E-COMM-LINE 2000.

The first international conference on Scientific and Applicative Developments for Telecooperation, E-Comm-Line 2000, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, on 4 to 6 September. The event will focus on teleworking, e-commerce, virtual entities, on-line services and their effects on the economic and social environment. Representatives from industry, trade, business, banks, consultant entities, universities and research centres will be present to see presented and discussed the latest practical and scientific developments in this field. A cluster of e-commerce workshops, some offering practical training, will also be offered. Dr Paul Timmers of the European Commission's Information Society Directorate-General will be among the honorary chairs.For further information contact: Mariana Bistran, E-COMM-LINE 2000 Conference, IPA SA, 18 Mircea Eliade Street, Bucharest, Romania, Code 71295. Tel: (+401) 230-0591 - Fax: (+401) 230-7862 - E-mail: sand@automation.ipa.ro; URL: http://www.ipa.ro/E_COMM_LINE_2000/Digital resources for the humanitiesDRH 2000 is an established event that brings together the creators, users, distributors and custodians of digital resources in the humanities. It will take place in Sheffield, UK, from 10 to 13 September.Proposals for academic papers, theme-specific panel sessions, posters and workshops are invited on a number of themes including the creation, delivery and use, integration and impact of digital resources. The deadline for submission is 6 March 2000.For further information contact: DRH 2000, E-mail: drh2000@sheffield.ac.uk - Internet: http://www.shef.ac.uk/drh2000/ - DRH website: http://www.drh.org.uk/Digital Documents and Electronic Publishing ConferenceThe eighth biennial Digital Documents and Electronic Publishing Conference will be held in Munich, Germany, from 13 to 15 September to promote the exchange of information on computer production, manipulation and dissemination of documents. DDEP 00 will reflect the changing nature and usage of documents in the Information Society by treating digital documents and electronic publishing as a broad topic covering many aspects. This includes document models, document representation and dissemination, dynamic and hyper documents, document analysis and management and wide-ranging applications. There will also be sessions on digital typography. Two other conferences will take place alongside the event, PODDP (Principles of Digital Document Processing) and D-CSCW (the...