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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><EM>Invitation to relations of Public Counter
2000</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE CITY: THE FUTURE
OF EUROPE' <BR></STRONG>The Hague, 5 - 7 September 2000<BR><BR>On behalf of the
Minister for Urban Policy (Roger van Boxtel), the Vice-Mayor of The Hague (Bas
Verkerk) and EUROCITIES, I should like to invite you to attend the
above-mentioned conference.<BR><BR>Some of the keynote speakers at the
conference will be:<BR>Mr Roger van Boxtel, Dutch Minister for Urban Policy and
the Integration of Ethnic Minorities <BR>Mr William Mitchell, Professor of
Architecture and Media Arts & Sciences <BR>Mr Michel Barnier, European
Commissioner for Regional Policy<BR>Mr Cerfontaine, President Schiphol Group,
Chairman of the Advisory Committee on ICT and the City<BR><BR>The following
topics will be discussed at the conference:<BR>* Location conditions for ICT
firms<BR>* Employment<BR>* ICT and public services<BR>* New technologies and the
quality of life in neighbourhoods and communities<BR>* Matching education to the
labour market <BR>* The digital divide<BR>* Urban physical and virtual
mobility<BR>* E-democracy.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=2>The parallelsession on the third
mentioned topic above will be organised by Public Counter 2000
(OL2000).</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <BR>To give visitors a taste of the
conference, a forum section is available on our website. You are invited to add
your opinion, comments or questions to it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR><A
href="http://www.conference.thehague.nl">www.conference.thehague.nl</A>
<BR><BR>The site also provides detailed information about the conference and how
you can register to participate.<BR><BR>We are able to arrange a room for you in
a comfortable hotel close to the conference building. However, we need to
receive your request for a reservation before 15 August, otherwise we will not
be able to guarantee you a room in one of the hotels we have
selected.<BR><BR>Please note that this message is being sent to several mailing
lists, some of which are automatic. Although we are sending it only once and
have done all we can to prevent double or triple posting, we do not have control
over <BR>all mailing lists. We apologise for any inconvenience multiple posting
may cause. However, we feel that it is important to bring this interesting
conference to your attention.<BR><BR>Please forward this message to anyone you
know who might be interested in attending the conference.<BR><BR>With kind
regards,<BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2>Matt Poelmans</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=2>program manager
OL2000<BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>