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[David Sitman <]

Rob,

Could you please distribute the Call for Papers for NSC'94 on
ripe-list@localhost ?

Thanks,

David


                           Call for Papers

                               NSC'94

                 The Network Services Conference 1994
                 London, England, 28-30 November 1994


Overview

Open computer networking is no longer the sole domain of universities
and research institutions. Today, governments, schools, public
organizations, commercial enterprises and private individuals are
actively using and supplying information over the global Internet.

How will these various network communities cooperate and interact?
How will the academic and research community adapt to the new network
reality?  How will the network and networking tools now available
stand up to the explosion in number of users and amount of information
available?  How will we train novices?  What will we pay for and what
will be for free as the commercialization of the network progresses?
Will we be inundated by advertising over the net?  These are only a few
of the questions facing network service providers and users alike.

Building on the success of the previous Network Services Conferences
in Pisa (1992) and Warsaw (1993), NSC'94 will focus on the issue of
providing services to customers, with special attention paid to the
exciting developments in global tools and services. We will address the
impact of the new global tools on service development and support, the
changing function of traditional tools and services (such as archives),
new services (such as multi-media communications), the future role of
the library and the effects of commercialization on networks and network
services. Customer support at all levels, and the role of support in
accessing global services, will also be covered.

Talks, tutorials,  demonstrations and  other conference  activities will
address the needs of  the research, academic, educational, governmental,
industrial, and commercial network communities.

NSC'94 is being organized by the EARN (European Academic and Research
Network) Association in cooperation with the Internet Society, RARE,
RIPE, NORDUnet and EUnet.


Tutorials, Demonstrations and Posters

In addition to the presentation of papers, there will be tutorial
sessions on specific network services as part of the regular
conference program. A room will be available for workstations and PCs
to be used for demonstrations throughout the conference.

A poster wall will be available to participants for the display of their
posters  and  projects. Terminals with connectivity to the Internet
will be available to delegates.


Call for Papers

The Program Committee for NSC'94 is soliciting proposals for papers,
tutorials, demonstrations and posters in all fields related to network
services. Subject areas for presentations include, but are not limited
to, the following:

-  Network resource tools

-  Network directory services

-  Multimedia Communications

-  Electronic Publishing

-  Libraries and Networking

-  Special Interest Communities

-  Groupware, Cooperative Work over the Network

-  Networking for Schools

-  User Support

-  Delivering Services to the Desktop

-  Quality of Network Services

-  Commercialization of Network Services

-  Businesses on the Network

-  Providing Network Services to New Countries and Communities


Papers and proposals for tutorials, demonstrations or posters,
including a short biography and an abstract should be sent by mail,
fax or PREFERABLY by e-mail, to:

     NSC'94
     EARN Office
     PSI - Batiment 211
     91405 Orsay CEDEX
     FRANCE
     Tel: +33 1 6941 2426
     Fax: +33 1 6941 6683

     E-mail:  NSC94@localhost  or
              NSC94@localhost

Please use the form appended below for proposals.

Proposals for papers and tutorials should  be sent not later than 1 July
1994.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 August 1994.

Proposals for demonstrations and posters should be sent not later than
16 September 1994.

Notification of acceptance of demonstrations and posters will be sent by
30 September 1994.

Language:  The official language of the conference will be English.


Further Information and General Inquiry

Further  information will  be available  through the  conference mailing
list, NSC94-L@localhost (or  NSC94-L@localhost). If you want
to  make  sure you  receive  registration  information  as well  as  the
preliminary  program and  other  information of  interest to  conference
participants, join the list by sending e-mail to:

     LISTSERV@localhost  (or LISTSERV@localhost)

with the line:

     SUB NSC94-L Your Name

Conference information is also available from the EARN anonymous ftp
server (ftp.earn.net) and from the EARN gopher server (gopher.earn.net).

If you have any questions or require any assistance, you can contact the
conference organizers at:

     NSC'94
     EARN Office
     PSI - Batiment 211
     91405 Orsay CEDEX
     FRANCE
     Tel: +33 1 6941 2426
     Fax: +33 1 6941 6683

     E-mail:  NSC94@localhost  or
              NSC94@localhost


Dates to remember:
     Deadline for papers -  1 July 1994
     Deadline for demonstrations and posters - 16 September 1994
     NSC'94 - Monday, 28 November 1994 - Wednesday, 30 November 1994


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                  The Network Services Conference 1994
                       Proposal for Presentation


Name(s):

Affiliation(s):

E-mail address(es):

Postal address(es):

Title of presentation:

Type of presentation (paper, tutorial, demonstration, poster):

Biographical sketch (5-15 lines):

Abstract (10-30 lines):

Equipment required:

Append your paper here: