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CfP: Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism
by Marcus Foth 31 May '08

31 May '08

Call for Papers Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism Workshop at the 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2008) 21 September 2008, Seoul, South Korea In this workshop we want to explore new approaches to bring about real environmental change by looking at the success of empowering technologies that enable grassroots activism and bottom up community participation. Ubiquitous computing is transforming from being mostly about professional communication and social interaction to a sensor rich personal measurement platform that can empower individuals and groups to gain an awareness of their surroundings, engage in grassroots activism to promote environmental change, and enable a new social paradigm - citizen science. This workshop brings together fresh ideas and approaches to help elevate individuals to have a powerful voice in society, to act as citizen scientists, and collectively learn and lobby for change worldwide. Full call for papers and the accepted workshop proposal submission: http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/Ubicomp2008/ Key Dates: 27 June: Submission deadline for workshop position papers (2-4 pages) 25 July: Notification for position papers 21 Sept: Day of workshop If you are on facebook, please join the Urban Informatics group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2493830797 and rsvp for the workshop at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22061180539 Organizers: Eric Paulos Intel Research Berkeley, USA Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology, Australia Christine Satchell QUT and The University of Melbourne, Australia Younghui Kim Hongik University, South Korea Paul Dourish University of California, Irvine, USA Jaz Hee-jeong Choi Queensland University of Technology, Australia -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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CFP: EURO mGOV 2008: The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government
by i k 30 May '08

30 May '08

----- Apologies for X postings .. Please distribute widely ----- Call for Papers, Panels, Special Sessions, Tutorials, Exhibitions and Demos EURO mGOV 2008 ------------------------- The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government 15-16 September 2008, Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey SPONSORS, ORGANIZERS and SUPPORTERS: --- TURKCELL (Diamond Sponsor), TurkSat (Gold Sponsor) --- Mobile Government Consortium International, UK; AykeyNet, UK --- Dept. of Computer Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey, --- Center for Information and Society, University of Washington, USA. Mobile Government involves revolutionary approaches to the modernization of public sector via the utilization of networked mobile technologies in local or central government organizations. It aims to enhance public sector business by creating new opportunities to provide services to society. mGovernment is now a recognized field of practice and research, and constitutes the next evolutionary step of progress in eGovernment. EURO mGOV 2008 aims to be a platform for presenting, exchanging and disseminating the latest developments, ideas, applications and services in the field of mGovernment among three essential constituents: public / private sector professionals and researchers. The EURO mGOV 2008 organization invites all professionals with an interest in the interfaces of Electronic Government and Mobile Business, both from social and technological perspectives. How to participate? ----------------------- Please visit the conference web site for submissions, review policy and further info at www.mgovernment.org/events/ --- Public or private sector professionals: send a page long proposal for a talk presenting, for example, an implementation, application or services deployed, cases studied and experiences gained. --- Researchers: send a maximum of 10 pages of a paper presenting your research and its results. Who will attend? ---------------------- --- Public Sector professionals such as developers or implementers of mobile technologies, policy and decision makers. --- Private Sector professionals from, for example, mobile telco`s, infrastructure, hardware, content, applications and service providers to the public sector. --- Researchers from academic institutions and other research organizations. Please get in touch for further info…. -- EURO mGOV 2008 – mgov2008(a)mgovernment.org www.mgovernment.org/events/ -- Mobile Government Consortium International - info(a)mgovernment.org -- Other mGCI events – www.mgovernment.org/events/

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Deadline looms for NYC Conflux Festival!
by noel hidalgo 29 May '08

29 May '08

CONFLUX FESTIVAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Deadline: May 31, 2008 All artists residing in the United States and around the world are invited to submit a proposal for Conflux, the annual art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space. For submission information and acceptable project types, please review our guidelines: http://confluxfestival.org/conflux2008/submissions/ Please note that this is NOT a call for traditional visual arts such as painting or drawing. Proposals are accepted online only; the festival is curated by a team of award-winning multimedia artists and activists. $5 Entry fee. Event dates and location: September 11 - 14, throughout New York City. For complete entry information: http://confluxfestival.org

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Event - Uniting Americans Online - 9-10:30 a.m. 25 Jun 2008 - New York City
by Steven Clift 29 May '08

29 May '08

Internet researchers in the NYC region are invited to join us on June 25. I'd be interested in learning about any research attempting to track the follow-on effects of participating in online election campaigning efforts. - Steve RSVP at: http://pages.e-democracy.org/Uniting_Americans_Online_discussion_in_New_Yor… Uniting Americans Online discussion in New York City >From E-Democracy.Org On June 23-24, Steven Clift with E-Democracy.Org will be speaking at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City. I'd like to invite those interested in discussing the topic "Uniting Americans Online - Building Community Engagement from the Net-Election" on June 25, 2008 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to RSVP at: http://pages.e-democracy.org/Uniting_Americans_Online_discussion_in_New_Yor… Join our discussion "local up" ideas for leveraging public involvement from this amazing yet highly partisan e-campaign for the White House into sustained online civic engagement that brings Americans of all political stripes together. People are getting fired up by the e-campaign, but what will they do when the election is over? With the right and left political blogospheres in a pitched battle to influence the mass media and Congress nationally, is there really an opportunity for Politics 2.0 or Governance 2.0? How can we leverage the millions of people signed up with national campaigns online into local opportunities where people work together across political lines? How might the tools and huge networks created to win the Presidency be turned over to those working to make their streets safe, improve their local school, or involve people in local issues? If this sounds like an interesting topic, join us. The rough agenda will include a quick update from E-Democracy.Org about the expansion of Issues Forums (online town halls) with a chance to offer feedback as well as some highlights from the recent "neighbors online" discussion in DC. The exact location is to be determined. Space may be limited.

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Re: [Air-L] summer school - social work/internet/research
by Stephanie Psaila 29 May '08

29 May '08

Dear Chris, You might be interesting in joining the Internet Governance Capacity Building Project, organised annually by DiploFoundation. Topics include: technical, legal, socio-cultural, economic and development aspects. The course is completely online, and will run again next year. Meanwhile, DiploFoundation will soon launch the Internet Governance Research Phase, another online course which will focus in depth on more specific issues, rather than the whole spectrum. Topics include IPRs and e-Security, among others. For more details, visit www.diplomacy.edu/IG. Best regards, Stephanie Psaila

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Re: [Air-L] Any recommendations?
by Bruno S. 29 May '08

29 May '08

Apologies for the mistake, of course it was QUT and not Canberra; a moment of absent-mindedness... BS

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Evolve is Launched
by cristina costa 29 May '08

29 May '08

Dear Colleagues, I am sorry about the cross post - I just thought it might interest you. Evolve is Launched. Barbara Dieu has agreed to be the Keynote speaker for our first event which is focuses on the topic: Social software in Schools and Institutions. Barbara's presentation is entitled Social Media in English Language Teaching. The Presentation will take place in May 30 at 1700 GMT The Venue for the presentation is in Elluminate (no Password required)" Further information can be found here: http://www.evolvecommunity.org/blog/2008/05/28/evolve-gets-launched "Evolve is designed to bring together and support researchers from different countries and different disciplines who are engaged with contemporary issues in education. It aims at providing a meeting place for building connections and visibility between people, projects and places. This is your chance to give your views and be actively involved in this project. Feel free to share it with others who might be interested. Thank you -- Cristina Costa http://www.knowmansland.com/ Skype: navysternchen

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Call: Sonic Interaction Design: Special Issue Journal
by Kathleen O'Riordan 28 May '08

28 May '08

Please disseminate widely - Apologies for cross-posting the COST IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design (SID) presents Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies SONIC INTERACTION DESIGN A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER STUDIES (IJHCS) Guest Editors: Davide Rocchesso (IUAV University, Italy) Stefania Serafin (Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark) Sonic Interaction design (SID) is an emerging field that is positioned at the intersection of auditory display, ubiquitous computing, interaction design and interactive arts. This field is devoted to the privileged role the auditory channel can assume in exploiting the convergence of computing, communication and interactive technologies. This special issue aims to present a set of high-quality, high- impact, original research results in sonic interaction design and related areas. Papers illustrating new research directions or a broad research agenda for sonic interaction design are welcome. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: -Design methods for sonic interaction -Product sound design -Interactive sonification -Auditory display -Sonic interaction for mobile devices -Responsive sonic environments -Perceptual and cognitive studies of sonic interaction -Emotion and aesthetics in sonic interaction -Evaluation of sonic interactions Articles must be based on original research, although extended versions of conference papers may be acceptable if they contain at least 50% new material. It is expected that the special issue will contain some articles extended from papers of the 2008 CHI Workshop on Sonic Interaction Design (http://www.cost- sid.org/wiki/CHIworkshop) but other original articles are also encouraged. Complete articles should be submitted by the deadline of September 20, 2008 (EES will be open as of 15 August). Papers will be subject to the full IJHCS review process, with decisions expected by December 20, 2008. Timeline: May 2008, Call for papers 20 September 2008, 1st submission deadline 20 December 2008, Notification of 1st review 20 February 2009, 2nd submission 20 May 2009, Final notification 20 June 2009, Final revision due Target Publication date: October 2009 Submission Instruction: Manuscripts should not exceed 8000 words. Papers should be prepared according to the IJHCS Guide for authors, and should be submitted online. The IJHCS Guide for authors and online submission are available at http:// ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs/ . To submit to the Special Issue, please select Article Type SI: Sonic Interaction Design and state in the Enter Comments section that the paper is intended for the The Sonic Interaction Design Special Issue being edited by Rocchesso and Serafin If you are a first time user of the journals online submission tool, you will have to register yourself as an author on the system. Potential authors should contact Stefania Serafin (sts(a)media.aau.dk) with any questions about the special issue. The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) is a respected and well-known journal in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) and innovative interactive systems. It is published 12 times per year by Elsevier. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhcs Davide Rocchesso - IUAV Department of Art and Industrial Design

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Submissions Reminder and Conference Update: Mobile Government 2008 - Mobile Society 2008
by Prof. I Kushchu 28 May '08

28 May '08

--- Apologies for cross postings MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES and EXHIBITIONS -- mSOCIETY 2008 -- The 1st International Conference on Mobile Society -- EURO mGOV 2008 -- The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government 15 -19 September 2008, Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey http://www.mgovernment.org/events/index.html mlife(a)mgovernment.org SPONSORS, ORGANIZERS and SUPPORTERS: --- TURKCELL (Diamond Sponsor), TurkSat (Gold Sponsor) --- CISCO, Mobile Government Consortium International, AykeyNet, Dept. of Computer Engineering TOBB Uni. of Economics and Technology, The Center for Information & Society at the University of Washington, TUBITAK - Reminder: The deadline for RESEARCH SUBMISSIONS is 2nd of June 2008. - Draft Program and Key Speakers/Sessions: mLife Conferences aim to have a good balance of high-level public and private sector, and research representatives and sessions relevant to each at the mLife events as each complements the other two.. Please visit these links http://www.mgovernment.org/events/program.html and http://www.mgovernment.org/events/speakers.html There will be around 16 plenary talks/sessions at the mLife conferences. - An interactive conference: Do you have a product or a service that may be of interest to the conference audience? Would you like make a showcase of your company to create alliances and new collaboration/ business opportunities? The please write to us.. The mLife organization is aiming to make the conference as interactive and networking friendly as possible. We posted the draft program, and in addition to 4 days conference time exhibitions, 17th of Sept. is now designed as a full day interactions, demos, company showcase and exhibition day. mLife organization is looking for demos and exhibitions of applications to take place at this special interactive and networking day. The revised exhibition pack and the prices which can be downloaded at the http://www.mgovernment.org/events/images/exhibitionpack.pdf - Support: Please write to the conference organization if you need a stand to increase your visibility and the opportunities to network and share knowledge interactively at the conference via demos and exhibitions, you may be eligible for support in your participation financially or otherwise. - Join the Organization: if you would like to be more active in the mLife events organization and bring together a small group of experts in your area of expertise, you may think of organizing a special sessions. To see how you can do that please refer to call for special sessions at http://www.mgovernment.org/events/specialSessions.html You can also submit a panel or tutorial proposal in your area of expertise. - Discounted Registrations: The registrations are open and we are supporting participation from developing countries, the public sector/ non-profit and the students. Please visit http://www.mgovernment.org/events/registration.php - Accommodation: The conference venue offers negotiated discount price to mLife delegates. Please use this form http://www.mgovernment.org/events/accommodationReservationForm.pdf to make your reservations at the Sheraton Antalya. - Promoting mLIfe 2008: Please forward the conference info & link (www.mgovernment.org/events/) to those who may be interested in mLife events and please encourage them in submitting a practice talk - or research before the 2nd June. I. Kushchu, General Chair ------- mLife Organization Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org mlife(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 == please visit mLife events www.mgovernment.org/events/

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Grad School: Technology and Authority
by Brian Wickhem 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hey gang, THANKS! I've been floored by all the help and the suggestions, I've got enough new places and scholars that it'll keep me pleasantly busy for at least a week or two. Also, thanks to those who took the initiative to point to programs/scholars outside of US; I forgot to mention my openness to that in my first email. Again, many thanks, you've all been a great help. Hopefully I'll see some of you down the road! Brian Wickhem

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