Call for Special Session Proposals at the -- 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@mgovernment.org SPONSORS, ORGANIZERS and SUPPORTERS: --- TURKCELL (Diamond Sponsor), TurkSat (Gold Sponsor) --- CISCO, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK, AykeyNet, Dept. of Computer Engineering TOBB Uni. of Economics and Technology The Center for Information & Society at the University of Washington,TUBITAK mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in and shape the development issues and impact of the mobile technologies on society, public sector transformation and economies. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed in order to reach their goals. The Conference Committee is soliciting proposals for special sessions related to emerging and hot topics in mobile technologies and their relations to the individuals, society, organisations, welfare in general and on eGovernment / mGovernment, Mobile Society, Mobile Social and Economic Development (please refer to conference topics at the conference web site). This is a great opportunity for potential organizers to take a lead in promoting emerging, significant topics and their expertise; and for the community to be aware of emerging and important issues in Mobile Life. A special session is normally a collection of 4 or more papers (practice or research) delivered by the experts in the area of the special session. Research papers will be reviewed by the conference review committee. If you are interested in organizing a special session at this years conference, please send the conference secretariat (mlife AT mgovernment.org) a proposal with the following information - Max 2 pages according to guidelines at http://www.mgovernment.org/events/msociety2008/sessions.html All submitted proposals will be evaluated by the program chairs and accepted proposals will be given certain slots at the conference. The organizers of the special sessions will be expected to promote and solicit papers (research or practice) to their sessions. There must be at least four papers (research or practice) to run a special session. The organizer will also be chairing the special session. The content of the special sessions will be published as a separate section in the conference proceedings. The chairs of the organized special session will be entitled to full free registration to conference, and a copy of the conference proceedings. For more on the conferences and further info on the sessions please visit http://www.mgovernment.org/events/index.html or email the mLife Organisation at mlife@mgovernment.org ------ IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik@mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 == please visit mLife events www.mgovernment.org/events/