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SLA Announces Keynote Speakers for 2005 Conference
Worldwide Experts on Technology Will Set the Tone for
Major International Event
Alexandria, Virginia, USA, September 23, 2004 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) will feature two compelling keynote speakers at its 2005 Annual Conference, to be held June 5-8 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Don Tapscott, an internationally known authority on business strategy, opens the conference Monday, June 6. Bill Buxton, one of the world’s leading experts on human-centered technology design, will wrap up the conference Wednesday, June 8.
Tapscott studies the impact of information and communication technologies on business and society, and has consistently anticipated business trends over the past 10 years. He was one of the first to predict the value of the Internet in business models. Now, his research and insight have resulted in the seminal work on organizational transparency, The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business. With organizational knowledge available instantly in today’s networked world, Tapscott believes, “If you’re going to be naked, you’d better be buff.”
Bill Buxton is a designer and researcher concerned with human aspects of technology. His work reflects a particular interest in the use of technology to support creative activities such as design, film-making and music. Buxton's research specialties include technologies, techniques and theories of input to computers, technology-mediated human to human collaboration, and ubiquitous computing. He has consulted to several technology companies, and had a long association as a consulting research scientist with the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). He has also lectured at, and collaborated with, leading research labs and universities around the world.
Tapscott and Buxton are native Canadians, highlighting the return of the SLA Annual Conference to Canada for the first time in 10 years. The fact that each has expertise on technology – thought from completely different points of view – supports one of the underlying themes of the conference: the value of integration between information and technology.
For more information about SLA 2005, visit the conference site at www.sla.org/toronto2005.
About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 12,000 members in 83 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org.
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