The adoption and development of new technologies have been identified by many Asian countries as a key element to achieve long-term developmental goals. Historically, the spread of religion has always been closely linked to the growth and proliferation of new technologies. While the contribution of technological innovations to economic change is widely known and accepted, how new technologies impact on the experience of the sacred and the divine in Asian societies is scarcely documented or understood. Graduate students from across the disciplines are invited to submit papers that focus on the historical, social, cultural and political relations between technology and belief in the Asian context. How does people's use of technology affect their experience of spirituality and the formation of religious identity and community? To what extent is the medium more important than the message? How do developments in the latest technological breakthroughs such as the Internet influence the ways people in Asian societies constitute themselves as social beings, and how does it shape their experience of the sacred and the divine? Conversely, to what extent, and in what ways do religious beliefs and practices shape people's attitude towards new technology and its deployment? http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/conf2006/4thGraduateWorkshop.htm Randolph Kluver Singapore Internet Research Centre School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637718 phone (65) 6790-5770 http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/