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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 17:16:52 -0500 From: "Andrew Clement" Subject: Internet 2000 conference

The Internet: Beyond the Year 2000

A Special Colloquium of the University of Toronto Department of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series

Sponsors: Information Technology Research Centre of the Province of Ontario; Connaught Fund, Department of Computer Science, and Knowledge Media Design Institute of the University of Toronto

To be held on 28 April 1996 - 1 May 1996 in Convocation Hall, U of T

Session 1: Plenary session on the Internet and its impact (April 28, 7:30-9:00 p.m.) Session Chair: Ronald Baecker, University of Toronto The Internet and the Information Revolution Shumpei Kumon, Center for Global Communications, International Univ. of Japan

Session 2: Internet technology (April 29, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) Session Chair: Alberto Mendelzon, University of Toronto The past, present, and future of Internet Technology Danny Cohen, Myricom The Multimedia Internet Stephen Deering, Xerox PARC Agents on the Internet Tom Erickson, Apple Internet Security: new problems, new solutions Lance Hoffman, George Washington University

Session 3: World Wide Web technology (April 29, 1:15 - 4:15 p.m.) Session Chair: Jack Kapica, The Globe and Mail The past, present, and future of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, W3 Consortium Document object wars Robert Arn, InContext Systems JAVA and active Web pages Robert Sproull, Sun Microsystems Digital Assets and Interactive 3D on the Web Ray Miller, Alias|Wavefront

Session 4: Applications to education (April 29, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.) Session Chair: Andrew Bjerring, Canarie Inc. New media for distance education Marc Eisenstadt, The Open University (U.K.) The Internet in schools Mary Beam, Education Network of Ontario The learning highway Trevor Owen, York University

Special Event: Technology Showcase (April 29, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.)

Session 5: Social impacts of virtual communities (April 30, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) Session Chair: Barry Wellman, University of Toronto 'Give me a place to stand and a place to grow and I will build .....' David Sutherland, Nation Capitol FreeNet Where's the Group? Support Groups On-Line Lee Sproull, Boston University From "information superhighway" to "global finger-painting party": better metaphors for cyberspace Amy Bruckman, M.I.T. Media Lab Electronic Ladyland: A Status Report on Gender and the Internet Leslie Regan Shade, McGill University

Session 6: Information, Research and Publishing on the Net (April 30, 1:30

  • 3:45 p.m.)
    • Session Chair: Carole Moore, University of Toronto Digital libraries and the information order David Levy, Xerox PARC Information access and resource discovery Mic Bowman, Transarc Corp From Memex to Web and Beyond Andries van Dam, Brown University

    Session 7: Business and commerce on the Net (April 30, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.) Session Chair: Paul Hoffert, York University and Ontario Arts Council Economics of the Internet Hal Varian, University of California at Berkeley Commerce on the Net Andrew Whinston, University of Texas

    Session 8: Plenary session on technology and democracy (April 30, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.) Session Chair: Patrick Watson, independent producer The new technology and democracy: allies or adversaries? Benjamin Barber, Rutgers University

    Session 9: Legal and regulatory issues (May 1, 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.) Session Chair: Ian Kyer, Fasken Campbell Godfrey Content versus carriage in communications law Hudson Janisch, Univ. of Toronto Cyberspace and the No-Regulation Fallacy: A European Perspective on Regulation of Online Services and the Internet Christopher J. Millard, Clifford Chance (London) Lost in Cyberia: Electronic Transmission under the Law of Copyright William A. Tanenbaum, Kenyon and Kenyon (New York) Privacy in electronic communications David Flaherty, B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner

    Session 10: Ethical and political issues (May 1, 1:30 - 5:00 p.m.) Session Chair: C.C. Gotlieb, University of Toronto Issues for government David Johnston, McGill University Implications of telework Jean-Claude Parrot, Canadian Labour Congress The real meaning of free speech in cyberspace Jeffrey Shallit, University of Waterloo Looking out for public interests: Universal access and citizen participation Andrew Clement, University of Toronto

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    Details subject to change. Write graff@dgp.toronto.edu or call 416-978-5184 or see http://www.dgp.utoronto.ca/upcoming/nternetconf.html re program, registration, fees, & tickets.

    Andrew Clement, Associate Professor Office: +1-416-978-3111 Faculty of Information Studies Fax: +1-416-971-1399 University of Toronto Home: +1-416-922-0251 140 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1 clement@fis.utoronto.ca

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