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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Sharon Laskowski <sharon.laskowski@nist.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list <dc_chi@nist.gov>
Subject: PERVASIVE COMPUTING 2000 CONFERENCE


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"PERVASIVE COMPUTING 2000"

January 25-26, 2000
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland

"Pervasive Computing" is the strongly emerging trend toward:
* Numerous, casually accessible, often invisible computing devices
* Mobile or embedded in the environment
* Connected to an increasingly ubiquitous network structure

Conference Highlights:


Sponsors: NIST/Information Technology Laboratory and the Internet Society

Attendees: Will have a vital interest in Pervasive Computing.
Many will represent companies actively engaged in research, planning
and development of Pervasive Computing products, services and/or
applications.  Others will represent academic, not-for-profit or
government research interests, and the general community

Why You Should Attend:
* To learn from experts about Pervasive Computing
- technical successes and problems
- its user applications
- current and future capabilities
- and economic promise
* To gain substantive support, through understanding industry
direction, for your new business development plans
* To establish valuable industry contacts
* To communicate your needs and issues, so they may be addressed
* To participate in an ongoing industry-NIST collaboration leading to
standards of enduring quality

Who Should Attend? Anyone who expects to be a stakeholder in the
Pervasive Computing era.  Specific value is seen for management-level
decision makers who oversee such functions as product line strategy,
research and development laboratories, or new business development.
Depending upon the organization, titles might be:

CEO
VP, Strategic Planning
Laboratory Director
VP, New Business Development
Product Development Manager
Engineer
Scientist

Format: Two day conference, with off-site reception and exhibits

Topics: Human-computer interaction, pico-cellular wireless, multimedia
information access, service discovery, human-centered integration and
interoperability, programming pervasive computing applications, and
innovative pervasive computing devices

To Register: Contact Teresa Vicente, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3461,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3461, phone: 301.975.3883, fax: 301.948.2067,
e-mail:teresa.vicente@nist.gov.

Technical Contact: Bill Young, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8940,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8940, phone: 301.975.8701, fax: 301.975.5287,
e-mail: wtyoung@nist.gov

Registration Fee: $200 includes conference materials, refreshments during
coffee breaks, lunches and the evening reception
______________________________________________________________________
Conference Chairs:
Mr. Alden Dima, Computer Scientist, Software Diagnostics and
Conformance Testing Division
Dr. Martin Herman, Chief, Information Access and User Interfaces Division
Dr. Kevin Mills, Chief, Advanced Network Technologies Division
______________________________________________________________________

FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Bill Joy
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Robert Pascoe
President
Salutation Consortium, Inc.

Dr. Alex (Sandy) Pentland
Academic Head
M.I.T. Media Laboratory

Dr. Chatschik Bisdikian
Research Staff Member
IBM Corp.
T. J. Watson Research Center

John Wroclawski
Laboratory for Computer Science
M.I.T.

Jim Waldo
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Jim Keane
Senior Vice President: Corporate Strategy, Research and Development
Steelcase Corp.

Greg Bollella, Ph.D.
IBM Senior Architect, Real-Time Java Expert Group
Network Computing Software Division
IBM Corp.

Janet M. Baker, Ph.D.
Chairman and Co-Founder
Dragon Systems, Inc.

Michael Bianchi
President
Foveal Systems, Inc.

Dr. Lynn Wilcox
Manager, Smart Media Spaces,
Xerox Palo Alto Laboratory

Carl Sassenrath
Founder & CEO
REBOL Technologies

Edward G. Newman
President and CEO
Xybernaut Corp.

Ward Page
DARPA / ISO

Dr. Toby Lehman
Almaden Laboratory
IBM Corp.

Dr. Peter A. Lucas
President and C.E.O.
MAYA Design Group, Inc.

Dr. William Mark
Vice President, Information and Computing Sciences Division
SRI International

Dr. Victor McCrary
Technical Manager - Information Storage and Interconnect Systems
NIST

Ivan Perez-Mendez, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Syvox Corporation

David Nahamoo
T. J. Watson Research Center
IBM Corp.

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE AGENDA TOPICS (subject to change):

Tuesday, January 25: Morning
8:15 Welcome and Introduction

8:45 Session 1: Pervasive Computing/Smart Spaces Overview
Keynote Address
Applications Overview


10:30 Morning Break

11:00 Session 2: Human Centered Technology I
Human -Computer Interaction in Pervasive Computing
e.g. Speech and natural language understanding
Computer vision
Other Perceptive Interfaces

1:00 Lunch

Tuesday, January 25: Afternoon
2:00 Session 3: Networking Technology I
Pico-cellular Wireless Communication
e.g. Bluetooth, HomeRF, wireless LANs

4:00 Afternoon Break

4:15 Session 4: Human Centered Technology II
Information Access & Management for Smart Spaces
e.g. Multimedia Information Access
Visualization
Virtual Reality
Summarization

7:00 Evening Reception & Exhibits:
Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center

Wednesday, January 26: Morning
8:30 Session 5: Networking Technology II
Service Discovery
e.g. Jini
IETF service location protocol
Universal Plug-and-Play

10:30 Morning Break

11:00 Session 6: Human Centered Technology III
Integration & Interoperability
e.g. Integrated environments
Multi-sensor integration
Multi-modal information presentation
1:00 Lunch


Wednesday, January 26: Afternoon

2:00 Session 7: Software Engineering
Programming Pervasive Computing Applications
e.g. Pervasive service APIs
Design and Development Tools for Pervasive Applications
Programming Languages for Pervasive Applications


3:30 Afternoon Break

3:45 Session 8: Innovative Devices
Pervasive Hardware
e.g. PDAs
Information Appliances
Wearable Computers

5:45 Concluding Remarks


Note: Potential extra-program activities for workshop attendees may
include: Visits to selected NIST lab sites