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(fwd)ALIA 2000 Capitalising on Knowledge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marianne Bracke)
Tue May 9 09:00:35 2000
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 07:55:53 -0500
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Dear Sir/Madam
Please find attached some information about our conference which will be
held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra - Australia next October.
Our registration brochure should be ready by the end of the month. The
brochure will be on the Website including an on-line registration form.
Should you need any additional information please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Regards
Brigitte
ALIA 2000 Capitalising on Knowledge
The Australian Library and Information Association ALIA 2000 Biennial
Conference will be held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra,
Australia from 23-27 October. The umbrella theme of Capitalising on
knowledge - the information profession in the 21st century will provide
national and international speakers with the scope to examine who will be
the information providers as this new century unfolds, and on what basis.
While the program themes are of critical importance to librarians, the
issues will also attract the attention of information technology
professionals and knowledge workers as well as authors, writers and
publishers.
Conference Outline
Exhibition of 100 booths including a range of exhibitors in diverse
industries.
Social program including a welcome reception at the National Convention
Centre on the Monday, a cocktail reception at the National Library of
Australia on the Tuesday and the conference dinner in the Great Hall at
Parliament House on the Wednesday night.
Pre Conference Workshops including The Fringe running on Sunday 23 and
Monday 24 October.
The Conference Program:
Day 1 will concentrate on the changing information environment and the way
in which major social, political, economic, legal and technology influences
will affect how information is accessed and disseminated over the next few
years. How will information be delivered? What will be the impact of media
convergence? Will libraries still be relevant? These questions will also
embrace discussion about intellectual property, information ownership,
privacy and censorship.
On Day 2 the focus changes to understanding the needs of the information
consumer. Different streams will cover knowledge management, content and
content providers, accessibility of services and the technology that will
drive this access. Topics for presentation and discussion will include the
knowledge aware organisation, the nature of the online community,
information services in rural and remote communities, the information market
and different models for online bookshops.
Throughout Day 3 speakers will turn their attention to the creators of
information, authors and publishers, and the changing roles of the
information professions.
Speakers confirmed to date include:
Dr Lyn Allen - Mr Craig Anderson - Ms Gaynor Austen - Ms Fran Awcock - Mr
Tony Barry - Dr Chris Batt - Prof Trevor Barr - Ms Barbara Biggins - Mr
Philip Blackwell - Ms Sue Blackwell - Ms Maxine Brodie - Ms Jo Bryson - Mr
Alan Bundy - Ms Dawn Casey - Ms Dale Chatwin - Mr Tom Cochrane - Ms Ainslie
Dewe - Dr Bill Donovan - Mr Rob Durie - Mr Peter Ford - Mr Oliver Freeman -
Ms Jan Fullerton - Ms June Garcia - Dr Jose-Marie Griffiths - Ms Marion
Halligan - Mr Helen Hasan - Dr Brian Hawkins - Ms Helen Hayes - Mr Richard
Holt - Mr Geoff Huston - Mr Cedric Israelsohn - Mr Richard Johnson - Prof
Ron Johnston - Mr Graeme Johanson - Mr Jay Jordan - Dr Brewster Kahle - Ms
Maureen Kahlert - Dr Donald W King - Mr Bruce Maguire - Mr Stephen Matthews
- Mr Ian McCallum - Ms Felicity McGregor - Mr Neil McLean - Ms Madeleine
McPherson - Mr Mike Middleton - Ms Roxanne Missingham - Ms Jennefer
Nicholson - Mr Geoff Payne - Ms Sheridan Roberts - Ms Marilyn Steven - Ms
Ann Symons - Prof Paul Turnbull - Mr Jack Waterford - Mr Andrew Wells - Mr
Derek Whitehead - Dr Tom Worthington -
Keynote Speaker Profiles
Dr José-Marie Griffiths
Dr José-Marie Griffiths is the University of Michigan's chief information
officer, executive director of the information technology division and a
full professor in the school of information. She has overall responsibility
for all aspects of information technology at the University of Michigan,
including telecommunications, networking, computing and infrastructure. Dr
Griffiths will deliver the plenary address on Thursday 26 October on the
theme for the day * Provider roles: the information creator and the roles of
a range of information professions.
Dr Brian L Hawkins
Dr Brian Hawkins is currently president of EDUCAUSE, a professional
association of more than 1600 colleges and universities, dedicated to
transforming higher education through information technologies. He is a
management professor by training, and is the author of one book and many
articles in the area of organisational behaviour. He received his Bachelors
and Masters degrees from Michigan State University, and his PhD from Purdue
University. His organisational work has focused on organisational structure,
conflict management, communication, and performance appraisal. Dr Hawkins
will be delivering the plenary address to the conference on Wednesday 25
October on the theme for the day * Understanding and providing for consumer
needs.
Ms Ann Symons was President of the American Library Association 1998/99.
She has had a long association with ALA including as Chair of its
Intellectual Freedom Committee. Among a long list of publications, Symons
has recently co-authored Speaking Out: Voices in Celebration of Intellectual
Freedom. Ann Symons has made numerous presentations on intellectual
freedom, libraries and the rights of young people.
Dr Brewster Kahle is co-founder and president of Alexa Internet, a web
navigation service. Prior to Alexa Internet, Kahle invented the WAIS (Wide
Area Information Server) system and in 1989 founded WAIS Inc., a pioneering
electronic publishing company. Six years later he sold the company to
America Online. Kahle also helped start Thinking Machines, a parallel
supercomputer maker in 1983, serving there as lead engineer for six years.
Conference Secretariat
ALIA 2000 Conference
C/- Conference Solutions
PO Box 238
DEAKIN WEST ACT 2600
Telephone: 02 6285 3000
Facsimile: 02 6285 3001
Email: alia2000@con-sol.com
Website: www.alia.org.au/conferences/alia2000/
For further details check the Website which is regularly updated.
