TeleCities Conference Leipzig 2000
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Provisional Program
last update 17.10.00
Wednesday 25th October
9:00 - 9:30
Festsaal 
Registration/Coffee
9:30 - 10:00
Festsaal 
Opening of the Conference 
Welcome speech by Wolfgang Tiefensee Lord Mayor, City of Leipzig
Welcome speech by Mariella Gramaglia TeleCities President 
10:00 - 11:30
Festsaal 
Presentation of 3 Case Studies/ PACE Working Groups
    10:00-10:30
    Case Study 1: PA2PA
    City Hall Networks: How the Internet changes Communication within Public Administrations
    Hermann Weidemann, City of Næstved, Denmark

    10:30-11:00
    Case Study 2: PA2B
    Speeding up Administrative Procedures: Creating a new Internet based Public Environment for Businesses
    "City of Siena and its Experience in e-commerce" 
    Miranda Brugi, City of Siena, Italy

    11:00-11:30
    Case Study 3: PA2C
    The Interactive City Hall: Public Internet Services for Citizens
    :"Project Televall de Ribes"Joaquim Roqué, City of Girona, Spain

11:30 - 12:00
Wandelhalle 
Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00
Festsaal 
PACE - Public Administrations and electronic commerce
  • Status on PACE activities by Alfonso Molina, TechMapp, University of Edinburgh 
  • Training and awareness raising by Stephanie Rouizem, Echangeur
  • Virtual Campus and launch of PACE web site by Jonathan Chaloff, CENSIS 
  • Survey on call centres by Tony Kinder, TechMapp, University of Edinburgh 
13:00 - 14:00
Wandelhalle 
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00
Seminar Rooms
Wandelhalle 
TeleCities / PACE Working Groups (parallel sessions)
New ways of Working - e-commerce applications
WG 1: PA2PA
New ways of working - e-commerce applications Dave Carter, City of Manchester + Tony Kinder, University of Edinburgh
WG 2: PA2B
New ways of working - e-commerce applications Pamela Finley, City of Nürnberg + Florence de Villenfagne, CRID
WG 3: PA2C
New ways of working - e-commerce applications Robert de Beukelaer, City of Antwerp + Vaggelis Ouzounis, GMD- FOKUS 
16:00-16:30
Wandelhalle 
Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:45
Festsaal 
Presentation of Leipzig Internet Projects
16:45 - 18:45
Festsaal 
Roundtable on "City Hall in the Future"
Moderator: Prof. Wolfgang Kleinwächter

Mariella Gramaglia, City of Rome, TeleCities President

Piero Corsini, Vice President Public Sector, IB, Europe, Middle East, Africa

Andre Van de Meer, City of The Hague, member of the Organising Committee of the Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group

Dr. Martin Eifert, Hans - Bredow - Institut für Mediensforschung, Hamburg

Dr. Benno Ziegler, Stadtdirektor City of Munich

Dr. Knut Löscke, CEO of PC Ware Information Technologies AG

18:45-19:00 
Festsaal 
Conclusions
by Mariella Gramaglia, TeleCities President 
20:30 Dinner at Old City Hall

 
Thursday 26th October 2000
09:00 - 10:30
Seminar Rooms
Wandelhalle 
TeleCities Working Groups (parallel sessions part 1)
  • WG 1:Smart Government, Marten Buschman, The Hague
  • WG 2:Electronic Democracy, Leda Guidi, Bologna 
  • WG 3:Organisational Changes and New Jobs in the City of Tomorrow, Albert Deistler, Cologne 
  • CANCELLED WG 4:Independent Living, Susan Ng-A-Tham, The Hague 
10:30-11:00
Wandelhalle 
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Seminar Rooms
Wandelhalle 
TeleCities Working Groups (parallel sessions part 2)
  • WG 1:Smart Government, Marten Buschman, The Hague
  • WG 2:Electronic Democracy, Leda Guidi, Bologna 
  • CANCELLED WG 3:Organisational Changes and New Jobs in the City of tomorrow, Albert Deistler, Cologne 
  • CANCELLED WG 4:Independent Living, Susan Ng-A-Tham, The Hague 
12:00-13:00
Festsaal 
Plenary Session
Reports from the working groups and conclusions 
Tele Cities Workshop at EuroCities Conference
13.00 - 14.00 
New Fairground
Transport to the New Fairground and registration for Eurocities AGM
Lunch
13.00 - 14.00 
New Fairground 
Lunch
14:00-15:30
New Fairground 
Information Society, Employment and the Role of Local Authorities" 
Moderator, Prof. A. Molina (University of Edinburgh)
Introductory speech, Tony Kinder, Senior Researcher University of Edinburgh
  • "Public-Private Partnerships for Local Employment", Mariella Gramaglia, TeleCities President, City of Rome, 
  • "Young Enterpreneurship", Brigitte Bruck, Economic Development Officer, City of Leipzig

  • "Employment in creative Industries in the Networked City", Mark Hackett, Councillor, Manchester City Council
EUROCITIES AGM "Cities as Driving Force for Change" will take place at the New Fairground. TeleCities contribution to the session "Serving Citizens in the Next Decade" is part of the Horizontal Task Force in collaboration with EDURC and the Technology Policy Forum.