Electronic Book 2001

November 5-7, 2001

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
N.W. Washington DC

Conference Proceedings
(45MB .pdf file, 194 pages)

Banner with statement, "The only definitive, open conference on electronic book standards, technologies and applications". NIST Electronic Book 2001

Announcing New Special!
There is now a "One-Day Rate" to attend the conference for a single day. Print and fill out the Registration Form (pdf) or Registration Form (html), check the "one day" box on the registration form and fax it to 301-948-2067.

Register by November 5th!
WHY?
Four Thomson/RCA REB1200 eBooks by Gemstar will be given away through a random drawing picking four of those who have registered for the conference by November 5th, 2001.
Fax Registration Form by Nov.1st or register on-site Nov. 5th.

Registration Form (pdf)

Registration Form (html)

Updated Agenda! Click here

NIST and NISO
invite you to the 4th annual Electronic Book Conference

Keynote Speakers include:		Jack Romanos, President and Chief Operating Officer, Simon & Schuster Alberto Vitale, Chairman of the International Ebook Award Foundation James Alexander, Director, eBooks, Adobe Mark Luker, Vice President, Educause Mitch Freedman, President-elect, American Library Association (ALA)
Along with:		Warren Adler, Author, "War of the Roses" Leo Dwyer, RosettaBooks.com Harold Henke, IBM Learning Services Barbara Kline Pope, National Academy Press James Billington, Library of Congress Cliff Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
Sessions include:

* Government Initiatives & New Technologies for E-Books/E-Publishing
* Rights Management for Digital Content: To Pay or Not to Pay
* E-Publishing: Business Publishing Solutions & Opportunities for the 21st Century
* Libraries and E-Books: Implementation and Policy Challenges
* E-Learning: Advance to the Head of the Class
* Standards and Interoperability: Setting the Standards & Providing Access to Close the Divide

E-Book 2001 will focus on three core areas:

Authors: Stephen King, Warren Adler, and other leading authors have embraced the e-book. What special opportunities does the e-book offer the content creator? What do the content creators need and want so they can take full advantage of the e-book?
Applications: How are e-books transforming business, the lab, the classroom, the library, and the home? What new applications are on the horizon? What business opportunities can support these applications? How do e-book enable e-learning?
Accessibility: Providing seamless access to all users means addressing technical, physical, and economic barriers. Issues to be explored include: Interoperability, Digital Rights Management, and expanding opportunities and functionality of e-books for readers with special needs

Consider attending or presenting at Electronic Book 2001! Speakers will be interested in our Speakers FAQ page! Click here to see a list of our Frequently Asked Questions.

For details on becoming a speaker, sponsor, or exhibitor, please see our registration page.

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