ASIST is sponsoring a Social Computing Summit this April in Miami. CFP Date is February 25, 2008. Please feel free to redistribute. -Fred ---------------------------------------- ASIS&T Social Computing Summit April 10-11, 2008 Hyatt Regency, Miami, Fl Website: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/SCS08/SCS08.html About the Summit The First Annual ASIS&T Social Computing Summit will bring together researchers and practitioners of social computing for two days of discussion and exploration in Miami, Florida. The event will directly precede the 2008 Information Architecture Summit, providing attendees a complimentary opportunity to learn about and discuss emergent areas of social computing and software. The Social Computing Summit will feature a keynote address from Thomas Vander Wal, principal consultant at InfoCloud Solutions. Social software and computing drives Web 2.0 technology, enabling global connections and providing rich social experiences. Social networking services challenge established notions of privacy, identity and relationship management. Beyond the browser, mobile devices promise new forms of ubiquitous connectivity and presence, offering unprecedented research and business opportunities. To understand the successful applications of tomorrow, we come together today to share research and insight. This summit aims to bring together thought leaders, developers, and scholars working in this rapidly changing area, facilitating the conversations required for tomorrow?s innovations. Complementing the keynote addresses will be panels exploring the following topical areas: Social networking services, data portability/open social networks, mobile services, social computing and politics, global voices, social computing and the enterprise, and youth social computing. The summit will feature interactive sessions, as well as a poster session for sharing information about services and recent research. In bringing together a blend of experts from different disciplines, as well as enabling conversation, the ASIS&T Social Computing Summit offers something for everyone interested in this fascinating, fast-changing space. Preliminary Speaker Lineup Thomas Vander Wal, InfoCloud Solutions Mary Madden, Pew Internet and American Life Project Brian Oberkirch Jevon MacDonald, SocialWrite.com Micah Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum Ramesh Srinivansan, UCLA Fred Stutzman, UNC-Chapel Hill Many more speakers to be announced as they confirm! Call For Posters The program committee invites submission of posters to be showcased at the 2008 ASIS&T Social Computing Summit. To be considered, authors should submit a 500-800 word poster abstract by Monday, February 25, 2008. Notification will be made on a rolling basis, with final notifications by Monday, March 11, 2008. Send submissions in PDF, DOC or TXT format to socialcomputing2008@gmail.com. Registration information Member Full Conf. $300 Nonmember Full Conf. $450 Hotel Hyatt Regency Miami 400 South East Second Avenue Miami, Florida, USA 33131-2197 Tel: +1 305 358 1234 Rates: $179 single or double (conference rate: mention ASIS&T Summit) -- Fred Stutzman 919-260-8508 ibiblio.org/fred fred@metalab.unc.edu Co-Founder and Developer, ClaimID.com Ph.D. Student, Teaching and Research Fellow, SILS UNC-Chapel Hill