In preparation for the conference, four workshop topics had been arranged for.
At three different sites in Europe, namely
Valašské Meziříčí,
Barcelona and
Mainz,
local employees representatives and internal as well as external experts prepared the topics for discussion at the conference in November 2008.
The topics of the workshop were:
working time models
occupational health and safety
ideas management
conflict settlement
The topics were discussed at the conference with all EuroForum members, and then a second time at the EuroForum meeting with the representatives of the companies of SCHOTT AG.