From: Henry Lieberman Subject: ONLINE: Discussions on Emerging Information Society Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 17:00:52 -0400 Message-ID: <3378D671.569D@media.mit.edu> Organization: MIT Media Lab The MIT Media Lab, Exol Advanced Internet Projects, and the Global Inventory Project of the G7 and the European Community invite you to join some on-line discussions on the emerging Information Society. The topics hosted by the Media Lab are: "Tele-Activity for Business and SME" This moderated dicussion will cover the use of the net and emerging Information Society as it affects startups and rapidly growing businesses [SME = small and medium enterprises]. Time: Tuesday 13 May 1997, 9am-9pm EDT [1pm-1am GMT] Place: http://www.gip.int/festival/ "Co-Existence and Co-Evolution of Real and Virtual Worlds" This moderated dicussion will cover virtual communities on the net, virtual reality, and computing with embedded devices and physical interfaces. Time: Friday 16 May 1997, 9am-9pm EDT [1pm-1am GMT] Place: http://www.gip.int/festival/ You can submit messages to be posted to a Web page which will display threaded discussions. Those who have particular subjects they wish to present or join in moderating the discussion are welcome to contact me in advance. All are invited to participate. You may also wish to join discussions on other topics during the period 8-16 May 1997, which you can browse on the GIP Festival URL mentioned above. Henry Lieberman Research Scientist Media Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology 20 Ames St. 305 A Cambridge, Mass. 02139 USA Tel: (+1-617) 253-0315 Fax: (+1-617) 253-6215 Internet: lieber@media.mit.edu World Wide Web: http://www.media.mit.edu/~lieber/