Artists online: Arthouse multimedia centre in Dublin is holding the last of a series of free Internet courses for artists next Thursday, and participants will be selected by lottery. Contact Arthouse reception (tel 01-605-6800, e-mail info.arthouse.ie). September 19th: "Ireland in the Information Age - Developing a National Strategy", one-day conference for "leaders and thinkers" by Dublin City University and RTE (tel 01-704-5769). September 26th: IBEC/B&F conference on "Irish Business in the Information Age", Jurys Hotel, Ballsbridge. Keynote speaker is Being Digital's author Nicholas Negroponte (e-mail telecoms.policy.ibec.ie).
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