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[RRE]Digital Communities Symposium

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Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 08:40:23 -0700 From: "Tom Horan"

Dear Colleague:

Below you will find an invitation to a national "Digital Communities" symposium that Bill Mitchell and I are co-chairing for Technology Review Magazine. I hope you can join us...

You are cordially invited to attend

WHAT: Digital Communities: A Bicoastal Symposium

HOSTED BY: TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: MIT'S MAGAZINE OF INNOVATION

WHEN: Monday, November 9, 1998

WHERE: Simultaneously in:

New York City - New York Information Center, 55 Broad Street Los Angeles - The Getty Center Cambridge, Mass. - University Park Hotel at MIT

The symposium will be videoconferenced for a truly bicoastal, digital exchange. Pick a site that's convenient for you.

WHO WILL BE THERE: Join a reknown list of speakers including:

Steven Kirsch, Chairman and Founder, Infoseek Lynda Keeler, VP/General Manager, Columbia Tri Star Interactive David Bohnett, Chairman and Founder, GeoCities Sherry Turkle, MIT Professor and Author of Life on the Screen Stephen Lake, Senior VP for Development, iVillage Thomas Horan, Executive Director, Claremont Graduate University Research Institute (co-chair) William Mitchell, Dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Urban Planning (co-chair)

AND MANY MORE . . .

WHY: The day's topics will include:

1.) Digital Communities as Key Business Strategy 2.) Building the Digital Community 3.) Digital Communities: Understanding their Economic, Decision Making, and Social Value 4.) A Sense of Place: Social Implications of Digital Communities 5.) Regional Perspectives from Innovators and Pacesetters

Read a review about the Symposium in the October issue of WIRED, pg. 188

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND THE COMPLETE AGENDA:

http://www.techreview.com/events or call 800-788-1220

http://www.cgu.edu/inst/cguri/communities/title.html

TO REGISTER:

https://www.ndegree.com/clients/mitlocal.nsf/6caf18fa931254dd052566570075e4bb?OpenForm ```

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