Following is an announcement about a NIST conference on leveraging the distributed nature of the Internet to accomplish tasks that might be otherwise not feasible. The abstract notes that this type of activity has 'important economic, social, and political consequences'. This may already be old news, I was off the list for the past few days. Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:18:08 -0400 From: Liz Lennon <elizabeth.lennon@NIST.GOV> Subject: Cyber Conference Announcement To: csl-bulletin@NIST.GOV
Return-Path: <moline@sst.ncsl.nist.gov> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:00:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Judi Moline <moline@sst.ncsl.nist.gov> Subject: Cyber Conference Announcement To: elizabeth.lennon@NIST.GOV Cc: moline@sst.ncsl.nist.gov
Event: Conference on Leveraging Cyberspace
Date: October 8-9, 1996
Purpose: People with shared interests are using the Internet to solve problems, accomplish tasks, and create resources that would be well beyond the reach of any one person or organization. The ability to leverage the efforts of large numbers of networked users has important economic, social, and political consequences. This conference is designed to explore this phenomenon from both a technical and social science perspective. Additionally, the closing session of the conference will cap off several weeks of virtual discussions on the conference's web site.
Location: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Palo Alto, Calif.
Keynote by: John Seely Brown, Vice President and Chief Scientist, Xerox
Program: Web: http://nii.nist.gov/cyber/cyber_conf.html
Registration: $200
Sponsors: White House National Economic Council Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Technical contact: Judi Moline, NIST (301) 975-4601 email: jmoline@nist.gov
Information: Web: http://nii.nist.gov/cyber/cyber_conf.html
To register: Print registration form from web site and return with payment to: Office of the Comptroller NIST A807 Administration Building Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-0001 USA
Or fax to: Lori Phillips, NIST fax: (301) 948-2067
Or: Lori.Phillips@nist.gov