* The 1st Annual Syllabus Institute will be held in conjunction with the Syllabus99 Conference during the post-conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center July 28-30, 1999, Santa Clara, CA. The Institute is an invitational seminar for practitioners at the forefront of today's educational information technologies and will provide a unique opportunity for attendees to discuss and explore a number of issues confronting faculty at the beginning of the new millennium. Issues include curricular change and development, faculty rewards and evolving roles, technology developments, and assessment criteria. For more information on the Syllabus Institute, including detailed track descriptions and online registration forms, go to: http://www.syllabusinstitute.org

* Register now for DISTANCE LEARNING '99 - the 15th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning August 4-6, 1999, Marriott Madison West, Madison, WI. Keynote Speakers this year are: Dr. Peter Cochrane, University of Kent and Dr. Brandon Hall, editor and publisher of the Multimedia and Internet Training Newsletter. For the complete program, visit the Web site at: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/ To receive a printed brochure e-mail distel@education.wisc.edu or call 608-265-4159. Include your postal address.

* The The Inter-American Distance Education Consortium (C.R.E.A.D. Conference "Engaging Partnerships" is being held September 21-23, 1999, in downtown Vancouver at The Empire Landmark Hotel and Conference Centre. C.R.E.A.D. seeks to increase access to education worldwide and acts to encourage international partners to move forward together in confronting some of the most important political, economic and social problems. For up-to-date information visit: Web site: http://cread.cstudies.ubc.ca

* It's time to register for GWETC '99 - The 1999 Governor's Wisconsin Educational Technology Conference (GWETC '99), scheduled for October 12-14, 1999 at the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee, WI. Keynote Speakers this year are: Alan Chute, Director of the Center for Excellence in Distance Learning, Lucent Technologies; Rick Inatome, Chairman of Inacom Corporation and Janice Gordon, Team Leader of the Laptop Program. For complete information on the Conference visit the Web site at: http://www.gwetc.org To receive a printed brochure call 608-264-9689. Include your postal address.

* Adult Education Research Conference from Generation to Consolidation will be held March 16-18, 2000 at the Penn Stater conference Center Hotel, State College, PA. Proposal submissions will be accepted in three categories: Papers, roundtables and symposia. All proposals are due by October 1, 1999. For up-to- date information, visit: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/EasternAdultEducation/