[Asis-l] Call for Papers: 9th Annual Florida Communications & Information Policy Symposium

[Branciforte, Bob]

Call for Papers: 9th Annual Florida Communications & Information Policy
Symposium

The College of Communication and the College of Information, Information
Institute at Florida State University are issuing a call for papers to
be presented at the Ninth Annual Florida Communications and Information
Policy Symposium on April 14, 2005.

Entitled "Enhancing Access for Social Connectivity: New Technologies,
Strategies, and Policy Challenges," the Symposium will address the
access to communication and information services that enables social
connectivity. More specifically, the Symposium will explore issues
associated with broadband wireless technologies and the implications for
such technologies on access to and use of information resources and
services, the digital divide, e-government initiatives, and other
technical, policy, and social aspects. As such, the Symposium will
present multiple perspectives regarding wireless broadband technologies
- from the technical developments to the service and resource enabling
capabilities that such technologies can have on society.

Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in
Government Information Quarterly
(http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf), a peer-refereed journal
published by Elsevier. A special issue on wireless broadband
applications is planned, and papers will also be considered for other
issues of the journal. Those interested in presenting papers at the
Symposium should submit a 250 word abstract to Steve McDowell (see
below) no later than March 25, 2005. Proposals will be peer reviewed and
high quality proposals will be selected for presentation at the
Symposium. Completed papers will be due no later than June 1, 2005.

The Symposium will feature a series of panels addressing the deployment
and use of new services and networks in a variety of settings, including
both public sector and private sector applications. This includes:
*	case studies or surveys of wireless applications and services
offered to support local, state, and federal government provision of
public services 
*	new services and wireless platforms 
*	wireless and access of underserved communities in urban and
rural areas 
*	defining the roles for the public sector and the private sector 
*	telecommunications policy needs and practices to promote
wireless broadband infrastructure, and 
*	international comparisons of wireless broadband strategies,
cases, or policies

Additional panels and sessions will address the service enabling
capabilities of wireless broadband in the context of:
*	access to information services and resources 
*	e-government initiatives 
*	e-rate issues 
*	other societal factors

The Symposium, which takes place on Thursday, April 14, 2005 at the
Turnbull Center for Professional Development of Florida State
University, is organized by the College of Communication and the College
of Information at Florida State University. Program updates will be
available at the College of Communication (http://www.comm.fsu.edu/) or
the Information Institute at the College of Information
(http://www.ii.fsu.edu/). For more information please contact the
College of Communication at 850-644-9698, or contact Steve McDowell at
smcdowel at mailer.fsu.edu.

 

Bob Branciforte
Communications Coordinator
College of Information
The Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2100

Phone: (850) 644-3391
Fax: (850) 644-6253
Email: branciforte at ci.fsu.edu <mailto:branciforte at ci.fsu.edu>