e-work location in a digital global economy

Venue: National Bank of Hungary, 1850 Vadász Street 16, Budapest

Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 October 2000

 Conference Programme and presentations links

The new technologies mean that work involving knowledge and information processing can be carried out anywhere in the world where the right infrastructure is in place and the right skills can be found.

But how much is this actually happening? Where is the work going? Why are these locations being chosen? And what are the policy implications?

This ground-breaking conference featured presentations on:

	The new digital global economy: an overview
	Global launch of results of the EMERGENCE 22-country survey
	The new global division of labour in knowledge work
	Identifying a local niche in a global economy
	Information Society Technologies and the development of rural regions
	The call centre as an instrument of regional development
	Regional case studies including India, Hungary, Ireland, Australia, Sweden, Canada, France, Morocco, Italy and South Africa
	The policy implications

Speakers included:
 

	leading economists and other experts
	Representatives from the OECD, Eurostat, the ILO and other international bodies
	Senior policy makers from the European Commission and the governments of Hungary, Australia and Canada
	Representatives from key corporations, NGOs and other major stakeholders

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