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Subject: ACM ECHT '92 Advance Program
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**                       ECHT'92                         **
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**    FOURTH ACM CONFERENCE ON HYPERTEXT AND HYPERMEDIA  **
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**     November 30/December 4, 1992 -  Milano (Italy)    **
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**     Sponsored by:                                     **
**     SIGLINK, SIGIR, SIGOIS                            **
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In cooperation with:
Politecnico di Milano (SSD-SIA), Universite' Montepellier II,
AICA, BCS-EPSG, DGXII-Commission of the European Communities,
GMD, INRIA, LINKIT!, NEC, NTT, SIGHCHI

ECHT'92: Hypertext and Hypermedia

We invite you to attend ECHT'92, the world-leading event for
Hypertext and Hypermedia. ACM organises ECHT conferences every
second year, in alternation with the HYPERTEXT conferences held
in the USA. ECHT'92 will appeal to a wide range of  attendees:
managers,  scientists, researchers, professionals, application
developers, tool developers, hypertext and hypermedia writers. A
special effort has been made to cover a broad spectrum of topics,
including application design, modelling, scientific issues,
tools, cultural implications, technological advances,
methodologies, emerging technologies.

Presentations of 28 papers  synthesize a fresh look at the most
recent advances of research and practice. Distinguished * invited
speakers * address global issues. * Technical briefings * cover
advanced exciting technologies. * Cultural briefings * are a new
challenging way to look at technology. Among them,* Robert
Coover * will present new insights from his world-wide
best-selling book and a project on European history, coordinated
by * Umberto Eco *, will be presented, for the first time, to an
international audience. * Panels *, with the participation of
leading opinion, policy  and market makers, offer lively
discussions on broad issues. Over 40 * demos * and * videos*
allow you to gain first-hand experience with state-of-the-art
systems and applications. * Poster*  presentations and informal
sessions contribute to illustrate new advances of research. A
wide range of * Tutorials* (20 half-days!), taught by
acknowledged internationally known experts, will offer a unique
chance to enhance your knowledge, explore the frontiers of the
field and to discuss ideas and problems with outstanding
authorities.

Last, but not the least, beyond the conference you will discover
Italy and the fascinating Milan, the world fashion capital,  with
its monuments,  shops,  museums and sophisticated way-of-life.
A special event will be offered to you by ECHT'92: a private
performance of baroque music, in a magnificent baroque church of
Milan, San Francesco di Paola.

We look forward to seeing you in Milano. ECHT'92 will give you a
comprehensive view of recent advances in this exciting field.


Paolo Paolini (Politecnico di Milano)
Marc and Jocelyne Nanard (University of Montpellier)
Polle Zellweger (Xerox PARC)
Robert Akscyn (Knowledge Systems-SIGLINK)

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*          ECHT '92 TECHNICAL PROGRAM              *
*                  OVERVIEW                        *
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PAPERS
An internationally distinguished Program Committee has screened
more than 135 papers from all over the world, selecting 28
outstanding papers, of exceptional merit, covering a broad
selection of topics.

They represent a superb  up to date synthesis on the state of the
art and on current trends of research in the Hypertext and
Hypermedia fields.

TUTORIALS
Exciting in-depth tutorials provide an unparalleled opportunity.
Four different tracks have been defined:
Hypertext and Hypermediafor Decision Makers;
Advanced Technologies;
Design & Development  Techniques;
Education & Teaching.

The resulting 12 half-day and 4 full-day courses offer a unique
opportunity for managers, developers, researchers, users,
publishers, writers and scholars.

INVITED SPEAKERS
Distinguished invited speakers explore issues of technical and
cultural interest.
Ian Ritchie (Owl International) examines the real market
perspectives for Hypertext-Hypermedia products; Simon Gibbs
(University of Geneve) explores the new modelling problems
created by interactive video; Jay David Bolter (Georgia Institute
of Technology, author of Turning Man and Writing Space),
introduces the audience to a provocative cultural view of
non-linear writing.

TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS
Advanced technologies presented  by leading experts, followed by
detailed discussion, exploring "technology behind the curtain".
The tentative list includes Virtual Reality (the new exciting
revolution), Pen Computing (probably the most significant
industrial innovation for interactive computing), Multimedia
Platforms (the basis for the next computing revolution), and
DVI-MPEG (the industry standard for video compression).

CULTURAL BRIEFINGS
A new feature of ECHT'92.
Cultural discussions introduced by world-famous authorities
presenting their point of view.
* Robert Coover *, acclaimed author of famous works as
The Public Burning Pinocchio in Venice, Pricksong and
Descants (winner of the Red Award for contributions to the form
of the short story) and Night at the Movies,  presents his point
of view about hypertext and non-linear writing. A new exciting
project about Hypertext and European History, conducted by a
multidisciplinary research group coordinated by * Umberto Eco *,
is examined in depth.
A Multimedia Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Sciences, by RAI, the
Italian major TV-network, will be also presented.

PANELS
Four different panels explore, through lively discussions,
issues of broad interest:
Hypermedia Production
(moderated by Marc Bernstein), Open Hypermedia
Architecture (Randy Trigg), Business Opportunities in
Hypermedia Applications
(Attilio Stajano, of the European Commission; among panellists
managers of the European leading manufacturing
companies ), Hypermedia Readability (Roberto Polillo).

DEMONSTRATIONS
Over 40 demonstrations, from all over the world, will be at your
disposal.  Applications, systems and tools are exhibited, with
their authors ready to provide you with in-depth and detailed
explanations.

POSTERS AND VIDEOS
An additional way to learn about innovative systems, applications
and tools.

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*                 TUTORIALS AT-A-GLANCE                   *
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*              November 30-December 1,1992                *
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Tutorials will be held at: Fondazione Stelline, Corso Magenta 61,
20123 Milano

** TUTORIAL TRACK 1: HYPERMEDIA FOR DECISION MAKERS **

T1
HYPERTEXT AND MULTIMEDIA FOR MANAGERS
Robert J. Glushko, Passage Systems, Inc.
November 30,  9.30 - 13.00

T2
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND HYPERMEDIA APPLICATIONS
Pamela Samuelson, University of Pittsburgh Law School
November 30, 14.30 - 18.00

T3
HYPERMEDIA FOR DECISION SUPPORT AND COOPERATIVE WORK
Norbert Streitz, GMD - IPSI
December 1, 9.30 - 13.00

T4
DOCUMENT STANDARDS: ODA VS SGML
Robert Schlupp, RANK XEROX Switzerland
December 1,  14.30 - 18.00

** TUTORIAL TRACK 2: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY **

T5
OPEN INTEGRATED HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS
Matthias Rhiner, IBM Switzerland and University of Zurich
November 30, 9.30 - 13.00

T6
MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Stavros Christodoulakis,
Tech. Univ. of Crete and Multimedia Systems Institute of Crete
November 30, 14.30 - 18.00

T7
PEN COMPUTING: THE NEW MOBILITY OF INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS
Norman Meyrowitz, GO Corporation
December 1, 9.30 - 13.00

T8
VIRTUAL REALITY: EXPERIENCES BEYOND PHOTOREALISM
Peter Broadwell, Silicon Graphics USA
December 1, 14.30 - 18.00

** TUTORIAL TRACK 3: HYPERMEDIA COMMUNICATION **

T9
NEW HORIZONS IN HYPERTEXT WRITING I:
EXCITEMENT, TENSION, AND DRAMA: TOOLS FOR HYPERTEXT WRITERS
Marc Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc.
November 30, 9.30 - 13.00

T10
NEW HORIZONS IN HYPERTEXT WRITING II:
HYPERTEXT FICTION
Robert Coover, novelist, Brown University
November 30, 14.30 - 18.00

T11
DESIGNING INFORMATION FOR THE COMPUTER SCREEN
Krzysztof Lenk,
Rhode Island School of Design and
Dynamic Diagrams, Inc.
Paul Kahn, IRIS-Brown University and  Dynamic Diagrams, Inc.
December 1, 9.30 - 13.00

T12
CINEMA STRUCTURE AND HYPERMEDIA
D.B. Jones, Drexel University
December 1, 14.30 - 18.00

** TUTORIAL TRACK 4: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES **

T 13 (full day)
DESIGN AND USE OF HYPERTEXT TECHNOLOGY
Robert M. Akscyn,  Knowledge Systems, Inc.
November 30, 9.30 - 13.00;  14.30 - 18.00

T14 (full day)
DESIGNING ONLINE DOCUMENTATION WITH THE AID OF HYPERTEXT
Ann Rockley, Heather Fawcett - Information Design Solutions
December 1, 10:00 - 13:30;  14.30 - 18.00

** TUTORIAL TRACK 5: EDUCATION AND TEACHING **

T15 (full-day)
EDUCATIONAL USES OF HYPERMEDIA: FROM DESIGN TO THE CLASSROOM
Daniel M. Russell, Xerox PARC
George P. Landow, Brown University
November 30, 9.30 - 13.00;  14.30 - 18.00

T16 (full-day)
HYPERTEXT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Nancy  Kaplan, University of Texas - Dallas
Michael Joyce, Jackson Community College
Elli Mylonas, Harvard University
December 1, 9.30 - 13.00;  14.30 - 18.00

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*                 TECHNICAL PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE           *
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*                   December 2 - 4, 1992                  *
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The technical program (papers, panels, technical briefings,
cultural briefings, demos, posters, and videos) will be held at:
Fiera Internazionale-CISI Building.For ECHT'92 the entrance is
"Porta Meccanica", in Via Eginardo.

** Wednesday, December 2 **

 8.00 On-site Registration
 9.00 Opening Plenary Session
 9.30 Plenary Session: Keynote Address (Ian Ritchie)
11.00 Coffe Break
11.30 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Panels, Technical Briefings
13.00 Lunch on your own; Demos, Posters, and Videos
15.30 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Cultural Briefings
16.30 Coffee Break
17.00 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Panels, Technical Briefings
18.30 Cocktail Reception

** Thursday, December 3 **

 8.00 On-site Registration
 9.00 Plenary Session: Keynote Address (Simon Gibbs)
10.30 Coffe Break
11.00 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Technical Briefings
13.00 Lunch on your own; Demos, Posters, and Videos
15.30 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Technical Briefings
16.30 Coffee Break
17.00 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Panels
20.00 Baroque Concert for ECHT'92 (Church S. Francesco di Paola)

** Friday, December 4 **

 8.00 On-site Registration
 9.00 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Panels
10.30 Coffe Break
11.00 Closing plenary Session: Keynote Address (Jay D. Bolter)
13.00 Lunch on your own; Demos, Posters, and Videos
17.00 End of ECHT'92

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*                TECHNICAL PROGRAM                    *
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*                December 2-4, 1992                   *
*            Fiera Internazionale di Milano           *
*                  CISI Building                      *
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*   TECHNICAL PROGRAM  - DECEMBER 2 - MORNING          *
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8.00          Registration
9.00 -  9.30  Plenary Session: Opening Remarks
9.30 - 11.00 Plenary Session: Keynote Address

The Future of Electronic
Literacy: will Hypertext ever Find Acceptance?

Keynote speaker
Ian Ritchie
OWL International Inc. Bellevue, Washington USA

Ian Ritchie founded Office Workstations Limited in 1984, and its
US subsidiary, OWL-International, in 1985. In 1986
OWL-International launched Guide, the first Hypertext product for
personal computer.
Since 1986 OWL-International has delivered many major interactive
documentation solutions and is regarded as an industry leader in
the practical adoption of hypertext technology.
In December 1989 OWL was acquired by Matsushita Electric
Industrial, the world's largest consumer electronics company,
which operates mainly under the Panasonic trade name.

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11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break
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11.30- 13.00 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Panels, Briefings

Room 1: Papers

Session on SYSTEMS

Multicard: An Open Hypermedia System
Louis Sauter -Bull LPAM- France
Antoine Rizk:-EUROCLID-France

SEPIA: A Cooperative Hypermedia Authoring Environment
Norbert Streitz, Jorg.Haake, Jorg Hanneman, Wolfang Schuler,
Andreas Lemke, Helge Schutt, Manfred Thuring
GMD-IPSI-Germany

Combining Hypertext and Structured Documents in Grif
V.Quint-IMAG.INRIA-FRANCE
I.Vatton-IMAG.CNRS-FRANCE

Room 2:  Panel

Hypermedia Production: Automation, Hand-Craft or Witchcraft?

Moderator:      Mark Bernstein -Eastgate Systems,  USA
Panelists:      Michael Bieber-New Jersey Inst.of Technology, USA
                Richard Furuta-University of Maryland, USA
                Paolo Paolini-Politecnico di Milano, Italy
                Michael Kibby-University of Strathclyde, U.K.
                Catherine Marshall-Xerox Parc, USA

Room 3: Technical Briefing

VIRTUAL REALITY
(SILICON GRAPHICS)

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*    TECHNICAL PROGRAM  - DECEMBER 2 - AFTERNOON        *
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13.00 - 15.30  Lunch on your own
You are invited to visit demos, posters, and video exhibit
15.30- 16.30 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Briefings

Room 1: Papers
Session on Versioning

Structural and Cognitive Problems in Providing
Version Control for Hypertext
Kasper Osterbye, Aalborg University, Denmark

CoVer: A Contextual Version Server for Hypertext
Applications
Anja Weber, IPSI-GMD, Germany

Room 2: Papers
Session on Systems

An Object-Oriented Scripting Environment for the
Webs Electronic Book System
J.Monnard, J.Pasquier-Boltuck
     IAUF, Switzerland

Matching Hypertext Models to Hypertext Systems:
a Compilative Approach
Andrea Caloini,
     Politecnico di Milano, Italy
     NEC C&C, Japan

Room 3: Cultural Briefings

The Multimedia  Encyclopedia of Philosophy
RAI - Department of Scholarship and Education, Italy

Hypermedia for Teaching and Research on History
Project Director: Umberto Eco D.Barbieri, B.Bassi, G.Blasi,
C.Marmo
     University of Bologna, Italy

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16.30 - 17.00 Coffee Break
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17.00 - 18.30 Parallel Sessions: Papers , Panels, Briefings

Room 1: Papers
Session on Experiences

Two Years Before the Mist: Experiences with Aquanet
Catherine C. Marshall,
     Xerox-PARC, USA
Russel A.Rogers,
     DownEast Technology, USA

UNIX Guide: Lessons from Ten Years' Development
Peter J.Brown,
     University of Canterbury, England

Design Strategies for
Scenario-based Hypermedia: Description of its Structure,
Dynamics, and Style
R.Ogawa, E.Tanaka, D.Taguchi, K.Harada
     NEC Corporation, Japan

Room 2: Panel
Open Hypermedia Architectures and Linking Protocols

Moderator:
Randall H.Trigg
     Aarhus University, Denmark

Panelists:
W.Ward Clark
     Digital Equipment Corp, NL
Wendy Hall
     University of Southampton, U.K.
Norman Meyrowitz
     GO Corporation, USA
Amy Pearl
     Sun Microsystems , USA

Room 3: Cultural Briefing

Meeeting Robert Coover

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18.30 - 19.30 Cocktail Reception
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*   TECHNICAL PROGRAM - DECEMBER 3 - MORNING *
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9.00 - 10.30 Plenary Session: Keynote Address

Video Nodes and Video Webs: Uses of Video in Hypermedia

Invited speaker
Simon Gibbs
Centre Universitaire d'Informatique,
Universite de Geneve, Switzerland

Digital video technology is introduced and approaches to linking
video material with other information will be  presented.
Techniques for structuring video and increasing interactivity
during playback will be  discussed. Examples of existing
applications, ranging from those based on early video disk
technology to more recent applications incorporating digital
video and other media, will be shown.

Simon Gibbs is an assistant professor at the University of
Geneva. Previously he was a member of the software technology
program at MCC in Austin, Texas, where he worked on several
"groupware" systems.

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10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
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11.00 - 13.00 Papers, Briefings

Room 1: Papers
Session on Information Retrieval

Making Use of Hypertext Links when Retrieving
Information
Daniel Stieger, H.P.Frei

     Swiss Federal Institute of
     Technology,Switzerland

Hypertext Paradigm in the Field of Information
Retrieval: a Neural Approach
Alain Lelu, EUTELIS, France
Claire Francois, INIST/CNRS, France

Information Retrieval from Hypertext Using
Dynamically Planned Guided Tours
Catherine Guinan, Alan F.Smeaton
        Dublin City University, Ireland

Cognitive Processing of Hyperdocuments:
When Does Nonlinearity Help?
Jean-Francois Rouet,
     University of Pittsburgh, USA

Room 2: Papers
Session on Hypertext and the Mind

Imagined Conversations:
The Relevance of Hypertext, Pragmatism, and Cognitive
Flexibility Theory to the Interpretation of "Classic Texts" in
Intellectual History
Robert Alun Jones, Rand Spiro
     University of Illinois at Urbana , USA

Where's the Hypertext?
The Dickens Web as a System-Independent Hypertext
Paul Kahn, George P.Landow
     IRIS-Brown University, USA

Contours of Constructive Hypertexts
Mark Bernstein,
     Eastgate Systems, USA
Michael Joyce,
     Jackson Community College, USA
David Levine,
     Gettysburg College, USA

Toward a Rhetoric of Informating Texts
Stuart Moulthrop,
     Georgia Inst. of Technology , USA

Room 3:Technical Briefings
Pen Computing
GO Corporation, USA

DVI & MPEG
IBM, USA

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* TECHNICAL PROGRAM -  DECEMBER 3 - AFTERNOON      *
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13.00- 15.30  Lunch on your own
You are invited to visit demos, posters, and video exhibit
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15.30- 16.30 Parallel Sessions: Papers , Briefings

Room 1: Papers
Session on Models for Open Systems

Towards an Integrated
Information Environment with open Hypermedia Systems
Wendy Hall, Hugh Davis, Ian Heath, Gary Hill, RobWilkins
     University of Southampton, U.K.

Design Issues for a Dexter- Based Hypermedia Systems
Kaj Gronbaek, Randall Trigg
Aarhus University, Denmark


Room 2: Papers
Session on Theoretical Foundations

GRAM: A Graph Data Model and Query Language
Bernd Amann, INRIA, France
Michel Scholl, Cedric/CNAM, France

Fishing for Clarity in Hyperdocuments with Enhanced
Fisheye-Views
Klaus Tochtermann, Gisbert Dittrich
University of  Dortmund, Germany

Room 3: Technical Briefing

A Multimedia Platform

OLIVETTI Multimedia Lab, Italy

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16.30 - 17.00 Coffee Break
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17.00 - 18.30 Parallels Sessions: Papers, Panels

Room 1: Papers
Session on Models

An Extensible Data Model for Hyper-Documents
Geert Jan Houben, Paul De Bra
     TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Yoram Kornatzky, Ben Gurion
     University of the Negev, Israel

Toward a Better Support for Hypermedia Authoring: the HYDESIGN
Approach
M. Marmann, G.Schlageter
     Hagen Universitat, Germany

Using Statecharts to Model Hypertext
Yi  Zheng, Man Chi Pong
     Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Room 2: Panel
Business Opportunities in Hypermedia Applications

Moderator: Attilio Stajano  CEC -DGXIII

Panelists:
Bruno Cerboni
     SIDAC, Italy
Giovanni Degli Antoni
     Universita' di Milano, Italy
Hans Mulder
     CMG, The Netherlands
Girard Roucariol
     Bull, France
Eric Neuhold
     GMD-IPSI, Germany
Eddy Odijk
     Philips, The Netherlands
Pier Carlo Ravasio
     Olivetti, Italy
Jan Ritchie
     Owl , UK
Jack Schiff
     Siemens, Germany

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18.30-20.00 Transfert time
20.00-21.00 Social event: a baroque concert for ECHT'92
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*    TECHNICAL PROGRAM -  DECEMBER 4 -  MORNING       *
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9.00 - 10.30 Parallel Sessions: Papers, Panels

Room 1: Papers
Session on Architecture

Hyperform: Using Extensibility to Develop
Dynamic, Open and Distributed Hypertext Systems
Uffe Kock Wiil,
     The University of Aalborg, Denmark
John J.Leggett,
     Texas A&M University, USA

Specifying Temporal Behavior in Hypermedia Documents
M.Cecelia Buchanan,
     University of Washington, USA
Polle T.Zellweger,
     Xerox PARC, USA

Hyperdocuments as Automata: Trace-based Browsing
Property Verification
P.David Stotts
     University of North Carolina, USA
Richard Furuta, J.Cyrano Ruiz
     University of Maryland, USA

Room 2: Panel
Hypermedia Readibility

Moderator:
Roberto Polillo
     Universit` di Milano and
     ETNOTEAM, Italy

Panelists:
Mark Bernstein
     Eastgate, USA
Franca Garzotto
     Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Linda Hardman
     CWI, The Netherlands
Paul Kahn
     IRIS-Brown University, USA

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10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
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11.00 - 12.30 Closing Plenary Session: Keynote Address

Writing on the World:
Virtual Reality and the Future of Hypertext

Keynote speaker
Jay David Bolter
School of Literature,
Communication, and Culture -
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Both virtual reality and hypertext are new technologies of
communication, but their modes of storing and presenting
information are very different.
In virtual reality the user enters a space whose elements he or
she sees and touches; in hypertext the space is one in which the
user reads and writes alphabetic (or other arbitrary symbolic)
elements.It can be considered the possibility of a rapprochement,
(hyper)textualizing the space of virtual reality. The result
could be a medium with the immediacy of virtual reality and
representative power of hypertext.

12.30 Announcements

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*    TECHNICAL PROGRAM -  DECEMBER 4 -  AFTERNOON     *
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13.00 - 16.30 Lunch on your own
Time to visit demo, posters and video exhibits

17.00 END of ECHT'92
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*             ECHT'92  DEMONSTRATIONS               *
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Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, England, Italy,Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, The Nertherlands, Japan,  USA

Several applications, systems and  tools will be demonstrated
during the conference. The following is the tentative list. For
organizational reasons the final list may be slightly different
from this one.

Development and Analysis of a Wide Area Multimedia System
Universitat Wien, Austria

Multicard: An Open Hypermedia System
Euroclid and  Bull, France

Canadair CBT
Bombardier Inc., Canada

Project ELECTRA: an Electronic Resource Base of Women's
Writing 1785-1850
Oxford University, England

Combining Hypertext and Structured Documents in GRIF
IMAG-INRIA, France

The HYTEA Project: Tools and Applications
Siemens (Germany), Epsilon (Greece),
Olivetti (Italy), S&M (Italy), GMD-IPSI
(Germany), Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

The Hypermedia Authoring Environment SEPIA
GMD-IPSI, Germany

The KHS Authoring  Systems
Universitat Konstanz, Germany

MEM - A Hypermedia System for Developing and Conducting
Computer-Aided Learning
University of Giessen, Germany

Using 3D Scenes as Hypermedia Nodes
Graz University of Technology, Germany

GRAS - A Non Standard Graph-oriented Database System
Technical University of Aachen, Germany

The Hypermedia Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Sciences
Politecnico di Milano and  RAI-DSE, Italy

A Hypertext for Learning Operational Research
Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Electronic Lecture Notes
SSD-SIA, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Hypermovie: An Authoring Tool for Video-Disk Based Teaching
Politecnico di Milano,  Italy

Hypertext for Teaching the History of Civilization: Design of a
System for Education and Research on History
Universita' di Bologna, Italy

The Data Acquisition Toolkit
Datamond R&D Centre, Italy

INFOSHARE: A Network-based Cooperation Tool
ENICHEM, Italy

The CHE  Hypermedia Environment
CRAI, Italy

The Multimedia Editor PIM
CRAI, Italy

F Accuracy Requirements of Hydrological
[bservations[[[niv. di Torino and Elabora Media, Italy[[[[[oulomb and Electrostatics: [[[ Hypermedia Approach to History of Physics in Education[[[niversita' di Pavia, Italy[[[[[COLAND, a Hypermedia Prototype for Environmental [[[ducation[[[niversita' "La


 Sapienza", Italy[[[[[WICK: the Knowledge Worker's Workbench[[[ULL, Italy[[[[[TLEX: a Law Reference System [[[residenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Italy[[[[[he Multimedia Score Scheduler in HYPERAGIP[[[GIP, Italy[[[[edia System
IBM Semea, Italy

SI.MO.N. -  A Modular Navigation System
Studio Simonetti,  Italy

A Quick Reference Tool for Accuracy Requirements of Hydrological
Observations
Univ. di Torino and Elabora Media, Italy

Coulomb and Electrostatics:
A Hypermedia Approach to History of Physics in Education
Universita' di Pavia, Italy

ECOLAND, a Hypermedia Prototype for Environmental
Education
Universita' "La Sapienza", Italy

KWICK: the Knowledge Worker's Workbench
BULL, Italy

HTLEX: a Law Reference System
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Italy

The Multimedia Score Scheduler in HYPERAGIP
AGIP, Italy

Thomas Aquinas' Work on
CD-ROM
Istituto Aloisianum, Italy

Truffaut/Hitchcock: Studying Audiovisual Texts with the Aid of
Hypermedia
Istituto Metacultura, Italy

Hypermedia Manuals of Ethno-Anthropological Sciences
Ist. Metacultura, Univ. La Sapienza, Italy

Flipping through Hyper-Networked Nodes in an Open Book
Keio University, Japan

The CMIF Editor
CWI, The Nertherlands

SIHEN: Sistema Integrado Hypertestual para ENciclopedia
Univ. Carlos III and Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain; JRC,
Italy

DARC - Document Archive Controller
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Virtual Reality: Experiences
Silicon Graphics, USAand Italy

The Hypernovella HUCKLEFINE
Mike Mosher, USA

The Document Sampler
Microsoft Corporation, USA

Motif Applications + LinkWorks =
Hyperenvironment
Digital Equipment Corporation, USA

The Syllabus Builder Program:
A Hypertext Instructor's Guide for Teachers of Literature
Georgetown University,  USA

HyperWriter: An Integrated Hypermedia Architecture
NTERGAID, USA

A Selection of Hypertext Fiction
Brown University, USA

Hierarchical Knowledge Representation for an Animated Algorithm
Hypertext Learning Environment
MIT, USA

Teaching Japanese with Hypertext
Georgetown University, USA

Musical Instruments of the World
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, USA

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*                                          *
*           ECHT'92 POSTERS                *
*                                          *
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France, Finland, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom,
Switzerland, USA.

The following is the tentative list of ECHT'92 posters.
For organizational reasons the final list may be slightly
different from this one.

Selection and Integration of Information: A Hypertext Approach
Universite de Poitiers, France

Action and Situation Related Hypertext
University of Joensun, Finland

Hypertext in Metamodeling CASE Environments
University of Oulu, Finland

MIPS - A Multimedia Information Presentation System
Trinity College, Ireland

The Hypertext System HYPRO
CNR, Italy

INFOSHARE: A network-based Cooperation Tool
ENICHEM, Italy

Truffaut/Hitchcock: Studying
Audio-Visual Material with Hypertext
Istituto Metacultura, Italy

Hypermedia Manuals of Ethno-Anthropological Sciences
Istituto. Metacultura and Universita "La Sapienza", Italy

A Self Teaching Tutorial for Hypertext
Ninewells Hospital, UK

Project ELECTRA: an Electronic Resource Base of Women's
Writing 1785-1850
Oxford University, England

The State of the World Web
CERN, Switzerland

The Use of a Hypertext System to Study and Reason About
Historical Evidence
University of Pittsburgh, USA

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*                                          *
*           ECHT'92 VIDEOS                 *
*                                          *
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France, USA

Object Oriented Multimedia
INRIA, France

The AT&T Teaching Theater:
Hypercourseware in the Integrated Electronic Classroom
University of Maryland, USA


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*          CONFERENCE COMMITTEE         *
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Conference Chair
Paolo Paolini,
Politecnico di Milano (I)

Honorary Chair
Luigi Dadda,
Politecnico di Milano (I)

Program Committee
Co-Chairs
Jocelyne & Marc Nanard,
Lirmm, Universiti
Montpellier II (F)

U.S. Coordination
Polle Zellweger,
Xerox Parc (USA)

Proceedings Chair
Dario Lucarella,
Cra-Enel (I)

Publication Chair
Guido Bucciotti,
De Agostini (I)

Publicity Chair
Walter Vannini,
Datamont and Link-IT! (I)

Promotion/Press Chair Gualtiero Rudella,
Mondadori Informatica (I)

Audio-Visual Chair
Marco Cecchet,
Politecnico di Milano(I)

Student Volunteers Chair Luca Mainetti,
Politecnico di Milano (I)

Registration Chair
Filippo Crespi,
Systems and Management (I)

Industry Liaison Chair
Roberto Polillo,
University of Milano and
Etnoteam (I)

CEC Representative
Attilio Stajano,
CEC (I)

CEC Liaison Chair
Jack Schiff,
Siemens (D)

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*       TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE         *
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Program Committee
Co-chairs
Jocelyne & Marc Nanard,
LIRMM,
Univ. Montpellier II (F)

Tutorials Chair
Franca Garzotto,
Politecnico di Milano (I)

Panels Chair
Norbert Streitz,
GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt (D)

Demonstrations, Posters, Videos Chair
Paul Kahn,
IRIS-Brown University and
Dynamic Diagrams Inc.(USA)

European
Demonstrations Chair
Antoine Rizk,
EUROCLID (F)


Technical Briefings Chair
Norman Meyrowitz,
GO Corporation (USA)

Robert Akscyn, Knowledge Systems (USA)
Patricia Baird, Scottish Daily Record (UK)
Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems Inc. (USA)
Peter Brown, University of Kent (UK)
Stavros Christodoulakis, Multimedia Systems Institute (GR)
Tat-Seng Chua, Ntl.Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
Ralf Cordes, Telenorma Bosch Telecom (D)
Richard Furuta, University of Maryland (USA)
Nuno Guimaraes, INESC (P)
Frank Halasz, Xerox Parc (USA)
Yoshinori Hara, NEC (Japan)
Connie Heitmeyer, Naval Research Lab (USA)
Hiroshi Ishii, NTT (Japan)
Bob Jansen, CSIRO (Australia)
John Leggett, Texas A&M University (USA)
Dario Lucarella, CRA-ENEL (I)
John McDermott, DEC (USA)
John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto (Can)
Jakob Nielsen, Bellcore(USA)
Tim Oren, Apple (USA)
Roberto Polillo, University of Milano and Etnoteam SpA (I)
Colin Potts, MCC (USA)
Daniel Schwabe, PUC (Brazil)
David Stotts,  University of Florida (USA)
Frank Tompa, University of Waterloo (Can)
Randall Trigg, Aarhus University (DK)
Anne Marie Vercoustre, INRIA (F)
Janet Walker, DEC (USA)
Nicole Yankelovich, SUN (USA))
Polle Zellweger, Xerox PARC (USA)

**********************************************
*       Welcome To Milan!                     *
**********************************************

The origins of Milan are extremely ancient. The city first
developed under the Romans who named it Mediolanum (which means
"the land in the middle") because its ideal geographical position
made it an important hub for trade. The vestiges of this period
can still be seen throughout the city center. During the Medieval
Era Milan was a free municipality. One of the main monuments of
this era is the S.Ambrogio Cathedral, dedicated to the saint who
protects Milan.
Later on, Milan became a part of the seigniory of Visconti and
Sforza dynasties, and subsequently fell under Spanish and
Austrian rule.
The Cathedral, "il Duomo", for years considered the tallest
building in Italy, was built between the 13th and 15th centuries.
The "Navigli" - artificial waterways- which permitted trade as
well as the transportation of large blocks of marble for the
construction of the Cathedral were also built during that period.
Many artists lived in Milan when the city was a part of the
Sforza  seigniory. Leonardo da Vinci sojourned in Milan various
times between 1482 and 1513. Here he created masterpieces such as
the frescoes in the hall of the Rafters in the Sforza Castle and
the "Last Supper" fresco in the Santa Maria delle Grazie Convent.
Although the period under Spanish rule (1535-1706) was marked by
the plague and a decrease in population, the years under Austrian
rule on the contrary  were characterized by flourishing cultural
and economic activities. The La Scala Theatre, which the
sovereign had called the "Most beautiful theater in the world",
was also created in this period. Designed by Piermarini and
inaugurated in 1778, La Scala immediately became the point of
encounter between high society and culture, and decreed the
success of operas by Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi.
Today the connection between entrepreneurial activities and
creativity has made Milan the capital of fashion, design,
publishing, and advertising. Almost all of the most famous
designers and advertising executives live and work in Milan, and
most of the publishing houses and the headquarters of fashion and
design magazines are located in Milan.
The shopping opportunities are extremely vast, from the most
sophisticated boutiques to skillfully made artisan objects, from
shopping centers to specialized stores.
Surrounded by sea, mountains, and lakes the city of Milan in
equilibrium between past, present and future, has much to offer
to the visitor wanting to discover it.

In early December, the weather in Milan can be mildly rigid:
bring your regular winter clothes!

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**                 GENERAL INFORMATION                   **
**                                                       **
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DATES TO REMEMBER
-----------------
Early registration discount deadline:
postmarked by November 2
Advance registration deadline: received by November 23.
Refund deadline:
received by November 23
(10% cancellation fee).

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DISCOUNTS
---------
Current members of ACM or SIGLINK qualify for member
discount.Your membership number must appear on your registration
form. Students must attach to the registration form a copy of a
valid student membership card.

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TRAVEL AND HOTEL
----------------
A travel company, CHIARIVA, provides special assistance for
ECHT'92. Consult the enclosed "Hotel Registration Form" for
numbers and details.

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SITES
-----

Tutorials
Tutorials are held at Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 61 -
Tel. 4818431 The site is at 15-20 minutes walking distance from
Piazza Duomo. You can use Bus 18 or tramways 21 and 24.

Conference
The Conference is held at Fiera Internazionale-CISI Building.
For ECHT'92 the entrance is "Porta Meccanica", in Via Eginardo.
The site is at 15 min. distance by subway from Piazza Duomo (25
min. taxi ride).
You can use the red line (line 1) of "metropolitana" (subway);
exit at Amendola Fiera (100 meters walk to the entrance). Be
careful that line 1, from downtown to the outside has two
different directions. The trains go, alternatively, to Molino
Dorino or to Bisceglie (the split point is Pagano). You must take
a train to Molino Dorino.

---------------------
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
---------------------
There are buses, trams and subway trains. There are 3 different
subway lines (red-1, green-2 and yellow-3), which intersect at
different cross-points.
You may buy tickets and a map of the city, with the description
of the Public Transportation System, at all newspaper stands.
Most subway stations have automatic vending machines, but you
must have coins at hand.
A ticket is valid for 75 min. and you may change vehicle as you
wish (bus, tram or subway), as many times as you want within the
75 min.; but if you get out of the subway, you can't get again in
(with the same ticket).
For the subway you must validate your ticket at the entrance of
the station, using the automatic machines. On the bus or tram you
must enter at the back of the vehicle (the exit is in the front);
the validating machine is near the back entrance.

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LUNCHES
-------
You must pay for your lunch.

Tutorials
There is a self-service restaurant in the building. It is
suggested that you reserve your seat in the morning. There are
also several "bars" serving fast-food in the area.

Conference
There is a snack bar close to the meeting rooms and  to the demo
area. A long lunch break is intended to be used for visiting
demos, posters and video exhibitions, or for informal gatherings.

--------------------
ON-SITE REGISTRATION
--------------------
Monday-Tuesday, h. 8-18
Tutorials Site
(you may register also for the Conference)
Wednesday-Friday, h. 8-18
Conference Site
(waiting lines are foreseen for
Wednesday morning)

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PROBLEMS?
---------
Conference Secretariat:
Enza Caputo, Politecnico di Milano
Dipartimento di Elettronica
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32
20133 MILANO (ITALY)
Tel. +39-2-2399.3405
Fax +39-2-2399.3411
E-mail caputo@ipmel1.polimi.it



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**                                         **
**         ECHT '92 REGISTRATION FORM      **
**                                         **
*********************************************
*********************************************




---------------------------------------------
Last Name, First Name


---------------------------------------------
Title


---------------------------------------------
Company or Affiliation


---------------------------------------------
Street Address


-------------------------------------------------------
City,   Province (or State),    Postal Code,    Country


-------------------------------------------------------
Electronic mail                 Fax.            Tel.


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Name and Affiliation on the Badge (if different from above)

Registration Category

o Early (< 2 November 1992)
o Advance  (< 23 November 1992)
o Late

o ACM Member            ID#.............................
o SIGLINK Member        ID#............................
o Non Member
o Student               ID#...........................


TUTORIALS

Circle first choice(s)

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16

Circle second choice(s)

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16


REGISTRATION DETAILS

Currency (check one)

o ECU's               o US $                 o LIRA

Payments (check one)

o Check               o Money Order          o Amex


Money Order must be made on the following account:
ECHT '92
Banca Popolare di Intra
Agenzia Dormelletto (Novara) - C.C..41971/0

AMEX Card Number ..................................
Expiration date ...................................
I authorise ECHT'92 to charge my account
for the indicated amount

Signature, Date ..................................

Conference      ..................................

Tutorials       ..................................

Total           ..................................


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*          REGISTRATION INFORMATION            *
************************************************

ECU: Europe Official Currency
$: US Dollars
MLIT: 1,000 Italian Lira's
>From Italy the payments MUST be made in Lira.
>From U.S.A payments must be made in $.
>From elsewhere payments must be made in ECU's.
Payments can be done by check, money order or
Credit Card (** American Express only **)

-----------------
CONFERENCE FEES
-----------------

EARLY REGISTRATION (<2 November 1992)

Member              Non Member         Student
--------------------------------------------------------
350 ECU's           400 ECU's           70 ECU's
417 $ (US only)     477$ (US only)      83$ (US only)
543 MLIT (IT only)  620 MLIT (IT only) 109 MLIT (IT only)

REGULAR REGISTRATION

Member              Non Member         Student
--------------------------------------------------------
420 ECU's           470 ECU's          70 ECU's
501 $ (US only)     560 $ (US only)    83$ (US only)
651 MLIT (IT only)  720 MLIT (IT only)  109 MLIT (IT only)

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TUTORIALS FEES (1 HALF DAY)
---------------------------

EARLY REGISTRATION (<2 November 1992)

Member              Non Member         No-Conference
-------------------------------------------------------
150 ECU's           170 ECU's          270 ECU's
179 $ (US only)     203 $ (US only     322$ (US only)
233 MLIT (IT only)  264 MLIT (IT only) 419 MLIT (IT only)

REGULAR REGISTRATION

Member              Non Member         No-Conference
-------------------------------------------------------
180 ECU's           200 ECU's          340 ECU's
215 $ (US only)     238 $ (US only)    405$ (US only)
279 MLIT (IT only)  310 MLIT (IT only) 527 MLIT (IT only)

*No-Conference* fees are for people attending tutorials
but not the Conference.

1 FULL-DAY tutorials costs as 2 HALF-DAY tutorials.

3 HALF-DAY tutorials entitle to a fourth HALF-DAY
tutorial at a nominal fee: (25 ECU's, 32$, 38 MLIT).

Acceptance of early registration is guaranteed.
For later registrations acceptance is subject
to availability of seats, which will be assigned on
a first-come-first-serve basis.
In case of no availability for the first choice of
tutorials, the second choice will be assigned.

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GENERAL RULES
-------------
Registration will not be accepted without full
payments. Early registration and payments must be postmarked
before the indicated date.
Early registration to Conference or Tutorials
(< November 2) ensures discount, pre-processing of
information and acceptance.
Advance registration (<23 November 1992) ensures
pre-processing of information only.
Registrations must be mailed (with check, money order copy
or Credit Card Information) to

Enza Caputo
ECHT '92
Politecnico di Milano
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informatica
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32
20136 Milano
Tel. +39-2-2399.3405; Fax: +39-2-2399.3411

You may register by fax (using the registration form) only
if you use Amex Credit Card payments; original form with signatures
must follow by mail.

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**                                         **
**    ECHT '92 HOTEL RESERVATION FORM      **
**                                         **
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Booking form to be sent back to

CHIARI SOMMARIVA S.P.A. (CHIARIVA)
OFFICIALLY APPOINTED TRAVEL AGENTS OF THE MILAN
FAIR AUTHORITY
VIA DANTE,8 - 20121 MILANO MI
-------------------------------------
For the attention of Mr. G. Dinardo
-------------------------------------

Tel. +39-2-48007121 - Telex 334053 Chiari
Telefax: +39-2-4818366
(For hotel accomodation information only)

                  ECHT'92 HOTEL RESERVATION FORM


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Please reserve in the name of



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Company


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Street          Town             State                  Country



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Telephone       Fax             Telex



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N. of Singles; N.of  Doublels; Nights


Arrival date -----------------------

Departure date ---------------------

Hotels preferred -------------------

First Choice -----------------------

Second Choice ----------------------

Hotel Code Number ------------------

We attach to this form a bank cheque to the order of
CHIARI SOMMARIVA S.P.A. - MILANO
by sending the amount equivalent to one day's room rate,
which serves as deposit.
The rates are listed on the back of this form.

We enclosed bank cheque N.------------------


Amount -------------------------------------

CREDIT CARD PAYMENT (AMERICAN EXPRESS ONLY)
(non si accettano altre carte di credito)

Vi autorizzo ad addebitare sul mio conto American Express:
(no other Credit Cards are accepted)

I authorize you to charge my American Express Credit Card.

Credit Card I.D. Number  ---------------------------------

Expiration date (year and month)--------------------------

Stamp and legible signature-------------------------------

VERY VERY IMPORTANT
Please indicate your first and second choice by using
the hotel code number shown below.
These hotels are cooperating with us and grant special
conditions for Echt '92 clients.
Please return this reservation form duly filled in.
Reservation will be made as request is received.
If the Hotel of your choice is not available,
Chiariva will provide for alternative accommodation.

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DAILY HOTEL RATES
-----------------
1992 rates in Italian Lire per room, including
continental breakfast, service and taxes.

Hotel               Class   Single          Double
Code

1       Ritz        ****    180.000        220.000
2       Mozart      ****    110.000        165.000
3       Poliziano   ****    110.000        165.000
4       Accademia   ****    120.000        150.000
5       Rubens      ****    120.000        150.000
6       Portello     ***    120.000        180.000
7       Stelline     ***    120.000        170.000
8       Ritter       ***    110.000        165.000
9       Fenice       ***    110.000        160.000
10      Centro       ***      --           139.000
11      Scala Nord   ***     80.000        120.000

Down town hotels are: 1,7,8,9,10

Near the conference site: 2,3,4,5,6,11



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