The EU IST Programme organizes WISTCIS Workshop "New Methods of Work for Business" on 21-22 November 2002 in Yerevan, Armenia. The Workshop aims at strengthening commercial, scientific and technological co-operation between the European Union and Armenia (Transcaucasian CIS countries in general) in the field of IT application to new methods of work, business applications with an emphasis on Armenia-EU business and scientific communities cooperation.

The Workshop will increase awareness about the experienced and newly developed telecommunication and teleworking tools for the establishing and running of fruitfull business between EU and the CIS countries. The European and the CIS companies will learn about the ways of practical implementation of joint research and commercial activities in the framework of the European funding allocated by the European Commission (EC). Participants of the workshop will present their ideas, which will be carefully documented for further development and agreement of co-operation could be signed between those participants wishing to implement possible projects. A list enumerating agreements signed will be published on WISTCIS Web-sites for further development and submission to the future IST Programme and local or regional funding sources.

Also participants of the Workshop will present achievements and activities in business sector, as well as IT solutions in business, and will find the solutions of co-operation in business through Internet. The Workshop will present a unique opportunity for European and Armenian companies to exchange innovative and successful experiences, improve scientific and technological research and initiate first steps towards co-operation in IT applications.

This workshop is targeted at the public as well as the specialists in that field. Attendance of the following participants is indispensable for the success of this event:

• policy makers and governmental administration representatives;
• technology suppliers, telecommunication operators, Internet providers;
• e-commerce and e-work associations;
• tourism organisations and associations;
• research institutes;
• software vendors;
• businessmen & entrepreneurs;
• service providers;
• business development managers;
• association and organisation of disabled people.

Organisations and individual specialists in modern information technologies for business, research and tourism, as well as research scientists, university teachers, businessmen, are invited to participate in the workshop. Students are welcome to the workshop.

All abstracts must be written in English in electronic form. Submitted abstracts must be restricted to 1 page of A4 format and sent via e-mail as WinWord file to the Organising Committee, e-mail: leongrig@arminco.com, till October 13, 2002. Simultaneously the title of the presentation must be sent to Mrs. T. Shuliakovskaya, e-mail: shu@ednes..org. Notification of the presentation acceptance will be sent to authors not later than October 20, 2002. Final papers will be accepted during the Workshop.

The information about the Workshop and the registration form are available on the Web-site:
http://www.wistcis.arminco.com.

The registration form is also available here.

Call for Applications (.doc) can be downloaded from here.

Abstracts of presentations will be published.

Arminco Global Telecommunications
28 Issahakyan st.
375009 Yerevan Armenia

Levon Grigoryan (Arminco, Yerevan, Armenia)
Tel.: (+3741) 52 43 51
Fax: (+3741) 54 45 90
E-mail: leongrig@arminco.com

Tatiana Shuliakovskaya (EDNES, Moscow)
Tel.: (+7 095) 133 43 39
Fax: (+7 095) 930 55 59
E-mail: shu@ednes..org

http://www.ednes.org/wistcis
http://www.wistcis.arminco.com

The Workshop is free of charge.

English, Armenian, Russian

9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-11:30 Welcome address

• European Commission
• President of National Academy of Sciences
• Ministry of Transport and Communication
• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

10:00-11:00 e-Work as a Solution for International Cooperation In Scientific Exchange
11:00-12:00 Presentations of European IST projects
12:00-12:30 e-Work, employment and social exclusion
12:30-13:00 Co-operation in tourism industry through IT
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Reports of Sessions Moderators
14:30-15:00 Conclusions
16:00-20:00 Cultural Programme Farewell Party

The Workshop will take place in Yerevan  —  the capital of Armenia. A variety of accommodations in 2-star, 3-star and 4-star hotels will be available with prices ranging from 50 EUROs to 170 EUROs.