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From: douglas@publicsphereproject.org Date: April 12, 2008 12:48:44 PM EDT Subject: Call for Poster Proposals

Please forward to interested colleagues and lists. Thanks! Poster proposals are due Wednesday April 15th.

Call for Poster Proposals

Tools for Participation: Collaboration, Deliberation, and Decision Support

DIAC-2008 / Online Deliberation 2008 University of California, Berkeley June 26 - 29, 2008 http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/

Thanks to everybody who submitted research papers or other submissions to DIAC-2008 / Online Deliberation 2008!

Poster Proposals (due April 15, 2008)

There are two basic components: the proposal and the poster itself. The final contribution to the result (that will be printed in the proceedings will include text and graphics. The poster proposal should not be more than two pages of text. A poster is a broad and graphic depiction of the work. The proposal should contain! t! ! he following title, research question(s), motivation, relevance to conference, methodology, status, findings, implications, impact, possible future work, description of poster, and citations to related work. These fields can be omitted or abbreviated depending on the nature of the work. The inclusion of graphics in the proposal is encouraged and may cause the page length to go over two pages. The proposal should not be longer in that case than four pages.

Posters will be displayed at certain times during the conference and the presenter is expected to be on-hand during specific times to help explain and discuss the poster.

Submissions must be made via the conference submission system on the DIAC-08 web site. Submissions should be written in English and authors whose first language is not English are encouraged to have their submissions reviewed for language prior to submission. Submissions should be formatted for "US Lette! r"! ! size using 11 point Times-Roman font.

As a reminder, our areas of focus include but are not limited to: deliberative and collaborative systems, e-democracy and e- participation, mobilization and organization, negotiation, consultation, sustainability, community support systems, open source models, human rights, ecological awareness, conflict resolution, justice, transparency systems, media and civic journalism, media literacy, power research, citizen science, economic development and opportunity, peace and reconciliation, infrastructure development, policy, education, community networks, research and development for civil society, social software, virtual communities and civic intelligence.

We are especially interested in technology development that is already being tested or fielded. We are also interested in exploratory, theoretical and other intellectual work that helps build understanding and support for future efforts! . ! ! In addition to exploring social technology, we must at the same time understand and advance the social context of technology, including its design, access, use, policy and evaluation, as well as intellectual frameworks and perspectives that inform technological as well as social innovation including requirements, case studies, critique and self-reflection, and infrastructures for future work.

DIAC-08 combines CPSR's 11th DIAC symposium with the third Conference on Online Deliberation. The joint conference is intended to provide a platform and a forum for highlighting socio-technological opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in the area of community and civic action. Technology enhanced community action ranges from informal communities of practice to democratic governance of formal organizations to large social movements.

The DIAC symposia have resulted in six book publications (in addition to the proceedings). Alth! ou! ! gh we don't have specific plans at this time, we are hoping to publish our seventh book based on this event.

Thanks! We hope you'll join us in Berkeley this June.

Doug Schuler douglas@publicsphereproject.org http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/