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Presents information on issues and topics to be discussed at the annual conference of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America in Tampa, Florida on July 26-28, 2004.

This article presents information on Second Summer Conference on Intercultural/International of the Speech Communication Association to be held at the University of South Florida, Tampa on July 17 to 21, 1978. The conference will have as its keynote speaker, John C. Merrill, distinguished professor, School of Journalism, University of Missouri and author, whose recent books in this area are Ethics and the Press, and International and Intercultural Communication. He will speak on The Free Flow of News and Western Communication Imperialism: Divergent Views on Ethics in Intercultural Communication. The theme of the conference is Intercultural Communication Check-up: Ethics, Responsibility and Standards. Nobleza C. Asuncion-Lande, University of Kansas, Chairperson of the Conference, announced that there will be two plenary sessions, three working groups, more than 20 different program presentations, seven workshops and a short course on intercultural communication. The program includes invited and competitively judged papers, most of which reflect the theme of the conference. The plenary sessions will deal with the subject of ethics as well as with the latest developments in education, training, and research in intercultural communication.

The article reports that the Association of Esko Users Group and the Artios Users Group International will hold their annual meetings on April 23 to 26, 2006 at the Saddlebrook near Tampa, Florida. Their meetings provide training sessions and courses, seminars, roundtable discussions, and computer laboratory workshops.

This paper looks at the settlement reached between the antigay group Focus on the Family and the Pinelas Suncoast Transit Authority on October 12, 2004 in Tampa, Florida. The settlement will allow Focus on the Family to post advertisements in bus shelters for its Love Won Out seminar, which promotes the theory that homosexuality is curable. The group sued after it was prevented from posting the advertisements in 2000, claiming a violation of its First Amendment rights. Normally, private companies can reject advertising they do not want, but in this case it was a government entity working through private contractor Clear Channel Outdoor, which has refined its policy to allow the signs.

Provides information on the Indoor Air Quality 2004 Conference sponsored by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) to be held on March 15 to 17, 2004 in Tampa, Florida. Topics to be discussed by speakers including Michael Hodgson, John F. McCarthy and Andrew J. Streitfel; Subjects of scientific papers, tutorials and discussions to be featured at the conference.

Highlights the proposed 2004 BevExpo, a beverage industry trade show in Tampa, Florida. Food-related associations that sponsored the exhibition; Schedule of events during the trade show; List of exhibitors that will participate.

Reports that the Compressed Gas Association has presented the Bulk Fleet Safety Award to the men and women of specialty gas transportation company Jack B. Kelley Inc., during its annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. Award's recognition of Jack B. Kelley for safety performance by both large and small cylinder and bulk fleets.