Organization: Central Michigan University
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.seasia-l
Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:11:08 EST
From:         Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Subject:      SG: Virtural Reality conference (fwd)

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.singapore
Subject: Re: Singapore conference on virtual reality
Date: 17 Jan 1993 23:28:24 GMT
Summary: March 1-3, 1993, Pan Pacific Hotel, Hosted by SEC


MULTIMEDIA & VIRTUAL REALITY
1-3 March 1993
Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore

Organized by Systems Education Centre Ltd.
Supported by National Computer Board
Sponsored by SFCI and SCS

AGENDA (9:00 AM - 5:15 PM each day)

March 1
------

Opening Address:  Mr. Noel Hon, Chairman, ASOCIO, Immediate Past
Chairman of SFCI, MD NEC, Singapore

Keynote:  Developing th Digital Video Market
Mr. William O'Farrell, The Company of Science and Art, USA

Keynote:  Virtual Reality:  Part One, A Technology Explosion
Mr. Robert Stone, Advanced Robotics Research Ltd., UK

Ketnote:  What Skills and Tricks are in the Successful Multimedia
Designer's Toolkit?
Ms. Anne Derryberry, Informania, Inc., USA

Topic:  Considerations in Developing Multimedia Authoring Tools
Mr. Benjamin Wong, HyperMediaGroup, Systems Education Centre,
Singapore

Topic:  Effective Training:  More than Just Multimedia
Ms. Ku Xian Hong, Andersen Consulting, Singapore

Topic:  Multimedia Integration in Today's Applications
Mr. Butt Wai Choon (no affiliation listed)

March 2
------

Keynote:  The State of the Virtual World Industry -- A Prospective
Report
Dr. Robert Jacobson, WORLDESIGN, Inc., USA

Keynote:  Displaynet:  A Multimedia Electronic Catalogue System
Mr. Eric Alderman, The HyperMedia Group, USA

Topic:  Creating Navigable Multimedia Databases
Mr. William Claxton, Scriptech (S) Pte Ltd., Singapore

Topic:  Developing New Products for the Multimedia Market
Mr. William O'Farrell

Topic:  Network-Based Virtual Worlds
Dr. Gurminder Singh, Institute of Systems Science, Singapore

Topic:  Video Windows on Multimedia
Dr. Andrew Crilly, NPB, Singapore

Panel:  Future Directions in Multimedia
William O'Farrell, Anne Derryberry, Eric Alderman, William Claxton,
Benjamin Wong, Dr. Andrew Crilly

March 3
------

Keynote:  Virtual Reality:  Part Two, Applications Old and New
Mr. Robert Stone

Keynote:  The Application of Information Design Principles to the
Crafting of Virtual Worlds
Dr. Robert Jacobson

Topic:  Cross-Platform Multimedia Development
Mr. Eric Alderman

Topic:  Online Training Systems:  Moving Toward the Year 2000
Ms. Anne Derryberry

Topic:  HyperMedia Standards and Trends in Education
Mr. Chris Chin Sze Yuan (no affiliation listed)

Topic:  Digital Media on a Unix Workstation
Dr. Goh Eng Lim, Silicon Graphics, Singapore

Panel:  Future Directions in Virtual Reality
Mr. Robert Stone, Dr. Robert Jacobson, Dr. Gurminder Singh, others

Tutorials
--------

Two all-day tutorials conclude the conference:

Tutorial 1, Virtual Reality:  A Practical Experience, March 4
Mr. Robert Stone

Tutorial 2, Cross-Platform Multimedia Development, March 5
The Hypermedia Group at Systems Education Centre.

There is an additional charge for these tutorials.  Lunch and two tea-
breaks will be provided.


Registration
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Conference Fee:  S$1,080 per individual participant or
S$980 per participant in a group of three or more

Tutorial Fee:  S$440 per individual participant or S$380 per
participant in a group of two or more

SFCI and SCS members are entitled to a 5% discount.

Please make personal checks out to Systems Education Centre
(1983) Pte Ltd.

In Singapore, payment may be made by Visa and Master Card.

To register or for further information, please contact:

        Mrs. Stella Chan or Ms. Jeanne Low
        Systems Education Centre (1983) Pte Ltd
        12th Floor WTC Convention Centre
        World Trade Centre
        1 Maritime Square
        Singapore 0409

        Tel:  +65-278-9789
        Fax:  +65-278-1184
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