[Sigiii-l] elective list of Conferenceqs end Events

[Michel J. Menou]

A selective list based upon the CPSR list.
BTW is not there an inbalance between the number of meetings
addressing same or related important issues, and the related efforts,
on the one hand, and the amount of resources and efforts that actually
go into coping with the said isues?

Michel


Surveillance and Privacy 2003:  Terrorists and Watchdogs, Sydney,
AUSTRALIA, Sept. 8-9.
See http://www.bakercyberlawcentre.org/2003/Privacy_Conf/

eLearn expo, Vienna, AUSTRIA, Sept. 11-12.
Contact:  sally at elearnexpo.com

Next 5 MINUTES 4, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS,
Sept. 12-14.

Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Helsinki, 
FINLAND, Sept. 14-18.  See  http://ecscw2003.oulu.fi 

Electronically Enabling Communities for An
Information Society: Research, Results, Lessons 
Learned, Policy Recommendations: A Colloquim,
Prato, ITALY, Sept. 15-16.
See  http://www.ccnr.net/prato2003

IT Research in Developing Countries, SOUTH AFRICA,
Sept. 17-19.  
See http://www.cs.up.ac.za/saicsit03/main.php

Information, Communication, Society, Oxford, 
ENGLAND, Sept. 17-20.
See   http://www.cira.org.uk/ics_call.htm

Transforming and Sustaining Inclusive Development
Communities, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS,
Sept. 19.  
See   http://www.ccnr.net/prato2003/

Making Intelligence Accountable, Oslo, NORWAY,
Sept. 19-20. 
See http://www.dcaf.ch/news/Intel%20Acct_Oslo%200903/ws_mainpage.html

Communication, Information and Internet Policy, 
Arlington, VA, Sept. 19-21.  See  http://www.tprc.org

Communities & Technologies, Amsterdam, 
THE NETHERLANDS  (or Bonn, Germany)
Sept. 19-21.  See  http://www.feweb.vu.nl/C&T2003/

Digital Earth: Information Resources for Global
Sustainability, Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC,
Sept. 21-25.  
See   http://www.geogr.muni.cz/digitalearth03/

The Future of Open and Distance Learning,
Cambridge, ENGLAND, Sept. 23-26.
See http://www2.open.ac.uk/r06/conference/conference.htm

Connecting Science & Technology Studies: The Academy, the
Polity, and the World, Ithaca, NY, Sept. 26-28.
Contact:   STSConnections at cornell.edu

Making Information Technology Work for Rural Communities:
High Speed Telecommunications Services are the Future 
Building Blocks of Rural America, Washington, DC,
Sept. 28-Oct. 1.  See http://ruraltelecon.org/RTC03/rtc03.htm

Information and Communication Technology in the
Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Africa,  Johannesburg,
SOUTH AFRICA, Oct. 12-15.
See  http://www.helina2003.org

World Telecom Forum, Geneva, SWITZERLAND,
Oct. 12-18.  See http://www.itu.int/WORLD2003/forum/


Building Ethics into Professionalism, New Orleans, LA, 
Oct. 15-17.
Contact:  ruff at gonzaga.edu

Broadening the Band, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Oct. 16-19.  See http://aoir.org/2003/

Information and Communication Technology in the Arctic,
Akureyri, ICELAND, Oct. 20-21.
See  http://vefir.unak.is/ICTConference

THE ONE YOU COULD NOT MISS
Humanizing Information Technology: From Ideas to Bits and Back
Long Beach, CA, Oct. 20-23.  See  http://www.asis.org/

"GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY YOU DESERVE:
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL CABLE FRANCHISE POLICY"
SEATTLE, WA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 -
To volunteer and/or otherwise contribute,
Contact  Mike Weisman at   popeye at speakeasy.org
For more information watch
http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg03/index.html

WIENER AWARD TO MITCH KAPOR,
SEATTLE, WA - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25.
http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg03/wiener.html

*ICANN Meeting, Carthage, Tunisia, Oct. 27-31.
See   http://www.icann.org/carthage/

"Health & Environmental Impacts of Nanomaterials:
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly", Kevin Ausman, 
Yale University, New Haven, CT,
Nov. 5.  Contact:  carol.pollard at yale.edu

Global Congress on Community Networking, Melbourne, 
AUSTRALIA, November..  See http://www.clik.to/gcn2003

Digital Dynamics: Control, Participation, and Exclusion,
Loughborough, ENGLAND, Nov. 6-9.
Contact: g.murdock at lboro.ac.uk, mhaley at icahdq.org

ACM Conference on Universal Usability, Vancouver, BC,
CANADA, Nov. 10-11.
See   http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/cuu2003

International Network of Engineers and Scientists
for Global Responsibility, St Denis, FRANCE,
Nov. 10-12.   See  http://www.inesglobal.com

World Summit on the Information Society Summit,
Geneva, SWITZERLAND, Dec. 10-12
Contact cpsr at cpsr.org if you are interested in attending.

African Conference on the Digital Commons,
Capetown, SOUTH AFRICA, Jan. 12-16.
See   http://idlelo.uwc.ac.za