TOOLS is the major international conference devoted to applications of object and component technology, with a commitment to excellence renewed by more than 30 sessions in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia. The program for TOOLS USA 2000 - Santa Barbara, 30 July - 4 August, is available online at: http://www.tools-conferences.com/usa.

The International Conference on CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (CATaC'00): Cultural Collisions and Creative Interferences in the Global Village is scheduled for July 12-15, 2000 in Fremantle, Australia. For more information see: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac00/.

Attend the International Council on Distance Education (ICDE) regional conference in Sao Paolo, Brazil, August 15-18. The conference program will include ICDE's Latin American region meeting on distance learning, as well as the seventh annual international congress of the Brazilian Association for Distance Education (ABED). Members will have the opportunity to visit ABED distance education sites in the Sao Paolo area. For further information, visit the conference website at: http://www.icde.org/Events/Seminars/Seminars.htm.

ONLINE LEARNING & HIGHER EDUCATION, the 2nd Annual Conference for the California Virtual Campus will be Oct 22-24, 2000 at the Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley/Lake Tahoe, CA. For the latest conference information as it becomes available see: http://pdc.cvc.edu/conferences/.

The International Council on Distance Education's (ICDE) Asia meeting will be held in New Delhi on November 3-5 of this year. Participants will have the opportunity to tour IGNOU's distance learning facilities and see how the university uses India's six education satellites as well as the Internet to deliver courses even in remote rural areas. A tour of NIIT's home office and education research facility can also be arranged. For further information visit the conference website at: http://www.ignou.edu/icde/index.htm.

Orlando Florida is the location for TECHLEARN 2000 - including - The World e-Learning CONGRESS November 12 to 15, 2000. For details and on-line registration go to: http://www.techlearn.com.

IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Learning Technologies (IWALT 2000) will take place December 4-6, 2000 in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Discount registration for IEEE, IEEE CompSoc and DEANZ members. Scholarships for students and colleagues from low-income countries. For more information see: http://lttf.ieee.org/iwalt2000/.

TECHED01 International Conference & Exposition is scheduled for March 26-29, 2001 in Southern California, Ontario Convention Center. TECHED01 is a conference for education leaders and practitioners from secondary schools, community colleges and universities. Submit a proposal by Sept. 7 on the TechEd web site at: http://www.TechEdEvents.org.

TECH TRENDS, a refereed journal of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology designed for leaders in education and training, seeks papers for a special issue on "Online Professional Development for Educators." Submit articles that describe online professional development opportunities for educational professionals in K-12, higher education, technical school, community education, elder instruction and other educational fields. Interested authors should contact the editors of this special issue Kyle Peck (kpeck@psu.edu) and Jane Zahner (jzahner@valdosta.edu) by email by July 1, 2000. Manuscripts will be reviewed by 9/1/99, and the issue out 10/00.