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Because the Information Superhighway is of interest to all of us ...
Debbie Lords
Marriott Library
University of Utah
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 09:47:09 PST
From: Susan Evoy <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Developing an Equitable and Open Information Infrastructure
To: Multiple recipients of list ASIS-L <[log in to unmask]>
Please distribute to interested colleagues.
Developing an Equitable and Open
Information Infrastructure
DIAC-94
Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
April 23 - 24, 1994
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 10-250
Cambridge, MA
CPSR's Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing biannual
conferences (DIAC) are explorations of the promises and threats
stemming from computer technology. DIAC-94 is a two-day symposium
dedicated to public interest issues related to the National
Information Infrastructure (NII), the proposed next-generation
"Information Superhighway." Academia, libraries, government
agencies, media, and telecommunications companies, as well as
public interest groups and the general public, all have a stake in
the current development.
The media coverage is glowing, but there are many unanswered
questions:
Will the NII be technology that we can all use? Who will
control it? Corporations? The government? The public?
And how much will it cost?
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Benjamin Barber
Author of Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age
Other Speakers Include:
Herbert Schiller, author of Who Knows: Information in the Age of
the Fortune 500
Tom Grundner, President, National Public Telecomputing
Network (NPTN), Founder of the Free-Net movement
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
***** The Promise and Problems of the NII *****
A small window of opportunity is now open for the public's input to
the design process. This talk will give an overview of the issues at
stake and the potential to influence NII development for the common good.
Speaker:
Beverly Hunter of Bolt, Beranek, and Newman (BBN)
***** Grassroots Initiatives in Community Networking *****
A look at independent computer network projects around the U.S.
serving communities through freely accessible systems.
Speakers:
Tom Grundner, President of National Public Telecomputing Network
Antonia Stone, Founder of Playing to Win
Tony Lewis, Executive Director of The Alliance for Community Media
Joyce Freeling, Founder of the Legacy Project
***** Perspectives on Technology and Information Content *****
The NII may allow for increased public access to communications.
This could multiply the diversity of viewpoints in political
discussion and improve the quality and variety of cultural
offerings. Topics here include community cable TV, news in the
future, and alternative wire services.
Speakers:
Herbert Schiller of the U. of California, San Diego
Walter Bender, MIT Media Lab, News of the Future Group
Jeff Chester, Co-Director of The Center for Media Education
***** Directing Technical and Social Change Through Public Policy *****
Communications technology is not autonomous, but is shaped by
political and economic forces. Topics include the relationship
between media ownership and editorial control, government
regulation of communications, and libraries.
Speakers:
Marc Rotenberg of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Patrice McDermott, Policy Analyst of OMB Watch
Stan Kugel, General Manager of Pilgrim Telephone
Jamie Love, Director of Taxpayers Assets Project
***** Constituencies Speak Out *****
A cross-section of successes and disappointments experienced by
K-12 educators, libraries, media, civic, and community organizations.
WORKSHOPS
The second day of the conference will feature over 25 workshops from a
wide variety of community organizations, activists, and academics.
There will be 6 - 8 concurrent workshops on a wide variety of topics.
The preliminary list includes:
Measuring the NII
- Richard Civille and Ann Bishop
Navigating the Net: A Non-profit Nightmare??
- Philippa Gamse
Collaborative Information Retrieval: Combining Gopher and MUDs
- Larry Masinter
Policy and Public Services for the Global Information Infrastructure
- Lee McKnight and William Drake
No Free Lunch, Even in the Digital Age?
- Richard Lynch
Network Personality
- Ted Gaiser
Democracy in Cyberspace
- Amy Bruckman
"Serious" Uses of MUDS?
- Amy Bruckman
Empowerment and Intergenerational Bilingual Literacy: Parent-Child
Partnerships in Long-Distance Networks
- Dennis Sayers
Culturally Appropriate Software
- Bob Barbour
A Post Modern View of National Information Infrastructure
- Bob Barbour
Defining Universal Service: Functions or Technologies?
- Susan Hadden
The Rhetorical History of NII
- Steve Fuller
The Political Rhetoric of NII
- Steve Fuller
Re-Imagining Information Infrastructure in Contemporary Everyday Life
- David Levinger,
Gender Gridlock on the Internet Superhighway
- Christine Borgman, Sarah Douglas, Cheris Kramarae
The NII and the Rest of Us
- Jim Davis
Decision Making via the Information Infrastructure
- Craig Smilovitz
Metaphors along the Information Highway
- Mark Ackerman
Introduction to the Internet
- Michael Barrow
NII: Public or private? Defining research parameters
- Woody Dowling
Nonprofits on the Net: A Missing Link
- Philippa Gamse, Terry Grunwald
Developing Computer Ethics Case Studies
- Heinz C. Luegenbiehl
Preservation of ethnic identity through electronic telecommunications
- Louis Leroy
The Internet and the Visually Impaired
- Joseph J. Lazzaro, Brian K. Charlson
Intellectual Freedom: Parks, Streets, Sidewalks and ...Cyberspace?
Free Speech in the New Public Square
- Anne Levinson Penway and Paul Vermouth
Playing to Win and the Community Computing Center Movement
- Antonia Stone and Peter Miller
The Greater Boston Community-Wide Education and Information Services
Organizing Project
- Marlene Archer, The Boston Computer Society, et al
MISANET: The Southern African Press on the Net
- Philip Machanick, Ronnie Apteker, Philip Green, and Thomas
McWalter
Securing the Information Infrastructure: New Crimes, Criminals,
and Liabilities in the Post-Hacker Era
- Sanford Sherizen
Public Access Television: A Model for Community Access to the
Information Infrastructure
- Rika Walsh, Abigail Norman, Susan Fleischmann
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings from the conference will be included in the conference fee
available for purchase from the CPSR National Office.
CABLE BROADCAST
DIAC-94 will be cablecast in the Boston area by Cambridge
Community TV, and broadcast nationally by satellite.
DIAC PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Amy Bruckman, Nikki Draper, Harry Hoccheiser, Hans Klein,
Dave Levinger, Matthew Marx, Aki Namioka, Andrew Oram, Marc Rotenberg,
Doug Schuler, Barbara Simon, Craig Smilovitz, Paul Vermouth,
Coralee Whitcomb
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration begins each day at 8:30 AM.
Members $50; Non-members $75; Low Income and Student $25.
One day only: $40.
Send check to: CPSR/Boston, P.O. Box 962, Cambridge, MA 02142.
The member price is for members of CPSR and co-sponsors (see
below).
Name ____________________________________________________________
Affiliation _____________________________________________________
Address _________________________________________________________
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Phone __________________________ Fax ____________________________
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If you are a member of a co-sponsoring organization, list it here:
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Co-sponsors: Apple Library at Apple Computer, Inc., Cambridge
Community TV, Center for Media Education, The Internet Society, MIT
Communication Forum, Morino Foundation, O'Reilly & Associates
Endorsers: Access Media, American Library Association (Intellectual
Freedom Committee), Benton Foundation, Boston Computer Society (Social
Impact, Public Services, and Education Groups), Center for Art
Research, Center for Civic Networking, Chester County Interlink,
Citizens for Media Literacy, Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts,
Communications Workers of America (District 1), Consortium for School
Networks, Freedom House, Loka Institute, M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts
Teachers Association, MassCUE (Computer Using Educators),
Massachusetts Cable Educational Television, National Public
Telecomputing Network, New England Computers and Social Change
Organizing Committee, OMB Watch, Playing to Win, Mayor Kenneth E.
Reeves (City of Cambridge) Taxpayer Assets Project, Technology
Education Council of Somerville/Somerville Community Computing Center
For more information on the conference or if your organization
would like to become a co-sponsor or endorser contact Coralee Whitcomb,
617-356-4309, [log in to unmask] or Hans Klein, [log in to unmask]
OUT-OF-TOWNERS
Accommodations:
We recommend the use of Boston Reservations for overnight accommodations.
They are able to arrange reservations anywhere from luxury hotels to
Bed and Breakfasts for prices ranging from $180 - $60. They can be reached
by phone: (617) 332-4199 Fax: (617) 332-5751.
Directions from the Airport:
Taxi fares will run from $20-$22.
Limousine service is available to most downtown hotels for $7.50.
Public Transportation
Take the free Massport bus to the subway (T) station.
Subway Fare $.85
Take the Blue line inbound toward Boston, 4 stops to the Government
Center Station.
Use the stairs to go up to the Green Line on the next level. On the
WESTBOUND side of the platform, take any train 1 stop to Park Street
Station.
Change to the Red Line towards Alewife and get off in 2 stops
at Kendall Square station.
Driving
Go through Sumner Tunnel after exiting the airport. Stay left in tunnel.
Take the least sharp right upon exiting tunnel toward Storrow Drive.
Exit at Storrow Drive/Cambridge staying left.
Exit left at Longfellow Bridge and cross bridge.
You are now in Kendall Square.
DIRECTIONS TO 10-250
Anyone who has ever visited Boston or Cambridge knows that city planning
was non-existent back in the early days of these cities. Finding your
way to room 10-250 may prove to be a very typical Boston adventure.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK DIRECTIONS, it gives us a chance to show off.
Coming from the T (subway)
You will get off at the Kendall Square stop. Proceed to the side of Main
St. ACROSS from the Marriott Hotel. Walk straight to the street behind
the T station (Carleton St. but there is no sign). Proceed to the cross
street (Amherst) and turn right to the cross street (Ames) and turn left
to Memorial Drive. The river should be on your left. Proceed to
Memorial Drive with MIT buildings on your right until you see a large
open "court". Enter the building directly to the back of that "court".
This is 10. Room 250 is across the hall.
There will be big signs to guide you from the T entrance.
By car
Find a place to park - ha!
The easiest directions are to enter the main entrance of MIT (the big,
impressive staircase on Mass. Ave.). Proceed across the lobby and down
what is known as the Infinite Corridor. Continue through the twists and
turns until there are big windows looking out onto a "court" on the right.
Room 250 should be on your left.
There will be signs to guide you.
Weather:
Who knows! Usually it is cool and springlike in late April - but we're
setting an alltime record for snowfall this year...
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