CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The Network Nation and Beyond A Festschrift in Honor of Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff October 12 - 13, 2007 New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights - Newark, New Jersey, USA http://is.njit.edu/events/fest07 INVITATION Festschrifts celebrate honorees' legacies through original publications influenced by their contributions. Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff continue to actively contribute after more than 30 years to the fields of computer-mediated communication and decision support, online learning, delphi and emergency response. Their groundbreaking book "The Network Nation," published in 1978 and updated in 1993, has been hailed as a landmark, visionary publication. This festschrift will both honor their contributions upon retirement from their full-time academic positions and explore how their legacy will continue to influence research and societal developments in the decades to come. The festschrift includes keynote and research presentations, numerous opportunities to socialize and network, and a dinner at which people can relate stories about working with Roxanne and Murray, and their ideas. A special journal issue will follow. The research community is invited to join the celebration, and also to express their good wishes to Roxanne and Murray online. RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS / SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE We invite session proposals, refereed research papers and posters addressing the Network Nation in 2007 and beyond, which consider: - the legacy of Starr Roxanne Hiltz and/or Murray Turoff - current research inspired by their contributions - insightful speculations on future research and societal developments influenced by their foundations Special sessions will be reserved for research presentations by advisees of Roxanne and Murray from the last three decades. Especially high-quality papers will be reviewed and edited further for a special journal issue. Details will be forthcoming. DEADLINES Session Proposal deadline: August 13, 2007 Paper Abstract deadline: August 20, 2007 (strongly requested) Full Paper deadline: September 10, 2007 Poster deadline: September 17, 2007 (no abstract required for posters) Journal Article deadline: January 22, 2008 Journal article submissions also will be invited from festschrift submissions. Registration Deadlines - early-bird: September 10, 2007 - regular: September 24, 2007 KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Keynote addresses will be delivered by Ronald E. Rice and Ben Shneiderman. Keynote panelists include Linda Harasim, Abbe Mowshowitz, Karen Swan and Bartel Van De Walle. (Additional keynote panelists to be announced.) SENDING GOOD WISHES Expressions of good wishes will be presented to Roxanne and Murray, and displayed on the Festschrift Web site. Please post your comments on their legacy online. FURTHER DETAILS For further information, registration, travel and hotel information, please see: http://is.njit.edu/events/fest07 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Bieber, Professor and Acting Chair, Information Systems - Collaborative Hypermedia Research Lab (Co-Director) - Digital Library Service Integration, IntegraL and IntLib Projects (PI) Email: bieber@oak.njit.edu URL: http://web.njit.edu/~bieber IM/Skype Phone: profbieber (AOL/Google/MSN/Yahoo/Skype) Phone: (973) 596-2681 FAX: (973) 596-2986 [email/IM preferred] Calendar: http://calendar.yahoo.com/profbieber Information Systems Department - College of Computing Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology 5500 Information Technology Center University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------