

| Invited Speakers: | ||
| Nicola Cancedda, Xerox Research Centre Europe, France. | PPT | |
| Donna Harman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA. | PPT | |
| Kalervo JARVELIN, University of Tampere, Finland. | PPT | |
| Doug Oard, University of Maryland, USA. | PPT | |
| Carol Peters, Istituto di Elaborazione della Informazione, Italy. | PPT | |
| Tetsuya Sakai, NewsWatch Inc., Japan. | ||
| Mark Sanderson, University of Sheffield, UK. | PPT |