October 1-2: "Advanced State Government Relations Workshop," Public Affairs Council, Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Annapolis, Md., 202/872-1790; http://www.pac.org.
October 2: "Grassroots Roundtable For Associations With Individual Members," Public Affairs Council, ANA Hotel, Washington, D.C., 202/872-1790; http://www.pac.org.
October 5-9: "Introduction to IR Seminar," National Investor Relations Institute, Plaza Hotel, New York, 703/506-3570, http://www.niri.org.
October 7-9: "The Third Annual Strategic Public Relations Conference," IABC and Lawrence Ragan Communications, Inc., Chicago Hilton and Towers Hotel, 800/878-5331.
"Communications in a Complex World," the Public Relations Institute of America, Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 61/(0)-7-5592-9800.
October 10-11: "Worldwide Business-to-Business Marketing Forum - Catalog Management Issues Weekend Creative Conference," Direct Marketing Association, George R. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, 212/790-1500; http://www.the-dma.org.
October 11-14: "The DMA 81st Annual Conference," Direct Marketing Association, George R. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, 212/790-1500; http://www.the-dma.org.
October 17-20: "National Conference," Public Relations Society of America, Boston, 212/955-2230, http://www.prsa.org.
October 21: "Managing PR in the Digital Age," Capitol Hill Software, Dallas, 800/345-5572; http://www.chscorp.com.
October 22-24: "The 1998 National Convention," The Society of Professional Journalists, Los Angeles, Calif., 765/653-3333; http://www.SPJ.org.