Sunday Feb. 21, 99	Centre for Innovative Teaching, University of Victoria
5:00 - 8:00 pm	Conference Registration Opens Centre for Innovative Teaching
6:00 - 8:00 pm 7:00 pm	President's Reception & Tour of the new Centre for Innovative Teaching President's Remarks Dr. David Strong, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Victoria Featuring a showcase of innovative projects and research from University of Victoria and Conference sponsors
Monday Feb. 22, 99	University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria
8:00 am	Registration Opens at University Centre
9:00	Opening Plenary - Innovative Support for New Media in the Information Age Prof. Martin Segger, Director Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery/University Auditorium
9:05	Greetings from City of Victoria David McLean, Acting Mayor
9:10 9:30	Official Welcome, Introduction and Overview Dr. David Strong, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Victoria Greetings from Tom Austin Vice-President, Operations, Royal Roads University Greetings from Dr. Elizabeth Ashton, President, Camosun College
9:45	New Skill Sets & Technology at the Dawn of the New Millennium Hon. Andrew Petter, Min. of Advanced Education, Training and Technology, Province of BC
10:15	Delegate Coffee Break - lobby of UVic Centre Thank you reception for Conference Sponsors, Partners and Presenters Maltwood Gallery and Art Museum
10:45	An Introduction to TechBC, Canada's Newest University, Part I Alice Mansell, Vice President, Academic Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC)
11:00	Y2K Solutions and e-commerce for Small Business Dr. Brian Anderson, Deputy Executive Director, BC / Yukon Region, Industry Canada, Vancouver
12:00	Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room Presentation: Nini Baird, Advisory Board Member BC TEL New Media and Broadcast Fund The Changing Face of Telecommunications in Canada Bill Neale, Business Manager, Emerging Services BC TEL Advanced Communications
Afternoon Plenary	"Convergence in Mass Media" Cinecenta Film Theatre, Students' Union Building (SUB) Chaired by Jim Nicholl, former General Manager, CHEK TV and Vice-President, BCTV
1:45	The Internet as the Platform for the Next Generation of Content John Lewis, Executive Director for New Media, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Ottawa A New Definition of Content Alex Park, Vice President, Education and Programming, Shaw Cablesystems G.P., Calgary Tim Olson, Webmaster, PBS - KCTS Seattle
3:00	On-Demand Services, Interactivity and e-commerce - What You Want, When You Want It Warren McKay, President, MEMEX Harry Davis, President - Advanced Interactive Inc.
3:30	Coffee Break
3:45	Digital Streaming - The New Shape of Internet Content Dennis Owchar, Manager Business Development for RealNetworks, Canada
6:00 pm	Royal British Columbia Museum (downtown Victoria beside Empress Hotel)
6:45 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm	Reception / Buffet Sponsor Recognition Tour of Leonardo da Vinci Exhibit & IMAX Film "Everest" brief welcome by Bill Barkley, Executive Director, RBCM Brian Lamb, Chair, Board of Governors, University of Victoria Keynote Speaker: Hal Wake, Journalism Instructor, Langara College former Host, Early Edition, CBC Radio IMAX Film - Everest ( 8:00 pm showing only - 45")
Tuesday Feb. 23	University Centre Auditorium, University of Victoria
8:30 am	Coffee
9:00	Morning Plenary Connectivity, Content and Convergence in the New Millennium Margo Langford, Internet Policy, Government Programs, IBM Canada Ltd. Chairman, Canadian Association of Internet Providers
	The Conference divides into two tracks in the morning and three tracks in the afternoon as follows. Delegates are free to move between tracks to attend sessions of interest.
9:45 - 12:00	Tuesday Feb. 23, 1999 Track 1 Education in Multimedia - Maltwood Gallery Track 2 The Business of New Media - Senate Chamber
12:00	Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room
1:45 - 4:30	Tuesday Feb. 23, 1999 Track 3 Distance Education and Distributed Learning in the Global Village - Senate Chamber Track 4 Designing Effective Web Sites - Royal Suite Track 5 Heritage in the Arts - Real vs. Virtual - Maltwood Gallery
9:45 Tues. Feb. 23	Track 1 Education in Multimedia - Maltwood Gallery Chaired by Prof. Arnie Keller, Dept. of English & Advisor on Technology and Learning, UVic
9:45	SchoolNet Metadata Project David L. McCallum, Metadata & Electronic Publishing Consultant Industry Canada, Ottawa
10:15	Designing the Interactive Arts Curriculum Ron Wakkary, Technical University of British Columbia
10:30	Coffee Break
10:45	The Teaching of Multimedia at the Post Secondary Level Prof. Bernard Lavigne, Dept. Head, Film and Video, University of Regina
11:30	Designing Effective User-Interfaces for Computer-Based Training Programs Peter Fenrich, Instructional Multimedia Designer, BC Institute of Technology
9:45 Tues. Feb. 23	Track 2 The Business of New Media - Senate Chamber Chaired by Jane Green, Executive Director, New Media BC
9:45	New Media BC - introduction to the new association Jane Green
10:00	Tools and Techniques to Track the Effectiveness of Web Sites and Return on Investment Vida Morkunas, Director, Strategic Services, Emerge Online Inc.
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	On-demand Book Publishing Bruce Batchelor, President & CEO, Trafford Publishing
11:30	Competitive Intelligence & Business Information Lizanne Gosselin, Information Products, Industry Canada, BC / Yukon Region, Vancouver
12:00	Lunch - Cadboro Commons Dining Room Keynote Presentation: Silicon Graphics Inc. The 3D Revolution and its Future in Educational Entertainment Afshad M. Mistri, Silicon Graphics Inc. - Mountain View, Calfornia
1:45 Tues. Feb. 23	Track 3 Distance Education and Distributed Learning in the Global Village - Senate Chamber Chaired by Andrew Macauley - Dean, Information Technology and Learning Resources, Camosun College, Victoria
1:45	Teaching Museum Information Over the Web, Jim Blackaby, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and Distance Education Faculty, University of Victoria
2:45	Arnie Keller, Dept. of English & University Advisor on Technology and Learning, UVic Bad News, Good News, Really Bad News
3:30	Coffee Break
3:45	Helen Pearce, Applied Communications Program, Camosun College
4:15	Roger Mundell, Manager, Centre for Economic Development & Applied Research, Royal Roads University
1:45 Tues. Feb. 23	Track 4 Designing Effective Web Sites - Royal Suite Chaired by Debbie Lawes, Canadian New Media, Ottawa
1:45	Understanding What Makes a Web Site Work Content of Value, Design, Interactivity, Maintenance and Planning Tim Hicks, TRH Communications Inc.
3:00	Designing Effective Educational Web Sites for Kids Carolynne Yardley, Director, Industrial Art Internet Group Ltd.
3:30	Coffee Break
3:45	The Migration from Print Publishing to Web / Electronic Publishing Debbie Lawes, Editor, Canadian New Media, Ottawa
4:15	Creativity and Your Intellectual Property Rights Dawn Wattie, Lawyer President and CEO, DL Consulting Ltd.
1:45 Tues. Feb. 23	Track 5 Heritage in the Arts: Real vs. Virtual - Maltwood Gallery Chaired by Cliff Quinn, Communications and Technical Coordinator, BC Museums' Association Pioneer Schooldays on the WWW - Experiments in Interactivity and Design for Education Websites Jennifer Iredale, Curator, Coastal Okanagan Region, Heritage Branch, Prov. of BC
2:45	Leonardo da Vinci Virtual Schoolroom Project Doug Sage, Chief of Program Production, RBCM Liam Arthurs, Corporate Relations, Ministry of Education
3:30	Coffee Break
3:45	Exploring New Media as an Art Form at the Walker Art Center and Minneapolis Institute of the Arts Jim Blackaby, Walker Art Center & UVic
4:45	Maltwood Gallery - Closing Conference Reception - All Wine and Cheese Reception, University Centre Lobby / Maltwood Gallery Launch of 4 New Web Sites, Jennifer Iredale, Heritage Branch, Prov. of BC with SchoolNet Digital Collection, Industry Canada Closing Remarks Dr. Martin Taylor, Vice-President, Research, UVic