The deadline for submissions to the Professional Communication Society conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is 15 January 2004. The call for papers is pretty open-ended, but gives examples of topics that fit the conference:

• Planning and implementing content
management: Roads traveled and
lessons learned


• Adapting rhetorical strategies and
document design for international
audiences


• Aligning document development
strategies to new product development
t e c h n i q u e s


• Communicating effectively with
managers and with subject matter
experts


• Adding visual interest to technical
documents without sacrificing accuracy


• Testing the usability of leading
edge products: What new challenges
do they pose?


• Expanding the use of media in
engineering, scientific, and medical
documents


• Writing effective English for nonnative
speakers: Syntax and vocabulary


• Learning to love structured writing:
Professional communicators and
content management


• Preparing engineers, scientists, and
professional communicators to cross
new frontiers