The University of Texas at Austin

NSF Workshop: Research Priorities in Electronic Commerce

IV. Agenda

September 10, 1998, Thursday

8:00am
Continental Breakfast

8:30am
Opening Remarks and Welcome

• Juan Sanchez, Interim Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Autin
• George Kozmetsky, IC² Institute
• Robert Ronstadt, Director, IC² Institute
• Andrew B. Whinston, Director, CREC

8:45am
Introduction

• Les Gasser, Program Director, Computation and Social Systems, National Science Foundation

9:30am - 10:30am
10:30am - 11:00am: Break
11:00am - 12:00pm

Brief Introduction by Participants (3 minutes)

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12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lunch

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1:30pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:30pm: Break
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Break-out Session I: State of the Art Survey
Break-out Groups:

• BOG 1: Computer and Networking Technologies
• BOG 2: Economic Performance and Efficiency
• BOG 3: Privacy, Security and Legal Environment
• BOG 4: Social and Organizational Changes
• BOG 5: Market, Transactional and Payment Infrastructure

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6:00pm
Dinner

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September 11, 1998, Friday

8:00am
Continental Breakfast

8:45am - 10:00am
10:00am - 10:30am: Break
10:30am - 12:00pm

Break-out Session II: Future Directions for Research

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Noon - 1:30pm

Lunch

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1:30pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:30pm: Break
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Priority Areas: Presentations and Discussion by BOG

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6:00pm
Dinner

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September 12, 1998, Saturday

8:00am
Continental Breakfast

8:45am - 10:00am
10:00am - 10:30am: Break
10:30am - 12:00pm

Consensus Session

Noon
Lunch and Closing