ENA Update
by Lisa Kimball

BEYOND E-MAIL
People and Organizations at Work in a Global Economy

May 12-15, 1988
Philadelphia, PA, USA


ENA's next f-t-f conference is going to be very exciting! It
will cover the full range of issue and opportunities related to
electronic networking. Topics featured at this conference will
include:

* computer-supported coorperative work

* international access issues

* economics of interactive communications

* applications for productivity improvement, planning, and
management

* electronic journalism

* distance education

* integration of electronic networking with related technolgies
e.g. interactive video, graphics, hypertext, desktop
publishing, and CD-ROM

* technological literacy

* electronic democracy

* managing and facilitating electronic networks

* alternative systems for information delivery and access

* networking for special populations

* network products and markets

* social, political and ethical implications of new technology

* the current and future state-of-the art of the technology

* and more!

This will be an *interactive* as well as informative
conference. In addition to panels and featured speakers, we
will have working sessions, rountables, hands-on
demonstrations, and workshops.

We will also USE THE TECHNOLOGY ourselves before, during, and
after the f-t-f conference to extend its value to participants.

Call for Proposals
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You are invited to submit proposals for sessions (250 words maximum) by January 15, 1988. Your proposal should include a description of your topic, the format (workshop, panel, ongoing demonstration, ...), resources required (e.g. equipment) and how you plan to access them (bring them, get them donated, borrow them, or whatever), and something about yourself and any co-presenters.

We have a good conference planning team and you are welcome to join us. I will be serving as the "program chair" for the conference.

You can submit your proposal to me electronically as follows:

NWI (lisa Kimball)
TWICS (lisa Kimball)
The Well (lKimball)
EIES (555)
The Source (lisa Kimball in Parti or BBV260 in SourceMail)
Unison (lisa)
CompuServe (73156,2340)
dcmeta
Eden
The Capitol Connection
DASNET

You can also have your proposal "relayed" through the porter who brings you NETWEAVER every month.

Since we will be reviewing all proposals online, we need to be able to upload your material. If you would like to submit your proposal by mail, please send a disk with text file readable by either IBM-compatible or Macintosh to:

Lisa Kimball
ENA Conference Program Chair
Metasystems Design Group, Suite 103
2000 North 15th Street
Arlington, VA, USA
(703) 243-6622