From: shepherd@cs.dal.ca (Mike Shepherd)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: CAIS/ACSI'93
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:02:12 GMT
Expires: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 08:00:00 GMT
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada


*************************	CALL FOR PAPERS		**********************


   INFORMATION AS A GLOBAL COMMODITY -- COMMUNICATION, PROCESSING AND USE


				CAIS/ACSI'93

			21st Annual Conference

		Canadian Association for Information Science

			 St. Francis Xavier University
			Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

				12-14 July 1993

	The annual CAIS/ACSI conference provides a national and
international forum for the presentation and discussion of research and
development in information science.  The focus of this year's conference is
on information as a global commodity and, as such, includes, but is not
limited to the following:

	Communication and networking	Evaluating systems and content
	Producing and packaging		Transborder data issues
	Standards and protocols		Information in developing countries
	Research issues			Assessing value and adding value.

STUDENTS
	Student presentations or posters are encouraged and an award will be
given to the best student presentation.

CONTRIBUTIONS

	The format of this year's conference will include keynote speakers,
presentations, panel discussions, and demonstrations or tutorials.  Papers
will be fully refereed and proceedings will be available at the conference.
Papers are limited to eight single-spaced pages.

	Anyone interested in participating should send a paper or proposal
outlining the type of presentation (demonstration, poster, panel, or
tutorial), by 1 March 1993, to:

	Dr. Carolyn Watters
	Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science
	Dalhousie University
	Halifax, Nova Scotia
	Canada
	B3H 3J5

	email:	watters@cs.dal.ca
	fax:	902-494-5130

IMPORTANT DATES

	1 March 1993	- papers and proposals
	15 April 1993	- notification of acceptance
	1 June 1993	- camera-ready copy of papers due.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

	Carolyn Watters (Chair)		Dalhousie University
	Mike Nelson			University of Western Ontario
	Lillian Beltaos			St. Francis Xavier University
	Mike Shepherd			Dalhousie University
	Alexander MacEachern		St. Francis Xavier University
	Maggie Weaver			Micromedia, Toronto


CONFERENCE FEES - CD$	CAIS/ACSI MEMBERS	NON MEMBERS	STUDENT
Before 15 May 1993		$200		    $225	  $130
After 15 May 1993		$225		    $250	  $130
Day Registration			  $100
Extra Dinner Ticket			  $ 30

Conference Fee includes Registration, Proceedings and lobster dinner.
All speakers must register at the time the camera-ready copy is submitted.


SOCIAL AND SITE-SEEING ACTIVITIES

	The conference is being held during the week of the Antigonish
Highland Games, the oldest Scottish Games in North America.  Saturday, 17
July, is the big day with a parade and a Scotish Concert Under the Stars.
Other Scottish activities take place during the entire week of July 12-18.
Theatre Antigonish provides nightly theatre.

	Antigonish is located in northeastern Nova Scotia, close to
beautiful beaches and a 40 minutes drive from Cape Breton.  It takes
approximately 1.5 hours to drive to the beginning of the Cabot Trail, the
most beautiful scenic trail in Nova Scotia.  Fortress Louisburg, a restored
French Fortress, is a two-hours drive away.

	Antigonish is 200km away from the Halifax International Airport and
transportation from and to the airport can be arranged.

	For further information abut Antigonish, accommodations and local
arrangements, please contact.

		Ernst Schuegraf
		Box 55, St. Francis Xavier University
		Dept. of Mathematics and Computing Sciences
		Antigonish, Nova Scotia
		Canada
		B2G 1C0

		email:	schuegraf@essex.stfx.ca
		FAX:	902-867-5153
		Phone:	902-867-2269