Information Today & Tomorrow

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Hello,

I am sending herewith the announcement for the Information Today & Tomorrow meet to be held at Pune, January 7th to 10th. With the emerging interest in Internet/Intranet, we plan to hold a special full day session on this topic. We are also trying to get a dedicated high speed link for Internet connection thru VSNLfor the duration of the meet. This would give an opportunity to see live demos.

We also plan to hold an exhibition along with the meet. If you know of any one who would be interested in having a exhibit or sponsoring the meet please let me know.

Looking forward to an enthusiatic response

Dr. S.Krishnan
National Chemical Lab
Pune 411 008
e-mail: krish@ncl.ac.in

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Information Today & Tomorrow

January 7th to 10th 1997

Promoted and Sponsored by

National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT) Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Ministry of Science and Technology

New Delhi

National Chemical Laborator, Pune

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We are in the Information Age:

Information industry has come of age in India. With the liberalization of the economy and the consequent globalization, the demand for information has been increasing rapidly. Information is now recognized to be a key component of strategic planning and decision making. There is also a welcome change in the attitude of the information user community. Earlier, information was taken for granted and there was a reluctance to pay for it. Now, the same users often want information in the shortest possible time, and are more than willing to pay for it. Many industrial organizations are setting up information centres with access to on-line as well as CD-ROM databases. With the fall of hardware prices and the access to better telecom services, information is becoming available on desktop in a big way. Internet and world wide web access are growing at a rapid pace. This will soon be the preferred and probably the only mode of accessing databases, electronic journals and other multimedia databases. Many organizations are setting up intranets for providing access to internal databases. We should be seeing major database vendors providing web access to their databases in the near future.

Information Today & Tomorrow is a major meet for knowledge workers, on-line professionals, people in business and media, and people who use electronic information resources for research and decision making. Sponsored and promoted by the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, this is the only major conference in India that focuses on information contents and the associated technology for information delivery. It provides an unique opportunity to learn about the recent developments from experts in the field, interact with other information professionals, watch product demos, discover new services and products and gather details about products by talking to the information industry representatives. The meet also provides a virtual market place where the information industry, promoters and the users can interact.

Who Should Attend?

This meet would be of interest to

   - Information Managers
   - On-line Professionals
   - Publishing houses
   - Library and Information Centre Managers
   - Consultants and Information Brokers
   - Marketing and Sales Professionals from information industry
   - Information generating agencies
   - Information users from all walks of life
Why Should You Attend?

Information Today and Tomorrow brings to you 

   -  a common meeting place for CD-ROM / On-line / Internet users and content 
        providers.
   -  the latest developments in Internet, World Wide Web, and on-line services.
   -  forum for stock taking of present information scenario
   -  the opportunities to identify user's needs and thrust areas
   -  a forum for exchange of experiences and expertise
   -  a platform to discuss all matters that affect the information users and 
       industry
Technical Sessions - to Update your knowledge

In view of the growing importance of World Wide Web, we plan to have a full day session exclusively devoted to Internet technology. Besides invited lectures by eminent professionals, we will also have round table discussions on themes that are important to the information professionals. The details of the technical presentations are being prepared and will be mailed to the delegates before the meet.

Industry presentation, demo and exhibition

The meet offers a unique opportunity for Internet/On-line/CD-ROM and other information vendors and service providers to make presentations on their company, their products and services to a large audience of serious users, information professionals, and others who actually influence the adoption within their organizations. Time slots will be allotted on a first come first served basis. Kindly get in touch with the organizers at the earliest to get your time slot.

There will be an opportunity for the information vendors to exhibit their products and services during the conference at the exhibition hall. There will be sufficient free time for the conference participants to visit the stalls. The event will be publicized widely in and around Pune. It is expected that this will bring in a large number of visitors to the exhibition. Kindly get in touch with the organizers with your needs for your displays at the exhibition.

Sponsors

National Information System for Science and Technology (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India) is the promoter and sponsor of the meet. The meet is being organized by the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. Our earlier experience shows that we may confidentially expect this meet to attract co-sponsorship from all leading government and private enterprises.

A Pleasant Venue in Attractive Surroundings

Pune is the educational and cultural capital of Maharashtra. The city located at the confluence of Mula and Mutha rivers, enjoys a salubrious climate, and January is the pleasantest month of the year. From Pune, well known hill stations like Lonavala and Mahabaleshwar and pilgrim centres like Shirdi and Pandharpur can be easily reached. National Chemical Laboratory is a premier research institute established under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The laboratory hosts the NISSAT sectoral centres for Chemistry and Chemical Technology (NICHEM), on-line search facilities, Value Added Patents Information Centre (VAPIS) and a CD-ROM centre. The laboratory has one of the best libraries in the country for chemistry and allied sciences.

Registration


			Indian				Foreign
			(in Rupees)			(in US Dollars)

Delegates		1500/-				300/-

Commercial		5000/-				1000/- 
Presentation
(includes one 
delegate free)

Exhibition 		Conatct the organisers
Please send your completed registration form along with the registration fee through Bank draft / Cheque (local only) drawn in favour of Director, NCL, payable at Pune to the Secretariat by 30th November 1996.

Accommodation

We are making arrangements to accommodate a limited number of delegates from academic and research institutions in nearby guest houses and hostels. Kindly send in your accommodation request at the earliest to the secretariat.

Secretariat

Dr. S.Krishnan / Mr. V.G.Deodhar
National Chemical Laboratory
Pashan Road
Pune 411 008
Tel: 0212-338457
Fax: 0212-346973, 33
email: itt96@ncl.ac.in
email: itt96@csncl.ren.nic.in

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