A brand new conference is
coming into being and I'd like to invite you to be part of it.
The
conference is entitled "The Technology Economy on the Sonoran Border: Theory,
Practice and Promise."
We hope to focus on information technology and
social change, especially between diverse populations, nations, and
institutions.
It is a one day (plus) conference to be held Friday, May
3rd, 2002 at the Sheraton El Conquistador in Tucson, AZ. There will also be a
reception on Thursday evening, May 2nd.
We are looking for
papers/presentations in four areas:
1. The digital divide-- with special
focus Latin American and Hispanic-American populations.
2. Technology at the border-
International borderlands and IT
3. E-commerce- the changing nature of
technical/information work
4. Law, privacy and policy in institutions-
Higher Education and Government
This
conference draws from both sides of the border and from the academic and
practical worlds.This conference will be a tremendous opportunity for dialogue,
debate, and visioning with collaboration between academic, government, and
industry constituents concerned about information technology.
The
deadline for paper submissions is November 1st, 2001.
Please send them
electronically to my address, andreat@u.arizona.edu. Email me earlier with ideas
and questions.
Very limited funding is available to help defer travel
costs on a competitive basis.
Andrea Hoplight Tapia, Ph.D.
University of Arizona, Science and Technology Studies
Post-Doc., NSF grant "Universities in the Information Age"
Office phone: 520-626-8221
Email: andreat@u.arizona.edu