CSISAC Spring Forum 2000 -- Last call (Virginia Roy) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 01 May 2000 21:11 UTC
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 15:59:02 -0400 From: Virginia Roy <royv@FAXON.CA> Subject: LAST CALL! CSISAC Spring Forum 2000 Please full free to re-circulate this posting! The deadline is approaching. You don't want to miss this one! CSISAC Spring Forum - PORTALS? VORTALS? MORE INTERNET JARGON? Join us for another exceptional CSISAC Spring Forum!!! Are portals and vortals just the next Internet fad? Or do they present information professionals and knowledge organizations with a chance to filter and customize the burgeoning mass of information reaching and overwhelming end users? Shouldn't you find out? A panel of experts representing portal developers, users and marketers will reveal what you need to know to help you and your organization understand the importance of information portal development and implementation. Date : Thursday May 11, 2000 Time : 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Location : Ryerson Theatre, Room L72 Learning Resource Centre, Lower Level Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto 350 Victoria Street (north west corner of Victoria and Gould Street, one block east of Yonge and one block north of Dundas - at the Dundas subway) Parking is available at 300 Gould Street Panel : Brian Detlor, a doctoral student at FIS is an expert in consulting, designing and managing large corporate information systems. Brian is currently involved in teaching the portal series being offered by FIS and will help us understand what is meant by "information portal", how they present a not-to-be-missed opportunity for information professionals and the success factors for portal implementation. Pamela Millar, is an information specialist at Onx.com a company that specializes in helping organizations adapt their systems and processes to take advantage of opportunities created by the Internet. Pam is also involved with the portal series at FIS and will be discussing Health Canada's experience implementing an enterprise-wide information portal. Roger Walker, is Vice-President, Sales with CoreChange a fast growing international software company and leading developer of Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) software. Roger will share his team's experience and the challenges of implementing information portal software in different institutions, industries and hospitals To register : email wendy.bloomfield@rowecom.ca or call 800-263-2966 ext. 261 Cost : CSISAC Members - FREE Non-members - $10.00 payable at the door. Entrance fee can be put towards a $25.00 one year membership. CSISAC will provide a coffee/muffin break. Virginia M. Roy MLS National Marketing Manager RoweCom Canada 79 Brookdale Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5M1P2 (416) 440-8900 Fax : (416) 440-0478 http://www.rowecom.ca virginia.roy@rowecom.ca Please note my new email address : virginia.roy@rowecom.ca