Please can I bring to your attention a forthcoming conference to be held in Oxford by the Oxford Internet Institute on the 2nd October. For details of how to register please go to http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/conference_021003.shtml COMMUNITY & MOBILITY: LIVING WITH THE TECHNOLOGIES OF REMOTE COMMUNICATION The second annual Community in the Network Society conference A conference bringing together academics, community practitioners and policy-makers organised by the Oxford Internet Institute and the Community Development Foundation in partnership with the Said Business School. 2 October 2003, 9.30am-5.00pm Said Business School, Oxford Chair: Nina Wakeford, University of Surrey Key themes: How do different communication technologies support the varying degrees and understandings of mobility experienced by different communities? What impact does this have on relationships at the neighbourhood level? 0900 Registration and Coffee 0930 Introduction and welcome 0940 Keynote Speech - Community & Mobility Professor John Urry, University of Lancaster Comments from panel and discussion Panel: Professor Ron Rice (Rutgers University), Anne Pridmore (UK Disability Forum for European Affairs), Steve Soames (Devonport Regeneration Company) 1100 Coffee 1130 Plenary - Mobility, transience & connection Kris Cohen, Incite, University of Surrey - Homeless single mothers & the use of mobiles Joy Etheridge, Freedom and Empowerment for Women (tbc) - Achieving a sense of community through technology in the setting of domestic violence Panel response & discussion 1300 Lunch 1400 Parallel breakout sessions . Speaker from Young Gypsy and Traveller Cyberpilots (tbc) - Travelling communities and their online experiences . Aydin Mehmet Ali, author and consultant - Experiences of online mobility as expression of linguistic and national identity 1445 Plenary - Virtual mobility & community Cameron Marlowe, MIT Media Lab and creator of Blogdex Panel response 1530 Tea 1600 Panel comments and discussion 1645 Review and summing up Victoria Nash, Policy & Research Officer, OII Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 9DT www.oii.ox.ac.uk