[Sigmed-l] ASIS&T Annual Meeting Sept 25 Early Reg date

[Richard Hill]

The deadline for getting the early rates for the ASIST Annual meeting is September 25, 2009.

The deadline for Hotel reservations at the preferential rate is October 17.

Dick Hill
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The preliminary program for the ASIST Annual Meeting, 
Thriving on Diversity - Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World, 
November 6-11, 2009, Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
is now available and registration is open at 
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM09/
    - 45 contributed papers
    - 44 reviewed panel sessions
    -105 posters.  

New feature: An Industry Session on Monday morning comprises two parts: 
the first, “Eyes on the Future: Trends in Information Technology”, presents a panel 
of leaders from industry; the second, “A Glimpse of the Cutting Edge in Information Applications,” 
will focus on product demonstrations.

- Opening Plenary Session on Sunday afternoon is Tim Bray, currently Director of Web Technologies at Sun Microsystems. 
- Wednesday plenary will be a Pecha Kucha session, “Diversity in Digital Information Environments: Opportunity or Chaos?” 
with Grant Campbell, Andrew Dillon, Allison Druin, Gary Marchionini, Cathy Marshall, Candy Schwartz and Elaine Toms.

Pre-conference seminars are Fri, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7.  http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM09/seminars.html

See you in Vancouver!

Dick Hill

Richard Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
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