Central Europe: Pavel Novacek and Ivan Klinek, Co-chairs of Czech and Slovak Node suggested that the Node should extend to other neighboring countries to become the Central European Node. The 1997 State of the Future was reprinted and distributed and is used in teaching at the Future Studies department of the Olomouc University and in Slovakian universities. The Node will make a presentation of the MP at the June 1999 conference "Design the Future of Europe." The would like to host the next meeting of the Planning Committee in the Czech Republic.