Program Schedule

• Saturday - Workshop on How to Start a Community Computer Network

• Monday - "Models of Opportunity"

• Tuesday - "Landmines and Other Detours on the Infobahn"

• Wednesday - Annual General Meeting of Telecommunities Canada

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General Pattern

There are three major themes running through the conference discussions, and grouped with these are a variety of minor themes.

Saturday

A one day pre-conference workshop will focus on the topic of "How to Start a Community Computer Network". Presenters from across North America will speak from their own experiences, addressing the technical, financial and public relations aspects of establishing a network.

Note: Program information is subject to change.

Monday Session: "Models of Opportunity"

Keynote speakers:

Jill Ellsworth, Ph.D., Internet Marketing Expert
Dottie Eastman, Internet Training Consultant
Michael Gillespie, Blue Sky Community Networks, MB
Richard Rosenberg, Ph.D., University of British Columbia

9:15 - 10:15 Opening plenary session by keynote speakers

10:15 - 11:00 Choice of:

• "Successful World Wide Web Marketing" Jill Ellsworth
  
• "Libraries on the Internet" Greg Buss
  
• "Municipalities on the Internet" Per Kristensen
  

11:15 - 12:00 Choice of:

• "The Apprentice Model of Internet Training" Dottie Eastman
  
• "Building Community Networks" Cyd Strickland. Niels Agger-Gupta. Paul Baker.
  
• "Free-Net Operations" Gary Shearman. Bruce McComb. Andrew Patrick.
  

10:15 - 12:00 Concurrent Workshops

• "Netscape Secure Servers", led by Geoff Seeley and Chris Halsall
  
• "The SchoolNet and Community Access Programs--Bringing Rural Canada into the Information Age", expected speakers are Wayne Tosh, Anne Ryan, Don Soucy, Marty Thompson and Tyler Burns
  

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 Choice of:

• "The Manitoba Community Networks Model" Michael Gillespie
  
• "Organizations and the People" Ronda Hauben. Bill Wresch.
  
• "Free-Net Models and Policies" Brian Campbell. Stephen Park.
  

2:30 - 3:15 Choice of:

• "The Social Impact of Computers" Richard Rosenberg and
  "Access and Affordability to Canada's Information Highway" Tara Ehrcke and Richard Rosenberg
  
• "Economic Development & the Internet" Ken Stratford
  
• "The Chebucto Suite Model" David Trueman
  

1:30 - 3:00 Concurrent Workshops

• "The Social Firewall", led by Mark Timmis
  
• "Successful World Wide Web Marketing and Promotion", led by Jill Ellsworth and Rebecca Grant
  

3:30 - 4:30 Video Conference with Australian Participants, led by John McNaull and Nick Hough

This presentation will focus on the current status of telecommuting in medium to large organisations in Australia. A case study (from Telstra, who operate the largest corporate telecommuting project to date) will be used to illustrate the factors which are contributing to the growth of telecommuting, and those which are holding it back. Using extracts from the recent Goanna Communications publication "Telecommuting Australia - A Business and Market Analysis" possible future scenarios for telecommuting will be examined, together with the policy initiatives that will be required to realise them.

Australia has also been a leader in the development of rural networks, telecottages and televillages. While the uptake of telecommuting in Australia has been slow, the move from employment to the independent contractor/teleworker has been significant. In parallel with this, there has been a rapid acceptance of the creation of rural telecentres (telecottages) to bring IT skills and training to the smaller communities. Australia now has close to 100 telecentres operating, most of them government funded.

Tuesday Session: "Landmines and Other Detours on the Infobahn"

Keynote speakers:

David Flaherty, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Don Vipond, Editor (retired) Victoria Times-Colonist
Susan Simmons, Association for the Promotion and Advancement of Science Education (APASE)
Byron Barnard, Ministry of Emplyment and Investment

9:15 - 10:15 Opening plenary session by keynote speakers
10:15 - 11:00 Choice of:

• "Privacy and Security" David Flaherty
  
• "Building a Web Presence" Ivan Sinclair and Stuart Herzog
  
• "The Information Highway Advisory Council" Jon Gerrard
  

11:15 - 12:00 Choice of:

• "Defamation & Other Limits on Free Speech" Don Vipond and Don Farquahar
  
• "Building On-Line Communities" Barbara Crow. Donna Cardinal.
  
• "Education on the Internet" John McGregor. Michael Maser.
  

10:15 - 12:00 Concurrent Workshops

• "The SchoolNet and Community Access Programs--Bringing Rural Canada into the Information Age", expected speakers are Wayne Tosh, Anne Ryan, Don Soucy, Marty Thompson and Tyler Burns
  
• "Community Connection Options", led by Roger Hart
  

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 Choice of:

• "W3-World Wide Web or World Without Women?"Susan Simmons
  
• "Internet Publishing" Michael Levy. Mark Zuehlke. John Shinnick.
  
• "Internet Tools" Mark Grant
  

2:30 - 3:15 Choice of:

• "Government Policy" Byron Barnard
  
• "Technology and Education" Brian Wesley
  
• "Unions on the Internet" Larry Kuehn
  

1:30 - 3:00 Concurrent Workshops

• "Operating Software", led by Campbell Good
  

3:30 - 4:30 Closing Comments

Wednesday

Annual General Meeting of Telecommunities Canada

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
1. Additions to the Agenda
2. Minutes of the 1994 General Meeting
3. Progress Report
4. Issues discussions:

Membership
International Relations
Industry Canada's Community Access Project
Federal Charitable Status
Other

5. Election of Officers
6. Planning 1995/96