2 -- Speech-Recognition Seminar. Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Bell Atlantic, the seminar will focus on demonstrating the latest advances in speech-recognition technology. For more information, call (202) 392-0482.

3 -- House Commerce Committee Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Hearing. 10 a.m. 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will focus on spamming e-mail and includes H.R. 3113, the Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act, H.R. 2162, the Can Spam Act, and H.R. 1910, the E-Mail User Protection Act.

3-4 -- Wavelength-Division Multiplexing Systems and Applications. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Gaithersburg, Md. The conference aims to encourage interaction among industry, communication users and government agencies to exchange information about wavelength-division multiplexing systems and develop new applications of the technology. For more information, call (301) 975-4321; Web, www.nist.gov/wdm99.

3-5 -- TeleCon West. Anaheim Convention Center. Anaheim, Calif. This conference focuses on teleconferencing, interactive multimedia and collaborative communications and will feature more than 100 sessions, five keynote presentations and an exhibition with 250 vendors. For more information, call (800) 829-3400; Web, www.teleconexpos.com.

4 -- House Small Business Committee Hearing. 10 a.m. 2360 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine the policies and rationale behind the Defense Department's contract bundling efforts.

4 -- Joint Hearing. House Science Committee Technology Subcommittee and Government Reform Committee Government Management, Information and Technology Subcommittee. 2 p.m. 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will focus on Year 2000 Myths and Realities: Responding to the Questions of the American Public With 50 Days Remaining Until Jan. 1, 2000.

For more events, see Agenda.