1) The Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems The Boston Center of The A.K. Rice Institute Announces its 1998 Residential Conference on Group Relations: Authority, Leadership and Partnership in Organizational Life January 14th - 18th, 1998 Mount Marie Conference Center, Holyoke, MA Director, Evelyn D. Cleavely, Independent Consultant to Organizations Associate staff member, Tavistock Marital Studies Institute An experiential conference in the Tavistock tradition designed to enable members to extend their awareness of group and organizational processes and of their participation in them. The method is learning through experience and reflection. The design of the conference is based on the assumption that by examining and interpreting experiences within the conference institution, members will be enabled to enlarge their understanding of their own institutions and their roles in them. For further information and an application please contact: CSGSS c/o Marc Kessler Dept. Of Psychology University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405-0134 PH (802) 656 - 0880 Fax (802) 656 - 8783 E-mail: [log in to unmask] A copy of the Brochure and Application are available on the Web at http://www.uvm.edu/~mkessler/csgss.1998-broochure.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2) Toronto will host an international knowledge management conference and workshop on Oct 8th and 9th,1997. The Creativity Consortium is one of the co-sponsors. Workshop date and location: Oct 8th 1-Day Workshop "Visualizing Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: A Worldwide Dialogue" given by ... Debra Amidon Conference Date and Location: Oct 9th, Holiday Inn on King St, Toronto 1-Day Conference transforming information into knowledge To register call (905) 305-1325 Web Page http://www.ntgi.net or call Walter Derzko at the Design Exchange in Toronto at (416) 216-2139 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~