SOCQUIT results conference, Paris, 29-30 September 2005  
 
The conference was generously supported by France Télécom R&D
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Conference Programme
Thursday, 29 September 2005  
9:30

Welcome by France Télécom (Paul Friedel, Vice president for Research France Telecom R&D Division)

 
Session 1: Social Capital, Quality of Life and IST  
9:50

Introduction to SOCQUIT (Jeroen Heres, TNO)

10:15 Quality of Life in Europe (Tony Fahey, ESRI Dublin)
11:15 Social Capital and ICT: Social Capital and the emergence of "connected presence" in the management of social bonds (Prof. Christian Licoppe, ENST Paris)
11:45-12:15 Implications for European policy (Bruno Cassette, European Commission)
Session 2: SOCQUIT’s empirical results  
13:30 Introduction and methodology (Ben Anderson, University of Essex)
13:45 Facts and figures: Social capital, quality of life and IST in Europe (Frank Thomas, FTR)
Four SOCQUIT Case Studies  
14:10 Ageing population (Jeroen Heres, TNO)
14:50 Work and employment (Paul Stoneman, University of Essex)
16:00 Local initiatives (Ben Anderson, University of Essex)
16:40 Migrants (Frank Thomas, FTR)
SOCQUIT Decision Support Tool  
17:20-18:00 Demonstration of SOCQUIT’s decision support tool (Rutger Mooy, TNO)
18:00 Close of the first day  
   

Friday 30 September 2005

 

Session 3: The way ahead

 
9:00 Conclusions of day 1 (Jeroen Heres, TNO)
9:30 Social Capital, Quality of Life and ICT: the Taiwan Situation (Prof. Shu-Fen Tseng, NII)
10:00 Implications for IST industry (Josephine Green, Philips)
10:30 The future of ICT and Social Capital (Daniel Kaplan, Fondation Internet Nouvelle Generation, Paris)
11:30 "Panta Rei"
Round table discussion on Quality of Life, Social Capital and IST in a changing environment (facilitated by Peter Stollenmayer, Eurescom)
 
12:45 Closure of the conference (Jeroen Heres, TNO)