[Asis-l] FW: REGISTRATION REMINDER - CENDI-NFAIS Conference on Mobile Computing

[Richard Hill]

[Posted by request.  Dick Hill]

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ONLY 4 WEEKS LEFT:  REGISTER TODAY!
 
Mobile Computing: 
Delivering Content to the Research Community 
November 18, 2010         9:00 am – 4:30 pm
 
A One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS and hosted by NARA at the
  National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW, Washington, DC 20408
 
Cell phones, smart phones, netbooks and other hand-held computing devices
are becoming essential conduits to information by an increasingly mobile and
collaborative global research community. Today’s top-end smart phones are as
powerful by the computational calculation speeds of their processors as were
the world’s fastest supercomputer of only two-decades ago.  Mobile computing
is not only a rapidly growing content delivery channel, but it is also
shaping the future of scientific and technical communication! 
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 
 
The over-arching nature of this one-day workshop will appeal to anyone
involved in the delivery of content to researchers and scholars around the
world, including content providers, librarians, publishers, information
professionals, scientists/researchers, technologists, and educators. 
 
THE FOCUS OF THE DAY – The program will begin with an overview of the
current landscape for the mobile delivery of content, including the level of
adoption by content providers and users as well as the types of devices that
are most popular.  This will be followed by a look at the technology
challenges in delivering content to mobile devices.  In the afternoon, a
panel of publishers will present case studies on how they delivering content
to mobile devices and discuss new opportunities offered by this unique
delivery channel.  Next will be a look at newly developed applications to
facilitate the use of mobile computing within scientific communication and
workflow.  The meeting will close with a discussion on open government and
policies on the future of mobile computing.
 
Welcome from the U.S. Archivist, David S. Ferriero
Speaker Affiliations: 

Astute Technologies
CAS
ITR Group
Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
Magellan Media
        National Center for Atmospheric Research
        National Library of Medicine
       Smithsonian Institution
       Sookmyung Women’s University  (Korea)
 
The full program is available at the following URL:
 
http://cendievents.iiaweb.com/CENDI_NFAIS_1110/index.html


 
REGISTRATION
 
The registration fee for CENDI and NFAIS members is $95 and $125 for
non-members. The fee includes lunch and refreshment breaks.    
 
Register online at:
 
http://cendievents.iiaweb.com/CENDI_NFAIS_1110/CENDI_NFAIS_1110_reg.html
 
 
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT: 
 
Jill O’Neill, NFAIS     215-893-1561 or  jilloneill at nfais.org
Kathryn Holloway, CENDI Secretariat     865-298-1234 or kholloway at iiaweb.com
 
 
NFAIS  (http://www.nfais.org)

Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a premier membership organization of more than 60
of the worlds leading producers of databases, information services, and
information technology in the sciences, engineering, social sciences,
business, and the arts and humanities. 

CENDI  (http://www.cendi.gov)

CENDI, the Federal STI Managers Group, was formally created in 1985 when a
Memorandum of Understanding was signed by four charter U.S. government
agencies (Commerce, Energy, NASA, and Defense).  From this small core of STI
managers, CENDI has grown to its current membership of 14 major science
agencies involved in the dissemination and long-term management of
scientific and technical information.