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An updated draft agenda for the AICC meeting in Moscow, Russia June 26-30, 2006 is now available online- Draft Agenda (MS Word, ~112 KB). Reminder- Please contact the AICC Technical Coordinator, Anne Montgomery, to request a presentation slot or an invitation letter for your travel visa.

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Aeroflot is hosting the AICC meeting in Moscow, Russia June 26-30, 2006. A draft agenda is available online- Draft Agenda (MS Word, ~115 KB). This will be an interesting and exciting meeting. The AICC is inviting Russian, European, former SSR, and India airlines and vendors to participate. Attached is a preliminary agenda. If you would like to give a presentation at the meeting please contact the AICC Technical Coordinator, Anne Montgomery via email. Reminder- Meeting attendees, including US citizens, may need a visa to visit Russia. Contact the Russian Consulate or Embassy in your area for more information. US Citizens, please visit this site for more information on the visa process- http://www.netconsul.org/businessvisa/ (US Western states), residents of other US states please consult this page to find a regional Russian Consulate- http://www.russianembassy.org/CONSULAT/CONTACT.HTM US citizens, and others requiring a visa, will need a letter of invitation from the appropriate sponsor. AICC is working with Aeroflot (Thanks to Olga Semenova) to get a proper letter drafted. Anyone planning to attend the AICC meeting who needs a letter of invitation should request one through Anne Montgomery. Though this can be completed by mail and should go quickly, please be prompt with your requests.

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Several recent international activities point to the growing adoption of the PENS specification. PENS information on Learning Technology Standards Observatory CEN ("Comite Europeen de Normalisation" or European Committee for Standardization) sponsors a web site on Learning Technology standards Standards, called Learning Technology Standards Observatory. We're pleased to see PENS mentioned on this important web site as it gains additional international recognition. Call for Presentations: Paris LIFE-fest June 2006 The LIFE project is an e-Learning project funded by the European Commission (Education and Culture) and EIfEL (European Institute for E-Learning). A critical success factor for e-learning is the possibility to share, collaborate, twin, and move people and resources across Europe. The objective of this event is to present the state of the art of eLearning technologies, demonstrate and explore interoperability between eLearning solutions (LMS, authoring tools, content packaging) or/and other information systems. Organizers are interested in making available information about PENS, provided that a suitable presenter is available. Interested presenters may contact the AICC Communications Chairperson or the conference organizers. LIfE-fest Conference information: http://insight.eun.org/ww/en/pub/insight/ EIfEL Site (registration may be required): http://www.eife-l.org/search?SearchableText=LIFE-fest (Available in French or English)

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In conjunction with the February 2006 AICC San Diego meetings, the IEEE LTSC and SISO held study group meetings on February 2-3, 2006. The position papers and presentations from the IEEE LTSC and SISO Study Group on Simulation Interface Standards are now available online from the IEEE LTSC website. Please visit: http://ieeeltsc.org/wg11CMI/cmi-sim/Feb2006Positions/

AICC January 2006 Meeting minutes and presentation materials are now available online from the meeting that took place Jan. 30 – Feb. 3, 2006 San Diego, California, hosted by Macromedia.

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