Expo of Ideas 2009: HaCon supports participatory exhibit about future workplaces

[Hannover, August 2009]

After its great success in 2007, the Expo of Ideas starts for the second time on the fairground of Hanover from September 5th to 13th. More than 200,000 visitors are expected to see the exposition and to participate in the programme. The aim is to provide students with orientation and to generate new ideas for technical and scientific vocations

Wissenschaftsladen Hannover presents its activity platform "Green Cities? Time Travel 2030" which is sponsored, among others, by HaCon. The exposition and activities focus on working environments, technical developments and scientific progress in the forthcoming 20 years.

Young people are encouraged to deal with their own (career) future, while companies are incited to take the needs of future generations of employees into account - in terms of working environment and product development.

Wissenschaftsladen has planned the participatory exhibit "Living and Working in the Future" in cooperation with Freizeitheim Vahrenwald and Creative-Atelier art-lab 4. An unusual place to learn is to be realised, including an interactive television studio: Young visitors come to the studio and talk to junior moderators of the future. The results will then be presented as video podcasts on the internet.

www.ideenexpo.de, www.wissenschaftsladen-hannover.de

Photo: Wissenschaftsladen Hannover e.V.

About HaCon

Right from the start in 1984 HaCon has focused its activities on traffic solutions. A team of more than 125 experienced employees in the ranges of IT and transport planning have turned the company into one of the leading players in the field of planning, scheduling and information systems.
HaCon has developed and implemented the timetable information system of Deutsche Bahn (German Railway). Furthermore, numerous European railway companies, transport enterprises and/or groups use the timetable information system HAFAS. In addition, HAFAS serves as a universal information system. Therefore, it can be applied in the flight and goods traffic as well. One of the latest products developed by HaCon is TPS, a system for train planning and timetable management that has convinced customers across Europe.

Further Information:
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