This is an excellent conference. Serious fun. International, interdisciplinary, welcoming to newbies. N=about 200. Location is fine too. Of course, we all know that computer networks and communities are social networks... Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ To Live is To Network To Network is To Live ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:25:11 -0500 From: Caroline Haythornthwaite <haythorn@ALEXIA.LIS.UIUC.EDU> To: SOCNET@LISTS.UFL.EDU Subject: Call for Workshops and Organized Sessions for Sunbelt XXII Call for Workshops and Organized Sessions for Sunbelt XXII 13-17 February 2002 Le Meridien, New Orleans, LA USA http://www.sunbelt.uiuc.edu/ It is time to consider sessions for the next Sunbelt conference. At this time we would like to receive submissions for Workshops, and for Organized Sessions. An Organized Session is one you put together and you tell us who will be presenting. A call for Contributed Papers and further information on the conference will go out in September. Please do not send contributed papers at this time. TO SUBMIT A WORKSHOP Send EMAIL to : sunbelt02@uiuc.edu (please do NOT "reply" to this message) Include * full name and contact information for workshop organizers * the title of your workshop * a one paragraph description of the workshop * the length of the workshop (full day, half day, 2 hours) * maximum number of participants * anticipated cost for participants For full consideration, please send your submissions by September 15. TO SUBMIT AN ORGANIZED SESSION: Send EMAIL to : sunbelt02@uiuc.edu (please do NOT "reply" to this message) Include ** full name and contact information for the organizer of the session (and the chair if different) ** the title of your session ** paper titles and names of presenters of 3 papers for the session ** the name of a discussant for the session For full consideration, please send your submissions by September 15. Session topics in the past two Sunbelt conferences have included Biological Networks Clustering Network Data Cognitive Networks Communication Networks Computer Networks as Social Networks Corporate and Inter-organizational Networks Data Mining Developments in Network Methods in the 1990's Diffusion of Innovations Evolution of Social networks Infectious Diseases and Social Networks International Networks Intra-organizational Networks Methods and Statistics for Network Analysis Network Exchange Network Sampling Issues Network Visualization Networks and Game Theory Networks and Health Networks and Needles Networks in East Asia Networks in Politics and Public Policy Networks on the Web Networks Through Time Personal Community Networks Scholarly Networks Social Capital Social Support Statistical Methods for Social Networks Further announcements about the conference will be made to the SOCNET list in the near future. Also check the website for updates regarding the SUNBELT XXII conference (http://www.sunbelt.uiuc.edu/). /Caroline Haythornthwaite and the UIUC Organizing Committee