2007 Conference in Stockholm, Sweden

Creating workability through innovation – Maximising possibilities for people with disabilities
September 10-14, 2007 Stockholm, Sweden                             
Scandic Hotel Hasselbacken                

Schedule of Activities

Monday 10th September 2007

09:30    12:30                WEB BV Board Meeting

14:00    18:00                Workability Europe Board Meeting

16:00                           Information desk at Scandic Hotel Hasselbacken opens.

19.00                           Dine around

Tuesday 11th September 2007

10:00    16:00                Social Tours   
Boat trip to Drottningholm Palace or Old Town Walkabout.

08:30    15:00               Workability International Board Meeting  
Meeting Room at Samhall Head Quarters at Garnisonen. Registration for the conference starts at the hotel

16:00    18:00                Welcome and opening of Conference at Hotel Scandic Hasselbacken.
Birgitta Böhlin, CEO, Samhall AB.

Reflecting on the past and the challenges of the future
Frank Flannery, President, Workability International.

UN Convention for the Rights of Disabled People     
Barbara Murray, Senior Specialist – Disability,International Labour Office.
Applying the Convention in the real world of Employment and Work. A framework for good practice and advocacy at national, local enterprises and WBI Member level.

18:00    19:30                Welcome Reception at The Vasa Museum, Stockholm
The Vasa is the world’s only surviving 17th-century ship and one of the foremost tourist sights in the world. We invite you to a smaller reception around the ship itself and a guided tour in English.
                                  
19:30                           Dine around Stockholm
Participants will have the opportunity to join a group for dinner at local restaurants in the Old Town, Stockholm.

Wednesday 12th September 2007

SWEDEN DAY - POLICIES AND PRACTISE IN SAMHALL; SWEDEN AND EUROPE                            
09:00                            Opening

09:10                            Keynote speaker – Sven Otto Littorin, Minister of Labour, Sweden.

10:00                            Mini fair
Presentation of the Swedish model of working with employment of people with disabilities. About 10 leading Swedish social agents (authorities, NGO:s, Government agencies etcetera) in the Swedish society presents their operations.

12:00                           Brown paper bag lunch

On site visits
The purpose is to present “The Samhall Way of Workability” in practice. The idea is to arrange the visits in smaller groups having 5-10 parallel visits giving the participants a chance to meet Samhall employees and get to know Samhall in practise. Samhall has a broad range of different operations from manufacturing to services there. We invite delegates to visit one of the following:

a) An integrated operation – a group of Samhall employees working at the customer’s premises. In integrated operations Samhall offers staff working in warehousing/logistics, manufacturing/assembly among other sectors. Integrated operations with totally 5 000 employees is now the fastest growing business in Samhall.
b) Cleaning and property services – Samhall is one of Sweden’s largest suppliers of cleaning services. Within the service sector Samhall also offers different kind of elderly services as distribution of food, house cleaning etc. The total number of Samhall employees in the service sector is about 7 200. c) An industrial production unit – Samhall has a history as a strong subcontractor to big manufacturing companies in Sweden. IT/telecom products, medical-technology, auto products, energy and environmental products are some of Samhall’s areas today.
d) A production unit with assembly and/or packaging – in a lot of Samhall’s smaller production units the main emphasis of the operations is packing and assembly for local customers. Some of the production units are today localised together with so called Development Forum offering the employees different development activities. 8 000 Samhall employees are today working within the production units, including the industrial production.

                       
16:00                            Public Procurement – the pathway to supporting integrated and direct employment for people with disabilities.
Robert E. Chamberlin, Chief Executive, NISH, USA.  

17:00                            Adjourn

18:00                            Welcome Reception City Hall, Stockholm
The City Hall of Stockholm is one of the most beautiful buildings in Sweden. As the most exclusive ballroom in Stockholm, it holds the annual Nobel Banquet.

We invite you to a buffet reception in The City Hall and a guided tour in English.

Thursday 13th September 2007 

DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL INNOVATIVE ALLIANCES AND NETWORKS

09:00                            Opening of the day

09:10                            Working together to deliver employment & work for people with disabilities
How can we work together to increase the employment and work levels of People with Disabilities?
Stefan Trömel, Fundosa Grupo, Spain.

09.45                            Refreshment Break

10.00                           Two parallel seminars
I.  Maximising benefits with multinational suppliers and enterprises – WEB
Tim Papé, Shaw Trust’s Director General and Lars Lindblom, Executive Director, WEB BV.

II: Mission or business
To make business out of Corporate Social Responsibility. How does this affect branding? How big is the interest for CSR among our customers?
Ola Löhman, CEO, CSR Stockholm.
Pär Larshans, HR-chef, Max Hamburger restauranger.
Anna-Karin Hedlund, Head of Communications, Samhall AB.

11.00                           The World Bank – Focusing on the needs of people with disabilities:  

Conclusion from recent research completed by the World Bank including disability issues, trends and recommendations,  social analysis and disability and measuring disability prevalence Charlotte MacLaine, World Bank.

12:00                           Lunch break
Restaurant Hasselbacken.

 

GOOD PRACTISE MODELS IN SERVICE  PROVISION & DIRECT EMPLOYMENT

13:00                           Two groups of parallel seminars

I. Seminar people focus:
                                   Vocational Improvement Pipe Lines – Leonard Project by WI Members.
Mari-Ann Pölde-Levin (ppt 1 and ppt 2), Samhall AB.

13:40                            Interesting cases such as the company “Left is right”
Good examples from Sweden covering direct employment/sheltered workshops, provision of services and supply chain activities with enterprises.

15:00-15:50                  VSZOSZ – Hungarian Association of Sheltered Workshops presentation.
Béla Udvardy VSZOSZ.

II. Seminar Business Focus: Mainstream Employment
Supporting enterprises and public organisations in employing and integrating People with Disabilities into their workforce

13:00                            Creating Employment for People with Disabilities by Electronic Recycling and Reuse.
Jerry Davis, President and CEO, Goodwill Industries of Central Texas.

13:40                            Barriers and chances for the employment of disabled people in enterprises in Germany – The SALO rehabilitation- and integration concept.
Rolf Salo, Chief Executive Officer, Germany.

14:20                            Integrating disabled people into mainstream employment.
Nigel Hopkins, Executive Director, Remploy Ltd.

15:00 Awaiting title to presentation
Kelvin Spiller, Chief Executive Officer, Endeavour Enterprises Australia.

15:50                           Review and close

16:00                            Refreshment Break

16:30                           Workability International Annual General Meeting
Frank Flannery, President, Workability International

18:30                           Adjourn

                                              
19:30                           20th Anniversary Dinner at Garnisonen
                            Special Guest Speaker: Gerhard Larsson – one of the founding fathers of Workability International and former CEO of Samhall AB.           

 

Friday 14th September 2007

SOCIAL EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERPRISES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY                                         
09:00                           Opening of the day    

09.05                            Global Trends            
Bo Ekman presents some thoughts on what globalization and the change that comes with it affects the conditions for employment and the work for people with disabilities.
Bo Ekman, chairman of Tällberg Advisors , founder and chairman of the Tällberg Foundation and advisor to boards of directors, Tällberg Advisors.

09.45                            Two parallel seminars                       
I. People focus: Defining and applying community based employment: An opportunity for operating and delivering employment services locally.
Thorkill Sonne, Chief Executive, Specialisterne.

II. Business focus: The Social Enterprise Center and an integrated cluster for not-for profits. An innovative way of generating revenue.     

Professor David Stevens, Head of Marketing & Strategy, Cumberland Industries Ltd.

                      
10.20                           Refreshment break

10:45                            Two parallel seminars
I.People focus: Meeting the employment & work needs of people with mental illness – the role of members and the delivery of good practise.

Chaired by Robyn Klos, Gracelands Services.

Robyn Klos, Gracelands Chief Executive Services, New Zealand.

Angela Kerins, Chief Executive, Rehab Group, Ireland.

Tim Cooper, Managing Director, Work & Independence Division, Shaw Trust, United Kingdom.

II. Business focus:

Supporting disabled people into employment within the Belgian/Flemish system
Karen Lauwers, VLAB vzm, Belgium.

Employment policy and implementation for people with disabilities in Korea
Eun-soo Park, President Korea Employment Promotion Agency For The Disabled.

Delivering direct services to enhance employment for people with disabilities in Taiwan
Eileen Lu, Eden Social Welfare Foundation, Taiwan.

12.20                            Plenary Working Session - Stockholm Declaration
Agreement of a common statement and declaration
Speakers: Frank Flannery, President, Workability International and Birgitta Böhlin, Executive Officer, Samhall AB.

            International Disability Employment Development Fund for Developing Economies
                                   Angela Kerins, Chief Executive, Rehab Group, Ireland

Conference Review and close
Brigitta Böhlin, Chief Executive Officer, Samhall AB.

13:00                       Official closing

13:00    14:00               Lunch
                                   Restaurant Hasselbacken.