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Subject: Int. Conf. on I.T. and People (ITaP) Moscow, May 93
Date: 25 Sep 92 17:17:50 +1000
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                     INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
          ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE - ITAP'93

                          Moscow, Russia
                         May 24-26, 1993

SPONSORED BY

ICSTI  - International  Centre   for  Scientific  and  Technical
         Information (Moscow)
IEE    - The Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK)
BCS    - British Computer Society (UK), Open University (UK)
HFS    - Human Factors Society
ACM SIG on Computers and Society
ITAP   - Journal "Information Technology and People"

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The second  ITaP (Information  Technology and  People)  Conference
will be  held in  Moscow on  May  24-26th  1993.  The  first  ITaP
Conference was held in Milton Keynes in England in April 1991.

OBJECTIVES AND AREAS OF INTEREST

You are cordially invited to participate in ITaP'93.
The conference  aims to  review what  is known  of  the  economic,
organizational, and  social implications of information technology
developments of  recent years.   This  aim will  be pursued in six
modes of communications:
       plenary presentations,
       parallel sessions,
       poster sessions,
       tutorials,
       meetings of special interest groups,
       a press conference at which delegates will have opportunity
       to deal directly with questions relevant to their field
       from Russian and other journalists.

It is  expected that  the conference  will be of interest to three
main groups  of people  -  to  social  scientists  concerned  with
information   technology    developments,   to    managers   whose
responsibilities   are    affected   by   information   technology
developments, and to computer, telecommunications, and information
technology professionals  concerned with the wider implications of
their work.

CONFERENCE SCALE

It is  anticipated that about 100 papers and about 60 posters will
be selected for presentation during the three day conference

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

JOINT CHAIRS
       Scott Overmeyer
       Robin Williams
       Juri Gornostaev

OTHER MEMBERS
       Stan Aungles, University of Woolongong, Australia
       Bob Baylis
       Nick Heap, Technology, Open University
       Edward B James, Imperial College and BCS
       Robin Mansell, University of Sussex
       Ian Miles, University of Manchester
       Ray Thomas, Social Sciences, Open University
       Tim Williams, Institute of Electrical Engineers
       Eleanor Wynn, Journal "Information Technology and People"

PROPOSED TOPICS

The conference  will be  concerned  with  aspects  of  information
system design,  implementation, and  use.    It  is expected  that
contributions to  the conference  will fall  within topic areas of
the following kinds:
       IT and changing society
       Strategic implications of IT
       The revolution in the mass-media
       IT and quality of life
       IT in the home
       IT's impact on working life and skills
       IT in retail distribution and banking,
       Health and safety conditions - implications of IT
       IT and disabled people
       Electronic social and culture information
       Computer networks and human-to-human interaction
       Barriers to communication
       Social protocol and social machines
       Future media and evaluation of forthcoming IT
       Interactive experience
       Creative/innovative lifestyles and IT
       Intellectual property
       Human and organizational factors in information technology
       uptake
       IT in education and training
       IT and government
       IT in manufacturing


CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

Submissions for papers and poster sessions are invited in the form
of abstracts  of about 500 words to be sent by email OR FAX to the
conference    secretaries     before    15th     December     1992
(enir@ccic.icsti.msk.su   or    FAX   No    (7095)943-00-89,   and
m.allott@open.ac.uk or FAX No (44)998 653744).
Each submission  should state whether for paper or poster session,
it should  identify a topic area to which it is addressed, and any
supporting facilities required. Submissions should include name(s)
of authors,  postal and  email addresses,  and a list of keywords.
After review  by the  Programme Committee  acceptance/rejection of
papers and  posters will  be notified  by January 28th 1992. Paper
and poster  abstracts will  be distributed  at the  conference  in
English and Russian.
Authors of  papers accepted  are expected to send a 5000 word text
by March 15th for publication in English in the Proceedings of the
conference. Papers  will be  presented in  40 minute sessions with
consecutive translation.  Papers presented  will be considered for
further publication  by the  journal 'Information  Technology  and
People'  edited   by  Eleanor  Wynn  and  published  by  Northwind
Publications.
Poster presenters  will be  provided with  poster  space  for  the
duration of  the conference  and will  be expected to be available
for questions  and discussion  for a  pre-arranged period  of  two
hours. Support  for computer  display, online  communications, and
video presentation  can be  made available  if needs  are  clearly
specified.
The International  Centre for Scientific and Technical Information
in Moscow  which is  hosting the  conference will  also provide  a
special social  and  cultural  program  which  will  aim  to  give
participants the opportunity to:
  - establish contacts and have meeting with colleagues in Russia
    and other CIS countries
  - get first  hand impressions of current governmental, economic
    and social developments in Russia.
  - gain a  better knowledge  of Russian  history,  architecture,
    museums and theaters.
It is  expected that  the  discussions  at  ITaP'93  will  reflect
developments in the relationships between East and West, the trend
towards more  independent states,  and the  new  prospects  opened
within Russia  and the other CIS states.  It is hoped that ITaP'93
will  give  a  comprehensive  high-level  analysis  of  the  major
achievements,  and  unintended  outcomes,  of  recent  information
technology developments which will be of value to participants and
observers from Eastern and Western countries.

                           Ray Thomas,
          m.allott@open.ac.uk or FAX No (44)998 653744)

Juri Gornostaev, International Center for Scientific and Technical
                       Information (ICSTI)
        121252, Moscow, Russia, str. Kuusinen, 21-b, ICSTI
           Tel: (095) 198-70-41, Fax: (095) 943-00-89,
          Telex: 411 925, E-mail: enir@ccic.icsti.msk.su