CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT - ADVANCE NOTICE
Apologies for cross posting.
BUILDING BRIDGES TOWARDS THE NEW MILLENNIUM :
CREATING A NEW AGENDA FOR THE INFORMATION COMMUNITY
17 - 20 October 1999, Bruges, Belgium
The 1999 EUSIDIC Annual Conference in the historic city centre of Bruges
provides a forum for content producers, distributors and users to get
together and discuss the issues and challenges facing the information
community in the year 2000 and beyond.
The event will formally begin on Sunday 17th October with an opportunity
for delegates to explore the city of Bruges, either as a group or
individually. For those arriving on Saturday 16th October there will also
be some planned activities.
A combination of formal presentations and practical case studies from
practitioners are scheduled. The full details will be available from our
website ~ http://www.eusidic.org/eusidic_eventstxt.html - and we will be
circulating the final programme by 1st August 1999 in a separate flyer as
well as in our journal 'Newsidic'.
THE CONFERENCE
The Organising Committee (Jo Vandenhende, Martin van Boom, Daphne
Tomlinson, Frank Toolenaar, Paul Blake, Ger Bijster and Dominique Vanpée)
has scoured the information world looking for speakers with a depth of
knowledge on their specialist subjects and are making the final
arrangements for other participants & experts in their respective fields to
attend.
The conference covers three days with each day having its own topic
Monday 18th October
Knowledge, Information and Data Management
•Jan Sijnave & Luc Leroy - NV Bekaert [http://www.bekaert.com]
Case study, the innovation website and the corporate Intranet of Bekaert
•Prof Dr Ir Steven Warmoes - University of Ghent (RUG)
[http://www.rug.ac.be/ or http://www.warmoes.com/]
State of the art in knowledge management: past, present and future
•Jan Flamend - Hewlett Packard [http://www.hp.com/]
E-services in a broad perspective
•Dr Walter de Brouwer - MIT Medialab : Starlab (Riverland)
[http://www.starlab.be/]
The world of the future
•And knowledge management product presentations from
•Autonomy Systems - Hugh Trapp [http://www.autonomy.com/]
•Fulcrum [http://www.pcdocs.com/ or http://www.arco.be]
•Verity [http://www.verity.com/]
Tuesday 19th October
The Future of Content Management via the Internet, Intranet and Extranet
Prof Dr Luc Soete - University of Maastricht (MERIT)
[http://meritbbs.unimaas.nl/]
The legal and economic aspects of the Internet
Jerrold Donington - BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk]
The implementation of Intranet applications within the BBC's digital
archive programme
Ger Bijster - Unilever [http://www.unilever.com/]
Information providing in Unilever Research : From current awareness to
facilitation.
Prof Dr Koen Bertels - University of Namur (FUNDP)
[http://www.fundp.ac.be/fundp_eng.html]
Agent based tools for content management
Journals on the Internet - the present and the future: Short presentations
and panel discussion chaired by Dr Robert Kimberley, BIOSIS
[http://www.biosis.org]
Wim Luyendijk - EBSCO [http://www.ebsco.com/home/]
The following companies have also been invited to give presentations:
Elsevier
Springer Bertelsmann
Wiley
Adonis
INIST
SWETS
Wednesday 20th October
The Role of the Information Specialist in and beyond Y2K
•Le père Cyrille - Monastery of Chevetogne [http://monasterechevetogne.com]
Management and spirituality - the role of the human being in the business
environment
•Elisabeth Mangold - Dow Europe
The evolution of the information professional within Dow
•David Thew & Julia Hordle - Intelligent Resources Ltd.
[http://www.intelligentresources.com]
The changing role of the information specialist in and beyond Y2K
•Panel session; chaired by Toon Lowette [http://www.grid.be/]
The Venue
The conference takes place in The Oude Burg Grand Hotel in Bruges.
Hotel Room Rates
Single - 4000 BEF (99.16 Euro)
Double - 4700 BEF (116.51 Euro)
Fees
Book before 10th September and EUSIDIC will offer a special rate.
Members - 450 Euro Non-Members - 700 Euro
Book after 10th September and the rate changes to
Members - 500 Euro Non-Members - 780 Euro
If there is a 2nd person from the same organisation interested in attending
the conference, they will be granted a discount on the fee providing they
book BEFORE 10th September. The fees for the 2nd person atttending will
be:-
Members - 360 Euro Non-Members - 560 Euro
Social Events
Saturday
Guided tour of the city (if those who arrive early express an interest).
Sunday
Guided tour of the city in the afternoon (includes a boat tour)
7.00pm - Cocktail given by the hotel, followed by dinner
Monday
Evening - visit to a local brewery and reception at the Town Hall
Tuesday
Walking dinner in 'The Retsin' restaurant.
Please note that places have been limited to 80 so please book early to
avoid disappointment
EUSIDIC SECRETARIAT
Instant Library Limited
104B St John Street, London EC1M 4EH
Tel: +44 (0) 171 336 7098 Fax: +44 (0) 171 336 7093 Email:
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