[atlarge-discuss] COMMERCE SECRETARY, PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO KEYNOTE CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

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>    National Science Foundation
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> Arlington, VA 22230
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>
>
> MEDIA ADVISORY
> January 21, 2003
> PA/M 03-04
>
> COMMERCE SECRETARY, PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR TO KEYNOTE
> CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION
> TECHNOLOGY
>
> Despite the bursting of the dot-com bubble, information
> technology continues to enable deep and important changes in
> business, commerce, technology, science and knowledge production,
> community and society. Most of these changes are not visible on
> the surface, or they have been obscured by myth and hype.  The
> Transforming Enterprise conference will look "beyond the bubble"
> and examine what's still happening, what's new, and what's
> coming.  The conference is supported by the National Science
> Foundation's Digital Society and Technologies program and hosted
> by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
>
> Decision-makers, whether in business, government or nonprofit
> organizations, need an accurate understanding of the changes
> spawned by information technology and the digitization of
> information.  This conference is an opportunity to hear from
> senior Bush administration officials as well as from
> international experts in economics, social science and
> information technology research.
> ****************************************************************
> What:      TRANSFORMING ENTERPRISE
>                The First International Conference on the Economic and
>                Social Implications of Information Technology
>
> Who:       Keynote speakers will include:
>                Don Evans, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
>                John Marburger, President's Science Advisor
>                Floyd Kvamme, Co-chair, President's Council of
>                     Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
>
> When:     January 27-28, 2003
>
> Where:    Main auditorium
>                 U.S. Department of Commerce
>                 14th St. and Constitution Ave.
>                 Washington, DC
> ****************************************************************
> The conference is co-sponsored by the Interagency Working Group
> on Information Technology Research and Development; University of
> California, Irvine's Center for Research on Information
> Technology and Organizations; the UC Berkeley Roundtable on the
> International Economy; the European Commission's Information
> Society Directorate General; the U.S. Department of Commerce
> Technology Administration; University of Maryland's Center for
> Information Policy; University of Michigan's School of
> Information; and the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
>
> The conference is open to the public.  The fee is $100 standard;
> $60 for government, academic, or nonprofits.  For registration or
> agenda details, see http://www.transformingenterprise.com/
> <http://www.transformingenterprise.com/> .
>
> For more information, contact:
> David Hart, 703-292-8070, dhart@nsf.gov <mailto:dhart@nsf.gov>

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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