Hello. The Study Group on Technological Ubiquity, composed and managed by master's and doctoral students of the Graduate Program in Social Communication of PUCRS, invites the academic community and interested in the areas of Research, Communication, Technology and Education to participate in the 4th Technological Ubiquity Confetence. The event will take place on October 29th, at 3pm in the Auditorium of Famecos (PUCRS - Porto Alegre - Brazil). The Technological Ubiquity Conference is an event organized since 2011 by the Study Group in Technological Ubiquity (UBITEC), linked to the the Postgraduate Program in Social Communication of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PPGCOM/PUCRS). The central purpose of the event is to provide a space for discussion and reflection on the role of digital technologies of communication in our society, since these are present in all contemporary social processes. The 4th Technological Ubiquity Conference will be composed by three axes: Research, Education and Market. It is intended to discuss the different aspects of ubiquitous communication in these contexts, addressing perspectives of uses and appropriations of information and communication technologies; media convergence; transmedia; educational processes and perspectives; technological ubiquity in research communication; digital consumption. To discuss these issues, the event will consist of four discussion panels, which will count with the participation of researchers and professionals in the proposed areas. *Discussion Panels * Panel I - Technologies of everyday life: uses and appropriations Panel II - Study groups of PPGCOM/PUCRS: different perspectives of ubiquity in Communication researches Panel III - Technology integrated with education: challenges and possibilities Panel IV - Ubiquitous communication, convergence and market *Objective* The main objective of the Conference is to discuss the uses and appropriations of information technologies and ubiquitous communication and how they have been impacting the various aspects of social, academic and professional life. One of the central points of the 4th Meeting is to dialogue with researches conducted in several areas of Communication. The proposal to bring together the Study Groups of PPGCOM/PUCRS reaffirms the importance of discussing such context, showing the diversity and multiplicity of studies covering the two research lines of the Program. *Informations* 4th Technological Ubiquity Meeting October 29th, 2014
From 3pm to 9pm Auditorium of Famecos (Building 7 - PUCRS) Free entry Contact: ubitecppgcom@gmail.com Website: ubitecpucrs.wordpress.com
Registrations can be done until October 26th: https://goo.gl/nh1ndo * The entry in the event without registration will be permitted as long as there are available seats -- Liana Furini Mestranda em Comunicação Social PPGCOM - Famecos/PUCRS