PRESS RELEASES

October 1999

STRIKING NEW INNOVATIONS FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT TO BE UNVEILED AT WORKPLACE '99

WorkPlace '99, the UK's event dedicated to exploring 'The way we work', offers those planning tomorrow's working environment a unique opportunity to learn about the latest ideas and solutions from industry experts and discover exciting new product developments.

If you are considering how to create the office for the next millennium, this is a show that you must not miss! Current issues such as stress, flexibility, ergonomics, communication and the impact of technology on the workplace will be explored in workshops and presentations and by those exhibiting the latest developments from the UK furniture industry.

The event runs from 16th - 18th November at London's Olympia and will showcase a number of pioneering workplace developments. The show, which will be opened by Lord Archer, is an exhibition with a difference.

Three of the 150 exhibition stands that will undoubtedly catch the eye are highly creative feature stands which explore highly topical workplace issues:-

• Leading architects BDG McColl will be exploring the theme of trust and alienation in the workplace which will examine the use of technology and how it has been responsible for alienating staff;
• The Cordless Cosultant's UNWIRED� stand will use the Bluetooth� initiative to demonstrate how wireless technology will affect the working person;
• The Royal College of Art's exhibition stand, with the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, will introduce the concept of working for our future selves, featuring three key areas: home working; mobile working and healthy working

Running concurrently to the exhibition will be the conference programme taking place in The Hub. The Hub is the intellectual core of the event and has been designed by one of the UK's leading designers to reflect the latest in contemporary design. The Hub programme includes many high profile names from the world of business and management, such as Peter York, Social Commentator, Author, Broadcaster and Journalist; Stephen Hitchins, Chairman, BDG McColl; Paul Finch, Editor, Architects Journal, and James Woudhuysen, Social and Political Forecaster.

WorkPlace '99 truly is the work-related event of the year. Come and see for yourself the latest developments in ergonomic seating; the most up-to-date technology-specific office furniture; the most creative lighting for the workplace and innovations that affect you the worker within your working environment.

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