The Communications Revolution at Work
Keele University, Staffordshire, UK, 23-26 November 1997

Sunday 23rd November
10:00am Bus leaves from Canadian High Commission, Grosvenor Square.

11:00am Bus calls at the Sheraton Heathrow Hotel to pick up participants from Canada. (Optional) stop en route for refreshment.

2:30pm British Organisers meet at Keele University Conference Centre (Spode).

3:00pm Bus arrives at Keele University Cotierence Centre Hotel.

5:30pm Registration and documentation in Town Room.

6:00pm Welcome reception in conference hotel bar - Sponsored by Clifford Chance.

7:00pm Dinner in Hawthorns restaurant. - Wines courtesy of the David Bruce Centre, Keele University.

1l:00pm Conference hotel bar closes.

Monday 24th November
7:30am Breakfast in Hawthorns restaurant.

8:45pm Welcome and Introduction by Chair, Sir Colin Shepherd (Spade/Bennett).

9:00am Opening of Colloquium, Mr Alan J Donnelly MEP.

9:30am Session 1 The Communications and In-formation Revohtion: Overview.
British Speaker:
Professor Robin Mansell, University of Sussex
Canadian Speaker:
Professor Vincent Mosco, Carleton University.

1l:00am Coffee in Bennett

11:30am Session 2 Impact on the CorDorate Sector.
British Speaker:
Dr Tom Rowbotham, Director of Technology Strategy, BT Laboratories
Canadian Speaker:
Dr Peter Nicolson, Executive Vice-President (Corporate Strategy), Bell Canada Enterprises .

1:00pm Lunch in Hawthorns restaurant.

2:00pm Session 3 Impact 0Jt.q
British Speaker:
Hugo Drayton, Marketing Director, TelegraphGroup
Canadian Speaker:
Mme Guylaine Saucier, Chair of CBC Board Commentary: Sam Younger, Managing Director, BBC World Service .

2:00pm Spouses’ and Partners’ visit to Wedgwood Potteries-(optional).

3:30pm Tea in Bennett.

3:45pm Session 4 Impact on the Nature and Organisation ef Work. [Session to be chaired bv Professor Brian Fender C’G)
British Speaker:
Dr Sally Dench, Institute for Employment Studies University of Sussex
Canadian Speaker:
Dr Gordon Betcherman, Ekos Research Associates and Canadian Policy Research Network.

6:15pm Bus leaves coherence hotel for Keele Hall.

6:30pm Reception in Keele Hall (Great Hall) :
- co-hosted by : H.E the Hon Roy MacLaren PC, Canadian High Commissioner Baroness Symons of Vemham Dean, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs.
- sponsored by : the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Canadian High Commission.

7:30pm Colloquium Dinner in Keele Hall (Salvin Room).
- hosted by : Geoffrey Bacon, Chairman of the British Committee, Canada United Kingdom Colloquia.
- sponsored by BT.

Order of Speakers:
9:25pm Introductory remarks : Host

9:30pm Professor Janet Finch, Vice-Chancellor of Keele University.

9:35pm Main Speaker :Sir Nicholas Bayne KCMG, Honorary President of British Committee - “Britain & Canadian Speaker:
Looking to the Future”.

1O:00pm H.E the Hon Roy MacLaren PC, Canadian High Commissioner.

l0:20pm Guests adjourn for brief view of Keele Hall Library.

l0:30pm Guests assemble outside Keele Hall.

l0:45pm Bus leaves for coherence hotel.

12:00pm Conference hotel bar closes.

Tuesday 25 November
7:30am Breakfast in Hawthorns restaurant

9:20am Assemble in Spade/Bennett.

9:30am Session 5 Impact on Education and Research .
British Speaker:
Sir John Daniel, Vice-Chancellor, Open University.
Canadian Speaker:
Prof Rena Upitis, Dean of Education, Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario.

1l:00am Coffee in Bennett.

11:30am Session 6 Social Conseaaences : Optirtanity, Ineaualitpv and Social Cohesion.
British Speaker:
Dr David Morrison and Michael Svennivig, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds.
Canadian Speaker:
Mr Andrew Reddick, President, Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

1:00pm Lunch in Hawthorns restaurant.

2:00pm Session 7 Political Consequences : Governing in an Electronic World
British Speaker:
Colin Muid, Deputy Director, Central IT Unit, Cabinet Office.
Canadian Speaker:
Professor Les Pal, Carleton University.

3:30pm Tea in Bennett

3:45pm Conclusions:
a) Roundup by Rapporteur : Professor Peter Cole
b) Remarks from Chair : Sir Cohn Shepherd

4:30pm Anglo-Canadian Planning Group meeting.

6:30pm Reception in conference hotel bar.

7:30pm Dinner in Hawthorns restaurant.
- Wines courtesy of the David Bruce Centre, Keele University.

1l:00pm Conherence hotel bar closes.

Wednesday 26th November
6:00am Breakfast in Hawthorns restaurant for participants departing early.

7:00am Bus leaves with Canadians on early return flights from Heathrow and others wishing to leave early for London.

7:30am Breakfast in Hawthorns restaurant.

9:00am Disperse.