18th FIPA Meeting
Baltimore, MD USA
July 17-21, 2000

The 18th FIPA meeting will be held 17-21 July 2000 at the UMBC Technology Center on the campus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The quarterly FIPA meetings are free and open to FIPA members and interested non-members who are willing to actively contribute to the FIPA process. More information on how to participate in FIPA can be found at http://fipa.org/. On Wednesday afternoon, there will be a FIPA workshop open to the general public, where the current goals, status and specifications of FIPA will be presented, along with talks by representatives of the agent community.

There will be a set of six talks of general interest on Wednesday afternoon from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

If you are interested in attending, you should (1) register for the meeting as soon as possible and (2) make reservations directly with the hotel if needed. Send mail to fipa@fipa.umbc.edu if you need help with local arrangements or to Teresa Marsico, the FIPA secretariat.

We are planning a dinner on Wednesday evening at the Joy America Cafe which will include admission to the American Visionary Art Museum . If there is sufficient interest, we may be able to arrange for a block of tickets for a baseball game, as the Baltimore Orioles are in town that week.

Here's information on how to travel to Baltimore and UMBC and also on some things to see and do in the area.