Based on the theme of the past, present, and future of science, technology, and communication programs, this proceedings presents 49 papers delivered at the 1999 annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC). Papers in the proceedings are divided into 12 subsections: The Shape of Programs: Past, Present, and Future; Programs' Changing Emphases; Identity: English Departments, Humanities, and Beyond; Identity: Who Will Technical Communicators Be in the Future?; Programs and Technology; Programs and the World Wide Web; Spanning the Gap between Academia and Industry; Let's Get Real: Programmatic Efforts To Meet Stakeholders' Needs; Assessing Programs, with a Special Eye to Engineering Communication; International Technical Communication; Shifting Ways of Serving Clients; and Attracting, Retaining, and Keeping in Touch with Students. Papers in the proceedings include: "What the Past Can Teach Us about the Future" (Teresa Kynell); "Looking to the Future: From Technical Communication to Information Design" (Karen Rossi Schnakenberg); "Closing Our Eyes To See: Incorporating Visual Thinking into Technical Communication Courses" (Nancy Allen); "How To Get Writing Back into a Technical (Writing) Communication Program" (Mary Coney and Judy Ramey); "My Students or Yours? Escaping the Service-Department Role" (William Macgregor); "Training vs. Education: Technical Writing Programs within the Traditional English Department" (Michael A. McCord); "Moving on Alone: Past, Present, and Future for the Two-Year College Technical Communication Program" (Katherine Staples); "Technical Communication's Added Value in the Distance Learning Environment" (Marian G. Barchilon); "Should Technical Communication Programs Be Offered through Distance Education?" (Suzanne P. Schneider); "Web Design Courses: A Promising Future Role in Our Technical Communication Programs" (Don Payne); "Technical Communicators as Web Designers and Managers: Implications for Academic Program Development in Technical Communication" (Dale L. Sullivan); "Integrating Theory and Practice through Innovative Collaborations between Academicians and Workplace Professionals" (Christine Abbott); "Bridging the Gap between Industry and the Academy through Cross-Disciplinary, Real-World Courses: A Solution for Today's and Tomorrow's TechComm Programs" (Locke Carter); "Designing Technical Communication Modules for an Enterprise-Based Approach to Engineering Education" (Marilyn M. Cooper); "Enhancing the Future of Engineering Communication in Schools of Engineering and Technology: Collaboration in Communication Assessment" (Majorie Rush Hovde); "Developing a Global Technical Communication Program: A Work in Progress" (William O. Coggin); "Professor Becomes Trainer: Clues to an Inevitable Evolution during the 21st Century?" (Ann S. Jennings); "Enlarging Our View of the Future: Claiming a Place for Technical and Scientific Communication in Higher Education" (Jo Allen); "Tracking and Maintaining Communication with Graduates of Technical Writing Programs: What Can Former Students Tell Us?" (Julie Dyke); and "Recruiting for Bachelor's Programs in Technical Communication" (Laura J. Gurak). The proceedings concludes with three special presentations. Appendixes contain announcements of Distinguished Service Awards, the conference program, minutes, treasurer's report, a list of conference participants, and a list of CPTSC members. (RS)