[Asis-l] Invitation to attend: 2018 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) - Copenhagen, July 18-20, 2018

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(Apologies for cross-posting)

The organizing committee of the 9th Annual International Conference on
Social Media and Society (#SMSociety) invites you to visit wonderful
Copenhagen on July 18-20, 2018 to experience scholarly inspiration and
Nordic design excellence, architecture brilliance, gastronomic creativity,
and social inclusiveness. The 2018 conference will be held at the Copenhagen
Business School and hosted by the Centre for Business Data Analytics. This
year's theme is on "Networked Influence and Virality - REVISITED". 

*	Please register by May 1, 2018 to lock in the early-bird rate:
<http://socialmediaandsociety.org/registration/>
http://socialmediaandsociety.org/registration/ 

The Conference offers an intensive 3-day program including hands-on
workshops, full & work-in-progress papers, panels, and posters featuring the
latest in social media research. Our interdisciplinary community brings
researchers from a wide variety of disciplines including Information
Science, Communication, Education, Journalism, Computer Science, Management,
Political Science, Sociology, Health, and other fields. This year, we are
honoured to have a highly distinguished scholar and leader as our keynote
speaker:

*	Prof. Karine Nahon -  the elected president of the Israel Internet
Association (ISOC-IL), an Associate Professor of Information Science in the
Lauder School of Government and Ofer School of Communications at the
Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya (IDC), Israel, and an Affiliated
Associate Professor in the Information School at University of Washington
(UW).

 

We hope you can join us for this exciting event and contribute to this
emerging research area! If you have any questions about the conference,
please email us at:  <mailto:ask at socialmediaandsociety.org>
ask at socialmediaandsociety.org or visit our website at
http://socialmediaandsociety.org/ 

 

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2018 #SMSociety Organizing Committee:

.       Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University - Conference Chair

.       Ravi Vatrapu, Copenhagen Business School - Local Conference Chair

.       Jenna Jacobson, Ryerson University - Conference Chair

.       Philip Mai, Ryerson University  - Conference Chair

.       Anabel Quan-Haase, Western University - Panel Chair

.       Luke Sloan, Cardiff University - Panel Chair

.       K. Hazel Kwon, Arizona State University -WIP Papers Chair

.       Jeff Hemsley, Syracuse University - WIP Papers Chair

.       Jaigris Hodson, Royal Roads University - Poster Chair