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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 93 10:46:24 CST
From: HILL%CMSUVMA.BITNET@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu

MAKING YOUR CONNECTION COUNT
COMPUTING & NETWORKING IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE

March 14-16, 1993
Holiday Inn Executive Center
Columbia, Missouri

INFORMATION: An essential commodity for the future of educational
institutions, libraries, state and federal agencies, and
other organizations with education research, or public
service needs.  The Missouri Research and Education Network
(MOREnet) provides collaborative network information services
to education in support of instruction, research, and public
service through remote login (TELNET), file transfer (FTP)
services, and electronic mail while exploring new technologies
to meet its members' existing needs.  Join us as we share
knowledge and ideas.

Opening Keynote:
Charles McClain - Commissioner of Higher Education
"Putting Faculty First -- Through Technology

General Session:
Diana Oblinger - Program Manager, Institute for Academic Technology
"Multimedia: Making it Work"

Closing Keynote:
George Strawn - NSF Program Director & Computation Center Director,
Iowa State University
Will Computer Networking Be As Important for Education as Libraries Have Been?

Partial List of Concurrent Sessions,March 15-16.
* Reference Resources on the Internet
* Multi-Media in Chemistry
* K-12 and the Internet
* Computing & Networking from the Student's Perspective
* Instructional Access for Students with Disabilities

Show Me Software fair -
4:15-6:15 pm Monday, March 15
7:30-9:00 pm Tuesday, March 16


Conference Registration Fee  $98
(includes breaks, registration materials, lunch and Sunday Hands-On Workshops).
Sunday Hands-On Workshops - only (2 pm - 5:30 pm) $25
( includes Navigating the Internet, NEXT Computers & Mathematica,
  Apple Macintosh & Quicktime)
Registration Deadline February 22, 1993

For additional program information, call Roxie Shaw at (314)-882-2000. For
registration questions, call Kathy Kroll or Alice Schawo at (314) 882-4038.


Hotel rooms available at the Holiday Inn Executive Center at a flat rate of $62
for a single or double room. To make your reservations and get conference rate
call hotel at 314-445-8531 by February 22, 1993. Let them know you will be
attending the MOREnet Conference.