* DISTANCE LEARNING '99 - the 15th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning August 4-6, 1999, Marriott Madison West, Madison, WI. The Conference Planning Committee invites you to join more than 1,000 colleagues from around the world at this leading forum on distance education and training. Participants from education, business, industry, and government will come together to exchange information and explore new developments at this national/international event.

Program Features - This year's program features more than 125 breakout sessions and workshops emphasizing: *Best practices for effective applications, *Planning and management guidelines, *Successful teaching methods, *Course designs for active and collaborative learning, *Innovative approaches, solutions, and research findings. The program includes 24 half-day workshops on Wednesday, 10 tracks of 80 breakout sessions on Thursday and Friday, exhibits, and networking events. New this year are Advanced Roundtables and Media Center sessions focusing on practical Internet/Web skills.

Keynote Speakers - Thursday's opening keynote features Dr. Peter Cochrane, Chief Technologist and Head of Research for British Telecommunications, who is known as one of the world's leading visionaries on computer and telecommunications technology. Friday's closing keynote by Dr. Brandon Hall examines the future of online learning and provides scenarios to guide decision-making.

For the complete program, visit our Web site at: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/ To receive a printed brochure (available mid-May), e-mail distel@education.wisc.edu or call 608-265-4159. Include your postal address.

* GWETC '99 - The 1999 Governor's Wisconsin Educational Technology Conference (GWETC '99) is scheduled for October 12-14, 1999 at the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Program Features - Now in its seventh year, the conference is designed to support and advance the application of technology at all levels of education and training in instruction, curriculum, learning resources, special needs, administration and planning. Last year the conference drew over 1,800 attendees. This year conference organizers are anticipating more than 3,000. To meet the demand of a larger number of participants, the committee is increasing the number of sessions, workshops and labs to 200 plus and the number of Exhibitors to more than 220.

New types of "special events" are also being added: Pre-Conference Workshops and Labs, Poster Sessions, Internet Cafes, Exhibitor Showcases, Hands-on Classrooms and Learning and Cultural Tours - events that the spacious Midwest Express Center and Milwaukee can easily handle.

Keynote Speakers - Three Keynote Speakers have been selected: on Tuesday - the day emphasizing higher education Alan Chute, Chief Learning Strategist of Bell Innovative Labs, Lucent Technologies, will address attendees; on Wednesday, Rick Inatome, CEO of Inacom will speak to all levels of education; and on Thursday, Janice Gordon, Director of The Laptop Program, will keynote with a K-12 emphasis.

GWETC is cosponsored by: TEACH Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and the Wisconsin Technical College System. For complete information on the Conference visit the Web site at: http://www.gwetc.org To receive a printed brochure (available mid-May) call 608-264-9689. Include your postal address.