In an effort to further disseminate the results of the University in the Information Society conference, we have included the following:

• Transparencies summarising the conference (in Spanish only),
• Full or partial texts of various presentations, and
• Conclusions from discussion groups

Conference Summary A slide show, in Spanish, summarising the conference. .................... .................

Cyberculture and Education. A portion of the keynote address by Pierre Lévy.

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Prof. Levy is a philosopher, Prof. of Hypermedia at the University of Paris-Saint Denis, and a Rome Club member. He also sits on the Scientific Council of Georges Pompidou Centre's Revue Virtuelle magazine in Paris. He is the author of numerous books on the cultural, cognitive, and social implications of new information technologies. The full text of Prof. Lévy's presentation is available in a forthcoming edition of the Columbus Papers on University Management series.

	Information Technology as an Additional Challenge to the Future of the University in the Knowledge-Based Society: A European Perspective The abstract of the presentation delivered by Paolo Costa during Session 1: Universities for a Learning Society.
d	Prof. Costa is the Rector of the Università degli Studi di Venezia, Italy.

	Towards the Virtual University? The presentation delivered by Alan Cawson during Session 2: Telecommunications and the Future of the University.
d	Prof. Cawson represented the Multimedia Research Centre, University of Sussex, U.K.

	Education and Information Technology: What Relations Between the Two Worlds The paper presented by Bernard Loing during Session 2: Telecommunications and the Future of the University.
d	Mr. Loing is General Inspector, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the Republic of France.

	The Global Telecommunication University Project (GTU/GTI) The slide show presented by Mario Maniewicz during Session 2: Telecommunications and the Future of the University.
d	Mr. Maniewicz is a Regional Human Resources Officer of the International Telecommunication Union, Switzerland.

	The Role of Telecommunications in the University The paper presented by Carlos Pérez-Iñigo during Session 2: Telecommunications and the Future of the University.
d	Mr. Pérez-Iñigo is the Director of Technology and University Programmes, Telefónica, Spain

	Research and Transfer of Knowledge in The Global Village An outline, in French, of the presentation by Mario Albornoz during Session 3: Research and Transfer of Knowledge in The Global Village.
d	Prof. Albornoz is the Director of the Studies and Research Centre of the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina

	The Impact of Rapid Progress in Information and Communication Technologies on the Structure and Management of a University in the Global Perspective An outline of the presentation by Günter Kaindl during Session 3: Research and Transfer of Knowledge in The Global Village.
d	Prof. Kaindl is the Vice-President for Research, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

	New Educational Paradigms An outline of the presentation by Carlos Cruz during Session 4: New Educational Paradigms.
d	Prof. Cruz is the Rector, Virtual University, ITESM, Mexico.

	Innovation in Higher Education The slide show delivered by Claudio Dondi during Session 4: New Educational Paradigms.
d	Dr. Dondi is the Director, SCIENTER, Bologna, Italy.

	University Strategies and New Educational Paradigms An outline of the presentation delivered by Kenneth Edwards during Session 4: New Educational Paradigms.
d	Dr. Edwards is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, United Kingdom.

	The Virtual University: Lessons Learned and Motives for Change For more information on the Dr. Harasim's programme, please follow this link.
d	Dr. Harasim is from the Virtual University Project of Simon Frazer University, Canada.

	The impact of Information and Communication Technology in a University: Organisational Issues The paper presented by Frits Schutte during Session 5: Organisational Changes.
d	Dr. Schutte is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands.

	A Universidade Na Sociedade Da Informação: Cenários Para Mudançãs The paper, in Portuguese, presented by Paulo Alcantara Gomes during Session 6: Scenarios for the Future.
d	Prof. Gomes is the Rector of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

	Legal Challenges ....................................................................................... The paper presented by Alberto Bercovitz in the Legal Challenges conference will be added to this site shortly.
d	Prof. Bercovitz is from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain.

	Group Work One: PRESENT EXPERIENCES AND THE NEAR FUTURE
d	There is a large difference between the reality for Latin American universities and the view presented of the Information Society at our conference. Nonetheless, it was clear that many things are going on or are soon to be put into action.

Group Work Two: HIGH BEAMS/LONG RANGE ..................................................................... .....................................................

MAIN OBSERVATIONS FROM GROUP WORK ...................................

	MAIN CONCLUSIONS FROM THE CONFERENCE
d	"The future will never again be what it used to be"................ .....................................................