cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) (01/13/91)
A limited number of faculty grants are available to invited university professors to attend the 2021 A.D. ComForum, "2021 AD: VISIONS OF SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS," March 14-15, 1991, in Phoenix, AZ. Members of the National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association and grant recipients will join industry participants at the ComForum. All participants will hear a summary and receive a copy of the National Engineering Consortium report, _2021 AD: Visions of the Future,_ detailing the research project which assessed the forecasts of 200 experts. The grant covers the ComForum registration fee. All hotel accommodations, transportation, miscellaneous expenses, and meals will be the responsibility of the attendee. For more information or to receive a grant application form, contact the National Engineering Consortium, 312-938-3500, 312-938-8787 (fax). The National Engineering Consortium is a nonprofit organization serving the educational needs of the telecommunications and information industries. ComForum is a special program dealing with the philosophical, ethical, and technological issues of the next 30 years. Featured are leaders from throughout the telecommunications and information industries. {Your moderator will be chairing the panel on "Information Industry Structure in 2021 AD, and sitting on a panel on "Quality of Life in 2021"; for the latter, speaking on "The Quality of the Inner Life." -- Bob]