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> CIG asks the questions: an industry-wide debate > There are plenty of issues to discuss in the information industry and it > is difficult to get the time to go into them all in depth. Therefore, CIG > is holding a panel debate to focus on 3 of the more critical issues that > members have raised. As part of an ongoing commitment to providing a forum > for discussion in the industry, CIG are aiming to follow up these issues > later in the year and produce a working paper in early 2000. > > The issues are: > 1. Will the continuing move towards the acceptance of end user products > mean a radically different role for information workers? > 2. Will the continuing trend of vendor consolidation pose any potential > dangers/advantages for users? > 3. With more and more "non-information" professionals holding the > information purse strings and who hold the belief that the Internet will > answer all their information needs, what are the implications of this > mind-set for vendors in terms of pricing, and for information workers in > terms of managing demand? > > Our expert panel who will debate these issues are: > Martin White: Principal Consultant, TFPL Ltd > Manny Cohen: Managing Director, RM Information Ltd > Professor Charles Oppenheim: Dept. of Information Science, Loughborough > University > Chaired by: Jane Langley, Head of Business Information, Saudi > International Bank > > DATE: Wednesday 19th May 1999, 6.00pm for 6.30pm start > VENUE: Farmers and Fletchers Hall, 3 Cloth Street, London EC1A 7LD > Tel: 0171 600 2204. Just around the corner from Barbican > tube station. > Complimentary drinks will be served on arrival. > Finger food and a cash bar will be available after the debate. > > > Contact the CIG Administrator at P O Box 13297, London, SW18 5FF or via > email to book: [log in to unmask] > > Cost is £15 to members of CIG. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%