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Subject: Upcoming Events
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This schedule lists EFF events, and those we feel might be of interest to
our members. EFF events (those sponsored by us or featuring an EFF speaker)
are marked with a "*" instead of a "-" after the date. Simlarly, government
events (such as deadlines for comments on reports or testimony submission,
or conferences at which government representatives are speaking) are marked
ndicates a non-USA event. If it's a foreign EFF event with govt. people,
t'll be "*!+" instead of "-". You get the idea. To let us know about an
event, please send details to Dennis Derryberry, dennis@eff.org, with a
The latest version of the full EFF calendar is available from:
ftp: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/calendar.eff
See also our new Now-Up-to-Date HTML calendar at:
Mar. 1-
2 - SEATTLE, WA - Community Space & Cyberspace: What's the
Connection?; Will cyberspace destroy society by turning us all
into high tech couch potatoes? Or will it provide unprecented
opportunities for community involvement? Conference's aim is to
challenge some of the cyber-spacy hype and bring the discussion \
back to earth to the communities we live in; 9:00 am - 5:00 pm;
University of Washington HUB; for more information:
Doug Schuler, douglas@scn.org, 206.634.0752
URL: http://www.scn.org/tech/diac-97
Mar. 1-
5 - ACM97: The Next 50 Years of Computing; San Jose Convention
Center, March 1-5, 1997; Registration information:
URL: http://www.acm.org/acm97
tel: +1 800 342 6626
Mar. 3 - SAN FRANCISCO - Virtual Activist Workshop; For four consecutive
Mondays, (March 3, 10, 17, and 24, from 6:30-9:30 p.m.) learn how
to make better use of the Internet for organizing, advocacy,
media outreach, building membership, education, and fund raising.
Participants should have some experience using a computer, but
previous online experience is not required; To register, phone
415-546-6491. Cost is $95 for members of Media Alliance,
NetAction, and IGC; $125 for non-members; Media Alliance,
814 MissionStreet, Suite 205; Activists and organizations interested
in co-sponsoring Virtual Activist Workshops in communities
outside the San Francisco Bay Area should contact Audrie Krause
at NetAction, by phone: 415-775-8674, or by E-mail:
akrause@igc.org.
Mar. 4 - WASHINGTON, DC - Class on the Internet: Implications for Lesson
Planning and Curriculum Development; sponsored by The George
Washington University School of Engineering and Applied
Science; 4-6 pm; Room 403 Marvin Center, 21st & H St. NW,
Washington, DC Washington, D.C. 20006
URL: http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu
Mar. 3-
5 - NEW YORK CITY - Consumer Online Services TV; Jupiter
Communications conference featuring Steve Case of AOL and
Steve Perlman of WebTV; for more information contact:
tel: +1 800 488 4345
URL: http://www.jup.com
Mar. 7 *! CDA unconstitutionaly Supreme Court case: govt. reply brief due.
Mar. 11-
14 * 7th Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy (CFP97), San
Francisco Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame, CA.
The "cyberliberties" mega-event. Speakers will include EFF
staff counsel Mike Godwin, and many others. EFF's annual Pioneer
Awards ceremony will be held at CFP97. Early registration is
advised (registration will probably open in Jan., and reg. info
will appear on the CFP site listed below).
Email: cfpinfo@cfp.org.
URL: http://www.cfp.org
Mar. 24 ! Deadline for reply comments on FCC inquiry into technological
hurdles for Net growth
URL: http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html
Apr. 1 + PARIS, FRANCE - 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL
SEMIOTICS; Paper submission deadline; conference to be held May
26-27, 1997; send four copies of an abstract (approximately 500
words) in english to:
Irene Ludman - IWCS'97
Pele Universitaire Leonard de Vinci
92916 PARIS-LA DEFENSE-CEDEX, FRANCE
Phone: (33) 01 41 16 73 05
Fax : (33) 01 41 16 73 35
Email : irene.ludmann@devinci.fr
URL: http://www.devinci.fr/home/actua.htm
Apr. 1-
2 - WASHINGTON, DC - Virtual Diplomacy: The Global Communications
Revolution And International Conflict Management; Omni Shoreham
Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, D.C.; an international
conference to explore how information and communication
technologies are affecting the sovereignty of nations and shaping
global affairs; conference registration ranges from $75 for
students to $150 for on-site registration;
URL: http://www.usip.org/virtual_dipl.html
E-mail: virtual_diplomacy@usip.org
Apr. 1-
3 *- SAN FRANCISCO - Spring '97 VON Conference: "Telecommunications
and Streaming Media on the Net"; This conference has three
major tracks: Net Broadcasting, Regulatory Issues and Internet
Telephony; featured speakers include EFF Board Member David
Farber and EFF Emeritus Board Member Rob Glaser;
Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, CA
URL: http://www.pulver.com/von97
Apr. 7- BONN, GERMANY - first Annual Conference of the G7 Project "A
9 + Global Marketplace for SMEs"; conference aims to raise the
interest of SMEs in the fast growing market of electronic
commerce and stimulate the debate in the industry and
policy-making on electronic commerce. A series of major
announcements, political as well as business related, are already
projected for the event; for more information contact:
Ms Sandra Herms
D3 Group
Oxfordstr. 2
53111 Bonn, Germany
Tel: +49-228-9853888
Fax: +49-228-9853889
Email: g7@empirica.de
URL: http://www.g7ec.de/
Apr. 8-
11 - FRACTAL 97: Fractals in the Natural & Applied Sciences 4th
International Working Conference; Denver Colorado. Sponsored by
IFIP; paper submissions due by Aug. 5, 1996.
Contact: Miroslav Novak, +44 181 547 2000 (voice),
+44 181 547 7562 or 7419 (fax)
Email: novak@kingston.ac.uk
Apr. 9-
10 - WASHINGTON, DC - Networking '97: Exploring the Continued
Evolution of Internet Technology for Research and Education;
sponsored by CNI, CRA, Educom, & FARNET; Sheraton City Centre,
Washington, DC; registration cut-off date for both the
conference and the hotel is March 7; register via the Internet:
URL: http://www.educom.edu/web/nttf/net97.html
If you would like to register by mail but have not received the
brochure or if you need more information, contact Krystal
Bullers by email or call 202-872-4200
Apr. 22-
24 - CHICAGO, IL - DCI Internet Expo; the world's largest Internet,
Web and email conference and exposition; comprehensive program
will cover Web-enabled marketing, best practices for e-commerce
and application development; San Jose Convention Center; also
will be held February 18-20 at the San Jose Convention Center;
email: ExpoReg@dciexpo.com
URL: http://www.dciexpo.com
June 2-
4 - American Society for Information Science 1997 Mid-Year Conference;
gathering will focus on privacy and security issues online;
Scottsdale Arizona; paper submissions due Nov. 1, 1996.
Contacts:
Gregory B. Newby, Co-Chair GSLIS/UIUC
Tel: (217) 244-7365; Email: gbnewby@uiuc.edu
Mark H. Needleman, Co chair UCOP
Tel: (510) 987-0530; Email: mhn@stubbs.ucop.edu
Karla Petersen, Panel Sessions
Tel: (312) 508-2657; Email: kpeter1@luc.edu
Richard Hill, Executive Director, ASIS
Tel: (301) 495-0900; Email: rhill@cni.org
URL: http://www.asis.org
June 14-
19 + CALGARY, CANADA
ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97--World Conference on Educational
Multimedia and Hypermedia and World Conference on Educational
Telecommunications are jointly held international conferences,
organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing
in Education (AACE). These annual conferences serve as multi-
disciplinary forums for the discussion and dissemination of
information on the research, development, and applications on all
topics related to multimedia/hypermedia and distance education.
We invite you to attend ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97 and submit proposals
for papers, panels, roundtables, tutorials, workshops,
demonstrations/posters, and SIG discussions. Proposals may be
submitted in either hard copy (send 5 copies or fax 1 copy)
or in electronic form. Electronic proposals in the form of
URL addresses or ASCII files (uncoded) are preferred.
Submission Deadline: Oct. 25, 1996; Send to:
Program Chairs
ED-MEDIA 97/AACE
P.O. Box 2966
Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
E-mail: AACE@virginia.edu; Phone: 804-973-3987; Fax: 804-978-7449
URL: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia
June 19-
20 - WASHINGTON, DC - CyberPayments '97
Conference will investigate issues of online commerce including
electronic cash and checks, credit cards, encryption systems
and security products; Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC
For more information contact:
email: vinceiaboni@msn.com
tel: +1 216 464 2618 x228
+1 800 529 7375
June 20-
21 + GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - International Symposium on Technology and
Society 1997 (ISTAS'97): Technology and Society at a Time of
Sweeping Change; University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland
ISTAS '97 aims to tackle questions of how advancements in
technology are affecting the social and natural landscape;
ISTAS '97 Secretariat
Conference Services Department
The Institution of Electrical Engineers
Savoy Place
London WC2R 0BL
UK
Tel: + 44(0)171 344 5469/8425
Fax: +44 (0)171 240 8830
E-mail: ISTAS@iee.org.uk
URL: http://www.iee.org.uk/LSboard/Conf/call_for/istas97.htm
June 22-
25 + TORONTO - GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE '97; given the vital role of
knowledge in economic and social development, and the
opportunities and challenges posed by new information
and communication technologies, how can developing countries,
and particularly the world's poor, access and harness knowledge
for development, so as to promote empowerment, enable life-long
learning, and reduce poverty?
URL: http://www.bvx.ca/ict/gk97.htm
Conference Secretariat
The World Bank Economic Development Institute
1818 H Street, NW, M7-075
Washington, DC 20433 USA
Tel: 202-473-6442
Fax: 202-676-0858
E-mail: GlobalKnowledge@worldbank.org
Alain Brousseau
Phone: (819) 997-6849
Fax: (819) 953-6356
E-mail: alain_brousseau@acdi-cida.gc.ca
July 13-
17 - ACUTA 26th Annual Conference; Atlanta, Georgia.
Contact: +1 606 278 3338 (voice)
Aug. 24 + NAGOYA, JAPAN - IJCAI-97 Workshop on AI in Digital Libraries:
Moving From Chaos to (More) Order; Nagoya Congress Center,
Nagoya, Japan;
URL: http://www.dlib.com/people/innes/aiindl/cfp.html
Sep. 7 -
11 + LANCASTER, UK - ECSCW'97, the Fifth European Conference on
Computer Supported Cooperative Work; deadline for paper
submissions is January 13, 1997; papers must contain an abstract
of not more than 100 words and not exceed 16 pages in length; full
formatting instructions are available from
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/cseg/ecscw97/papers/
queries: ecscw97-papers@comp.lancs.ac.uk
for more information:
snail mail: ECSCW'97 Conference Office
Computing Department
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YR UK
URL: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/cseg/ecscw97/
email: ecscw97@comp.lancs.ac.uk
Sep. 12-
14 SAN DIEGO - Association of Online Professionals Annual
Conference; sysop trade association's yearly gathering to
discuss issues of relevance to the industry
URL: http://www.aop.org/confrnc.html
Sep. 25-
27 + PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA - RUFIS'97: Role of Universities in the
Future Information Society; Czech Technical University, Prague,
Czechoslovakia; to obtain a registration form, please, send an
empty e-mail message to:
rufis-call@mail.vc.cvut.cz
Karel Kveton
UNESCO International Centre for Scientific Computing
Czech Technical University - Prague
Computing Centre
Zikova 4, 166 35 Prague 6
Phone: + 42 2 2431 0369, fax: + 42 2 311 7529
e-mail: kveton@vc.cvut.cz
URL: http://www.cvut.cz/RUFIS97
Oct. 7-
10 + BEIJING, CHINA - '97 China Database: Electronic Publications
& Software Exhibition; Beijing International Convention Center
Contact: Mr. Cheng Bin and Ms. Hu Yongning
Beijing Evertrust Exposition Co. Ltd.
15 Fuxing Road, Beijing, China
Post code: 100038
Tel: +86-10-68514007
Fax: +86-10-68537092
URL: http: // www.sti.ac. cn/Exhibition/ invi.htm
E-mail: expo@istic.sti.ac.cn
Oct. 28-
31 - EDUCOM '97; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contact: +1 202 872 4200 (voice)
Email: conf@educom.edu
Dec. 1 - Computer Security Day (started by Washington DC chapter of the
Assoc. for Computing Machinery, to "draw attention to computer
security during the holdiay season when it might otherwise become
lax."
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Subject: Quote of the Day
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"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is
always a vice."
- Thomas Paine
Find yourself wondering if your privacy and freedom of speech are safe
the rush to make us secure from ourselves that our government
Concerned that legislative efforts nominally to "protect children" will
actually censor all communications down to only content suitable for
the playground? Alarmed by commercial and religious organizations abusing
the judicial and legislative processes to stifle satire, dissent and
criticism?
Join EFF!
Even if you don't live in the U.S., the anti-Internet hysteria will soon
be visiting a legislative body near you. If it hasn't already.
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Subject: What YOU Can Do
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* Keep and eye on your local legislature/parliament
All kinds of wacky censorious legislation is turning up at the US state
and non-US national levels. Don't let it sneak by you - or by the
online activism community. Without locals on the look out, it's very
* Inform your corporate government affairs person or staff counsel
f you have one. Keep them up to speed on developments you learn of,
and let your company's management know if you spot an issue that warrants
your company's involvement.
* Find out who your congresspersons are
Writing letters to, faxing, and phoning your representatives in Congress
s one very important strategy of activism, and an essential way of
making sure YOUR voice is heard on vital issues.
try contacting your local League of Women Voters, who maintain a great
that matches Zip Codes to Congressional districts with about 85%
accuracy at:
Computer Currents Interactive has provided Congress contact info, sorted
by who voted for and against the Communications Decency Act:
fortunately, been voted out of office.)
* Join EFF!
You *know* privacy, freedom of speech and ability to make your voice heard
n government are important. You have probably participated in our online
campaigns and forums. Have you become a member of EFF yet? The best way to
opinions heard. EFF members are informed and are making a difference. Join
EFF today!
For EFF membership info, send queries to membership@eff.org, or send any
message to info@eff.org for basic EFF info, and a membership form.
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