and knowledge society, and to debate concepts on new work organisation models and forms supported by ICT. - With the common support of CodeWork and WORKS projects.
Organised by the IET research line on "Innovation systems and foresight analysis".
Invited speakers:
* Bettina Krings from ITAS-FZK Karlsruhe
"Meeting the knowledge-based society. Facts, expectations and visions"
* António Lucas Soares from INESC Porto
"Towards an effective integration of collaboration and information management"
Sérgio Paulo (Roca)
Sérgio Paulo (Roca)
António Chora (AutoEuropa-VW)
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