Hi Everyone, In these difficult times, we're so looking forward to seeing many of your faces (and names!) at the conference next week! Just a quick point of clarification. If you want to check what time the keynote is in your time zone (it's 22.00 UTC on 26 Oct, which in many time zones is actually 27 Oct!), then click this link (not the one in the previous email): https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Keynote&iso=202010... All the best, Tama Vice-President, AoIR On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 5:41 AM Lynn Schofield Clark <Lynn.Clark@du.edu> wrote:
AoIR has more than 700 people who have registered for the virtual AoIR2020 Life (Online) conference that takes place this coming Monday – Saturday, 26-31 October! Registration is free for AoIR members, so if you haven’t already, please join, renew your membership, and register for the conference (https://members.aoir.org/event-3841957). We’ve planned talks and research- themed discussions, book launches, internet- and gaming-themed pub quizzes, and yes, even karaoke and a dance!
Even if you’re not a member you can still join us for the #AoIR2020 opening event:
A “fireside chat” keynote featuring Kate Crawford (Distinguished Research Professor at NYU and cofounder of the AI Now Institute; and Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York) and Alondra Nelson (President of the Social Science Research Council and Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton) (info here: https://aoir.org/aoir2020keynote_plenary/)
22:00 UTC 26 October in the U.S./Canada/South America & 27 October in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia, & New Zealand
WHAT date & time is that where you are??? Use this link to find out:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=04%3A00+Themed+Dis...
Watch the keynote livestreamed via the AoIR Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/associationofinternetresearchers A link to the zoom webinar room will be made available for conference registrants.
Also, you can log in to the aoir.org website as an AoIR member NOW to see these pages: Link to Playlists of research videos: https://members.aoir.org/AoIR2020Playlists_Forum Link to Calendar for next week's live events: https://members.aoir.org/AoIR2020_Calendar
And follow the conference on Twitter using the #AoIR2020 hashtag.
Registrants will receive a daily email digest starting on Monday with links to all events for the day.
Your AoIR2020 team is looking forward to seeing you there!
Lynn Schofield Clark (she/her/hers) President, international Association of Internet Researchers < http://aoir.org/>
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