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Subject: CFP: DIAC 94


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                         Call for Workshop Proposals

       Developing an Effective and Equitable Information Infrastructure

    Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing (DIAC-94) Symposium
                           Cambridge, MA, USA     
                           April 23 - 24, 1994

The National Information Infrastructure (NII) is being proposed as the
next- generation "information superhighway" for the 90's and beyond.
Academia, libraries, government agencies, as well as media and
telecommunication companies are involved in the current development.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and other
organizations believe that critical issues regarding the use of the
NII deserve increased public visibility and participation and is using
the DIAC Symposium to help address this concern.

The DIAC-94 symposium is a two-day symposium and will consist of
presentations on the first day and workshops on the second day.  The DIAC
Symposia are held biannually and DIAC-94 will be CPSR's fifth such
conference.  We encourage your participation both through attending and
through conducting a workshop. We are currently soliciting workshop
proposals. We suggest proposals on the following themes but any topic
relating to the symposium theme is welcome.

 Systems and Services              Policy
   + Community networks              + Funding
   + Information services            + Role of government
   + Delivery of social services     + Economic modelling of networks
   + Privacy (including medical)     + Commercialization of the NII
   + Educational support             + Universal access
   + Meeting diverse needs           + Freedom of expression and 
                                        community standards

 Electronic Democracy              Directions and Implications
   + Access to information           + Ubiquitous computing
   + Electronic town meetings        + Global hypertext and multimedia
   + Threats to democracy            + Computing in the workplace
   + Economic and class disparities  + Computing and the environment

 International Issues              Traditional and Virtual Communities
   + Language differences            + MUDs
   + Cultural diversity              + Communication ethics, values, and styles
   + National and international      + Gender relations in cyberspace
       priorities  
   + Cooperative projects            + Networking for indigenous peoples

Workshops will be an hour and half in length.  The proposal should
include title, presenter, purpose of workshop, references, and plan.
Workshops should substantially involve the audience and proposals in
which some group product or action plan is created are preferred.  As
the proposals may be collected into a book, workshop proposals should
be clear and informative to people who don't participate in the
workshop.  Proposals are due February 15, 1994 and acceptance and
rejection notices will be sent by March 15, 1994.  To discuss
workshops or to submit proposals for workshops contact the program
chair, Doug Schuler, doug.schuler@cpsr.org.  Electronic submissions
are encouraged but paper versions are also acceptable (send them to
CPSR/Seattle - DIAC '94 Workshop Submission, P.O. Box 85481, Seattle,
WA 98145-1481).

        Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsbility

Potential co-sponsors are being sought.  Please contact us if your
organization would like to help with this event.  For more information
on co-sponsorship or on general issues, contact conference chair,
Coralee Whitcom, cwhitcom@bentley.edu.