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Subject: ACM CRITICAL ISSUES CONFERENCE - 6-7 November 1990
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         ACM Conference on Critical Issues in Computing                
                 Hyatt Regency Crystal City 
                          Arlington, VA 
                       November 6-7, 1990
 
      ACM is sponsoring an exciting, new kind of conference this 
Fall -- the ACM Conference on Critical Issues.  The two issues 
featured this year are "Managing Complexity" and "Modeling 
Reality."  The goal is for participants to create an Action 
Agenda that would (over a period of years, an with the cooperation 
of many organizations) improve performance with respect to these 
issues as we plan, develop and implement systems.
           
     This is more than just another conference.  It is a SUMMIT 
on two issues which are of critical importance to the field of 
computing.  We must begin to take a more global approach to 
assessing the current state of capability and prescribing 
approaches to accelerating progress in these areas if computing 
is to remain in the forefront as THE enabling technology.            
 
     Here's how the conference will work.  After a brief opening 
session, the participants will divide up into two sections to 
work on one of the two issues.  In each section, invited speakers 
and responders will explore the many facets of the issue 
(modeling  reality or managing complexity).  Then, using a 
workshop format, the participants in each section go on to define 
an action list for addressing their issue. 
           
     The conference report, which will be available in March, 
1991, will merge the two action lists into an Action Agenda.  The 
report will be widely distributed to groups that might work with 
ACM, or independently, to take the actions. 
           
     The speakers and panelists in "Modeling Reality" are Jay 
Forrester, Stewart Dreyfus, John Kunz, Eleanor Wynn, David 
Bolter, and Peter Denning.  Those in "Managing Complexity" are 
Edward Chevers, Rod Leddy, David Parnas, Robert Charette, and 
Peter Neumann.  There are not only computer scientists, but 
people from development and applications areas also  -- an 
appropriate mix when you are considering issues like these.
 
     The conference will be small, and every attendee will be 
involved in making decisions leading to the Action Agenda. The 
conference will be held November 6-7, 1990, at the Hyatt Regency 
Crystal City in Arlington, VA. 
 
     You can request an advance program from: Don Nowak, ACM 
Headquarters, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, (212) 869- 
7440, e-mail: nowak@acmvm.bitnet.  Don can also take your phone 
registration, if you plan to  use your Visa or Mastercard.  To 
reserve a room at the hotel by phone, call (703) 418-1234 and 
mention the ACM Critical Issues Conference.