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March 2, 2000

CONFERENCE CALL


“Working OUT,” the second annual national conference of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered business students, will take place at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue in Center City March 24-25. Out for Business, the Wharton School’s lesbian and gay MBA student group, and the Columbia Business School’s Cluster Q are the official conference hosts. Registration (students $30, professionals $75 before March 2; students $50, professionals $100 afterwards) is required. Complete conference information can be found at www.gaybiz.org on the World Wide Web.

“Virtual Communities,” exploring how the Amazon.coms and America Onlines have captured a sense of shared virtual space and examining the impact of these worldwide communities, will be April 7, at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue Hotel, Broad and Walnut streets. The conference is sponsored by the Reginald H. Jones Center of Wharton, along with IBM’s Institute of Knowledge Management and Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center. For information, call the Jones Center at 215-898-1095, or go to www-management.wharton.upenn.edu/jonesctr on the World Wide Web.