Finland

Up-to-date information in Finnish and English will be avaliable on the website of the Finnish National Telework Theme Group (http://www.uta.fi/telework ).

Finnish ETW'97 events will partly be interlinked, with Telecom Finland sponsoring the video bridge service.

* Nov 3rd and 4th

European Opening Event of ETW'97

BORDERLESS LOCAL ECONOMY

Järvenpää-talo, Järvenpää, Finland

Workshop on the relationships between information society and local economy, focusing on the challenges of the regional market of central Uusimaa.

 For further information, please contact Ms. Tuula Lind e-mail tuula.lind@iuakk.fi

* Nov 5th

PUTTING TELEWORK TO WORK IN LAPLAND

The Continuing Education Centre at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi will present an open house on the use of telematics for the purpose of introducing telework opportunities for SME´s and individual entrepreneurs in Lapland through a video conferencing day. Several pilots of audio-visual networks involved in the project will be on-line.

 The pilots are:
 Jabba corp. - plans and produces audiovisual products for marketing and communication needs.

 The centre for Business and Public Services in Sodankylä municipality - helps people to test their business ideas and to start businesses. Local people can also get some public services there.

 SiNet - A network of audiovisual services in the municipality of Rovaniemi - develops modern media enterprises to the rural areas.

 The Marketing Network - three tourism companies have been combined to establish a network of marketing.

A special end of the day publication seminar of a newly published book, Employee or Entrepreneur, will be introduced on the subject of the legal position of the teleworker in Finland. It will be available through video conferencing from 16:30 - 20:00.

 Those interested please contact:
Ms. Riitta-Liisa Heikkinen-Moilanen
Development Manager, Regional Development
UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTRE
Box 122, FIN-96101 ROVANIEMI, FINLAND
Tel. +358-16-324 950, Fax. +358-16-324 951
E-mail: rlheikki@urova.fi

* Nov 6th

TELEWORK EVALUATION SEMINAR

University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Organisers: The National Telework Theme Group and the Fleximarketing
Association.

 For further information, please contact Mr. Tapio Penttila, tapio.penttila@utu.fi

* Nov 6th

 TELEWORK OPEN MARKET

University of Tampere, Institute for Extensive Studies, Seinajoki
The Campus House, Keskuskatu 34, Seinajoki, Finland

An Open Market Event for European Telework Week 1997 (ETW97), organised by
the traineers participating in Telework and Entrepreneurship Extension
Studies for experts and professionals, is held at the Campus House of The
Institute for Extension Studies on the 6th of November, 1997 in Seinajoki.

The aim is to increase awareness of telework, teletrade and telecooperation
benefits among local Authorities, Activists and in enterprise world and to
gain profitable insights about new ways of working and getting employed either
through self-employment or as an employer.

A focus is in team networking possibilities to be used in various projects and plans to promote telework in general, and in the utilisation of information technology for the improvement of rural services together with new choices and opportunities in employment.

Public access through media includes local papers, radio, a nationwide commercial paper and online connection to other events.

Speakers' views, open discussion forum, practical demonstrations of the skills of teleworkers and technologies they use together with exhibits and demos from local network vendors that have marketing interes in telework give flavour to The Market Event and to themes of interest for the future development.

For further information, please contact Ms. Aira Metsa-Ketela aira.metsa-ketela@sjoki.uta.fi

* Throughout Telework Week

OPEN HOUSE EVENTS

Ammati-Instituutti, Dagmarinkatu , Helsinki

The Telework Support Centre of Ammatti-Instituutti will have Open House through telework week, featuring different aspects of telework on different days. Ammatti-Instituutti will interlink Helsinki with provincial ETW'97 events.

For further information, please contact Mr. Antti Ihalainen antti.ihalainen@ami.fi

* Nov 7th

The Telework Award Ceremony will be monitored at least to Ammatti-Instituutti, Helsinki, and to the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi.

* Nov 25th

TELEWORK OPEN MARKET

University of Tampere, Institute for Extensive Studies, Tampere

Cf. Nov 6th: Telework Open Market, Seinajoki

For further information, please contact
 Ms. Tarja Nupponen email: tmtanu@uta.fi