Two Conferences on Computers and Work Come to Cambridge

We live in an era where technology and work life are inextricably 
meshed. Two back-to-back conferences in November will address issues 
related to computers in the workplace.

PDC '96
The Fourth Biennial Conference on Participatory Design (PDC '96) will 
be held November 13 to 15 at MIT. Sponsored by Computer Professionals 
for Social Responsibility, PDC '96 focuses on involving workers in the 
analysis, design, and implementation of technologies and work practices. 
Areas that will be explored include product development, long-term 
system maintenance and redesign, and settings in the developing world. 
For more information, visit the PDC '96 Web page at

http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/conferences/pdc96/pdc96.html

CSCW '96
From November 16 to 20, the Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative 
Work (CSCW '96) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cambridge. 
Sponsors are the ACM Special Interest Groups on Computer-Human 
Interaction and Office Information Systems. CSCW '96 addresses the 
technical, sociological, anthropological, and policy issues related to 
workplace technologies. These include electronic mail, workflow, video 
conferencing, decision support systems, and collaboration over the Web.
The theme of CSCW '96 is "Cooperating Communities." Papers, panels, 
and demonstrations will cover new developments on the World Wide Web and 
in virtual worlds, including communities that form and are maintained in 
Internet-hosted 3D worlds.
 
To see the conference program, go to the CSCW '96 Web page at
  
http://www.acm.org/sigchi/cscw96/