ENA UPDATE
by Lisa Kimball

The 1989 ELECTRONIC NETWORKING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE will be held May
25-28, 1989 in Allentown Pennsylvania, USA. You're invited to submit
proposals for sessions, workshops, and meetings to be held during the
conference.

This year, the ENA conference will be organized around a broad range of
themes. You can submit proposals in any of the following theme areas:

APPLICATIONS ARENAS: (including theory & research, case
studies, the technology edge, and issues and future opportunities)

Education/Learning
Organization/Management
Small Business/Entrepreneurship
Nonprofit/Independent Sector
Public Service/Government

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES: (from the points of view of
individual users, product developers, system owners and operators, and
professionals/consultants)

Technology Future
Markets/Economics
Law/Policy
Global Environment

You can submit your proposals electronically by sending them to me or ask
the porter on your home system to forward your proposal to ENA. You can
also send your proposal to: LISA KIMBALL, Metasystems Design Group, Inc.,
2000 North 15th Street, Suite 103, Arlington, VA 22201 (call
703-243-6622). Your proposal should include a brief description of your
idea, how it relates to the theme topics of the conference, and the nature
of the session (e.g. workshop, panel discussion, case-study). Your
proposal will be forwarded to the organizer for the appropriate
theme/track. Please include mail and phone contact information because
theme organizers have been drawn from many different online systems and
may not be able to contact you here. Proposals are due December 1, 1988.

Early Bird registration fees for the conference will be $250 (discounts
appl5~for ENA members). Speakers may attend the conference on the day of
their presentation for free and receive a substantial discount on full
conference fees.

The conference will be held at Muhlenberg College, Allentown,
Pennsylvania. Allentown is located 90 miles due west of New York city and
60 miles due north of Philadelphia. Allentown is part of a metro area of
approximately 600,000 people. The city is served by the ABE Airport which
is 15 minutes drive from the college campus. ABE has flights provided by
11 major and regional airlines. Muhlenberg is a liberal arts college
situated on a campus about one mile from center city Allentown. The
college is adjacent to a portion of the City's park system that includes
Lake Muhlenberg and the Rose Gardens. During most of the conference days
the City will be having May Days, an arts and music festival in the parks
near the college. Accommodations will be available at the college for very
reasonable rates for those on a tight budget and at the nearby Hilton
Hotel.

See you in Allentown in May!