NIST conference

[P. J. Ponder]

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 at NIST.GOV>
Subject: Cyber Conference Announcement
To: csl-bulletin at NIST.GOV

>Return-Path: <moline at sst.ncsl.nist.gov>
>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 15:00:46 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Judi Moline <moline at sst.ncsl.nist.gov>
>Subject: Cyber Conference Announcement
>To: elizabeth.lennon at NIST.GOV
>Cc: moline at 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 at 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 at nist.gov
>
>
>