October 22 1996, London
Pondering the future role of digital technology in communication and design? This conference will examine recent history and present achieve-ments to establish its future impact on design. Speakers will include Peter Greenaway, Diane Gromala, Nick Bell and P. Scott Makela. Registration: students £20, others £45. Contact: (0171) 624 1372, email cequel@easynet.co.uk. Register on the Web at www.windows.org.uk/.Catch JAM, an interactive event crossing the boundaries between style, music, photography, multimedia, fashion and culture at the Barbican Art Gallery. And clock Croyden Clock Tower's interactive multimedia exhibition! Go get a virtual kiss-to-be-clever, or giggle at the Butler Brothers' parody of home shopping.
November 7-8 1996, Amsterdam
Modern culture worships speed above all else. But what price this religion of fast, faster, fastest? The Netherlands Design Institute's conference will ask, is it time to build "selective slowness" into our lives? Ultimately, what are global networks and multimedia for? Computer engineer Danny Hillis and architect Rem Koolhaas will be among the speakers. Registration: Dfl700 , students Dfl350. Contact: +31 (20) 428 2822, fax +31 (20) 420 4807, email kietsch@xs4all.nl, on the Web at www.design-inst.nl/doors.If you're feeling sporty, join the masses on the Amsterdam Marathon, November 3rd. More relaxing, though, is a visit to the Jan Steen exhibition at the Rijkmuseum, where there'll be many paintings on show to the public for the very first time.
November 15-17 1996, Newcastle
A major electronic art conference uniting international gurus from the arts, science, philosophy and architecture, to look at our shifting perceptions of art, science and technology. Contact: tel/fax (0191) 226 0093, email 2cultures@dd4.demon.co.uk, on the Web at www.visartuk./dd4/.For more electronic art, visit Ex Machina, featuring Japanese and British artists who use digital interactive technologies; premiering Teiji Furuhashi's Lovers.
November 27-28 1996, London
As well as covering the full range of products and services for developing corporate systems, leading software companies will participate in the Developers Challenge. Teams will compete to develop a new management information system for the NSPCC as visitors watch. Running concurrently will be Webdev 96, exhibiting software for corporate intranets. Contact: (0181) 541 5040, fax (0181) 974 5188, email softworld@softinfo.com, on the Web at www.softinfo.com/.Don't miss experiencing an earthquake first hand in perfect safety at the Natural History Museum's recently installed Earth Galleries.
November 27-December 1 1996, Porte de Versailles, Paris
Games fetishists will be in seventh heaven at this five-day show, where they can get their hands on all the latest video games, consoles and music, as well as interactive television, new hardware and software. Contact: +33 (1) 47 56 50 00, fax +33 (1) 47 56 14 40.Celebrate Mois de la Photo 1996, with exhibits in installations and galleries all over Paris. Contact: +33 (1) 44 78 75 01, fax +33 (1) 44 78 75 16, on the Web at www.pictime.fr/maison-europeenne.