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> IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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>+ | *** DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE III *** | +
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>+ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
> TRACKING THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET +
>+ +
>+ Are Things Better or Just Different? +
>+ +
>+ +
>+ AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND INVESTIGATION +
>+ Presented by +
>+ Canada's Coalition for Public Information (CPI) +
>+ in association with +
>+ Ryerson Polytechnic University, Rogers Communications Centre +
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> Location: Rogers Communications Centre
> 80 Gould Street
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
> Dates: Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14, 1999
>
>
>Now is your chance to be a part of Digital Knowledge III, a major
>international conference looking at the impact of information
>technology and Internet usage on four key areas of our lives
>- Education, Health, Society and the Workplace.
>
>Third in a unique annual series of investigations engaging Internet
>users, association executives, communications executives, legislators
>and policy makers, Digital Knowledge III will tackle one of the major
>questions surrounding information technology and the impact of the
>Internet - "Are Things Better or Just Different?"
>
>
>WHAT THIS CONFERENCE IS ABOUT
>
>CONFERENCE THEMES
>
>* Education
> -- Distance education - more possibilities or more of
> the same?
> -- Enhancing learning capabilities at home and in the
> classroom
> -- Does improved access to information equal better
> education?
> -- Distance education in Canada's Arctic
>
>* Health
> -- Telemedicine - the possibilities and the limitations
> -- Can electronic health records and privacy co-exist?
> -- Establishing reliable core data sets for research
> and surveillance
> -- Patient self-education / consumer health info
> -- Links between the community, individuals and
> institutions
> -- Adaptive technologies
>
>* Society
> -- Democracy, activism, electronic governance
> -- The media beyond the millennium
> -- 'Connected' but isolated
> -- Information overload, information anxiety
> -- Freedom of speech versus censorship
> -- Building smart communities
>
>* Workplace
> -- Acquiring the skills to use the new technologies
> -- The flexible workplace and tele-commuting
> -- IT health and safety
> -- Women and the knowledge-based economy
>
>This conference will stimulate lively, incisive, and even controversial,
>
>dialogue in these four areas. Speakers will describe innovative
>developments, encourage vigorous discussion, provoke questions and
>provide concrete strategies and recommendations.
>
>
>DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE III - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
>TRACKING THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET
>
>THIS CONFERENCE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR:
>
> * Association Executives and Volunteers
> * Community Leaders
> * Communications Professionals
> * Community Access Program Coordinators
> * Community Health Service Providers
> * Education Administrators
> * Educators
> * Elected Municipal Officials
> * Federal and Provincial Policy Makers
> * Health Information Providers
> * Health Professionals
> * Information Access and Retrieval Specialists
> * Information Technology Researchers
> * Labour Leaders
> * Librarians
> * Local Internet Service Providers
> * Municipal Association Executives and Volunteers
> * Public Interest Groups
> * Researchers
> * Social Sector Workers
> * Systems Developers
>
>REGISTER NOW - SPECIAL EARLY BIRD RATES AVAILABLE!
>
>To register or receive the latest information on this
>timely and exciting event, contact The Ellis Riley
>Group, conference coordinators, at the numbers
>below.
>
>
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>DK III PROGRAM
>============================================================
>
>DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE III
>INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: TRACKING THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET
>Are Things Better or Just Different?
>
>AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND INVESTIGATION
>
>Presented by
>Canada's Coalition for Public Information (CPI)
>
>in association with
>Ryerson Polytechnic University; and,
>Rogers Communications Centre
>
>
>Location: Rogers Communications Centre
>80 Gould Street
>Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
>Thursday, May 13 and Friday, May 14, 1999
>
>
>Sponsors:
>* Health Canada
>* Human Resources Development Canada
>* Industry Canada
>* Rogers Communications Centre
>* Ryerson Polytechnic University
>
>
>Supporting Organizations:
>* CANARIE Canadian Network for the Advancement of
> Research, Industry and Education
>* CHRA Canadian Health Record Association
>* CIPS Canadian Information Processing Society
>* CLA Canadian Library Association
>* Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
>* COACH Canada's Health Informatics Association
>* Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario
>* SMART Toronto
>
>
>============================================================
>============================================================
>DAY 1 - Thursday May 13, 1999
>============================================================
>============================================================
>
>9:00 am - 9:15 am - Conference Opening
>
>Welcome & Introduction:
>
>Liz Hoffman,
>Chair, Canada's Coalition for Public Information (CPI)
>
>
>Opening Remarks:
>
>Dr. Claude Lajeunesse,
>President, Ryerson Polytechnic University
>
>
>9:15 am - 9:50 am - Plenary Session
>
>The Honourable John Manley,
>Minister of Industry (invited)
>
>
>10:00 am - 11:00 am - Concurrent Sessions
>
>1A - Theme: SOCIETY
>
>John J. Pungente, SJ,
>Jesuit Communication Project and Summit 2000
>"Children, Youth and the Media Beyond the Millennium"
>
>
>1B - Theme: EDUCATION
>
>William Belsey,
>Teacher-Facilitator, Galileo Professional Development
>Centre; Coordinator, LEARN Canada;
>President, The NET-worker.com
>"The Creation of Igalaaq, the Canadian Arctic's first
>Community Access Centre"
>
>
>============================================================
>11:00 am - 11:15 am - Coffee Break
>============================================================
>
>11:15 am - 12:15 pm - Concurrent Sessions
>
>2A - Theme: HEALTH
>
>Carol Kushner,
>Health Policy Analyst and Co-Author of two best
>sellers, 'What's Wrong with Canada's Health Care
>System and How to fix it' & 'Strong Medicine: How
>to save Canada's Health Care System'
>"From 'Patients' to 'Impatience':
>How the Public Uses Health Information Technology"
>
>-and-
>
>Teri Kirk,
>Vice President, Corporate Markets
>Bell Canada
>"Virtual Vitality: The Use of Telecommunications
>in Promoting Health Outcomes"
>
>
>2B - Theme: SOCIETY
>
>Brian Beaton,
>Keewaytinook Okimakanak
>Northern Chiefs Council, Sioux Lookout, Ontario
>"The Impact of the Internet in Remote First Nations"
>
>-and-
>
>"Report from the Conference of Champions' The Information
>Highway Access Branch's (IHAB) February 1999 Think Tank
>on Community Access Sites" Speakers will be CAP Site
>Coordinators (TBA)
>
>
>============================================================
>12:15 pm - 1:30 pm - Luncheon
>============================================================
>
>Luncheon Speaker:
>
>Andrew K. Bjerring,
>President & CEO, CANARIE,
>Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research,
>Industry and Education
>
>
>1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Concurrent Sessions
>
>3A - Theme: SOCIETY
>
>Stan Skrzeszewski,
>Past-President, CPI; Principal, ASM Consultants
>"Cautionary Notes on the Social
>Impact of the Information Age"
>
>-and-
>
>Thomas B. Riley,
>Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow;
>Vice-Chair, CPI
>"Electronic Governance and Cyberactivism:
>The New Political Landscape"
>
>-and-
>
>David Jones, Ph.D.,
>Computer Science Professor, McMaster University;
>President, Electronic Frontier Canada
>"Cyberdemocracy: Fantasy or Reality?
>Access to Information, Freedom of Expression,
>and the Right to Privacy"
>
>
>3B - Theme: HEALTH
>
>Igor Jurisica,
>Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
>"Supporting Evidence-Based Medicine
>by Cooperative Information Systems"
>
>-and-
>
>Nadia Diakun-Thibault, Ph.D.,
>GRH, Ltd.
>"VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
>Applications in Health Care and Care Design"
>
>-and-
>
>Susan Murray,
>Director, Consumer Health Information Service,
>Toronto Reference Library
>"Does Access to Health Information on the Internet
>Create Informed Consumers?"
>
>
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>2:30 pm - 2:45 pm - Coffee Break
>============================================================
>
>2:45 pm - 4:00 pm - Plenary Session
>
>The Impact of Information Technology
>on Workplace Transitions
>
>Roger Scott-Douglas,
>Director General, Labour Market Directorate,
>Human Resources Development Canada
>
>Summary Keynote Address and Discussions with Audience:
>
>Rick Salutin,
>Noted Social Commentator, Author, Playwright,
>Columnist for The Globe and Mail
>
>
>
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>============================================================
>DAY 2 - Friday May 14, 1999
>============================================================
>============================================================
>
>9:00 am - 9:50 am - Plenary Session - Keynote Speaker:
>
>Paul Hoffert,
>Executive Director, CulTech Research Centre,
>York University
>
>
>10:00 am - 11:00 am - Concurrent Sessions
>
>1A - Theme: EDUCATION
>
>Sheryl Danilowitz,
>Education Consultant, IT Job Skills
>
>-with-
>
>Karen Borzak,
>Head of English, Glenforest Secondary School
>
>-with-
>
>Cheryl Douglas,
>Former Assistant Head of English, Glenforest Secondary
>School
>"The E-TEACHER and Students on the Internet"
>
>
>1B - Theme: HEALTH
>
>Edward M. Brown, MD
>Director, Implementation & Planning, The N.O.R.T.H. Network
>(Northern Ontario Remote Telecommunications Health Network)
>"Telemedicine: The Possibilities and the Limitations"
>
>-and-
>
>Chuck Letourneau,
>President, Starling Access Services;
>Secretary, Assistive Devices Industry Association
>of Canada (CanADIA); Secretary, Treasury Board of
>Canada's Internet Advisory Committee - Access Working
>Group; Co-chair of the W3C's Web Accessibility
>Initiative-Page Author Guidelines Working Group
>"The Accessible Web: Are We There Yet?"
>
>
>============================================================
>11:00 am - 11:15 am - Coffee Break
>============================================================
>
>11:15 am - 12:00 pm - Concurrent Sessions
>
>2A - Theme: WORK
>
>Andrew Toller,
>Technical Consultant, DMR Consulting Group Inc.
>"Information Technology and its Impact on the Workplace"
>
>-and-
>
>Dimitrina Dimitrova,
>Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
>"The Flexible Workplace: A Blessing or a Curse"
>
>
>2B - Theme: HEALTH
>
>Bill Barrable,
>Chief Executive Officer, British Columbia Transplant
>Society, Honourary Board Member, Multiple Organ Retrieval
>and Exchange Program of Ontario (MORE)
>"BC Transplant Society's Use of Information Technology
>to Implement the First Organ Donor Registration System"
>
>
>============================================================
>12:00 noon - 1:50 pm - Luncheon & AGM
>============================================================
>
>12:40 pm - 1:10 pm - Luncheon Speaker:
>
>Andrew Siman,
>Director General, Health IWAY Branch, Health Canada
>
>1:15 pm - 1:50 pm - Annual General Meeting,
> Canada's Coalition for
> Public Information
>
>
>Concurrent Sessions - 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
>
>3A - Theme: SOCIETY
>
>Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.,
>ECBC/NSERC/SSHRC Associate Chair in the
>Management of Technological Change,
>University College of Cape Breton (UCCB)
>
>-with-
>
>Bruce Dienes, Ph.D.,
>Centre for Community and Enterprise
>Networking (C\CEN), UCCB
>"Community Informatics: Where will Community-
>Based Use of Technology Go?"
>
>
>3B - Themes: HEALTH and WORK
>
>Andrew Clement, Ph.D.,
>Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
>
>-with-
>
>Professor Leslie Shade,
>Department of Communication, University of Ottawa
>"Accessibility to Canada's Health Info-Structure"
>
>-and-
>
>Professor Leslie Shade
>"Women and the Knowledge-Based Economy"
>
>
>============================================================
>2:45 pm - 3:00 pm - Coffee Break
>============================================================
>
>3:00 pm - 4:15 pm - Closing Plenary Session
>
>3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
>Maureen Cubberley,
>President & CEO, CPI; Principal, ASM Consultants
>"Change or Enhancement?:
>IT and the Well-Being of our World"
>
>3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
>Graham Lowe,
>Director, Work Network,
>Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc.
>"Smart Machines or Smart Workers? The Human
>Resource Implications of the IT Revolution"
>
>4:00 pm - 4:15 pm - Closing Remarks
>Liz Hoffman, Chair, CPI;
>Thomas B. Riley, Vice Chair, CPI and Chair,
>Conference Planning Committee;
>Members of the CPI Board of Directors
>
>
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>============================================================
>4:15 pm - CONFERENCE CLOSE
>============================================================
>============================================================
>
>
>Registration Fees for Digital Knowledge III:
>
>EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION - UP TO APRIL 9, 1999:
>
>1. $325. for CPI Members (plus $22.75 GST = $347.75)
>
>2. $395. for Non-CPI Members (plus $27.65 GST = $422.65)
>
>3. $50. student rate - CPI Members
> (plus $3.50 GST = $53.50)
>
>4. $95. student rate - Non-CPI Members
> (plus $6.65 GST = $101.65)
>
>
>AFTER APRIL 9, 1999:
>
>1. $395. for CPI Members (plus $27.65 GST = $422.65)
>
>2. $495. for Non-CPI Members (plus $34.65 GST = $529.65)
>
>3. $50. student rate - CPI Members
> (plus $3.50 GST = $53.50)
>
>4. $95. student rate - Non-CPI Members
> (plus $6.65 GST = $101.65)
>
>Cheque or money order should be made payable to "Canada's
>Coalition for Public Information".
>
>Please call The Ellis Riley Group, Conference Coordinators,
>at (416) 593-7352 to arrange payment by Visa.
>
>Fee includes one luncheon per day, morning and
>afternoon refreshments and a full conference delegate
>kit including list of attendees, speakers' biographies
>and session abstracts.
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, Please contact
>the DK III Conference Coordinators:
>
>The Ellis Riley Group
>15A Elm Street, Suite 104
>Toronto, Ontario M5G 1H1
>
>T: 416-593-7352; F: 416-593-0249; E: [log in to unmask]
>
>
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>
>BECOME A MEMBER OF CPI - Canada's Public Interest Voice In
> The Information Age
>
>___Individual $60 ___Business/Corporate/Government $500
>
>___Student $30 ___Non-Profit Organization $250
>
>___New Member ___Renewal
>
>Please make cheque or money order payable to CPI and mail to:
>
>Canada's Coalition for Public Information
>15A Elm Street, Suite 104
>Toronto, Ontario M5G 1H1
>
>T: 416-260-8336; F: 416-593-0249; E: [log in to unmask]
>
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>Hotel Info:
>
>NOVOTEL HOTEL, 45 The Esplanade
>(416) 367-8900
>$159 per night for single / double room
>
>(10 min. subway or $8 cab ride
>to Rogers Communications Centre)
>
>
>DAYS INN TORONTO DOWNTOWN, 30 Carleton St.
>(416) 977-6655
>$129 per night for single / double room
>Quote number Digit 152
>
>(5 minute walk to Rogers Communications Centre)
>
>
>INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, 240 Jarvis Street
>(Formerly The Ibis Hotel)
>(416) 979-5301
>$75 per night for single / double room
>
>(3 minute walk to Rogers Communications Centre)
>
>
>PITMAN HALL, 160 Mutual St.
>(416) 979-5296
>$44.75 per night for single dorm room / shared bathroom
>
>(3 minute walk to Rogers Communications Centre)
>
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>FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER, Please contact
>the DK III Conference Coordinators:
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