[Sigiii-l] Interesting community technology and networking conference

[Michel J. Menou]

===8<==============Original message text===============

The Committee of the "Building & Bridging Community Networks:
Knowledge, Innovation & Diversity through Communication" conference
issues a call for your participation in an exciting opportunity to
network with others engaged in community networking, community
informatics and community technology research, practice and policy.
The conference, which forms part of an Economic and Social Research
Council (ESRC) research project (RES-328-25-0012), funded through the
People at the Centre of Communication and Information Technology
(PACCIT) research programme, is intended to act as a catalyst for
creating communication and knowledge linkages between those involved
in community networking.

Conference & project website
http://www.cmis.brighton.ac.uk/research/seake/cna/  

In order to create synergy and understanding between practitioners,
researchers and policy, it is important that knowledge of the issues
and problems surrounding community networking be identified,
articulated, recorded and shared in the form of a dynamic and ongoing
community networking knowledgebase. To this end the conference
welcomes contributions from practitioners, researchers and
policy-makers in the following areas:
. Community networking case studies
· Community network analysis as a methodology and theory
· Community Informatics as an emerging research agenda
· The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the role of
Civil Society 
· Communication and Development - theory and practice
· A human-centred approach to community technology - moving beyond
causality to purposiveness 
· Indigenous knowledge and cultural diversity
· Grass-roots community innovation and action

These subjects are timely because in addition to the recent World
Summit on the Information Society event in Geneva, the period between
March and September, 2004 will see a number of important conferences
taking place on the subject of community network or related areas. The
Canadian Research Alliance for Community Information Networks (CRACIN)
will be launched in the form of an International Workshop in May,
2004. The eighth biennial Participatory Design Conference will be held
between July 27-31, 2004 at the University of Toronto, Canada and will
have a strong community networking component. The second international
colloquium of the Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) is
being convened in Prato, Italy at the end of September.

The Brighton conference provides an excellent opportunity for
community networkers - researchers, practitioners and policy makers
alike - to establish links and share experiences and knowledge with
people, groups and organisations engaged in the excitingly diverse
activities that constitute community networking.

We are looking to bring together researchers, practitioners and policy
makers to discuss/summarize/theorize/and draw conclusions or lessons
learned from some ten years of practical work and research experience
in applying information and communications technology to enabling and
empowering communities of all kinds.

Our conference will also provide an opportunity for researchers,
practitioners, and policy-makers to reflect on and draw conclusions from
a range of currently relevant areas, fields and practices. 

Submissions for this conference can take the form of extended
abstracts, position papers or full papers. Extended abstracts and
position papers should be no more than 1500 words. Full papers
including citations, tables, diagrams and references should be no more
than 5000 words. Harvard citation style is mandatory and the
conference language is English. The Conference Committee will decide,
through a refereeing process, which contributions will be presented at
conference.

Send submissions to: p.day at btinternet.com

Important Dates: 
Conference: 31st  March - 2nd April, 2004
Venue: Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, East Sussex, England

Extended abstracts, position papers and full papers must be submitted
by 15th February, 2004. All submissions will be blind peer reviewed by
two referees. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent by 25th February, 2004

All amended submissions must be received by 15th March, 2004

All successful extended abstracts, position papers and full papers
will appear in the conference proceedings. It is also anticipated that
an edited book and various journal publications will result as an
outcome of the conference.

Conference Costs:
Conference registration fee 31st March - 2nd April £150:00
Conference day rate                                 £50:00
Conference Dinner                                   £30:00
3 days accommodation at conference hotel           £300:00(including all meals)
Per day                                            £100:00


Current Conference Committee

* Peter Day, SEAKE Centre, School of Computing, Mathematical and
Information Sciences, University of Brighton
* Jon Dron, SEAKE Centre, School of Computing, Mathematical and
Information Sciences, University of Brighton
* Karamjit Gill, Professor, SEAKE Centre, University of Brighton
* Michael Gurstein, (Visiting) Professor, School of Management New Jersey
Institute of Technology
* Graeme Johanson, School of Information Management and Systems/Centre for
Community Networking Research, Monash University 
* Leigh Keeble, CIRA, University of Teeside
* Brian Loader, CIRA, University of Teeside
* Michel Menou, CoVITALC, Somos at Telecentros, Ecuador
* Stewart Marshall, Professor, Faculty of Informatics & Communication,
Central Queensland University 
* Scott S. Robinson, Depto. De Antropologia, Universidad Metropologia, Mexico
* Don Schauder, Professor, School of Information Management and Systems,
Monash University
* Doug Schuler, The Evergreen State College, Washington
* Larry Stillman, School of Information Management and Systems/Centre for
Community Networking Research, Monash University
* Wal Taylor, Faculty of Informatics & Communication, Central Queensland University

===8<===========End of original message text===========
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/sigiii-l/attachments/20040209/863781f4/attachment.htm