Next Meeting: May 15, 1999, 1:00 pm  
The Dangers of Technomonopoly  
Guest Speaker: Edwin Black

Speaker: Edwin Black is an award-winning nonfiction author, investigative journalist, former editor of OS/2 Professional, and author of the just-released first novel, Format C:. Black, colorful, often controversial, is the author of the Macmillan bestseller, The Transfer Agreement, which won the Carl Sandburg Award for best nonfiction work of 1984. He also won the Computer Press Association award for editing the "Best New Computer Magazine" in 1992, OS/2 Professional. In that magazine, Black earned a reputation as a hardhitting journalist willing to take on his advertisers, including IBM. In addition, Black shared a Folio "Magazine Circulation/Direct Marketing Gold Award." 

Format C:, Edwin Black's first novel, is a technothriller that brings the Millennium Bug into the final apocalyptic battle for good and evil at Armageddon on December 31, 1999. In creating and writing this novel, Edwin called on his experiences as a technology writer, editor, foreign correspondent, investigative journalist, and much more. You can read more about Format C: in Wayne Rash's January 25, 1999, "Insights & Incites" column in the online "InternetWeek." 

As a Chicago-, Jerusalem-, and Washington-based investigative journalist, Edwin Black has been nominated five times for the Pulitzer Prize and twice for the SDX (by the American Bar Association and Playboy). He has won the Smolar Award, the Rockower Award, and two Folios. His writings have appeared in many publications including The Washington Post, Playboy, and the Journal of the American Bar Association.  

Agenda 
1:00 pm   Short Presentation by Edwin Black 
1:20 pm   Extended Q&A/Discussion with Edwin Black 
2:50 pm   Door Prizes: Format C: T-shirts, mousepads, and luggage tags 

Saturday, May 15, 1999, 1:00 pm 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
Lipsett Amphitheater 
Clinical Center (Building 10) 
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland (area map; NIH campus map) 

To find out more about Edwin Black's other CPCUG appearances in May 1999 (and a link to the first three chapters of his novel Format C:), go to the CPCUG Corporate Communications special events page. 

Edwin Black spoke at our SIG's February meeting on "Survival Tips for Entrepreneurs and Consultants." His e-mail address is eblack@featuregroup.com. 
 
During NIH Construction: It may be easiest to enter the NIH campus from Wisconsin Avenue. Turn west onto South Drive (about 1 mile south of the Beltway, south of Wilson Drive). Pass Center Drive and turn right onto Memorial Drive and then left into the entrance to the garage within Building 10, the Clinical Center. 

Free Parking: Because of the extensive construction underway at NIH, be sure to arrive early. You may park in the inside parking garage of Building 10. Enter from Memorial Drive. Tell the parking attendant you are attending a CPCUG event (there will be no charge). 

Metro--Medical Center Stop on the Red Line (about 4 blocks across the NIH campus) 

Free (but door prizes are for CPCUG members only)