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Next Meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the International
Interactive Communications Society (IICS) will be:

Tuesday, October 13

7-10pm       (7:00 for munchies, 7:30 for meeting start)

Exploratorium
at the Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco

$10 for non-members
You may join the IICS at the door. Individual $75, Student $40 for one year.
Includes Newsletter, monthly presentations, directory, great networking
opportunities. Put my name as a referral (Lissa Shoun) so I can win a
mug or some other fantastic prize. Meetings are held on the second
Tuesday of every month. The hotline number (415) 328-7318 has current
meeting information.

TOPIC: Multimedia in Healthcare

The growing healthcare industry provides many opportunities for
multimedia products. This month's meeting features award winning
design examples and focused discussion on the use of multimedia for
physician and patient education, policy and decision making, and
communication of prevention messages.

Dr. Joe Henderson, Director of the Interactive Media Laboratory,
Dartmouth Medical School, will present: Combat Regimental Surgeon, an
interactive role play to educate doctors, and Cyberspace
Representation of Vietnam War Trauma, a virtual reality database,
Dr. Henderson has received numerous awards including Gold and Silver
Medals in the New York International Film and Video Festival, and the
1989 Gold Cindy Award in Continuing Adult Education.

Richard Haukom, President of Haukom Associates, will present Your
Heart, an interactive multimedia health information program
commissioned by the American Heart Association.  It has been selected
for exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Health and Medicine Museum
this October.

Lewis Kraus, Vice Presidnet of InfoUse will present Ashtown - Smoking
Prevention Interactive Multimedia System for Children, an
award-winning interactive multimedia system on smoking
prevention intended for fifth and sixth grade children.  The system,
developed under a grant from the State of California, covers issues
related to physical, financial and peer consequences of tobacco use.
It recently won a silver medal at the New York Film Festival
Interactive Media Competition.


DIRECTIONS: Take 101 north to the Van Ness exit. Turn right onto Van
Ness at the bottom of the off-ramp and head North following signs for
the Golden Gate Bridge. After 2.2 miles, turn left onto Lombard.
In a little more than a mile, bear right on Richardson Avenue. Turn
right at Lyon Street, into the Exploratorium parking lot. Go left
around the circle to the main entrance on the north side.

From the east bay, take the bay bridge to 101 North and the Van Ness
exit. Follow directions above.

From Marin, take 101 South across the Golden Gate bridge. Turn right
into the Exploratorium parking lot where the freeway ends at Marina
Blvd.

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Lissa
shoun@netcom.com     (408) 926-0812