TABES '97, THE TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS EXHIBITION/SYMPOSIUM TABES '97, the Technical and Business Exhibition/Symposium, is the premier symposium and exhibit show addressing critical issues in today's changing global marketplace, particularly in the areas of space, defense, business/industry, education, and emerging technologies. Tabes' unique format and strategic location provide participants with a unique opportunity to make personal contact with corporate ECOs, aerospace engineers, defense program managers, buyers, hardware and software developers, scientists, administrators and other key decision-makers from institutions worldwide. Attendance has averaged 5000 attendees over the past few years. Exhibits and symposia are free to attendees, who come from throughout the Southeast, the U.S., and the world. 250+ exhibit booths are filled each year by corporations, government agencies, universities and research centers featuring innovative products and services from around the world that participate in TABES each year. TABES '97 symposia will address the theme: Information Technology: A New Dimension. This theme will consider all aspects of Information Systems Technology, including the use of the Internet to conduct business in the domestic and international arena, generation and processing of information, information transmission (telecommunications), information archiving and storage, information mining and retrieval, visualization systems applications and others. Another great opportunity that TABES '97 will be offering will be TOPS. TOPS is Technology OPportunitieS. TOPS will be an opportunity to see NASA, U.S. Army Space & Stategic Defense Command (USASSDC), U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM), and the U.S. Army Aviation Command (ATCOM) technology that is available for transfer to the commercial sector. If you have any questions or would like additional information please call 205-837-4347, FAX 205-837-4275 or e-mail hats@iquest.com with any request. You may also write to TABES '97, P.O. Box 1964, Huntsville, AL 35807. Get up to the minute inforation on our website -- http://www.tabes.org

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