As part of our pre conference day we are running a 'Getting Published' session, at 4.30 on Thursday 18 October, aimed at PhD students and early careers researchers. It will be a small informal session to allow you to ask leading academics, editors and publishers about opportunities for publishing in the area of internet research and related areas, about the challenges of publishing and about specific venues for publishing such as journals and edited collections. The session will be attended by; Helen Kennedy, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds Steve Jones, editor of New Media and Society Rich Ling, editor of Mobile Media and Communication Margy Avery, MIT Press Mila Steele, SAGE Press Katherine Burton, Routledge We have a few spaces left at this. If you would like to come to this please let me know by October 15. If you have any questions that you would like our panel to think about in advance, please email me at f.attwood@mdx.ac.uk<mailto:f.attwood@mdx.ac.uk> and let me know. Best, Feona --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that Middlesex University's preferred way of receiving all correspondence is via email in line with our Environmental Policy. All incoming post to Middlesex University is opened and scanned by our digital document handler, CDS, and then emailed to the recipient. If you do not want your correspondence to Middlesex University processed in this way please email the recipient directly. Parcels, couriered items and recorded delivery items will not be opened or scanned by CDS. There are items which are "exceptions" which will be opened by CDS but will not be scanned a full list of these can be obtained by contacting the University.