The Programme

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DAY ONE: 8th March 2007
08:00 - 09:00		Open session: creation at work Participants register and mingle in a large open space where they observe an artist paining, a pianist, and a magician Participants select which sessions they want to participate in on day one
08:50 - 08:55		Welcome Brief outline of the conference design Housekeeping points
09:00 - 10:00		The World of EmPLAYment - Three parallel experiential discovery sessions based on the theme ‘exploring mobility’ Participants move to the session they selected Art, with Marthijn de Groot Everyone has their own story, with Shay McConnon EmPLAYment: Putting Play to work – Cliff Denettt Why you need this session? Increasingly in our super-connected 24/7 globalised world work and play are merging together. These three “drop in” sessions are designed to open minds and create a different perception of what work is and how we – as individuals and groups – fit into it” – underneath “Emplayment: Putting Play to work
10:00 - 10:15		Break and move to next session
10:15 - 11:00		Man, Machine and Mobility The Chinese, the Indians and everyone else: should we be scared of global mobility? Göran Hultin Navigating through Europe’s Mobility Maze : Walter Brinkmann Is Cyberspace a mobile environment? Ruben Niewenhuis Why you need this session? Mobility is about people, about technology and about how these come together in a rapidly changing and expanding world. These sessions are designed to give you an overview of the impact people and technology will have on the way we work. More important, they are designed to challenge you and your organisation about the workplace of tomorrow.
11.00 - 11:15		Break and move to next session
11:15 - 12:15	Mike Johnson Richard Savage	“The 50 Things you must know about Tomorrow’s Working World - how, why, when and where tomorrow will affect YOUR business Why you need this session?: What will you employees expect from the tomorrow’s world of work. How will you reward them, recruit them, retain them ? What are the motivators to a successful workforce ? Where will you work, how long and for whom ? This session is designed to do two things : explain the issues of tomorrow and get you to worry about how to solve them” after “The 50 Things you….”
12:15 - 13:30		Social discovery - Interactive lunch
13:30 - 14:00		Think time or opportunity to visit the “drop-in” spaces
14:00 - 15:00	Cliff Dennett Mike Johnson	Plenary session : The World of Serious Games : why on-line gaming is a force for innovation, motivation and talent development in tomorrow’s corporation? Why you need this session? Right now, tens of millions of people around the world are joining forces to co-operate in virtual project teams, solving complex strategic problems across countries and cultures. What are they doing? Gaming. In this session Cliff Dennett and Mike Johnson will explore how on-line gaming provides one of the richest and engaging work environments ever created AND what it can do for your business, in learning, motivation, recruitment and retention.
15:00 - 15:15		Break and move to next session
15:15 - 16:15		“Making Organizations Work Better How organisations and their employees will learn in tomorrow’s working world ? : Susan Stucky How organisational cultures REALLY change and develop ? Matthias Moelleney Why you need these sessions? How do we really learn and what is the contact of our learning experiences both individual and as a group? These two sessions will explore the organisational implications of learning and culture viewed from the perspective of building sound businesses for the future.”
16:15 - 17:30		Clinics, labs, open space for participants to work with experts on Topic 1: Adjusting my business goals, with Hanneke Frese Topic 2: What does this mean for “me”? with Richard Savage Topic 3: Intergrating people and technology, With Cliff Dennett Topic 4: Adjusting business strategy, with Ruben Nieuwenhuis Topic 5: What this means for CSR, with Lyndon Evans Why you need these sessions? One of the key benefits of the FutureWork Forum is its hand-on, interactive approach. These sessions are designed to get participants involved in two-way interaction, group learning and development. Participants are encouraged to voice their concerns, ideas, thoughts and even solutions to emerging world-of-work issues” after “Sponsor 2”
		Sponsor keynote session
		End of Conference day
		Off-line session
16:15 - 18:30		Young people prepare first session of day two, Facilitator 1 & 2
19:00 - 21:30		FWF hosted dinner, each table hosted by a FWF member

DAY TWO: 9th March 2007
08:30-09:30		Opening Plenary: Sponsor Keynote
09:30-10:00		Think-time break and next session
09:45-10:30		The World of EmPLAYment Art and Work: Marthijn de Groot Being ME at Work: Shay McConnon EmPLAYment: Putting Play to Work : Cliff Dennett Why you need this session? Increasingly in our super-connected 24/7 globalised world work and play are merging together. These three “drop in” sessions are designed to open minds and create a different perception of what work is and how we – as individuals and groups – fit into it.
10:30-10:45		Break and move to next session
10:45-11:45		Man, Machine and Mobility The Chinese, the Indians and everyone else: should we be scared of global mobility? Göran Hultin Navigating through Europe’s Mobility Maze : Walter Brinkmann Is Cyberspace a mobile environment ? : Ruben Niewenhuis Why you need this session? Mobility is about people, about technology and about how these come together in a rapidly changing and expanding world. These sessions are designed to give you an overview of the impact people and technology will have on the way we work. More important, they are designed to challenge you and your organisation about the workplace of tomorrow.
11:45-12:30		Societies, People and Places: Societal trends in the workplace- Nick Winkfield Facing up to prejudice and inclusivity- Hanneke Frese Forming the physical space of tomorrow ’s workplace: Andrew Chadwick Why you need these sessions? Society shifts all the time, and so do our reactions to the changes that take place. These sessions will explore the impact of societal change on our future workplaces, examining both the human and the physical aspects of the workplace of tomorrow.
12:30-13:30		Lunch
13:30-14:30		The FutureWork Clinics: Adjusting my business goals: Hanneke Frese What does the future mean for ME? Richard Savage Creating my workspace: Andrew Chadwick Adjusting future business strategy: Ruben Niewenhuis Sponsor 1 Sponsor 2 Why you need these sessions? One of the key benefits of the FutureWork Forum is its hand-on, interactive approach. These sessions are designed to get participants involved in two-way interaction, group learning and development. Participants are encouraged to voice their concerns, ideas, thoughts and even solutions to emerging world-of-work issues
14:30-14:45		Key Learning Points: The Challenge of Today, Getting Ready for Tomorrow Why you need this session? The FutureWork Forum is all about practical reality. This session is designed to review the two days of the event, drawing together the key elements and creating a set of Dynamic Action Points that participants can take back to their businesses for implementation. This session will also see the launch of the FutureWork Forum “Dial-up-for-Dialogue” service, an online future-of-work helpline and website.
14:45-15:15	Shay McConnon	Closing plenary: Winning Relationships: The future working world is still about one thing – PEOPLE ! What you’ll take for yourself? The intention of this FutureWork Forum is to educate, inform and entertain you. It is designed, specifically to make you THINK. What the FutureWork Forum want YOU to do is go back to your organisation and get them involved in preparing for the future. As part of this event, we will ENSURE that you do that and take the tools to make that work with you. We will also make certain that you have – at a minimum – the basics of your own plan for tomorrow What you will bring back to your business? The businesses and institutions of tomorrow need new ideas, new energy, new direction. They also need to understand the groundswell of opinion and expectation that IS the future of work. This event will paint a clear picture of tomorrow, in the West, Asia, the Americas : everywhere that work gets done. Our intention is that you – as a delegate – will carry a message back to you organisation about what the future will look like; how your business will fit it and MOST IMPORTANT, how to make that work.