Net Conference Offers Passes Via Lottery

The Harvard Conference on the Internet and Society, May 28-31, is offering a limited number of one-day passes for members of the Harvard community to attend a day of the conference at no charge.

Experts from business, government, and academia will discuss the impact of the Internet, the fastest growing method of communication, on the way organizations function, learn, earn, govern, survive, or fail to survive. Speakers and moderators with extensive experience in the areas of business, law, public policy, press and politics, health care, education, library and publishing, and technology will address the potential and problems of using the most efficient means of large-scale information delivery in history. Speakers include President Neil L. Rudenstine, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Netscape Communications Chairman Jim Clark, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, and many others.

All Harvard students, faculty, and staff who are interested in a pass to attend will be entered into a lottery. One entry per person will be accepted April 16 through 19 via the lottery web site (www.harvnet.harvard.edu/lottery.html). The pass covers one day of conference attendance, excluding meals. A valid Harvard ID is required. Lottery winners will be notified by e-mail (no later than April 30) and required to pay a $10 registration processing fee to confirm conference participation.

The event is made possible in part by sponsorships from "Crimson Benefactor" Microsoft Corp. and "Crimson Associates" Beneficial Corp., Coopers & Lybrand LLP, IBM Corp., Intel Corp., KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, NYNEX, RCN Inc./Liberty Cable, and Xerox Corp.

For more conference information visit the web site at http://www.harvnet.harvard.edu, email harvnet@harvard.edu, or call 432-1638.