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http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=1020720584#/album.php?aid=2001465&id=1020720584 The introduction video is online here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXIauJwv4Yw

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Draft Program
List of Participants (FINAL)
Background report: Industrial relations and social dialogue in the Web 2.0 world (A. Bibby)
UNI & The Web 2.0
En route to the "Next Society" with "Entreprise 2.0" (Ulrich Klotz)
On-line rights at work
Unions, Associations and Twenty-First Century Professionals (R. Hurd & T. Lakhani)
Presentation by Bart Willems	UNI Communicators' Forum: 3D internship online article

Dear Colleagues,



We have the pleasure to invite you to the UNI-Europa P&MS Conference, which will take place in Tallinn on 3, 4 and 5 December 2008. The Conference is co-financed by the European Commission.



The theme of the Conference will be "Web 2.0 and Online Rights”



Draft program

Please find attached the draft program.



Venue and Timetable

The conference will start on 3 December 2008 at 14:00 and will close on 5 December 2008 at 14:00. Registration will start at 11:30.



The venue of the conference is

Reval Hotel Olümpia****

Liivalaia 33

10118 Tallinn / Estonia

Tel.: +372 669 0690

Fax: +372 669 0691

E-mail: sales@revalhotels.com

www.revalhotels.com



Interpretation

During the conference, an active interpretation will be provided in English, French, German and Estonian. Passive interpretation will also be provided in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish



Accommodation

Rooms for the night 3 to 4 and 4 to 5 December have been booked at:



Reval Hotel Olümpia****

Liivalaia 33

10118 Tallinn / Estonia

Tel.: +372 669 0690

Fax: +372 669 0691

E-mail: sales@revalhotels.com



The cost of a Reval class single room is EUR 85.00 breakfast included (Reval class double room: EUR 95.00)



Reval Hotel Olümpia is the most elegant business and conference hotel in the Baltic countries. Located in the city center, you are promised to find vitality, comfort, impeccable service and an inspiring atmosphere. The distance to the Tallinn International Airport is approximately 5 km.



The lunch on 3, 4 and 5 December and the dinner on 4 December will be offered. A cocktail reception will take place in the evening on 3 December after the first conference day.



Laptops and internet connection

The conference will involve practical exercises for participants to become familiar with Web 2.0 applications such as SecondLife, blogging, youtube, facebook, etc. For these exercises, which will be supported by professional instructors, participants are requested to bring along their own laptops. Free internet access is available everywhere in the hotel.



Participation

Please note that the EU Commission will reimburse the travel and accommodation costs for a maximum of 90 participants coming from the EU member states.



UNI-Europa IBITS emphasises the importance of affiliates sending delegation with the greatest possible level of diversity.



Reimbursement

Travel and accommodation costs will be reimbursed upon receipt of the request for reimbursement and will be carried out applying the following criteria:

• For flight tickets: on the basis of APEX fares,

• When traveling by train: 1st class train ticket will be reimbursed,

• When traveling by car: the equivalent of a first class train ticket (with document proving the price of the train ticket),

• Hotel: a maximum of 2 nights at the Hotel Reval Olümpia,

• Journeys have to be carried out in the most economic and shortest way,

• No taxi costs or any other extra costs will be reimbursed.



Upon registration, and in order to organise the reimbursement, the participants have to bring with them the following documents :

• their Expense Claim Form duly filled in and signed. Please note that we will not be able to reimburse your travel costs unless we have all necessary bank information.

• a photocopy of all their flight tickets (even of electronic tickets) with the cost mentioned on it, or with a copy of the invoice from the travel agency,

• the original boarding pass of their first journey, and other original tickets of public transport, if any (unfortunately taxi costs cannot be reimbursed).



We ask you to respect the starting and finishing time of the conference. Please note that reimbursement can only be made for the full participation in the conference. Please note that loss of earnings, daily allowances and insurance cannot be reimbursed.



Insurance Coverage

Please note that UNI-Europa cannot take out insurance for the participants. It is up to the union or the individual participant to conclude insurance. Participation in this conference is at your own risk.



Registration and Hotel Reservation

Please complete the enclosed registration and hotel reservation form. One copy should be sent back to the Brussels Office to Elisabeth Vandenborren (elisabeth.vandenborren@uniglobalunion.org) or by telefax: + 32 2 235 08 61 or +32 2 235 08 70. For those participants who need a hotel room, they are requested to send the same form to the Hotel Reval Olümpia by E-mail sales@revalhotels.com or by telefax +372 669 0691at the latest by 5 November 2008.



If you have any queries about this conference, please contact

- Birte Dedden, UNI-Europa on birte.dedden@uniglobalunion.org (tel. +32 2 234 56 55)



Yours sincerely,





Bernadette Ségol Gerd Rohde

Regional secretary Head of UNI IBITS