Educating Professionals for Network-Centric Organisations: IFIP TC3 WG3.4 International Working Conference on Educating Professionals for Network-Centric Organisations August 23-28, 1998, Saitama, Japan

The short history of the International Working Conference on Educating Professionals for Network Centric Organizations is a good illustration of the tremendous rate of development of global networking, its impact and of its deep penetration into management of business, industty and administration. In 1996, when the theme and name of the conference had been set, there was yet no heavy use of networks in the fields just mentioned. However, it has been already established well enough to enable...