Now, kiddies, don't forget to swallow your milk before you read this. Don't want to blow it all out your nose... Cheers, Bob --- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:11:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:00:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Phil Agre <pagre@weber.ucsd.edu> To: rre@weber.ucsd.edu Subject: Net Worth, net Work Resent-From: rre@weber.ucsd.edu Reply-To: rre-maintainers@weber.ucsd.edu X-URL: http://communication.ucsd.edu/pagre/rre.html X-Mailing-List: <rre@weber.ucsd.edu> archive/latest/1664 X-Loop: rre@weber.ucsd.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: rre-request@weber.ucsd.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message was forwarded through the Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE). Send any replies to the original author, listed in the From: field below. You are welcome to send the message along to others but please do not use the "redirect" command. For information on RRE, including instructions for (un)subscribing, send an empty message to rre-help@weber.ucsd.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 00:09:08 -0700 From: Susan Evoy <sevoy@Sunnyside.COM> Subject: Net Worth, Net Work (2)- with directions [...] Please feel free to forward this to colleagues who may be interested in the topics of this conference. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Computer Professionals for Social Responsibilty * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Net Worth, Net Work: Technology & Values for the Digital Age Saturday and Sunday October 4 & 5 University of California - Berkeley Dwinelle Hall The "information highway" as a business model has generated major questions concerning privacy, security and free speech. It's clear that digitization does more than just turn analog activities into ones and zeroes. Many aspects of our society are greatly affected -- how we conduct business and how we work. This conference will focus on the burgeoning digital economy, especially its impact on wealth and jobs. We are moving into a new era for the workplace and some believe that we are reaching "the end of work," as we know it. This change has been compared by some to the social impact of the industrial revolution. The "digital revolution" is leading to both predictable and unforeseen transformations. Net Worth, Net Work: Technology & Values for the Digital Age will explore the many aspects of this epic social transformation. THE CONFERENCE AGENDA PANELS: Saturday, October 4 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. THE TECHNOLOGIES OF RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS What are the technologies that will make digital commerce work in a socially responsible manner? Nathaniel Borenstein of First Virtual and a panel of digital commerce experts will present an overview of the tools of the digital age and freewheeling discussion of their responsible use. ACCESS FOR ALL New technologies are rapidly changing what people need to know to compete effectively in the job market. It is increasingly evident that the technology revolution threatens to leave whole populations behind --despite improved access to computers in our communities. Many predict the long-term result will be a new generation of Americans mired in low-paying, menial jobs. This panel, organized by Madeline Stanionis of Access to Software for All People (ASAP), will explore access to technology as the basis for economic opportunity. FAIRLY FREE: Compensating Creators and Maximizing Access As the slogan goes, "information wants to be free" -- and in digital technologies there is a plethora of information. Computer libertarians sometimes find themselves at odds with commercial publishers, and in a sometimes uneasy relationship with creators -- writers, photographers, graphic artists -- who want to be fairly compensated when others profit from their work. What is the public's stake in translating traditional principles of copyright, piracy and fair use into the media environment of the 21st century? SHOW ME THE MONEY The economics of the digital age are quite different from that of our waning industrial world. From the "market of one" to global banking, value is no longer measured in tons or shiploads, but in much more difficult to measure units like "attention" and "clickstream." Speculation about the future in this area rivals some of the greatest science fiction ever written. The question is not only where are we going, but is there anything we do about it? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Saturday, October 4 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. GALA EVENT Berkeley Conference Center 2105 Bancroft Way, Berkeley Cocktail reception honoring Dr. PETER NEUMANN, 1997 recipient of CPSR's Norbert Wiener Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of Risk and Reliability in Computer Science. Reception tickets may be purchased without registering for the conference, for $30. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sunday, October 5 9:00 a.m. -12 noon WORKSHOPS: EXPLORING DIGITAL COMMERCE Twelve workshops will give hands-on information on such topics as creating community access; how will we work in the digital workplace; how will we define work-value and compensation; and many more important issues. For updated conference information, check our conference webpage at: http://www.cpsr.org/dox/home.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sunday, October 5 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CPSR ANNUAL MEETING FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE Reports from the CPSR board and staff. Envisioning our Future - CPSR's Strategic Plan * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Conference Sponsors Corporate: Interval Research Corporation Internet Travel Network Pacific Bell Co-Sponsoring Organizations: Department of Computer Science, UCB School of Information Management and Systems, UCB International Computer Science Institute National Writer's Union Access to Software for All People * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * AIR: United Airlines is the official airline of the conference. For a discount rate, call 800-521-4041 and refer to Meeting ID Code: 520YA HOTEL: Some rooms have been reserved at the Shattuck Hotel, in downtown Berkeley, a few blocks from the campus at $69 for Singles, and $79 for Doubles, plus 12% tax. To reserve, call by September 19th. Call in CA: 800-742-8825, Out-of-State: 800-237-5359, and refer to CPSR. DIRECTIONS: University of California - Berkeley visitor and parking information is available at: http://www.urel.berkeley.edu/urel_1/VisitorsCenter/visitor.html. PARKING: Parking on weekends is $3 (all in quarters in most lots) per day in any parking area not posted as "restricted." Parking behind Dwinelle Hall can be reached from Oxford Street by taking Cross Campus Drive (between Center Street and Allston Way). A campus parking map is available at: http://geogweb.berkeley.edu/CampusMaps.html. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REGISTRATION Name_________________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________ City_________________________________ State________ Zip___________ Telephone__(_____)_________________ E-mail _________________________________ Payment method: Check___Visa___MC___ Card #________________________________ Exp. Date_____ Pre- registration (By 9/26) Late or On site CPSR members $65______ $75______ Non member $90______ $100______ New or Reactivating CPSR membership & registration $95______ $105______ Low income/student $30______ $35______ Wiener Award Ceremony rate for conference registrants $5______ $10______ OR to attend without registering for conference $30 _______ Additional donation to further CPSR's work $________ Total enclosed: $________ Scholarships available in limited quantity. Contact CPSR for information. Send completed registration form with payment to: CPSR, P.O. Box 717, Palo Alto, CA 94302
-- Susan Evoy * Deputy Director http://www.cpsr.org/home.html Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302 Phone: (650) 322-3778 * Fax: (650) 322-4748 * Email: evoy@cpsr.org
--- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/