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STC UK Chapter One-Day Conference
London UK
11th June 2005
The UK Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) invites
you to attend its one-day technical authoring conference on Saturday, 11th
June 2005.
The conference opens with a welcome tea/coffee at 9:30; the first session
will start at 10:00.
Venue
The event will be held in Meeting Room 4 at the British Library, St
Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB. Please note that visitors to the
conference centre have their own entrance from the Piazza.
Topics / speakers
Speakers include Caroline Jarrett of Effortmark on Usability, and Matthew
Ellison of Matthew Ellison Consulting on User Assistance Toolkits. See the
STC UK web site at http://www.stc-europe.org/uk/programme/calendar.htm for
further details as our final speakers confirm.
Joining us
STC is a non-profit organisation. The fees for the one-day conference on
Saturday 11th June 2005 are just £15 (fifteen pounds) for STC members, and
£25 (twenty five pounds) for non-members.
For further information or to reserve your place, please email the
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