From: cyberoid@hitl.washington.edu (Bob Jacobson) Subject: DIAC-92 Preliminary Announcement Date: Fri, 6 Dec 91 15:46:49 PST You'll remember DIAC as the conference where VR was savaged by sociologists who had never seen it.... But perhaps they've learned something. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please distribute and post. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT DIRECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPUTING DIAC-92 Berkeley, California May 2 - 3, 1992 The DIAC Symposia are a biannual exploration of the myriad implications of computing. In previous symposia such topics as virtual reality, high tech weaponry, national priorities, computers and education, affectionate technology, computing and the disabled, and many others have been highlighted. Our fourth DIAC Symposium, DIAC- 92, will be held at the University of California at Berkeley in Spring of 1992. The first day will consist of individual presentations and panels on a variety of issues. The second day will consist of workshops. These will be less formal and more highly interactive. Many of these workshops are designed to be working sessions where output of some kind will be produced by the participants. Topics* Include + Community and Global Electronic Networks + Directions of Computing Research and Technology + Social Interactions in the MUD (Multi-User Dimension) + Work, Power, and Computers + Computing and Education + The Gulf War and the Future of High-Tech Weapons + Civil Liberties in an Electronic Age Proceedings will be distributed at the symposium and will also be available by mail. Send completed form with check or money order to: DIAC-92 Registration, P.O. Box 2648, Sausalito, CA, 94966. Name ______________________________ Address ________________________________ _________________________________ Electronic mail _________________________ CPSR Member $40 __ Non- member $50 __ New CPSR Membership (including DIAC Registration) $80 __ Student $25 __ Proceedings Only $20 __ Proceedings Only (foreign) $25 __ Additional Donation $ __ We are currently looking for people to assist with many aspects of DIAC-92. We'd like to hear from anybody, but people from the Northern California area are particularly encouraged. Also please note that the deadline for workshops has been extended. If you are need additional information or are interested in assisting with DIAC-92 please contact Doug Schuler, 206-865-3832 (work) or 206- 632-1659 (home), or Internet dschuler@june.cs.washington.edu. Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility P.O. Box 717 Palo Alto, CA 94301 DIAC-92 is co-sponsored by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, and the Boston Computer Society Social Impact Group, in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIG-CAS. If you are need additional information please contact Doug Schuler, 206-865-3832 (work) or 206-632-1659 (home), or Internet dschuler@june.cs.washington.edu. * Note that these topics are preliminary and are subject to change.