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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Owens)
Fri Apr 16 13:35:59 1993
To: elibdev@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 93 13:35:28 EDT
From: Tom Owens <owens@Athena.MIT.EDU>
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From: Walter Stine <WSTINE%HARVARDA.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
Subject: NEASIS Spring Meeting
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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I think readers of PACS-L will be interested in the following
meeting announcement about future directions for the national
data network. - Walter
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Building the Information Superhighway:
Ownership, Access and Services
American Society for Information Science - New England Chapter
May 5, 1993
9:00 - 3:45
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Wiener Auditorium, Taubman Center
The New England chapter of ASIS will be holding a Spring meeting to
discuss issues of access, ownership, and services in the emerging
national digital communications network. Vice-President Al Gore has
called the network the "Information Superhighway," an implicit link
to the building of the national highway system in the post-World
War II era.
Representatives from industry, the academic community, civic
foundations, information providers and networking companies will
address the meeting to share the perspective of their organizations
and their constituents. Please join us for an engaging day of
presentations and many opportunities to interact with the speakers
and your professional colleagues.
AGENDA
8:45-9:15 Registration and coffee
9:15-9:30 Welcome to the NEASIS Meeting:
Kristen Liberman, Lotus Development Corporation, NEASIS Chair
Beata Panagopoulos, Kennedy School Library, Harvard
University, NEASIS Program Committee
Walter Stine, Lamont Library, Harvard University, NEASIS
Program Committee
9:30-10:15 "Policy Dimensions of Information Infrastructure"
Brian Kahin, Director of the Information Infrastructure
Project, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University
10:15-11:00 "MCI Plans for the Data Network"
Arthur Henley, Vice President of Data Services Engineering,
MCI Corporation
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 "Promoting Access and Democratic Values in the
Digital Age"
Daniel J. Weitzner, Senior Staff Counsel, Electronic Frontier
Foundation, Washington, D.C.
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Panel: Looking Down the Information Highway -
Moderator: Diane Heer, AT&T Library, NEASIS Program
Committee
A panel of distinguished information professionals will look
over the horizon of today's digital network to help us see
where we are going and how we will get there.
Panelists:
Stephen C. Hall, Director, Office for Information
Technology, Harvard University
Melanie Zibit Goldman, Internet Information Specialist,
Office for Information Technology, Harvard University
Miles Fidelman, Executive Director, Center for Civic
Networking, Charlestown, MA
Richard R. Rowe, President and CEO, The Faxon Company,
Inc., Westwood, MA
3:30-3:45 Final questions and wrap-up
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
** Please register by 21 April 1993 **
Note: registration is limited to 100 -- early registration is
recommended.
Fees:
$55 ($40 for ASIS members)--includes lunch.
$45 ($30 for ASIS members)--lunch not provided. (Meeting
packet will include list of restaurants within easy
walking distance of Kennedy School.)
For registration form or further information, please contact Walter
Stine, Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138.
Contact information is listed below.
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Walter D. Stine
Head of Reserves and Circulation Phone: 617-495-2455
Lamont Library (Harvard College Library) Fax: 617-496-3692
Harvard University Bitnet: wstine@harvarda
Cambridge, MA 02138 Internet: wstine@harvarda.harvard.edu
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