ANNOUNCE: Ray Bradbury at WRITE'95


Thu, 4 May 1995 21:22:46 UNDEFINED

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| W.R.I.T.E.'95 |
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| "Writers' Retreat on Interactive |
| Technology and Equipment" |
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| >>>> June 14, 15, 16 & 17, 1995 <<<< |
| Granville Island |
| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| KEYNOTE ADDRESS |
| Paul Saffo of the Institute for the Future |
| "Writing in an Age of Electronic Incunabula" |
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| SPECIAL GUEST |
| Ray Bradbury |
| "1001 Ways to Solve the Future." |
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| HOSTED BY |
| The University of British Columbia |
| Continuing Studies |
| IN ASSOCIATION WITH |
| Centre for Image & Sound Research |
| Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design |
|International Interactive Communications Society|
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| W.R.I.T.E.'95 PARTNERS |
| MPR Teltech * Patriot Computers of Canada |
| Media Wave Magazine * Duthie Books |
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"Best conference I've been to in years. Thanks!"

"One of the best, most exciting conferences I've
ever attended."

"Fabulous exchange of ideas. Inspiring and
informative sessions."

-------> Delegate Comments from W.R.I.T.E.'94

CONTENTS

* Overview
* Fast Facts
* Conference Details
* Keynote Address: Paul Saffo
* Special Guest: Ray Bradbury
* Speakers
* This Year's Themes
* Panel Topics
* W.R.I.T.E.'95 Advisory
* Hotel Accommodations
* Registration Form
* Information

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OVERVIEW

W.R.I.T.E. (Writers' Retreat on Interactive Technology
& Equipment) is an annual conference for writers,
developers, and publishers that focuses on the
creation of "new media" products and services for the
digital publishing industry.

The conference consists of plenary, panel, and breakout
sessions on all-aspects of new media creation and
features approximately 40 speakers. Enrollment is
limited to 350 delegates in order to maintain an
intimate and friendly environment.

The spirit of W.R.I.T.E. is the search for ideas
and opportunities to create literature, entertainment,
and information-based products for CD-ROM, multimedia,
interactive TV, and the Internet and other
"information highways". It is designed for practicing
new media professionals as well as individuals
interested in exploring new interactive technologies.

W.R.I.T.E. addresses the particular needs of writers,
authors, and others who are, and will be, the
"creators of content" for all forms of interactive
digital products and services.

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FAST FACTS

* WHEN: June 14 - 17, 1995, starting at 6:00 pm
Wednesday evening with a CISR special welcoming
reception at Performance Works. Conference concludes
at 5:00 pm Saturday afternoon. A special full-day
preconference seminar provides a comprehensive
introduction to new-media concepts and technologies.

* WHERE: On Granville Island in downtown Vancouver,
British Columbia, at Performance Works and the Emily
Carr Institute of Art & Design

* WHY: Because text, like pictures, audio and video,
is going digital and interactive. Writers are working
in new ways, with new tools and new people, and must
create new opportunities to achieve their vision.

* KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Paul Saffo, "Writing in an Age of
Electronic Incunabula," Director of the Institute for
the Future, a nonprofit consulting foundation in
Menlo Park, California.

* GALA DINNER: Join Paul Saffo for an evening of jazz,
good food and visions of the future at Mulvaney's
Restaurant on Granville Island, Thursday evening,
June 15. Cocktails at 6:00 dinner at 7:00. C$50/US$40

* SPECIAL GUEST: Ray Bradbury, widely regarded as the
most important figure in the development of science
fiction as a literary genre, will speak on "1001 Ways
to Solve the Future."

* FEES: Before May 15, 1995: $360 Canadian ($275 US).
After May 15: $425 Canadian ($325 US). Student fee:
$275 Canadian ($225 US). Requires proof of student
status. Faculty, staff, and members of host
organizations (UBC, CISR, ECIAD, IICS) eligible for
host rates.

* MEALS: Daily continental breakfasts and lunches are
included in the registration fee.

* PROCEEDINGS: Conference proceedings are including in
the registration fee.

* NEW MEDIA SHOWCASE: Sponsored by Patriot Computers of
Canada, the New Media Showcase features many of the
hottest CD-ROMs on the market and provides Internet
access for World Wide Web browsing, email, etc.

* PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR: "Demystifying Interactive
Media & the Information Superhighway" is a full-day
seminar, Wednesday, June 14, from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.
This seminar provides a comprehensive introduction to
new-media concepts and technologies. It is presented
by Geoffrey Hansen, President of Lateral Vision, a
Vancouver new-media consulting firm, with special
guests including Carol Taylor of Sakson & Taylor
Inc. of Seattle. Fee: C$65/US$50 for registered
delegates; C$125/US$95 for non-conference attendees.

* INTERNET PUBLISHING WORKSHOP is an intensive,
three-day, hands-on workshop covering all aspects of
Internet publishing from html writing, to interface
design, to web site management. The workshop is limited
to 30 participants and will be taught at the David Lam
Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia,
Mon - Wed, June 19 - 21, from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm daily.
Fee: C$595/US$450 for registered W.R.I.T.E. delegates;
C$795/US$595 for non-conference attendees. Contact UBC
Continuing Studies at 604.822.1432 for more information.

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CONFERENCE DETAILS

W.R.I.T.E. is held on beautiful Vancouver, British
Columbia, on Granville Island, a centre for the arts
and culture just minutes from downtown. Last year's
keynote speaker was Howard Rheingold. Other luminaries
included Ted Nelson, William Gibson, Spider Robinson,
David Godfrey, Candas Dorsey, Mark Schlichting, Howard
White, and Greg Roach.

The conference attracts a range of individuals from
novice to professional with a variety of writing
backgrounds and interests from poetry to screen
writing to computer-based training.

Many delegates who do not formally refer to themselves
as writers, but creatively express themselves through
words or who need to understand the art and business of
interactive writing, also attend. This includes
researchers, product development managers, new media
producers, corporate communicators, librarians,
academics, etc.

The first day focuses on the conceptual underpinnings
of interactive writing and the new media. Day two
focuses on the processes needed to implement concepts
and ideas. Day three looks at individuals and the
productions they have worked on or developed.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PAUL SAFFO

Paul Saffo is a Director at the Institute for the
Future, a 25 year old consulting foundation specializing
in long-range planning and forecasting, located in Menlo
Park, California. He is also on the Core Faculty of the
Stanford Professional Publishing Course.

A futurist and visionary, Mr Saffo's specialty is
determining the long-term impact of new information
technologies. His expertise is in predicting the
economic, social, and political consequences of the
convergence of the computer, consumer electronics,
and communications industries.

Famous at UBC for his statement "I get my best ideas
from misunderstanding Ted Nelson," Mr Saffo combines
a serious intellectual curiosity and a love of art
and writing to produce penetrating looks at trends and
behaviour impacted by new technologies.

Mr Saffo is a contributing columnist to WIRED and the
Los Angeles Times, and has been a contributing editor
to PC Computing, Infoworld, MacWeek and Personal
Computing magazines.

His essays and articles have appeared in numerous
publications including The Harvard Business Review,
BYTE, Computer World, The New York Times, Fortune,
Information Week, International Design and Publish.
A book of Mr Saffo's essays, "Dreams in Silicon
Valley," was recently published in Japan.

Mr Saffo holds a B.A. from Harvard College, an LL.B.
from Cambridge University, and a J.D. from Stanford
Law School. Prior to joining the Institute for the
Future, Mr Saffo practiced law in Silicon Valley
specializing in matters related to technology. He is
also a Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
at Cambridge University.

Selected Quotes by Paul Saffo:

"Technology does not drive change at all. Technology
merely enables change. It's our collective cultural
response to the options and opportunities presented
by technology that drives change."

"Originality is a myth. What lifts the great from
the merely derivative is not originality at all,
but passion."

"Text will emerge as a primary indicator of
trustworthiness, and images will transit the Net as
multimedia surrounded by a bodyguard of words, just as
medieval scholars routinely added textual glosses in
the margins of their tomes."

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SPECIAL GUEST: RAY BRADBURY

Ray Bradbury is widely regarded as the most important
figure in the development of science fiction as a
literary genre. His talk at W.R.I.T.E.'95 is titled
"1001 Ways to Solve the Future."

Mr Bradbury has more than five hundred published works
including short stories, novels, plays, screenplays,
television scripts and verse. Among his best known books
are "The Martian Chronicles," "The Illustrated Man,"
"Fahrenheit 451" and "Something Wicked This Way Comes."

Mr Bradbury's most recent novels are "Graveyard for
Lunatics" (1990) and "Yestermorrow" (1992). A number of
his titles have been made into movies. Since 1985 he
has adapted 42 of his short stories for "The Ray
Bradbury Television Theater."

In a field that thrives on the fantastic and the
marvelous, Ray Bradbury's best stories celebrate the
importance of the imagination and humanist values and
are concerned with universal themes of racism,
censorship, technology, and nuclear war.

His creativity has also found expression as an Imagineer
at Walt Disney Enterprises where he designed the
"Spaceship Earth" exhibition at Epcot Center. Highly
respected in the writing community, Mr Bradbury's awards
include the O. Henry Memorial Award, The Benjamin
Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime
Achievement, and the Grand Master Award from the
Science Fiction Writers of America.

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SPEAKERS
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Plenary Sessions

"Literary Co-evolution: Writers and Readers in Symbiosis"
Linda Stone: Director, Advanced Technology Group,
Microsoft Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, AND
Don Mitchell: Advanced Technology Group, Microsoft
Corporation, Bellevue, Washington AND
Shannon McRae: Graduate Student, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington

"Hollywood: Cruising with the Top Down on the Knowledge
Highway"
David Obst: Pulizer Prize winning writer, Los Angeles, CA

"When the Rubber Hits the Road: Interactive Content for
a Major Information Superhighway Trial"
Paul Hoffert: Musician, Academic, and Excutive Director,
Intercom Ontario (an infoway trial) and Cultech Research
Centre, North York, ON

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Breakout Sessions

"Consensual Reality: Lessons from Interactive Theater"
Paul Belserene: Consulting Storyteller, West Vancouver, BC

"Birth of a Notion"
Justine Bizzocchi: Executive Director, Centre for Image &
Sound Research, Vancouver, BC

"A Hypertext from Calvino’s Tarots: Hypertext Writing in
the Neo-Baroque Society as a Weapon Against the Panopticon"
Alberto Cecchi: Sociologist, Terni, Italy

"Frozen Journeys: Interactive and Immersive Installation"
Toni Dove: Electronic Media Artist, New York, NY

"CD-ROM in Education: Making Your Good Idea Stronger--From
Concept to Proposal to Contract"
John Green: Writer-Producer, Green Media, New London,
Connecticut

"Web Publishing Paradigms"
Tim Guay: Technical Director, Vancouver Internet
Publishing Ltd., Vancouver, BC

"Structural Paradigms in *Terminal: an Interactive
Short Story*"
Robin Escalation: Computer Consultant and Trainer,
London, Ontario
AND Katherine Hajer: Teacher, London, Ontario

"Towards An Ecology of Writing"
Oliver Hockenhull: Filmmaker and writer, Vancouver, BC
AND James K-M: Artist, Vancouver, BC

"The Tatooed Map"
Barbara Hodgson: Book Designer, Vancouver, BC

"Artificial Memory: Mnemonic Writing in the New Media"
Tim McLaughlin: Writer, Knossopolis, Vancouver, BC

"Permutations of Interactive Fiction"
Mick Mortlock: Managing Partner, Interactive Fiction Ink,
Tempe, Arizona

"Cyberight: Learning copyright rules through an
interactive game"
Indhu Rajagopal: Professor, Division of Social Science
Multimedia Lab, York University, Ontario

"Come On In, the Water's Fine: Writers' Roles in the
Electronic Universe (Or, What's a nice writer like you
doing in a cyberspace like this?)"
Anne Seeley: Interaction Designer and Program Manager,
MetaBridge, Inc, Seattle, Washington
AND Janice Bultmann: Writer & Editor, Seattle, Washington

"The Object-Oriented Paradigm and Its Impact on Narrative"
Philip Shaddock: President, Rage Pictures, Inc.,
Vancouver, BC

"Future Doc: Windows 95 and the Evolution of the
Document-Centric Universe"
Mark Smallwood: Vice-President, Information Design,
HyperGlyph Publishing, Redwood City, California

"A Plot Beyond a Line: New Ways to Be Nonlinear"
Michael St. Hippolyte: Multimedia Developer, Brooklyn, NY

"Down Time Interactive: A Hypertext Omnimedia Production"
Rob Swigart: Research Affiliate, Institute for the Future,
Menlo Park, California

"Creative Live Interactive Chat (CLIC)"
Harry Youtt: Instructor, UCLA Extension Writers Program,
Hermosa Beach, California

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Design Forum

Your opportunity to have your questions answered with:

* Gary Blakely, Instructor, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC
* Geoffrey Hansen, President, Lateral Vision Group,
Vancouver, BC
* Gordon Pritchard, Partner, Laser's Edge, Vancouver, BC
* Robert MacDonald, Director, Banff Publishing Workshop,
Banff, BC

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THIS YEAR'S THEMES

As the new media industry continues to rapidly evolve
and grow in several directions, W.R.I.T.E.'95 has
multiple themes related to interactive writing in order
to cover as much ground as possible:

* Exploring the dimensions of interactivity available to
writers: From navigation techniques to reader-as-author

* Software tools and environments for interactive
writing and new media authoring

* Writing for the Internet: Who's doing it, how's it
being done, what are the business opportunities?

* Working and writing on new media teams: Distributed
teams and workgroup tools and techniques

* Good-bye Random House, Hello Microsoft? How writers
and creators are affected by the convergence of
traditional media publishers with technology companies

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PANELS

DAY 1
The Information Superhighway: Who's driving--artists,
technicians or big business?

DAY 2
Interactive TV: Are screenwriters the only writers?

DAY 3
Writers and technology: Will the new media create a
larger market for writers than traditional media?

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W.R.I.T.E.'95 ADVISORY

- Tom Becher, Associate Dean, Design Division, Emily
Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver

- Justine Bizzocchi (Honourary Chair), Executive
Director, Centre for Image & Sound Research, Vancouver

- David Godfrey, Director of Research, Softwords
Research International Ltd., Victoria

- Geoffrey Hansen, New Media Consultant, Lateral Vision
Group, Vancouver

- William Koty (Chair), GENESIS Project Manager, UBC
Continuing Studies, Vancouver

- Dorothy Phillips, Coordinator Applications Research,
Communications Research Centre, Ottawa

- Howard Rheingold, Writer, Editor of the Whole Earth
Review, Sausalito, California

- Charles Tremewen, Coordinator, Multimedia Studies,
UBC Continuing Studies, Vancouver

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HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

Delegates must request the "W.R.I.T.E.'95 conference
rate" to recieve discounted room rates. Reservations
made after May 14, 1995 will be on a space available
basis.

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QUALITY INN AT FALSE CREEK
1335 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1R2
T: (604) 682-0229 F: (604) 662-7566

Located across False Creek from Granville Island.
Transportation by water taxis is available.
Rate: C$110 per room per night.

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UBC CONFERENCE CENTRE
5961 Student Union Boulevard
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 2C9
T: (604) 822-1010
F: (604) 822-1001

The UBC Conference Centre is 15-20 minutes by car and
30-40 minutes by bus from Granville Island.
Single rooms w/shared washrooms: C$32 per night
Single rooms w/private washrooms: C$56 per night
Double suites w/private washrooms: C$74 per night
Triple suites w/private washrooms: C$95 per night

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GRANVILLE ISLAND HOTEL
1253 Johnston, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C.
T:(604)683-7373

The Granville Island Hotel is steps away from the
conference site. Rate: C$100 per night. Parking is
$9.75/day throughout Granville Island.

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REGISTRATION FORM

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> REGISTRATION FORM <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Name___________________________________________________

Company________________________________________________

Address________________________________________________

City___________________________________________________

Province/State_________________________________________

Postal/Zip Code__________________________

PHONE: Day___________________Evening___________________

FAX:_________________________E-mail____________________

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE:
Includes breakfast, lunch and conference proceedings.

* * * Early Bird Special * * *
Before May 15, 1995 C$360/US$275 $________

* * * Regular Rate * * *
After May 15, 1995 C$425/US$325 $________

* * * Student Rate * * *
Anytime: C$275/US$225 $________

Educational Institution________________________________

Department/Degree Program______________________________

Student ID Number______________________________________

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PRECONFERENCE SEMINAR
"Demystifying Interactive Media & the Information
Superhighway," Wednesday, June 14, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.
at the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design.

* * * W.R.I.T.E. Delegate Rate * * *
C$65/US$50 $________

* * * Non-W.R.I.T.E. Delegate Rate * * *
C$125/US$95 $________

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GALA DINNER WITH PAUL SAFFO
Buffet dinner with jazz. Thursday
evening, June 15. C$50/US$40 $________

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INTERNET PUBLISHING WORKSHOP
Monday to Wednesday, June 19-21, UBC Campus.

* * * W.R.I.T.E. Delegate Rate * * *
C$595/US$450 $________

* * * Non-W.R.I.T.E. Delegate Rate * * *
C$795/US$595 $________

TOTAL: $________

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PAYMENT METHOD

____ Bill my company at the above address

____ Personal Cheque (Canadian or US dollars only)

____ Visa ____ Mastercard

Number____________________________Expiry date__________

Signature______________________________________________

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Notes: Day rates are NOT available. Faculty, staff, and
members of host organizations (UBC, CISR, ECIAD, IICS)
eligible for host rates. Call 604.822.1432 for details.
Full refund only available when notice of cancellation
is received three days prior to conference start date.
C$50 processing fee charged for cancellations.

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INFORMATION

W.R.I.T.E.'95 Information
The University of British Columbia
5997 Iona Drive, Vancouver, B.C.,
Canada V6T 1Z1

E-mail: write@cce.ubc.ca
Telephone: 604.822.1432
Fax: 604.822.1499
WWW: http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca

This version: April 11, 1995
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