3-01 (September 2001) by Ron Blicq Forum 2003

Planning is already in progress for the next "Forum" Conference. After the success of Forum 95 in Dortmund, Germany, and then Forum 2000 in London, England, the INTECOM delegates recommended holding the next Forum conference in three years, rather than the customary five years. Their reason: technology evolves so quickly today, that five years has become too long a space between conferences.

The planning committee is already making plans and has tentatively set June 2003 as the month (the exact dates will be announced shortly) and Milano in Italy as the venue. The same societies that coordinated Forum 2000 have agreed to coordinate Forum 2003:

• tekom, of Germany, will be responsible for overall administration, and will chair the conference. (Chair: Michael Fritz)
• The Institution for Scientific and Technical Communication (ISTC), in the UK, will be responsible for the program. (Chair: Anke Harris)
• The IEEE Professional Communication Society (PCS), headquartered in the USA, will be responsible for publicity. (Chair: Ron Blicq)
• The Society for Technical Communication (STC), also in the USA, will be responsible for publications. (Chair: Jeffrey Hibbard)

Circle June 2003 on your calendar (it’s only 21 months away!), and keep reading both the print and online versions of TC-FORUM for information as the program and plans develop.

For specific questions, please drop me a line at ronblicq@cs.com.  

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