First Call for Participation / 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. Conference Venue What can be said about London in a few meagre paragraphs that has not been said in thousands of pages written throughout the centuries? Instead, we invite you to browse the information on London available from the EARN World-Wide Web server at: http://www.earn.net/nsc94/venue.html (and if you don't know about the World-Wide Web, then you MUST attend this conference!). The conference will be held at the Great Western Hotel, near the Paddington railway station. The Great Western is one of the best 3 star conference venue in London, and very easy to get to, as it is situated on 4 tube lines, a railway station and is on a main road into downtown London. Conference Information 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 Location: Great Western Hotel, London, England. Accommodations: Rooms will be reserved for conference participants at the Great Western Hotel, and at other nearby hotels. Language: The official language of the conference will be English. Conference fee: The fee covers entry to all conference sessions, tutorials and demonstrations, conference material, coffee breaks, lunches and social events: EARLY Registration by 1 October 200 Pounds LATE Registration by 10 November 224 Pounds DESK Registration 248 Pounds 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. Technical meetings of EARN and RARE working groups will be held in conjunction with the Conference. Further Information and General Inquiry Further information will be available through the conference mailing list, NSC94-L@EARNCC.EARN.NET (or NSC94-L@EARNCC.BITNET). 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@EARNCC.EARN.NET (or LISTSERV@EARNCC.BITNET) with the line: SUB NSC94-L Your Name Conference information is also available from the EARN anonymous FTP server (ftp.earn.net), Gopher server (gopher.earn.net), and WWW server (http://www.earn.net/nsc94/nsc94.html). 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@EARNCC.EARN.NET or NSC94@EARNCC.BITNET 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@EARNCC.EARN.NET or NSC94@EARNCC.BITNET 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. Program and Organizing Committees Program Committee George Brett, USA (Chair); David Sitman, Israel (Vice-Chair); Rob Blokzijl, The Netherlands; Manfred Bogen, Germany; Paul Bryant, United Kingdom; Robert Cailliau, Switzerland; Nadine Grange, France; Glenn Kowack, The Netherlands; Joyce K. Reynolds, USA; Eric Thomas, Sweden. Organizing Committee Paul Bryant, United Kingdom (Chair); Daniele Bovio, France; Nadine Grange, France; Frode Greisen, Denmark; David Sitman, Israel. ------------------------------ cut here -------------------------------- 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: