-----Original Message----- From: Andrea Hoplight Tapia [mailto:andreat@u.arizona.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:58 PM To: Cfrank@biocom.arizona.edu Subject: Tucson conference-Call for Papers A brand new conference is coming into being and I'd like to invite you to be part of it. The conference is entitled "The Technology Economy on the Sonoran Border: Theory, Practice and Promise." We hope to focus on information technology and social change, especially between diverse populations, nations, and institutions. It is a one day (plus) conference to be held Friday, May 3rd, 2002 at the Sheraton El Conquistador in Tucson, AZ. There will also be a reception on Thursday evening, May 2nd. We are looking for papers/presentations in four areas: 1. The digital divide-- with special focus Latin American and Hispanic-American populations. 2. Technology at the border- International borderlands and IT 3. E-commerce- the changing nature of technical/information work 4. Law, privacy and policy in institutions- Higher Education and Government This conference draws from both sides of the border and from the academic and practical worlds.This conference will be a tremendous opportunity for dialogue, debate, and visioning with collaboration between academic, government, and industry constituents concerned about information technology. The deadline for paper submissions is November 1st, 2001. Please send them electronically to my address, andreat@u.arizona.edu. Email me earlier with ideas and questions. Very limited funding is available to help defer travel costs on a competitive basis. Andrea Hoplight Tapia, Ph.D. University of Arizona, Science and Technology Studies Post-Doc., NSF grant "Universities in the Information Age" Office phone: 520-626-8221 Email: andreat@u.arizona.edu