Dear all, REGISTRATION for the Internet Research 9.0 conference, IT University of Copenhagen, October 16th - 18th 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark is now open for both presenters and all interested academics! As the conference chair, Im happy to finally announce that you can now all register for the Internet Research 9.0 conference (also known as the annual conference of AoIR) on the conference website! - I would like to apologise for the delay in the opening of the registration: one reason being that balancing the dropping rate of the dollar with the high prices of catering in Denmark hasn't been an easy exercise - but we have now found some good solutions :). In order to discover HOW TO REGISTER, find instructions below. If you are PRESENTER, please note, that we need you to register as quickly as possible in order to finalise the program! KEYNOTER ANNOUNCEMENT We are proud to announce the participation of three highly interesting and versatile keynoter speakers at this year's conference: Mimi Ito, US/Japan, author of "Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life" (http://www.itofisher.com/mito) Stephen Graham, UK, author of the forthcoming book "Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism" (http://www.geography.dur.ac.uk/information/staff/personal/graham/index.html ) Rich Ling, Norway, author of the forthcoming book "New Tech, New Ties: How mobile communication is reshaping social cohesion" (http://www.richardling.com) WORKSHOPS: Don't forget to check out the preconference workshops, taking place at the conference venue, on Wednesday October 15th. You can still submit papers to and participate in the "Learning and Research in Second Life" and the "Writing and Publications" workshop. More info at: http://conferences.aoir.org/workshops.htm The Doctoral Colloquium and the "In the Game.." workshops are closed for further submissions and participants, but remember to register for the workshop, if your paper has been accepted! EARLY BIRD PRICES Don't miss our early bird prices! If you register before July 31st, the basic registration fees are: Early Bird Professional: $320 (incl. one years membership of AoiR) Early Bird Student: $190 (incl. one years membership of AoiR) I encourage you all to also sign-up for the conference banquet! It will take place at the IT University in Copenhagen on Saturday October 18th, followed by an open student bar and partying/networking until the early hours of the morning... HOW DO I REGISTER? 1) Go the conference website: http://conferences.aoir.org/ 2) Click on "Registration" in the LEFT-hand menu 3) Follow the instructions :) QUESTIONS? Questions related to registration fees and inclusions: contact registration liason and local conference coordinator, Anna Sommer: asommer@itu.dk. Technical problems? Please contact registration webmaster Charlie Breindahl: charlieb@itu.dk Questions related to the program or your presentation: contact program chair, Brian Loader: bl506@york.ac.uk Questions related to content, venue, sponsoring etc: contact conference chair, Lisbeth Klastrup: klastrup@itu.dk Questions regarding the workshops: please contact the relevant workshop organisers, see info at: http://conferences.aoir.org/workshops.htm NB! If you for funding reasons need some form of formal document to verify your participation, contact Anna Sommer: asommer@itu.dk. ************ I really look forward to seeing hopefully a lot of you in Copenhagen in October. With the number of interesting and illuminating papers accepted for the conference, I know it is going to be a great experience! Dont forget to regularly check out: http://conferences.aoir.org Greetings, Liz Klastrup conference chair __________________________________________________ Lisbeth Klastrup Associate Professor Innovative Communication Research Group (InC) IT University of Copenhagen Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark