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AFRITECH '95 List and Electronic Conference

AFRITECH '95 List and Electronic Conference

Please post the following annoucement concerning the AFRITECH '95 ELECTRONIC ONLINE CONFERENCE, scheduled for January 1995, and the AFRITECH List. Detailed information for joining the list and participating in the conference. My apologies for duplications of this posting.
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                    AFRITECH '95: AN ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE

                 "SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS:
             PERSPECTIVES AND ISSUESS FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINARY DEBATE"

An Electronic International Conference, AFRITECH '95: AN ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE - "Science, Technology, and African-Americans: Perspectives and Issues for Cross Disciplinary Debate and Research," will be held January 20-22, 1995. AFRITECH '95 will provide an opportunity for participants to engage in two-and-a-half days of cross disciplinary debate and discussion on a variety of topics related to technology and the African American experience. Researchers, educators, and practitioners will be able to interact with participants from around the world by signing on to different discussion groups within the conference, from home or office.

This Conference is sponsored by the Planning Committee for the Mid-Year Electronic Conference of the "Technology and the African-American Experience Workshop Group." The First Annual International Workshop on "Technology and the African-American Experience" was held last May 20-22, 1994, at Howard University, Washington, DC. The Workshop was planned to bring together those who were doing research, or interested in doing research on the following topics:

Workplace Technology and Workers; Urban Infrastructure and Transportation Engineering; Environmental Justice; Health and Medicine; Engineering and Engineering Education; Computers, Communication and Information Technologies; Inventors and Inventing; Unexplored Research Frontiers in Technology; Issues of Public Policy, Politics; and Government Involvement with Technology.

The Mid-Year Electronic Conference will focus on these same topics and registrants will be able to present papers and/or participate in the conference at the following levels: Area Chair, Panel Chair, Panelist or Discussant, Presenter of a Paper, or to just Attend.

The AFRITECH List will serve as the communication source keeping prospective participants informed and up-to-date on the development of panels for the conference, registration, and provide a forum for input into the development and administration of the conference. Joining the List will also establish a Preregistration list for participating in the conference. Please feel free to notify your colleagues of this list and invite them to subscribe. In addition to subscribing to the list, participants will also need to decide ona preferred level of participation for the electronic conference.

Papers, Abstracts and Levels of Participation should be submitted according to the following deadline dates, after subscribing to the List:

      Area and Panel Chairs:  Committed by September 24, 1994
      Presenters of Papers:  Submit topics by October 7, 1994
      Discussants (Panelists):  Committed by October 7, 1994
      Abstracts of Papers:   Submitted by December 10, 1994
      Other Attendees:   Late Registration Ends, December 20, 1994.

To subscribe to the List and receive further details on both the Conference and the List, send an e-mail message to:

LISTSERV@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU

with the message: SUBSCRIBE AFRITECH as the only line in the body of the message (without the brackets).

If you have questions about the List of the Electronic Conference send an e-mail message to Rosie L. Albritton (List-Owner and Chair of the Planning Committee for the Electronic Conference) at RALBRIT@WAYNEST1 (or) RALBRIT@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU, or see phone and FAX numbers listed below.

Rosie L. Albritton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Library & Information Science
Kresge Library 106
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan 48202-3939
Phone: (313) 577-6203        
FAX: (313) 577-4172          


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Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 20:19:06 -0400
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Subject: AFRITECH '95 List and Electronic Conference



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