Wednesday, August 21, 1996

6:00-7:30 p.m. Welcoming Reception

Thursday, August 22

7:30-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45 Workshop Introduction and Objectives
Alan Biermann, Steering Committee Chair

8:45-10:15 People and Functions: Uses of Information Infrastructure
and Implications for Interfaces
Moderator: Tora Bikson
Panel: Larry Goldberg, Sara Kiesler, John King,
Robert Kraut, Bruce Tognazzini

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-Noon Communication and Collaboration
Moderator: Barbara Grosz
Panel: Austin Henderson, Gary Olson, Candace Sidner,
Lee Sproull, Loren Terveen

Noon-1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15-2:45 Information Dimensions
Moderator: Bruce Tognazzini
Panel: Susan Hockey, Mark Weiser, Moshe Zloof

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-5:00 Input-Output Methods and Paradigms
Moderator: Gregg Vanderheiden
Panel: Ron Cole, Thomas DeFanti, John Makhoul, Alan Newell,
Daniel Siewiorek, Andries van Dam, Stephen Weinstein

5:00-5:15 p.m. Day 1 Wrap-up: Comments from Invited Observers and
Instructions for Day 2
Alan Biermann

5:15-6:15 Reception and Demonstrations

6:15-7:30 Dinner

Friday, August 23

7:30-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:15 Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session A1: Agents and System Intelligence
Moderator: Alan Biermann
Panel: Steven Feiner, Craig Knoblock, Mark Maybury,
Johanna Moore, Katia Sycara, Kent Wittenburg
Parallel Session A2: Design and Evaluation
Moderator: Thomas Landauer
Panel: Sara Czaja, Dennis Egan, Alan Newell,
John Thomas, Robert Virzi

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-Noon Parallel Sessions: Application Dimensions
Parallel Session B1: Lifelong Learning
Moderator: Gerhard Fischer
Panel: Charles Cleary, Wallace Feurzeig, John Richards,
Elliot Soloway, John Thomas
Parallel Session B2: Work and Home Life
Moderators: John Makhoul and Stephen Weinstein
Panel: Louis Hecht, Stephen Kent, Sara Kiesler,
Robert Kraut, Mark Laubach, Adam Porter
Parallel Session B3: Public Interest and Health Care
Moderators: Tora Bikson and Bruce Tognazzini
Panel: Patricia Brennan, David Crocker, Sara Czaja,
John King, Aki Namioka, Lee Sproull, Michael Traynor

Noon-1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15-2:15 Parallel Sessions Concluded
Complete reports for presentation in plenary session

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-3:00 Parallel Session Presentations

3:00-5:00 Synthesis—Setting the Research Agenda
Moderator: Alan Biermann
Panel: Steering Committee

5:00 Adjourn

PARTICIPANTS

Alan Biermann, Chair, Duke University

Tora Bikson, RAND Corporation

Patricia Brennan, Case Western Reserve University

Charles Cleary, Learning Sciences Corporation

Ron Cole, Oregon Graduate Institute

David H. Crocker, Brandenburg Consulting

Sara Czaja, University of Miami

Thomas DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dennis Egan, Bellcore

Steven K. Feiner, Columbia University

Wallace Feurzeig, BBN Corporation

Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado

Larry Goldberg, National Center for Accessible Media
WGBH Educational Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Barbara Grosz, Harvard University

Louis Hecht, Open GIS Consortium Inc.

Austin Henderson, Apple Computer

Susan Hockey, University of Alberta (affiliation at time of workshop:
Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities, Rutgers University and Princeton University)

Stephen T. Kent, BBN Corporation

Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University

John L. King, University of California, Irvine

Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California

Robert E. Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University

Thomas Landauer, University of Colorado

Mark Laubach, Com21 Inc.

John Makhoul, BBN Corporation

Mark T. Maybury, Mitre Corporation

Johanna Moore, University of Pittsburgh

Aki Namioka, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Alan Newell, University of Dundee

Gary Olson, University of Michigan

Adam Porter, University of Maryland

John Richards, Turner Educational Services Inc.

Candace Sidner, Lotus Development Corporation

Daniel Siewiorek, Carnegie Mellon University

Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan

Lee S. Sproull, Boston University

Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University

Loren Terveen, AT&T Research Laboratories

John Thomas, NYNEX Science and Technology

Bruce Tognazzini, Healtheon Corporation

Michael Traynor, Cooley Godward LLP

Andries van Dam, Brown University

Gregg Vanderheiden, University of Wisconsin

Robert Virzi, GTE Laboratories

Stephen Weinstein, NEC America Inc.

Mark Weiser, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

Kent Wittenburg, Bellcore

Moshe Zloof, Hewlett Packard Laboratories

INVITED OBSERVERS

Susan A. Brummel, General Services Administration

Y.T. Chien, National Science Foundation

Dinah F.B. Cohen, Department of Defense, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program

Eileen Collins, National Science Foundation

Helen Gigley, Office of Naval Research

Thomas Kalil, National Economic Council

Michael R. Nelson, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Gary W. Strong, National Science Foundation