------------------------------- James E. Porter Co-Director, WIDE Research Center Writing in Digital Environments Michigan State University porterj8@msu.edu http://wide.msu.edu/ ----------------------------------------- Please forward this announcement ... **** THE WIDE RESEARCH CENTER, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT http://wide.msu.edu/ The WIDE Research Center at Michigan State University is pleased to announce its first professional conference, Writing::Digital Knowledge, April 6 & 7, 2006 at the James B. Henry Center <http://www.bus.msu.edu/edc/> at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Speakers include Barbara Mirel, Keynote, Panel Presenters Clay Spinuzzi, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cheryl Geisler, Chip Steinfield, Huatong Sun, Ellen Cushman, Samantha Blackmon, John Austin, Ann Bishop, Stuart Selber, John Logie, Danielle DeVoss, David Gift, Jim Porter, Jeff Grabill, Bill Hart-Davidson, and Mark Wilson. The cost of the conference is $150. Online registration will be available mid-January at the conference website: http://www.wide.msu.edu/conference/schedule. The conference brings together researchers concerned with the creation and use of digital information and asks them to focus on these key questions: * How is the emerging digital economy changing writing practices and the nature of knowledge work -- or how will it? * How is writing a form of knowledge work? (Is it?) * What issues, problems, questions face researchers studying the effects of the digital economy on writing practices? Presenters will focus on how writing relates to the knowledge economy and knowledge work, issues of culture and identity, and related public policy challenges. The conference begins on Thursday evening, April 6 with a keynote presentation by Barbara Mirel followed by three plenary sessions the next day, Friday, April 7. Plenty of time for questions, conversation, and interaction is built into the schedule. For conference details and schedule, please visit http://www.wide.msu.edu/conference/schedule. ------------------------------- James E. Porter Co-Director, WIDE Research Center Writing in Digital Environments Michigan State University porterj8@msu.edu http://wide.msu.edu/ -----------------------------------------