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Acknowledgments
The conference on “The Global Course of the Information Revolution: Political,
Economic, and Social Consequences” was truly a group effort. The results
presented here are due to the collaborative efforts of all of the participants, who
are listed in Appendix A. They all deserve a major vote of thanks.
Special thanks are due to the individuals who presented prepared talks at the
conference: Dr. Jon Alterman, Dr. Robert Anderson, Professor V. S.
Arunachalam, Professor Paul Bracken, Mr. Colin Crook, Dr. James Dewar, Dr.
William Drake, Professor Francis Fukuyama, Mr. Hideo Miyashita, Professor M.
J. Norton, Mr. Larry Press, and Professor Ernest Wilson.
Special thanks are also due to the individuals who served as moderators of the
plenary sessions and leaders of the breakout groups: Dr. Tora Bikson, Mr. David
Gompert, Dr. Jerrold Green, Dr. James Mulvenon, Dr. C. Richard Neu, Mr. Ian
Pearson, and Professor Ernest Wilson.
The conference chairman would also like to thank the rapporteurs -- Dr. Robert
Anderson, Dr. Tora Bikson, Dr. James Dewar, Dr. Jerrold Green, Dr. Martin
Libicki, and Dr. C. Richard Neu -- without whose efforts this report could not
have been completed.
Finally, thanks are also due to Dr. Lawrence Gershwin, the NIO for S&T,
without whose vision and support this conference would not have been possible.
Dr. Richard O. Hundley
Conference Chairman