Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "The Future of Everything--A day-long symposium on connecting space, information/technology, and policy/practice"

DATE: May 19, 2009

TIME: 9:00 - 3:30 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)

PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $128, Non-Members: $253 (fee includes unlimited am and pm break service and lunch)

LOCATION: Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Norwood, MA.

DESCRIPTION: In the face of an economic crisis of unprecedented and in many ways still not fully understood dimensions, there is a natural inclination to retrench, to stop considering what the next new thing might be, to slow down on innovation and experimentation. This is a mistake. This is the moment when we must confront the core assumptions of our educational enterprises, and to ask hard questions about why we do what we do, and how we can change in order to survive and perhaps even thrive.

This symposium, which is part of the Future of Everything project hosted by Academic Commons (http://academiccommons.org/futureofeverything/), brings us together to consider the possible futures of a host of interconnected topics: the book, the library, our system of scholarly communication, classroom technology, software distribution, the lecture, the seminar, and ultimately, the college and the university. You'll have a chance to hear from leading practitioners who are creating the next generation tools, resources, spaces, and policies, and to engage in on-line dialogue before, during, and after the event. The work of the symposium will be used to inform the publication of an on-line reader that we hope will be broadly useful for all engaged in re-imagining future services, facilities, and policies on campus.

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to:
http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5735