Reminder: Early bird registration closes 31st July 2008 Call for Participation Academic Writing and Publishing Workshop Wednesday, 15th October 2008 in conjunction with AoIR IR 9.0 http://conferences.aoir.org/ Organisers: Marcus Foth, Mia Consalvo, Greg Hearn In response to feedback from AoIR members as well as the publications working group and the executive committee of AoIR, we invite you to this workshop on academic writing and publishing. It provides an opportunity for early and mid career internet researchers to discuss and improve academic writing skills in a peer support environment and identify suitable publication outlets. The workshop will be a forum to share experiences and tips and tricks on how to interact with editors and deal with review reports. You will have a chance to discuss your own draft papers with other participants and the organisers, and you will hear inside stories from: Nick Jankowski, co-editor of New Media & Society Mark Lorenzen, executive editor of Industry and Innovation Brian Loader, co-editor of Information, Communication & Society Susana Tosca, co-editor of Game Studies No workshop papers are required to attend, but we encourage you to bring drafts on the day for us to work with. If you would like to participate in this workshop, please register for IR 9.0 and send an email to Marcus Foth at m.foth@qut.edu.au so we can keep a tally on numbers for the workshop. Tentative Programme 09.00 – 09.15: Welcome and outline of the structure of the workshop 09.15 – 10.15: Keynote by Nick Jankowski, co-editor of New Media & Society, SAGE 10.15 – 10.45: Coffee break 10.45 – 11.30: Roundtable: Selecting the right publication outlet and publication lifecycles 11.30 – 12.15: Hands-on session collecting information online about publication outlets and share with others 12.15 – 13.15: Lunch 13.15 – 14.00: Roundtable: Tips and tricks for academic writing and responding to reviewer's feedback 14.00 – 14.45: Hands-on session: mini peer review of participants' works and discussion with editors 14.45 – 15.15: Coffee break 15.15 – 16.00: Feedback and Q&A session with editors and publishers 16.00 – 17.00: Panel discussion: Towards a set of regular AoIR special issues -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/