The keynote speeches were delivered by Dr. Clifford Lynch, the Director of Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and Mr. David Rumsey, the President of David Rumsey Map Collection. Both speeches offered the conference participants useful information about current trends in IT and GIS in the humanities. Dr. Lynch surveyed current technical and economic trends that are driving convergence among traditional and new cultural memory organizations. He also discussed cultural stewardship for the digital age. Mr. Rumsey also discussed this topic using examples from the evolution of his own map collection, and the tools he has used and will use to disseminate the collection on the Internet, including his recent collaborations with Google Earth and Second Life in opening venues for new ways to interact with historical maps. For details about all speakers' presentations, please visit http://pnclink.org/annual/annual2007/2007annual.htm

The Pacific Neighborhood Consortium is endeavoring to bring together the cutting edge of technological research for content analysis organization, visualization, discovery, and access. Due to support from the data holders and the digital project leaders at the conference, we were able to conduct the presentations online to PNC members. We sincerely thank all for attending this conference and making it a success. We look forward to your support in PNC 2008.