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			  Short Announcement
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	 International Congress of Scientists and Engineers:
			      CHALLENGES
	 Science and Peace in a Rapidly Changing Environment

		    Berlin, Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 1991


An  international congress  of scientists   and  engineers to  examine
issues of: arms control,  disarmament  and  the conversion of military
recources;  environmental security; science,   technology  and ethics.

The  program includes  plenary  lectures,  over   60 workshops, poster
sessions, and special excursions.

Topics covered in lectures and workshops include, for example, aspects
of: science, innovation and  the  arms race; technology diffusion  and
proliferation; cooperative  dismantling of nuclear weapons forces  and
infrastructure; conflict  and conflict resolution in  the Gulf and the
Middle East; conflict prevention in Europe; resource and environmental
conflicts; international  regimes  for   sustainable      development;
assessment    of technological   risks;    ethics  and  the practacing
scientists; secrecy,   democracy  and the   process of  scientific and
technological production.

Topics  of  special  interest for  computer   scientists include,  for
example: computerized and electronic warfare; technology assessment in
computer  science; computer    science and ethics   -   guidelines for
human-oriented  systems design;   curricula and  research  efforts  in
computer   science - meeting   the   challenges  of the 21st  century;
computer technology - an appropriate  means to overcome poverty in the
Third World?

Speakers include: Eduard Shewardnadze, John Holdren, Hans-Peter Duerr,
Anotoly  Sobtchak, Frank von Hippel, Johan Galtung, and over 200 other
international experts.

The german association FIFF (Forum InformatikerInnen fuer  Frieden und
gesellschaftliche  Verantwortung)  will  have its  annual   conference
integrated into the international congress.  FIFF  will participate in
the congress with  several working  groups and plenary  presentations.

Congress  fee: professors 150 DM, other  scientists/engineers/teachers
80 DM, university students 20 DM, high school students 7 DM.

Address: Congress Office       Phone: +49 30 882 3398
	 CHALLENGES            FAX:   +49 30 882 4524
	 Clausewitzstr. 4
	 D-1000 Berlin 12
	 Germany

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The full congress program is available via email upon request.
Send email to: schroed@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

For any further information, a hardcopy of the congress program, and
registration contact the Congress Office.

Please distribute this announcement to colleagues and friends!
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Carsten Schroeder                            |   Universitaet Hamburg
                                             |   Fachbereich Informatik
Phone: +49 40 4123 6144                      |   Bodenstedtstrasse 16
FAX:   +49 40 4123 6530                      |   D-2000 Hamburg 50
schroed@kogs26.informatik.uni-hamburg.de     |   Fed. Rep. Germany
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