Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:00:00 EDT From: Jeff Johnson Subject: File 4--PD-related IFAC symposium, 9/23, Madison -+++++- Forwarded Message Date--Fri, 28 Feb 92 15:00:51 PST From--mad@mambo.Stanford.EDU (Marcia A. Derr) Subject--PD-related IFAC symposium The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) is holding symposium on Automated Systems Based on Human Skill (and Intelligence), September 23-25, 1992 in Madison, Wisconsin. According to the symposium announcement, ``the objective of the symposium is to bring together engineers, system designers, and end users, to bring about a closer integration between users, who often possess specific skills and designers who often seek designs to replace rather than enhance skills.'' The symposium will address such topics as - aspects of skill-based manufacturing, - human work design criteria, - design of better systems, - valuation of alternative work structures and organizations, and - participation of people involved. For more information, contact Prof. Frank Emspak School for Workers UWEX 610 Langdon Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703 USA Phone: 608-262-2111 FAX: 608-265-2391 ------- End of Forwarded Message (Contributor Note:: There is a file on the CPSR archive server called IFAC CALL4PAP which can be retrieved by submitting the command GET IFAC CALL4PAP to the address LISTSERV@GWUVM.GWU.EDU, in the text of electronic mail. -peh) ------------------------------