From maria.souden at ucd.ie Sat Dec 8 06:06:47 2012 From: maria.souden at ucd.ie (Maria Souden) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 11:06:47 +0000 Subject: [Sighlth-l] iConference Early Bird Registration Ends 12/15 Message-ID: ************************************************************* iConference 2013: Early-bird registration through Dec. 15, 2012 12-15 February, 2013, Fort Worth, Texas http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/ ************************************************************* The iConference organizers encourage everyone to act fast in order to take advantage of our lowest conference rates! Early-bird registration is available through Dec 15, 2012. Regular rates will apply thereafter. Register today at http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/registration/. The eighth annual iConference takes place February 12-15, 2013, at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. The event is sure to live up to the high-quality tradition established in earlier years, and a complete 2013 program schedule is now posted on our website. Highlights include: >>>36 Full conference papers, 36 Notes (short papers) and 100 Posters examining critical areas of study in the information field. >>>12 engaging alternative events and 12 thought-provoking Workshops, the latter including a special workshop on information privacy, as well as this year?s contribution from the Sociotechnical Research group. >>>3 dynamic keynote addresses from speakers Nancy Cantor of Syracuse University, Myron Gutmann of the National Science Foundation, and V. Lane Rawlins of the University of North Texas. >>>A student Social Media Expo with multimedia presentations centered on leveraging social media to foster lifelong learning in everyday life. >>>A Doctoral Colloquium (open to invited applicants) and an Early Career Colloquium (open to all junior faculty and postdocs). >>>Our first-ever Research Paper Development Roundtable. >>>A one-of-a-kind wild-West themed opening reception at Billy Bob's Texas, the "World's Largest Honky Tonk?. >>>An Awards Luncheon featuring the iCaucus?s inaugural Doctoral Dissertation Award, and also the Lee Dirks Memorial Best Paper Award, honoring this long-time friend of the conference. At $505 (early standard) and $235 (early student), participation in the iConference continues to be a great value! A light breakfast and full lunch is included on all conference days. Access to ALL official conference social events is likewise included?Opening Reception, Awards Luncheon, and Farewell Social. iConference 2013 is presented by the iSchools (www.ischools.org) and hosted by the College of Information at the University of North Texas. Presenting Sponsors include the National Science Foundation and Microsoft Research. Additional support provided by CA Technologies, Emerald Group Publishing, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, UNT Libraries and the UNT COI Alumni Society. Conference: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IConference Twitter: http://twitter.com/iConf --- Maria Souden, MSI, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow School of Information and Library Studies University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland +353.1.716.7660 maria.souden at ucd.ie maria.souden at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: