ONLINE Information '97

ONLINE Information '97 will take place in London, UK, on 9-11 December 1997. This annual event, now in its 21st year, will embrace all aspects of digitally published content as well as electronic publishing services and technologies.

This year, more emphasis will be placed on the online industry itself, with the programme covering all aspects of the information industry from the practical business models to prospects for the next century. Two conference tracks, one academic and one commercial will be developed. The general themes for the conference will include:

- Trends and forecasts;
- New technologies, new jobs: competition or survival of the fittest?;
- Exploring the technologies: small is beautiful;
- Online hosts: Bread and butter or flogging a dead horse?;
- Information Society;
- Information as an asset: its current and future capital value;
- Information overload;
- Information management, the technological solution to overload;
- Choosing the right platform;
- Push technology;
- Pricing - Who has a clue?;
- The future of searching;
- Customized services;
- Update on the Net.

In addition to the conference, there will be an extensive exhibition of on-line information products and services. CORDIS, the European Community's Research and Development Information Service, will be among those at the exhibition, the largest of its kind in the world. Visitors to the CORDIS stand will be able to see the full range of CORDIS services, including the on-line databases, CORDIS Focus magazine and the CORDIS CD-ROM. In addition to the established CORDIS services, visitors will see the latest developments in the extensive CORDIS World Wide Web site.
For further information, please contact:

Learned Information Europe
The Conference Department
Woodside
Hinksey Hill
Oxford OX1 5BE
United Kingdom
Tel. +44-1865-388000; Fax +44-1865-736354
E-mail: registrations@learned.co.uk

Information may also be found on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.learned.co.uk/events/online/(opens in new window)