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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ All news to:[log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci/ ~~ ~~ archive.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL FOR PAPERS The System Safety Society is pleased to announce the 17th International System Safety Conference, August 16 to 21, 1999, at the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. The conference is an international forum for the technical presentation and discussion of all aspects and issues regarding system safety engineering and management. The conference theme is System Safety -- System Safety at the Dawn of a New Millennium. The emphasis is on knowledge and skills necessary to create the best total system safety solutions. The spectrum of topics will cover both the art and science of system safety, and the organizational issues influencing the effective management of system safety in the product life cycle. This is the major conference for system safety and related professionals, with a week of technical sessions, tutorials, workshops, special events, social affairs, luncheons, and the society's conference awards banquet. The conference proceedings are the premier collection of work in the system safety field. We are seeking abstracts for the papers in the system safety areas of space systems, aviation, weapon systems, electronics, transportation, facility design and operation, medical, simulation, robotics, chemical processes, environmental, fire prevention, energy, energetic materials, risk assessment, and legal issues. If you are interested in participating on any of the panels please notify the Technical Programs Chair. Paper Submission Requirements: Title of paper* 200-400 word abstract in English. Author(s) full name, addresses, telephone, fax, E-mail. Brief biographical sketch of author(s). Format: Microsoft Word, times new roman font, 10 pt. Deadline Dates. Abstracts are due by January 15, 1999. Authors will be notified of acceptance by February 15, 1999. Full text drafts are due by April 15, 1999. Final papers must be submitted by June 15, 1998. Send electronic copy of abstracts & autobiography by Email to: Jack Dixon -- Technical Program Chair Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Ph: (407) 306-5141 P.O. Box 780660 Orlando, Fl 32878-0660 USA The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort, 6515 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819, phone (407) 351-3500. Located directly on International Drive in Orlando, this 13 acre lushly landscaped tropical resort, with 21,000 square feet of flexible meeting space available, is in the heart of attraction area. The hotel is within walking distance to numerous retail outlets, restaurants and attractions. All of the major theme parks are within approximately 15 minutes of the hotel. For more information on the conference, hotel and area attractions visit www.system-safety.org <www.system-safety.org> . Individual Registration and Orlando Information: CPS, Inc. 2453 Orlando Central Parkway Orlando, FL 32809 (800) 777-5333, fax (407) 851-8313 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%