Message-Id: <mailto:199501270456.WAA06971@library.wustl.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 22:57:05 -0600 From: Kurt Foss <mailto:kfoss@DOIT.WISC.EDU> Subject: FWD: Digital '95 Conf. on WWW To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
>Digital '95 Conference info (as of 1/26/95) --->
>http://sunsite.unc.edu/nppa/dig95.html
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>The theme of this year's conference is preparing yourself for a smooth
>ride on the information superhighway.
>
>Print publications of all types are beginning to offer text and photos
>to readers in new electronic forms, including online services,
>bulletin boards, The Internet's World Wide Web and interactive
>multi-media such as CD-ROM. Photographers, photo editors and systems
>managers are looking beyond the basics of scanning to more powerful
>ways of managing images and networks that will serve the needs of
>pagination systems and online information sources.
>
> CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
>
>Wednesday, March 1 should be your travel day. The registration desk
>will be open from noon to 5:30 p.m. and the opening reception (cash
>bar) with hors d'oeurves will run from 6 to 8 p.m.
>
>The program begins on Thursday, March 2 with three general sessions
>and two breakout sessions. Friday will feature two general sessions
>and three breakout sessions. Most breakout sessions will repeated.
>
>The vendor show runs 9 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 9
>a.m. to 12 p.m on Saturday.
>
>WHO WILL SPEAK?
>
>See the below for a list of of the major general sessions and the
>breakout sessions.
>
>HOW DO I REGISTER?
>
>Use the form below and mail, fax, or e-mail to Planners Network. (513
>728-4671, fax 513 728-4672 e-mail: mailto:planners@plink.geis.com).
>
>GETTING AROUND
>
>San Francisco International is 15 miles from the Marriott. A taxi will
>cost $20; shuttle bus runs $11.
>
> DIGITAL '95
> CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
>
>FAX this form (if paying by credit card) to (513) 728-4672
>Mail this form (with US $) to
>Digital 95 c/o Planners Network
>8952 Winton Road
>Cincinnati, OH 45231
>
>Make checks payable to NPPA Digital 95
>Registration Fees (in US $):
>
>By 1/31
>
> NPPA Member.....$150
> Non-Member..... $175
> Student.........$150
>
>After 1/31
>
> NPPA Member.........$175
> Non-Member......... $200
> Student.............$150
>
>(Please Print Clearly)
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>Name: ____________________________________
>
>Organization: ______________________________
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>Title: _____________________________________
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>Address: __________________________________
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>City ______________________________________
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>State: ___________ Zip Code: ____________ Country: ______________
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>Work Phone: (_____)______________________
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>FAX (____)__________________________
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>NPPA Member:____________
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>Non-Member __________
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>Student: ____________
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>Registration Fee Enclosed: ______________
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>(If paying by credit card)
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>Credit card type: Visa or MC: _________________
>NOTE: NPPA does not honor American Express
>
>Name (as printed on card): _________________________________________
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>Card #: ___________________________________
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>Exp. Date: _________________________________
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>Signature: __________________________________
>(All credit card orders must be signed)
>
>MAC TRAINING REGISTRATION
>
>(You may register for one class in each category- Please circle
>choices)
>
> PhotoShop Beginning or Intermediate
> QuarkXPress Beginning or Intermediate
> Internet: Browsing the Web
>
>For more information, Call (513) 728-4671
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>PROGRAM CONTENT
>
>THE BRAVE NEW WORLD
>
>OF ONLINE NEWSPAPERS Kurt Foss of the University of Wisconsin
>moderates a panel of editors of online newspapers, exploring why some
>have chosen to go with commercial services, some have set up their own
>dial-in systems, and others have put their systems on the World Wide
>Web of the Internet. And they'll talk about the strategic reasons they
>have chosen to be the pioneers.
>
>Foss and his panelists will also gaze into the future and speculate
>how high bandwidth networks and ever more sophisticated "information
>appliances" will change the direction of these online offerings.
>
>GROUNDBREAKING MULTIMEDIA
>
>Rick Smolan, producer of the best-selling CD-ROM "From Alice to Ocean"
>and the "Day in the Life" book series, shows a preview of his
>soon-to-be released project "Passage to Vietnam."
>
>Smolan took seventy of the world's top photojournalists to Vietnam and
>had unprecedented access to produce this in-depth profile of the
>country today. The project includes a book, an interactive CD-ROM and
>a high definition television program. Planned from the outset as a
>multimedia project, the CD takes interactivity to new levels,
>featuring an editing sessions with magazine photo editors and a
>virtual tour of the careers of some of the leading photojournalists
>who worked on the project.
>
>DO YOU KNOW THE WAY IN SAN JOSE?
>
>David Yarnold, worked his way up through the graphics department to
>recently become managing editor of the San Jose Mercury.
>
>Yarnold has built a graphics team that won so many picture editing
>awards in the 1993 Pictures of the Year we can't list them all. He'll
>chair a panel that includes A.M.E. for Graphics Bryan Monroe, Director
>of Photography Geri Migielicz, Features Design Director Nuri Ducassi
>and Picture Editor Sue Morrow. Yarnold and company will talk about the
>role of leadership in building a quality visual product and how to
>structure the newsroom to bring about that success.
>
>They'll also share their thoughts about how the newsroom will interact
>with the paper's Mercury Center online effort.
>
>ARCHIVING
>
>David Cole, newsroom veteran and publisher of the "Cole Papers,"
>assembles a panel of experts to assess the state of the art in
>archiving and image managment.
>
>DIGITAL CAMERAS
>
>A panel of manufacturers, moderated by Shelly Katz, a Dallas-based
>freelancer, will discuss their cameras and the state of this emerging
>technology.
>
>AP-LEAF USERS GROUP
>
>Join the top managers of AP photo technology to find out what's coming
>down the road in term of picture delivery and dialup access to the AP
>Preserver. Craig Porter, Assitant Director of Photography at the
>Detroit Free Press, will moderate the session.
>
>MACINTOSH TRAINING
>
>Sign up for beginning or intermediate training in Photoshop and
>QuarkXpress. New this year, learn how to cruise the Internet via World
>Wide Web browsers.
>
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>BREAKOUT SESSIONS
>
>(partial list; most sessions repeated)
>
>Online newspapers: Chris Gulker of the San Francisco Examiner tells
>how the newspaper strike presented an opportunity for the Electric
>Examiner on the Internet.
>
>Photo Editing: Eric Meskauskas explains how the New York Daily News
>uses Photo CD technology to scan 60-80 rolls of film a day and how it
>impacts the editing process.
>
>Archiving: Hal Buell and staff demonstrate the dial-up AP Preserver
>coming soon; browse AP's photo database, download directly by modem or
>order deliver via Photostream.
>
>Systems Editors: Jeff Adams of the Dayton Daily News moderates a trio
>of sessions: Introduction to Local Area Networking; Constructing an
>On-Ramp to the Information Highway and Newspaper Database: One Size
>Fits All.
>
>Photography: Former Geographic photographer Jim Sugar on how digital
>imaging fits into the career of a freelancer.
>
>Image Management: Jerome McClendon of the Los Angeles Times explains
>what technology he uses to manage what is probably the largest desktop
>operation in American newspapers.
>
>Calibration: Los Anageles Times Quality Assurance manager Mike Feasey
>talks about the tools he uses to maintain consistancy from scanner to
>monitor to imagesetter to press.
>
>Multimedia: Brian Masck and Grover Sanschagrin of the Michigan PPA on
>producing your first CD-ROM.
>
>Photo editing: Scott Henry of the Marin (CA) Independent Journal
>explains his secrets for trolling the Internet for story and picture
>ideas. Henry is Director of Photography and database coordinator for
>the paper.
>
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