5th International Conference on Communities & Technologies – C&T 2011 29 June – 2 July 2011, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Due to several requests and to allow for the peer review of workshop papers to be completed, the early bird registration for C&T 2011 has been extended until 31 May 2011. http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/register/ C&T will be held at the Queensland State Government's flagship Digital Culture Centre: The Edge. Full registration rates admit delegates to attend two workshops (one each on the 29th and 30th June), the full conference program on 1st and 2nd July, the welcome reception on Thursday night, and the conference dinner on Friday night. Check out this year's program: Keynotes by Geraldine Fitzpatrick and Eric Gordon http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/keynotes/ Panel – Social Media for Increased Resilience and Safety: Technology to Help Communities Cope with Disasters http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/panel/ 9 Workshops and 1 Doctoral Consortium http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/workshops/ Paper presentations http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/papers/ Welcome reception and conference dinner http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/social/ Communities & Technologies 2011 received endorsements from ACM, EUSSET, ACS and AIIA. If you would like to sponsor and support C&T, please contact us. http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/sponsors/ hashtag #comtech2011 facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125376820833369 lanyrd http://lanyrd.com/2011/ct2011/ We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Brisbane, Australia’s new world city. Marcus Foth Conference Chair, C&T 2011 -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, Kelvin Grove m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/