Regarding the string on the Apple Newtons, I found this on the
Web.  Someone might be interested, although it is short notice.

> June 19, 1996
>      Announcement/Call for Participation Workshop on Wearable Computer
>      Systems. Over the past few years, a new technology has been
>      rapidly taking shape. It is the technology of wearable computer
>      systems -- battery-operated computer systems worn on the user's
>      body on a belt, backpack or vest, designed for mobile and
>      predominantly hands-free operation, often incorporating
>      head-mounted displays and speech input. Such systems are now
>      being prototyped and investigated in the context of a wide
>      variety of military, educational and industrial applications,
>      including maintenance, training, and manufacturing. On August
>      19-21, Boeing will host an informal workshop on wearable computer
>      technology, at the Boeing Customer Services Training Center in
>      Renton, WA, a few miles east of Seattle-Tacoma International
>      Airport. Our intent is to bring together vendors and potential
>      vendors of these systems, researchers studying this technolgy,
>      and key application customers for an open discussion of the
>      future of wearable computer systems technology. The workshop's
>      technical focus will be on the platforms, peripherals, software
>      systems and applications associated with wearable computers.
>      Because of space limitations and the informal nature of this
>      workshop, attendance will be limited to 150. Persons or groups
>      wishing to attend should submit either a booth request or a
>      research or application position paper, as described below.
>      Academic, government, industrial or vendor researchers and
>      government, industrial or vendor application developers are
>      invited to submit position papers. As time permits, attendees
>      will be asked to give brief talks about their research or
>      development activities, based on their position papers. There may
>      not be time for all attendees to speak to the group. In that
>      case, the organizing committee will try to select a
>      representative mix of research and application talks from among
>      the position papers. Position papers and booth requests may be
>      submitted by mail to: Ms. Diane Rush, Research and Technology,
>      Boeing Information and Support Services, Box 3707, Mail Stop
>      7L-40, Seattle WA 98124-2207 OR 206-865-2965(FAX) OR
>      [log in to unmask] OR 206-865-3211
>


And then there's this:
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> June 24, 1996
>      ACM MULTIMEDIA'96 November 18 - 22, 1996, Hynes Convention
>      Center, Boston, MA, USA. PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: THE
>      FOURTH ACM INTERNATIONAL MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION.
>      Multimedia technology can substantially improve the communication
>      between information providers and consumers. It contributes to
>      the general accessibility of information, through new interactive
>      media as well as through new forms of production, delivery and
>      perception of existing media. ACM Multimedia'96 will provide an
>      international forum for papers, panels, videos, demonstrations,
>      courses, workshops, and exhibits focusing on all aspects of this
>      multi-disciplinary field: from underlying technologies to
>      applications and issues, and from theory to practice. We invite
>      your participation. Topics include, but are not limited to:
>      applications in art, education, entertainment, government,
>      medicine, etc. Details at: http://www.acm.org/sigmm/MM96/ OR
>      http://www.uni-mannheim.de/acm96/ OR [log in to unmask]