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CALL FOR PAPERS! TILL 28th February
by Pepa Fontal 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

*PETSymposium: Barcelona *(Spain) 23th to 28th July 2018 *Call for papers open until February 28th*: https://submit.petsymposium.org/2018.4/ The annual Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (*PETS*) brings together privacy experts from around the world to present and discuss recent advances and new perspectives on research in privacy technologies. PETS/PoPETs is the premier venue for novel applied and/or theoretical research into the design, analysis, experimentation, or fielding of privacy-enhancing technologies. Hot PETs *Call For Talks* <https://petsymposium.org/2018/hotpets.php> is open until the 8th of May 2018 We hope to see you all! Pepa Fontal Eticas Research & Consulting Ferlandina 49 (08001 Barcelona) +34 936 005 400 - www.eticasconsulting.com <https://www.eticasconsulting.com/> <https://es.linkedin.com/company/eticas-research-&-consulting> <https://www.facebook.com/eticasconsult> <https://twitter.com/EticasConsult>

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CfP: Media Systems under Pressure: Recent Developments in Media Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe
by Mariëlle W. 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

Call for papers *Media Systems under Pressure* *Recent Developments in Media Freedom in Central and Eastern Europe* 18 May 2018, University of Amsterdam Organisers Sudha Rajagopalan, University of Amsterdam Mariëlle Wijermars, University of Helsinki *Abstract deadline*: 18 March 2018 Across Central and Eastern Europe, media systems are increasingly under pressure. The developments that place restrictions on the freedom of media, or threaten to do so in the near future, take various forms. On the one hand, (semi-)authoritarian regimes in, e.g., Russia strengthen their hold over media industries. Promoted under the banner of protecting national values and political stability, neoconservative tendencies are also being translated into strict media regulation in EU members states, such as Hungary and Poland. On the other hand, the reliability of news and information providers has been significantly compromised in recent years as a result of fake news and Russian disinformation campaigns. At the same time, European responses to these threats equally place pressure on the protection of fundamental human rights, such as the right to information, media freedom and privacy. To some extent, freedom of speech and information is perceived as a potential threat to national security (e.g., spread of extremist ideology, terrorism) or societal values (e.g., information concerning abortion, LGBT rights, pornography) The workshop aims to bring together international scholars and media professionals to discuss the following questions: How can we formulate effective responses to these manifold challenges that media systems in Central and Eastern Europe face today? To what extent are these developments country or region specific, or should they be seen as part of wider European and global trends? What is the role of governments, media, NGOs, and activists in shaping media and information spheres in the region (in both a negative and positive sense)? We invite contributions from academics and media professionals that explore, among others, the following topics: · Neoconservatism and media regulation · Policy responses to fake news, disinformation, ‘information warfare’ · The impact of anti-terrorism measures on media freedom and privacy · Conservative activism · Progressive activism To apply, please send a 300 word abstract and brief biographical statement to Mariëlle Wijermars (marielle.wijermars[at]helsinki.fi) by 18 March 2018. The organisers intend to publish revised versions of selected papers as part of a special issue. This workshop is organized by ARTES research group ‘Participatory Cultures: Post-Socialist New Media Practices’ (University of Amsterdam), the Center for Ukrainian Cultural Studies (University of Amsterdam) and the ‘Russian Media Lab: Freedom of Speech and Critical Journalism in Russia’ project (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki).

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WEBCAST TODAY: Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Governance and Public Policy
by Joly MacFie 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

I can't think of another time in NYC that we have heard the BRICS <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS> point of view on policy issues aired, especially those on the cutting edge, thus this session was a blockbuster. Ably chaired and keynoted by Robin J. Lewis of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, the Brazilian perspective was presented by Ronaldo Lemos of the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro, one of the movers behind the Marco Civil <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Inte…>, China was represented by Professor Liangang Sun of Peking University, an out and out visionary artist, who nevertheless forcefully asserted, via a translator, that science via AI + blockchain would assuredly absolutely empower the common people. They would dispose of much if not all of government's traditional (and corrupt) functions. When one audience member enquired if he could say the same thing if our session were in Peking not NYC, he said yes, of course, but joked everybody who attended would immediately be arrested! This is a 2 hour session. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/netneutrality18/edit> [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai>Today, *Monday February 26 2018* at *10am EST* (15:00 UTC) the* Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai>* will webcast *Artificial Intelligence:Implications for Governance and Public Policy <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial-intelligenceimplications-for-govern…>* – a panel last Friday at the *School of International and Public Affairs <https://sipa.columbia.edu/>* (SIPA), Columbia University. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its associated technologies offer enormous promise for future economic and social development, but also raise thorny ethical and public policy issues that are not easily resolved. Experts from the US, China, and Brazil provided varying perspectives on this very timely topic. Speakers: *Robin J. Lewis*, Co-Chair, Worldview Global Culture Alliance and former Associate Dean, SIPA; ** *Ronaldo Lemos*, Visiting Professor, SIPA; *Liangang Sun*, Professor, Peking University; Artificial Intelligence Innovation Strategist. Co-sponsors: *Columbia University BRIC Lab <http://cgeg.sipa.columbia.edu/briclab>, Center on Global Economic Governance* and *Worldview Global Culture Alliance* <https://www.worldviewglobal.com/> (WGCA). *View on Livestream*:* https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai>* (no captions) *Facebook event*: *https://www.facebook.com/events/399669357127287/* <https://www.facebook.com/events/399669357127287/> *Twitter*: @ColumbiaCGEG + #AI *http://bit.ly/CGEGAI* <http://bit.ly/CGEGAI> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9947#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9947#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9947 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9947%E2%80%…> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST MON pm + WED am: Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference in Ottawa, Canada
by Joly MacFie 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

This GIJT conference is just one step in a multiyear *transnational multistakeholder process <https://www.internetjurisdiction.net/news/towards-solutions-the-methodology…>.* Vint wrote a very concise advance framing of the issues for the Financial Times last week - *Rebuild internet governance before it is too late <https://www.ft.com/content/e1e6d1e0-156c-11e8-9c33-02f893d608c2> *(I bet some sub, not Vint, made up that headline!). Just yesterday the Washington Post announced that the Microsoft Ireland digital privacy case *will go to the supreme court* <https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/supreme-court-case-c…> (let us note the case originated in the Southern District of New York!). And then, the *GDPR* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation> looms. The webcast is just Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/netneutrality18/edit> [image: YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/user/InternetJurisdiction/live>This week, *Monday-Wednesday February 26-28 2018*, the *Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network <https://www.internetjurisdiction.net/>* and the *Government of Canada <https://www.canada.ca/>* host the 2nd *Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference <https://conference.internetjurisdiction.net/>* in Ottawa, Canada. Representatives from a wide range of stakeholder groups will address one of the great global governance challenges of today: how to manage the coexistence of national laws on the internet and, at the same time, work toward the development of policy standards and operational solutions to fight abuses, protect human rights, and enable the global digital economy. Speakers: *Kathy Brown*, President & CEO, Internet Society, *Vint Cerf*, Co-Founder, Internet Society, *Nii Quaynor*, Internet Hall of Fame, *Rebecca MacKinnon*, Director of Ranking Digital Rights, New America Foundation, *Anriette Esterhuysen*, Director of Policy and Strategy, Association for Progressive Communications; *Joseph Cannataci*, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, plus senior representatives of many countries and corporations. Plenary sessions will be webcast live via *YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/user/InternetJurisdiction/live>*. Ottawa is on EST, same as NYC (UTC-5). *What: Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference <https://conference.internetjurisdiction.net/>Where: Ottawa, CanadaWhen: Monday-Wednesday February 26-28 2018Program: https://conference.internetjurisdiction.net/program/ <https://conference.internetjurisdiction.net/program/>Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/user/InternetJurisdiction/live <https://www.youtube.com/user/InternetJurisdiction/live> (Mon pm + Wed am) (No captions)Twitter: #OttawaGIJC http://bit.ly/ottawaGIJC <http://bit.ly/ottawaGIJC>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9944#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9944#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9944 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9944%E2%80%…> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Applications now open: ITS Global Policy Fellowship Program 2018 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
by Joly MacFie 25 Feb '18

25 Feb '18

[deadline is next Friday! Course is July 9 to Aug 3rd] *The Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro* <https://itsrio.org/en/> invites researchers, students and professionals working with technology policy to apply to its *Global Policy Fellowship Program* <https://itsrio.org/en/comunicados/applications-now-open-its-global-policy-f…> and spend four weeks* in Brazil at ITS Rio. Last year, we welcomed six fellows, who gave valuable contributions to the success of the Fellowship Program. Our Global Fellows will have the opportunity to work with the team who created and developed Brazil’s Internet Bill of Rights (Marco Civil da Internet), a bill that guarantees and promotes the protection of fundamental rights, including privacy, net neutrality and freedom of expression, which was approved as law in Brazil in April 2014. Furthermore, they will be able to choose one of our four main areas of work to develop their research in, namely: – Democracy & Technology (artificial intelligence, civic engagement, online participation, and others) – Rights & Technology (self-sovereign identity, digital identity, a.i., connectivity, freedom of expression, privacy and others topics on Internet regulation) – Education (intellectual property, digital entrepreneurship, online teaching, and others) – Rethinking Innovation (new models of development, blockchain, entrepreneurship, and others) ITS Fellowship Program will offer the opportunity for those interested in internet and technology policy to deepen their knowledge about the Brazilian technology context. We have prepared an intensive 4-week* program for our fellows, which includes meeting ITS Rio partners in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in order to have the opportunity to visit some of the largest national and international technology companies operating in Brazil as well as governmental entities and exchange ideas, projects and research with those institutions. *information* fellows will be expected to – Make a short presentation to ITS Rio’s team about their research topics and professional experiences; – Publish at least one short article or web post about their experience as a fellow in Brazil; – Collaborate with ITS Rio’s team and its projects and publications; – Engage in talks and meetings with lawyers, policymakers, press and industry representatives on their topic; – Identify research projects with ITS team; – Give a lecture during the summer school (International School of Law and Technology) organized by ITS with the partnership of the University of Montréal, addressing the areas of law and technology that will take place in Rio de Janeiro from July 16th to July 20th (the class plan should be ready or in the process of being ready by the time fellows arrive in Brazil); The class plan should be ready or in the process of being ready by the time fellows arrive in Brazil. Suggested topics include: artificial intelligence, big data, internet of things, algorithms, broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyrights and creativity, consumer privacy, open government, government surveillance, data security, freedom of expression, democracy and technology, human rights, innovation, open leadership, education and culture. *who should apply?* We are looking for MBA, Master’s, and PhD students, researchers, and professionals who are following the debates in the public policy field, and who want to spend part of their summer or winter in Brazil, learning about Internet policy. People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. *Registration valid only for foreigners* – Portuguese skills are not required (but English is mandatory) – We’ll reserve two positions for NoC’s researchers *for the selection processes, you must*: – Complete the form (https://itsrio2.typeform.com/to/BYzF6t) – In the form we will ask you for your complete academic and professional resume, including LinkedIn profile and other online references you want us to consider. *fellowship package includes* – Flight tickets to São Paulo and accomodation in São Paulo during the days of our visit; – Shared office space at our headquarters for four weeks*; – An one-week course with immersion in subjects related to law and technology; – Intensive 4-week* program for the fellows: *1st week*: introduction to the ITS fellows and their own projects + introduction to the ITS team and to ITS projects; *2nd week*: International School of Law and Technology (a one-week immersion course in subjects related to law and technology + fellows lectures); *3rd week*: trip to São Paulo (including visits to some of the largest national and international technology companies operating in Brazil); *4th week*: meetings with ITS partners in Rio de Janeiro + fellowship brainstorming and feedback; *fellowship package does not include* – International travelling to and from Brazil; – Accommodation during the four weeks* in Rio de Janeiro, where our program takes place; – Other costs related to your stay in Brazil, besides those mentioned above. – Visa fees (if necessary). Our team will provide information about how to find accommodation in the city during the fellows’ stay. *important dates* – Application deadline: March 03rd, 2018; – Announcement of fellows by e-mail: April 02nd, 2018; – Fellowship Program starts: July 09th, and finishes in August 03rd, 2018*; * Fellows are expected to stay in Rio from July 09th to August 03rd. Fellows can coordinate with ITS Rio the possibility of staying for a longer term before or after this period if they wish. Visa and related costs for additional stay should be arranged by the fellows. *need help?* If you need any further information please contact its(a)itsrio.org. -- Joly MacFie President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) http://isoc-ny.org 218 565 9365

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CFP E-Vote-Id 2018
by Peter ROENNE 25 Feb '18

25 Feb '18

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS E-Vote-ID 2018 Third International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Bregenz, Austria, 2-5 October 2018 www.e-vote-id.org (Paper Submission Date: 15 May 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://www.e-vote-id.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Twitter: @evotingcc Hashtag: #EVoteID2018 This conference is one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world. In 2016 the two previously bi-annually held conferences, EVOTE and VoteID, were merged into the annual E-VOTE-ID conference. The third joint conference will take place in October 2018. One of its major objectives is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and open discussion of all issues relating to electronic voting. Cumulatively, since 2004 some 1,000 experts from all over the world have attended this conference to discuss electronic voting and related topics. The aim of the conference is to bring together e-voting specialists working in academia, politics, government and industry in order to discuss various aspects of all forms of electronic voting (including, but not limited to, polling stations, kiosks, ballot scanners and remote voting by electronic means) in the three following tracks below and a PhD colloquium: Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Design, analysis, formal modeling or research implementation of: - Electronic voting protocols and systems; - Voter identification and authentication; - Ballot secrecy, receipt-freeness and coercion resistance; - Election verification including end-to-end verifiability and risk limiting audits; - Requirements; - Evaluation and certification, including international security standards, e.g. Common Criteria or ITSEC; - Human aspects of security mechanisms in electronic voting and in particular of verifiability mechanisms; - Or any other security and HCI issues relevant to electronic voting. Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues - Discuss legal, political and social issues of electronic voting implementations, ideally employing case study methodology; - Analyze the interrelationship with, and the effects of electronic voting on democratic institutions and processes; - Assess the cultural impact of electronic voting on institutions, behaviours and attitudes of the Digital Era; - Discuss the administrative, legal, political and social risks of electronic voting; - Address issues of e-voting policy development and legislative processes; - Explore aspects of public administration in the implementation of electronic voting; - Examine understandability, transparency, and trust issues in electronic voting; - Address issues related to data protection; - Explore issues of public interest vs PPP (public-private partnerships). Track on Election and Practical Experiences - Review developments in the area of applied electronic voting; - Report on experiences with electronic voting or the preparation thereof (including repots on development and implementation, case law, court decisions, legislative steps, public and political debates, election outcomes, etc.); Contributions in this track will be published in TUT press proceedings only. These experience and practical reports need not contain original research, but must be an accurate, complete and, where applicable, evidence-based account of the technology or system used. Submissions will be judged on quality of review and level of analysis, and the applicability of the results to other democracies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PhD Colloquium The colloquium continues the tradition of PhD workshops on e-voting. Since 2006 the PhD seminars have focused on various aspects of e-voting including technical aspects, legal challenges, identity management, verifiability of the vote, etc. The workshops took place in various locations in Austria, Catalonia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. The goal of the colloquium is to foster understanding and collaboration between PhD students from various disciplines working on e-voting. To this end, the program allows plenty of space for discussion and initiating collaboration based on presentations by attendees. What makes this colloquium special is that it is truly interdisciplinary, where PhD students from legal backgrounds are joined by PhD students with computer science and cryptography backgrounds and by social scientists. Master students in e-voting and related areas are also welcome to participate. Each interested participant should submit his/her research proposal (or alternatively ideas for papers, open problems, or other issues where feedback from colleagues would be helpful etc.) of some two pages length using the conference platform. In addition to this proposal, participants are asked to fill out a questionnaire about their PhD project. This questionnaire will be send by email to participants who have submitted their proposal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Voting System Demonstration Session We also invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems, to be presented in an open session on Tuesday 2 October during the welcome reception. Participation is open to all conference participants, but we request a one-page summary by 30 September to office(a)e-vote-id.org describing the system's requirements and properties, such as: - whether the system is intended for use in controlled (i.e. in polling stations) or uncontrolled environments (i.e. remotely via the Internet or in kiosks); - which types of elections it accommodates; - whether it addresses the needs of voters with disabilities; - what sort of verifiability it provides; - the extent to which it guarantees vote privacy; - whether it has been deployed in a real election; - where to go for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format of the Conference The format of the conference is a three-day meeting beginning on Wednesday. On Tuesday, one day before the formal conference, we will hold the PhD colloquium and a demo session for e-voting system demonstrations. No parallel sessions will be held, and sufficient space will be given for informal communication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Paper submissions can be in two formats-either as a full paper or a short paper. - Full paper submissions (max 16 pages in LNCS format all-in); - Short paper submissions (max 2 pages in LNCS format all-in). All submissions will be subject to double-blind reviews. Submissions must be anonymous (with no reference to the authors). Submissions are to be made using the EasyChair conference system at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evoteid2018, which serves as the online system for the review process. During submission, please select the appropriate track or the PhD colloquium. The track chairs reserve the right to re-assign papers to other tracks in case of better fit based on reviewer feedback and in coordination with other track chairs. LNCS style has to be used (see the Springer guidelines at http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui…, including templates for LaTeX and Microsoft Word). If you think that one or more of the programme committee members could have a conflict of interest with your submission, please let the general chairs know at conference-chairs(a)e-vote-id.org. In turn, according settings in the EasyChair system will be set, so that the respective member/s is/are not involved in the review process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Dates for Submissions Deadline for submission of papers: (Hawaiian time, hard deadline, no extension) 15 May 2018 23:59 Paper Bidding Deadline: 20 May 2018 Review Deadline: 15 June 2018 Programme Committee Discussion: 22 June 2018 Notification of Acceptance: 25 June 2018 Deadline for PhD Colloquium submissions: 29 June 2018 Deadline for Resubmission of Conditionally Accepted Papers (shepherding): 13 July 2018 Deadline for Camera-ready Paper Submissions: 27 July 2018 Deadline for One-page Summary for E-Voting System Demonstration Session: 15 September 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Publication The conference proceedings will be available at the time of the conference. Full papers accepted for the tracks on security, usability, and technical issues, respective administrative, legal, political, and social issues will be published in Springer LNCS. All other accepted publications, including full papers in the election experience track, accepted short papers in any of the tracks, and from the submissions in the PhD colloquium will be published in proceedings with TUT press. In case your academic host institution requires you to publish your research as open-access only, please contact the conference chairs for further information in which way it is intended to make accepted publications accessible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue The conference will be held in the beautiful Renaissance castle of Hofen at Lochau/Bregenz on the shores of Lake Constance in Austria. On the evening of 2 October a welcome reception for all conference participants will be organized in castle Hofen, where also the conference dinner on 4 October will take place and feature the traditional "cheese road". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee General Chairs Krimmer, Robert (Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse Department, Estonia) Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany) Track Chairs Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Cortier, Véronique (CNRS, France) Goré, Rajeev (Australian National University, Australia) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues Serdült, Uwe (University of Zurich, Switzerland, and Ritsumeikan University, Japan) Hapsara, Manik (University of New South Wales, Australia) Track on Election and Practical Experiences Martin, Steven (OSCE/ODIHR, Poland) McDermott, Ronan (Independent Election Expert, Switzerland) PhD Colloquium Truderung, Tomasz (Polyas, Germany) Koenig, Reto (University of Applied Sciences Berne, Switzerland) Outreach Chairs Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Dueñas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Programme Committee Arapinis, Myrto (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) Araújo, Roberto (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil) Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft Research, USA) Delaune, Stéphanie (CNRS - Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, France) Essex, Aleksander (Western University, Canada) Galindo, David (University of Birmingham, UK) Gibson, Paul (Telecom SudParis, France) Gjøsteen, Kristian (NTNU Trondheim, Norway) Grimm, Rüdiger (University of Koblenz, Germany) Haenni, Rolf (Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland) Haines, Thomas (Polyas, Denmark) Kiayias, Aggelos (University of Athens, Greece) Küsters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, Germany) Kulyk, Oksana (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Pereira, Olivier (UC Louvain, Belgium) Prandini, Marco (DISI, Universitá di Bologna, Italy) Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxemburg) Ryan, Mark (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) Ryan, Peter Y A (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Schneider, Steve (University of Surrey, UK) Schoenmakers, Berry (University Amsterdam, Netherlands) Schürmann, Carsten (IT University Copenhagen, Denmark) Teague, Vanessa (University of Melbourne, Australia) Warinschi, Bogdan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Wen, Roland (UNSW Sydney, Australia) Zagorski, Filip (University of Wroclaw, Poland) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Science Programme Committee Barrat, Jordi (EVOL2 - eVoting Research Lab, Spain) Braun Binder, Nadja (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Dueñas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Germann, Micha (KU Leuven, Belgium) Goodman, Nicole (University of Toronto, Canada) Hall, Thad (University of Utah, USA) James, Toby (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom) Kalvet, Tarmo (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Kersting, Norbert (University of Münster, Germany) Kim, Shin Dong (Hallym University, South Korea) Masso, Anu (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Mecinas, Juan Manuel (CIDE, Mexico) Nurmi, Hannu (University of Turku, Finland) Pammett, Jon (University of Carleton, Canada) Reniu, Josep Maria (University of Barcelona, Spain) Track on Election and Practical Experience Programme Committee Bismark, David (Votato, Sweden) Bull, Christian (Telenor, Norway) Caarls, Susanne (Independent Expert, Netherlands) Catozzi, Gianpiero (EC-UNDP, Belgium) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Independent Expert, Switzerland) Franklin, Joshua (NIST, USA) Malinovich, Dan (EC-UNDP, Belgium) Petrov, Goran (Independent Expert, Macedonia) Vinkel, Priit (National Election Commission, Estonia) Vollan, Kåre (Quality AS, Norway) Wolf, Peter (International IDEA, Stockholm) Wenda, Gregor (Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria) Yard, Mike (IFES, Libya)

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Fwd: Call for Nominations: ELD Executive Board
by AJ Kelton 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

*Emerging Learning Design Executive Board **is seeking committed individuals * *to assist in the continued growth of Emerging Learning Design* The ELD Executive Board is accepting nominations for individuals to join the board. Executive Board members are active in the organization and implementation of ELD activities, events, and projects. Additionally, they help in the development of the ELD Virtual Community, Annual Conference <http://eld.montclair.edu/>, and Journal <http://eldj.montclair.edu/>. Responsibilities of an Executive Board <http://eld.montclair.edu/emerging-learning-design-executive-board/> member include: - Regular Executive Board meetings (1-2 times monthly, set schedule) - Lead at least one ELD committee and participate actively in a second Nominations are confidential. Self-nominations are encouraged, however, you are also welcome to nominate someone else. The ELD Elections & Guidelines Committee will contact all nominees to confirm interest and nomination materials (CV, statement of interest). The nomination form can be found at https://richmond.qualtrics. com/jfe/form/SV_4Tq4UK60LNdG4qp For more information on the roles of Executive Members, please visit http://eld.montclair.edu/emerging-learning-design-executive-board/. For information about ELD’s mission Statement, visit http://eld.montclair. edu/about/. ------------------------------ *Join our digital community Google Group at **bit.ly/eldcommunity* <http://bit.ly/eldcommunity> *Join us on Facebook for* *ELDc* <https://www.facebook.com/EmergingLearningDesign>* and* *ELDj* <https://www.facebook.com/ELDJournal/>*, **Google+* <https://plus.google.com/communities/118160556051901444209>*, **Twitter* <https://twitter.com/eldconf>*, and **LinkedIn* <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4338445>*!* *ELDc believes that **when innovative and intellectual practices stimulate a students and educators ability to learn, the learning environment is enhanced. When teaching, learning, and technology converge we find the potential for an inclusive learning experience that is both engaging and connected to curricular needs, without being dated.* ----- AJ Kelton Director, Center for the Digital Humanities College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate, expected April 2018 Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> ELD Question? LIVE CHAT <http://eld.montclair.edu/> (lower right hand corner) ---------- Journal of Emerging Learning Design Co-Editor-in-Chief http://eldj.montclair.edu

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by Kalle Westerling 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

Hello everyone, I wanted to remind you all that applications for the Digital Humanities Research Institute in New York City are due on Monday. It’s a great opportunity for learning hands-on skills and translating them into a high-impact project in your own community. Let me know if you have any questions about the application process. Currently, the website contact form is not working so you can just send me an email. Best, Kalle Westerling Coordinator, GC Digital Humanities Research Institute -- The Digital Humanities Research Institute (DHRI) is a ten-day residential workshop to be held from June 11–20, 2018 at The Graduate Center, CUNY. During the DHRI, which is supported by an National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes in Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities grant, participants will explore interdisciplinary, digital humanities research and teaching with leading DH scholars, develop core computational research skills through hands-on workshops, and begin developing versions of the DHRI for their own communities. When participants return to New York in June 2019 to report on their experiences, they will become the core members of a growing network of distributed digital humanities research institutes, and their reflections will inform the publication of a guide to leading digital humanities skill workshops in a variety of institutional contexts. Short courses—or “bootcamps”—that last anywhere from one day to two months are an increasingly popular way to offer intensive training in digital tools and skills over a short period of time; however, these courses are resource-intensive to run, reach a limited audience, and rarely offer ongoing support. As part of a commitment to building a vibrant community of scholars who make critical use of technology in their teaching and research, the CUNY Graduate Center ran three week-long institutes between 2016 and 2017, which offered a combined 100 hours of instruction on digital research methods to more than 100 students, faculty, staff, and librarians across the CUNY system. Demand for foundational digital research skills remains high, as we have had to turn away as many participants for each institute as we are able to accept. We believe that all participants are experts in something, but none are experts in all areas. By fostering a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment where humanities research questions, methods, and values are most significant, we work to build a cooperative learning experience. Building on three years of leading successful interdisciplinary Digital Research Institutes at the highly diverse City University of New York, we have established an approach that leverages participant’s strengths, disciplinary interests, and research interests. Students work at round tables to encourage social interaction, conversation, and collaboration, and significant time is spent addressing questions about the appropriateness and consequences of digital methods, ethical concerns, project proposal development, and presentation of digital scholarship to multiple audiences. DHRI emphasizes foundational skills because we believe that it is the most effective path toward enabling digital humanities researchers to become self-teachers and mentors in their own right. Many bootcamp-style intensives prioritize instrumental outcomes, such as whether students can “write a for loop” or create a website. While these results are desirable, we find that students who know how to use the command line, read technical documentation, and reason about systems are more self-sufficient and better prepared to approach technology (and technical rhetoric) with a critical eye. This leads to second-and third-order effects as students teach themselves and teach others, and also provides a common conceptual vocabulary and skill set that serves as a basis for forming strong collaborations in the future. Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: * Commitment to attending all 10 days of the June 2018 and 2 days of the June 2019 institutes; * Demonstrated interest in and responsibility for “digital humanities community building” (This can be through a regional digital humanities group as a volunteer, as a post-doc in a university library, a visiting scholar at a liberal arts college, a faculty member creating a DH reading group, a curator or archivist at a historical society, library, or other humanities-oriented organization. Position title is not important. What is important is your ability to explain your responsibility or interest in building communities of DH practice.); * A letter of support from a group, organization, or institution stating they will support your efforts to run a Digital Humanities Research Institute (Support does not have to be financial. It should simply recognize that your activities are recognized and welcomed by the organization.); * Interest in helping to build a network of institute leaders through sharing of curricular materials and engaging in online community-support; * An articulation of a DH project idea that you find interesting and would like to pursue or have already begun; * An explanation of how you confront and overcome technical difficulties you have experienced in the past. We are looking for participants who represent diverse DH areas of interest (disciplines, methods, project-types), who work at a wide range of institutional types (universities, community colleges, libraries, archives, museums, historical associations), and who reflect an array of professional roles from graduate students to experienced faculty to librarians, administrators, museum curators, archivists and more. Ideal participants will be able to demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills and a willingness to confront and overcome frustration. No previous technical experience is required. Applications will not be evaluated based on familiarity with existing technologies, though we are happy to hear about your aspirations and the skills you would like to develop for future work. Applications must be received by February 26, 2018. More information and application materials can be found on the website: http://dhinstitutes.org<http://dhinstitutes.org/>.

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Call for Speakers and Nominations: mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2018, Brighton UK
by Diana Ishmatova 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

[Apologies for cross-posting] mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2018, Brighton UK during 14-15 June 2018, @Hilton Metropole. www.m4life.org #mobileGovWS The organisation is seeking highly qualified speakers and experts to give talks and tutorials and propose panels or special sessions to be part of the next mobileGovWS2018 as well as nominations for the Global mobileGov Awards. This year’s main theme of mobileGovWS2018 is mindfulGovernments: how public sector IT and service delivery to citizens are influenced by the mobile and Artificial Intelligence technologies. As is the tradition, we do not just ‘organise’ a conference but we establish connections among like-minded professionals and organisations to create ‘value’ in making technology to best serve the nations and the needs of the citizens. WHO ATTENDS? This summit is a unique meeting hub for renown experts and organisations of the mGovernment practice: · Public sector -high-level decision makers, policy makers and other professionals such as developers or implementers of mobile technologies. · Private Sector Industry members from mobile telco`s, infrastructure, hardware, content, applications and service providers to the public sector. · NPOs: Civil Society Organization and Innovative Researchers PARTICIPATION: - Exhibit, make a demo of your solutions, promote your organization, find partners and boost your business: The summit is very much practice oriented and is soliciting exhibitions, demos and pitches. - Become a speaker: send us max 2 pages of abstract of your prosed talk (abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings) - Propose panels, special sessions or tutorials. AWARDS: Global mobileGov Awards 2018.: - industry, NPO or Government, you are requested to nominate yourself, your company or organisations. - "Academic Category" for outstanding academic contributions and research is also open. Please visit http://www.m4life.org/Summit/contact/ and show interest. TOPICS Some of trendy topics include, but are not limited to: - IOT and Artificial Intelligence - mobileGovernment, mobileDevelopment, mobileSociety, - good old fashioned eGovernment, smart cities and smart government - big data, open government, - mobileApps, service and content delivery - mobileID, participation, privacy and security PUBLICATION: All abstracts / talk summaries and accepted award descriptions will be published by mLife Publications. For other specific topics and coverage please review the draft program at the conference site and please share conference flyer and videos among your colleagues at http://www.m4life.org/Summit/videos/ Looking forward to meeting you at the next mobileGovWS in beautiful Brighton, UK Diana Ishmatova Technical Co-Chair, mobileGovWS2018 ----- mobileLife Events - mGovWS2018 conf(a)m4life.org www.m4life.org +447740143135 <+44%207740%20143135>

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Call for Evidence: Young People and Digital Intimacies
by Clarissa Smith 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

With apologies for cross posting Call for Evidence: Young People and Digital Intimacies This is an invitation to submit evidence to be considered in an interdisciplinary Rapid Evidence Assessment of young people and digital intimacies. The project, funded by a Wellcome Trust Seed Award, aims to enable a better understanding of the kinds of information and interventions on digital intimacies that may be most useful to young people. We seek to consider a broad range of literature on this topic, paying particular attention to respecting young people’s sexualities and their sexual agency, pleasure and rights; valuing sexual diversity (rather than heteronormativity); recognising that meanings in mediated images are socially negotiated by people in varied contexts; and examining how young people navigate, understand, consume, react to and engage with such material. As well as identifying literature, we also want to ensure that this Rapid Evidence Assessment is comprehensive and relevant in its content and scope. To that end, we welcome input and suggestions, within the scope of digital intimacies as defined above, as to the areas that should be considered in the review. * What are the key questions and practices with regard to young people and digital intimacies and what are the main issues from the standpoint of young people? * What kind of evidence is needed to inform the development of the sex education curriculum with regard to digital intimacies? * What are some examples of good resources relating to digital intimacies and what are the barriers to implementing good resources? * As young people's lives are lived increasingly online, what issues does this raise for how sexual health is discussed and addressed? We are keen to hear from anyone with ideas and expertise to contribute. We welcome contributions from academic researchers and wish to include research from a wide range of disciplines. We also hope to receive contributions from stakeholders, for example professionals working with young people, and policy makers in young people’s sexual health and sex and relationships education. More details about the project are available https://youngpeopledigitalintimacies.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/call-for-evid… You can submit your response in the form of relevant literature and/or areas for consideration either: Online, using this link: https://form.jotformeu.com/80511952138353; or By e-mail, to Rachel Scott at rachel.scott(a)sunderland.ac.uk The closing date for responses is Friday 16th March 2018. The project team Clarissa Smith; University of Sunderland, UK Feona Attwood; Middlesex University, UK John Mercer; Birmingham City University, UK Alan McKee; University of Technology Sydney, Australia Susanna Paasonen; University of Turku, Finland Rachel Scott; University of Sunderland, UK

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