Dear AoIR folk, I'm part of a group of graduate students at the Univ. of Texas working on a consulting project for the organizers of the 2006 World Congress of Information Technology (http://www.wcit2006.org/). One of our projects is to come up with recommendations for technologies that can enhance the social networking of conference delegates during and after the conference. We're looking for ways that different devices and applications (and especially ones that make use of wireless & mobile technology) can help conference delegates track, find and manage contacts and extend face-to-face discussions during the conference, and help them continue networking after they've left. I'm interested to know if any of you have ever attended or organized a conference (professional, academic, industry, or other) where technology was used in interesting/useful/innovated ways specifically to enhance social networking. I'd like to get an idea of what kinds of things have been done (successfully and unsuccessfully) in the past as we develop our plans for this project. Please feel free to share your experiences and insights with me off list. Thanks! -Kris -- ƒƒƒƒƒƒ ƒƒƒƒƒƒ ƒƒƒƒƒƒ ƒƒƒƒƒƒ Kris M. Markman, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate Dept. of Communication Studies The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station Stop A1105 Austin, TX 78712-0115 Email: jho-kmm@mail.utexas.edu ƒƒƒƒƒƒ ƒƒƒƒƒƒ ƒƒƒƒƒƒ ƒƒƒƒƒƒ