CFP, AusWeb97, the Third Australian World Wide Web Conference, July 6-9

[Roger Debreceny]

This is a final call for full papers to be submitted for review for
presentation at AusWeb97, The Third Australian World Wide Web Conference.
AusWeb97 is hosted by the AusWeb team at Southern Cross University. It will
be held at Conrad Jupiters on Queensland's Gold Coast from 6-9 July 1997.
AusWeb97 will be the most in-depth Web conference in Australia this year.
Full details of the conference, the keynote speakers and workshops, special
interest groups and social programs are available at the AusWeb97 web site at:

	http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/

Papers are sought on any aspect of the Web within the four theme areas of:

	*	Technical Futures 
	*	Business Opportunities 
	*	Education and Learning 
	*	Culture, Media and Social

Paul Thistlewaite (Australian National University) and Helen Ashman
(Defence Science and Technology Organisation) <aw97edit at scu.edu.au> are the
chairs of the Program Committee for AusWeb97. All papers and posters will
be fully refereed by members of the Program Committee. Papers will be
published on the AusWeb97 Web site, in the printed proceedings and on
CD-ROM. If you are intending to submit a paper, to AusWeb97 (even if you
are running a little late) please contact Paul and Helen and assistant
Karey Patterson at <aw97edit at scu.edu.au> by 4 April. Full details on
submission of papers are at the AusWeb site.

Keynote speakers at AusWeb97 include Robert Cailliau from CERN in
Switzerland, who is one of the co-founders of the Web and David Barbagello,
Chief Executive of the Distributed Systems Research Centre (DSTC). Robert
will be speaking on the Past, Present and Future of the Web. Robert has
been with the Web since before there was a Web as we know it .. he is,
along with Tim Berners-Lee, uniquely capable of providing a perspective on
the amazing growth of the Web and the future of the Web. Robert is the
chair of the International WWW Conference Committee (IW3C2) which will be
meeting in Australia.

David's team at the DSTC is conducting some of the most important Internet
research in Australia. David will present an overarching view of Internet
and Web research and development in Australia. Three other keynote
speeches, one on each of the other theme areas, are being finalised -
details will be posted to the AusWeb site shortly.

All of the usual features of the AusWeb series of conferences will be at
AusWeb97 including the ability to interact with presenters and other AusWeb
participants in a very intensive and productive fashion .. but equally to
have an enjoyable time on the Gold Coast. A full conference exhibition will
be associated with AusWeb97. Nine workshops will be featured at AusWeb97 as
well as a Developers Day and an Intranet Day on the Wednesday following the
conclusion of the conference.

For further information please visit the AusWeb site at
<http://ausweb.scu.edu.au>, or email the organisers at
<ausweb97 at scu.edu.au> or call Joanne McMurtry or Julie Burton at 
Norsearch Conference Services +61 66 20 3267 (from outside Australia) (066)
20 3267 (from inside Australia).

Roger Debreceny