Society and the Future of Computing Conference

["E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>]

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Subject: Society and the Future of Computing '96

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Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 16:14:13 -0600 (MDT)
From: Rick Light <rxl@lanl.gov>
Subject: Important_SFC_Update


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   		 Society and the Future of Computing '96
                  June 16-19, 1996, Snowbird, Utah, USA

           		http://www.lanl.gov/SFC

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	The conference structure includes keynote speakers, 
	panels of invited speakers, Net-connected poster 
	presentations, debates, and workshops. The intent is 
	to share ideas in a diverse multidisciplinary environment for 
	mutual enrichment and learning, ultimately to affect 
	the directions of computer science research and applications 
	for the benefit of all.  

	See the conference Web site for details and to register.


Contents:
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	* Registration Still Open!
	* Diverse Keynote Speakers Featured 
	* Unique Workshops Offered
	* Outstanding Agenda 


Registration Still Open!
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	    ***  Only 3 weeks left!  ***
***  Register today to reserve your place at SFC'96!   ***

Registration for the conference is still available through the
conference Web site "Registration" page.  Electronic registrations
will be accepted only through June 7th.  After that you must register
at the conference registration desk in the Cliff Lodge in Snowbird.  

To register see http://www.lanl.gov/SFC/96/reginfo.html.


Diverse Keynote Speakers Featured
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We are honored to feature the following prominent leaders from industry 
and academia as the keynote speakers of the conference:
	Laura Breeden, Formerly of USDC National
           Telecommunications & Information Administration
	Tom Landauer, University of Colorado, Boulder
	Bob Lucky, Bellcore
        Charlie Slocomb, Los Alamos National Laboratory
        Bud Wonsiewicz, U S WEST Advanced Technologies
	Bill Wulf, University of Virginia

Other important leaders have been invited as moderators and panelists.
See the conference Agenda Web page for details:
	http://www.lanl.gov/SFC/96/program.html


Unique Workshops Offered
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The conference is pleased to offer 4 unique and important
workshops this year.  Each offers intriguing opportunities, and 
all 4 are very different from each other.  The workshops are integrated
into the conference agenda throughout the conference so that their
study and findings will enhance the participants' experience of the
conference as a whole, as well as offering their outcomes to the
entire conference attendance.  The workshops are as follows:

       Steve Cisler, Willard Uncapher, Larry Press: "Implications 
	of the Net for Industrialized Countries, Developing Nations, 
	and Indigenous Cultures"

       Richard G. Epstein:  "Emerging Realities, Virtual and Otherwise" 

       Mary A. Meyer:  "Anthropology and SFC'96 Computer Technologies" 

       Ben Shneiderman: "The Durango Declaration Continued: 
	Toward A Snowbird Conference Statement" 


Outstanding Agenda
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The conference technical program is very full and provides a robust,
multidisciplinary agenda for a wide range of interesting and important
discussions.  This program is balanced with hikes in the clean mountain
air of Snowbird.  Attendees are coming from all over the United States 
and a few foreign countries as well.  Please see the Web agenda page 
for details:     http://www.lanl.gov/SFC/96/program.html


Questions?
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All conference information and the registration form are available
through the Web site (http://www.lanl.gov/SFC/96/).

Any questions or comments you might have may be addressed to sfc96@lanl.gov.


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