Fourth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning
Networks. This conference will be held at the Marriott World
Trade Center Hotel in New York City on November 13,14,15,1998
http://www.aln.org/alnws/may98/
http://cause-www.colorado.edu/conference/c98/c98.html
TEACHING OVER THE WEB ONLINE CONFERENCE MAY 4 - MAY 15, 1998
Office of Information and Instructional Technology
University System Of Georgia
lasseter@mail.rath.peachnet.edu
http://www.peachnet.edu
http://asdl.peachnet.edu
Phone: (706) 369-6469 FAX: (706)369-6429
http://asdl.peachnet.edu/aio/teachingonline
WebNet mentioned there is at http://aace.virginia.edu/aace/conf/webnet/home.html
WWW'98 (Dan Rehak will be there) is http://www7.conf.au/
Digital Libraries (in Pittsburgh) http://www.ks.com/dl98/
Hypertext'98 (in Pittsburgh) http://www.ks.com/HT98/
CHI'98 http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi98/
CALISCE'98 in Sweden http://www.pedu.chalmers.se/calisce98.html
(European analog of FiE) We just missed theadline for it, but it still
may
be relevant for you to attend.
More conferences with open deadlines are :
Learning On Line, USA, June (very relevant, but I am just not sure about
its quality, looks like "yet another...") I will not be able to attend
because it intersects with Hypertext'98 in Pittsburgh. But for you
or
Phil, it may be quite relevant place to meet people -
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/Learning-98/
"New Information an Communication Technologies applied to Education",
France, Autumn 1998 (I am on the Program Committee)
http://nticf98.insa-rouen.fr/index-uk.html
AACE's ICCE'98 in Beijing, Autumn 1998 (Very relevant, Theme: "Global
Education on the Net"... and especially if you are interested to see
Beijing:). Myself I am still thinking where to get the money.
http://www.njtu.edu.cn/icce98/
ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING
MACHINERY
* * * POLICY '98 CONFERENCE * * *
http://www.acm.org/policy98/
"Shaping Policy in
the Information Age"
Washington, DC, Renaissance Hotel
May 10-12, 1998
Register now for the one computing policy conference you don't
want to miss...featuring:
- Senator Orrin Hatch (invited): Future of Intellectual Property
- Special Advisor to the President Ira Magaziner: White House
Report
- Representative Vern Ehlers (invited): Reformulating US Science
Policy
- Representative Constance Morella: The Role of the Federal
Government
in Computing
- Assistant Director Juris Hartmanis: The Role of the National
Science
Foundation in Computing Policy
- Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
Larry Irving: Universal Service
- Debate: Esther Dyson and Gary Chapman
- ACM Presidential Award for founding NetDay: John Gage, Sun
Microsystems
- Making Science Policy: Roundtable with NPR Correspondent Dan
Charles
The ACM Policy '98 Conference will focus on public policy issues
affecting future applications of computing. Our goal is to
forge stronger links between computing professionals and policy
makers. Attendees will interact with prominent leaders from
academia, industry, Congress, and Executive agencies, and
participate in debates on policy issues including:
- Universal Access
- Electronic Commerce
- Intellectual Property - Education Online
All Policy '98 attendees are invited to the Annual ACM Awards
Banquet on Sunday evening May 10th, and a conference reception
on Monday evening May 11th at the new headquarters of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Register online at
or write to policy98@acm.org. Early registrants and
ACM members receive discounts. A limited number of
low-priced student registrations are available.
Conference Chairs - Ben Shneiderman, Dianne Martin
Program Chairs - Marc Rotenberg, Keith Miller
Panel Moderators - Jim Horning, Pamela Samuelson,
Charles Brownstein, Oliver Smoot
USACM Chair - Barbara Simons