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"Creating a Declaration of Interdependence"

March 15-18, 2004

San Francisco City Hall
San Francisco, California
United States of America

Overview

These questions and others will be explored and discussed in-depth at the First Annual World Congress on the Future of Work.

This incomparable, invitation-only executive forum will bring together more than 100 C-level and other executive decision-makers in the fields of IT, HR, and operations/facilities management from the world's leading organizations, all joining together to craft a "Declaration of Interdependence" - a set of design principles that will enable you to move toward making the vision of the future of work real in your organization.

The World Congress on The Future of Work was developed to address the fact that the very nature of work is rapidly changing. Knowledge work, creativity, and collaborative relationships have become not just central, but essential to competitive success.

To survive in the future, companies must create working environments that attract, retain, and motivate scarce creative talent, foster creativity and productivity, and enable work to be conducted whenever and wherever necessary on a global basis.

The World Congress on the Future of Work is a first step towards achieving these goals. The objective of the Congress is to bring together thought leaders, practitioners, and leading vendors to build a community of practice, define a charter, and develop a public call for action. Through participation in this unprecedented forum, your company has the exclusive opportunity to position itself as a leading visionary on how work should and will be done in the future.

But the World Congress is not just limited to a few days onsite at the March event. This event will begin as a virtual experience in January 2004, providing you with an opportunity to explore and discuss the future of work in-depth for more than two months prior to gathering in San Francisco, via a wide array of online communication vehicles, including audio teleconferences, online discussion forums, web briefings, blogs, and more.

The World Congress is being organized by the Future of Work program, in partnership with the City of San Francisco and other sponsoring organizations. The two-day event will be held in San Francisco's newly renovated, and stunning, City Hall.

Who Should Attend?

The World Congress is designed for public and private sector leaders who are interested and involved in making decisions to create the environments that will allow the vision of the future of work to be fully realized in their organizations and our society, and will foster important conversations and collaboration across the following executive functions:

What Will You Learn?

You will leave the World Congress as a member of a new community of practice focused on the vision of a future of work, and with a set of design principles that will allow you and your management team to quickly and efficiently move toward making that vision real in your organization!

Sponsorship

We invite you to participate as a select vendor partner in the presentation of The First Annual World Congress on the Future of Work.

We offer several different levels of sponsorship opportunity. For more information go to our Sponsorship page or download the Sponsorship Prospectus.

Please direct inquiries about Sponsorship of the World Congress to:

Jen McClure
Albycht-McClure Partners
Phone: (510) 796-1475
jenm@ampcomm.com

Intended outcomes:

1. The formation of an ongoing professional community
2. Documentation of the answers to the four questions (above) in the form of graphical images and video tapes of thought leaders' ideas and positions
3. A draft of the community's statement of purpose and future activities
4. A public call for action (to be published as a press release)

For more information about the 2004 World Congress, please contact Charlie Grantham or Jim Ware.

Congress Sponsors:

City and County of San Francisco

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