From: kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
Subject: Educom '92
Originator: kadie@eff.org
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 21:38:30 GMT

Comments: To: Nancy Bellaire <euitinqs@BITNIC.BITNET>,
              Dan <dant@equinox.unr.edu>


Critical Issues of Information Technology in Higher Education Focus
of EDUCOM'92

May 12, 1992; Washington, DC: More than 50 sessions focusing on
today's most important issues of information technology in higher
education are currently under development for EDUCOM's annual fall
meeting, EDUCOM'92, "Charting Our Course." Scheduled for October
28-31, 1992 in Baltimore, Maryland, this year's meeting is being
hosted by The Johns Hopkins University. More than 2,500
representatives from higher education, government, and industry
attended EDUCOM'91 in San Diego, California, last October.

The EDUCOM'92 Program Committee, chaired by Diane Balestri of
Princeton University, is making final arrangements for conference
sessions that will address such critical issues as maximizing the value
of investing in academic uses of information technology, how
computing and communications are revolutionizing teaching and
learning, using information technology to meet emerging institutional
goals in the 1990s, new trends in faculty support systems, and
utilizing electronic networks to access critical resources, among many
others.

Featured speakers at this year's conference include John Seely
Brown, director of the Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox Corporation;
Esther Dyson, president of EDventure Holding, Inc.; Kenneth Olsen,
president of Digital Equipment Corporation; and Seymour Papert,
winner of the 1991 Louis Robinson Award.

Conference attendees will encounter new technologies at the
EDUCOM'92 Corporate Exhibit and Software Fair, designed specifically
for information technology specialists in higher education.
Participating Corporate Associates include Addison-Wesley
Publishing, Co., Aldus Corporation, American Cybercasting
Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Asante Technologies, Inc.,
Autodesk, Inc., BRS Software Products, Bell Atlantic, Borland
International, CD Plus, Inc., Cadkey, Inc., CLARIS, Computer
Associates International, Data Research Associates, Inc., Dell
Computer Corporation, Dialog Information Services, Inc., Digital
Equipment Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company, Edutech, Farallon
Computing, Inc., Follett Campus Resources & Software Corporation,
Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corporation, JWP Network Services,
LEGISLATE, Logitech, Inc., Lotus Development Corporation, Microsoft
Corporation, Minitab, Inc., NeXT Computer, Inc., NOTIS System, Inc.
Novell, Inc., Paragon Concepts, Inc., Reference Software International,
SilverPlatter Information, Sony Educational Systems, Sun
Microsystems, Inc., Syllabus Press, Systems & Computers Technology
Corp., The H. W. Wilson Company, T.H.E.  Journal, Trellis
Communication, Waterloo Maple Software, Wolfram Research, Inc.,
WordPerfect Corporation, Xerox Corporation, and Zenith Data
Systems.

Seventeen EDUCOM'92 Preconference Seminars will offer in-depth
training on a wide range of important topics such as curricular
software development, navigating the Internet, writing publishable
software, campus networks, and scientific visualization (a complete
list of seminars is available from EDUCOM or electronically by
sending an interactive message or mail to LISTSERV@BITNIC
containing GET EDUCOM92 SEMINARS).

Campus and Industry tours will take participants to the NASA Space
Telescope Science Institute, the JHU Instructional Television Facility,
the Laboratory for Applied Research in Academic Information, and
the Electronic Music Laboratory of the Peabody Conservatory of
Music.

EDUCOM's Educational Uses of Information Technology (EUIT)
Program's EUIT Preconference Working Sessions are scheduled for
October 27-28. Active EUIT participants and individuals interested in
the program are invited to work on existing projects and join in
discussions of future projects.

A preliminary flyer with registration information has been mailed to
30,000 individuals. If you are interested in obtaining the flyer or
would like to be placed on the mailing list to receive information,
contact EDUCOM at 1112 16th St., NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC
20036; 202-3315375; 202 872-4318 (Fax); or send e-mail to
CONF92@EDUCOM (BITNET) or CONF92@EDUCOM.EDU (Internet).


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