Conference Sessions.

The article presents information on the conference sessions of the Association for Computing Machinery to be held in August 1971. Eight Special Interest Groups have arranged panel sessions. Topics of broad current interest will be explored. Advancements in the technology will be ensued, challenges will be issued, and solutions will be sought. Panelists will discuss the many hard economic and regulatory policy decisions which must be made within the framework of a broad overview of today's capital markets. Reports will be given on work in progress for various subjects areas and age levels, with particular attention paid to the contribution of computing professionals, techniques, or theory. A broad range of computer techniques and social applications will be considered including computer programming, data management, simulation, information retrieval, linguistic analysis, and computing systems design. The tutorial session Digital Communications Technology will cover recent advances in data communications technology. The panelists will discuss the important technical achievements of the last several years and their significance to system providers and users.