Annual association conference

ASIS&T 2008 (Columbus, OH, USA)

The 2008 Annual Meeting for American Society for Information Science and Technology will be October 24-29, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio. The theme is “People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People.” Submissions by researchers and practitioners are solicited on a wide range of human-centered approaches to topics including but not limited to the following:

• Individual identities and how they are transformed by the impact of information technologies
• The societal archive – is it disappearing and/or being marginalized?
• Societal attentions and how emphasis on information technology either allows or hinders these
• Openness, access and privacy issues
• Generational, economic, and socio-cultural dimensions of impact of information on people’s lives
• Cognitive and emotional aspects of interactions with information
• Reshaping the boundary between personal and public information space
• The effect of collective information creation on authority and trust
• Information by the people for the people
• The role of information in connecting people and community building
• How well is current technology meeting human needs, and what should future technology research and development involve to better meet our needs?

Posted in ASIS&T | Annual association conference | Calendar | Columbus, OH, USA
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HFES 52nd Annual Meeting (New York, NY, USA)

HFES annual meetings are important events for the Society’s members and others who are interested in the latest developments in the field. The HFES 52nd Annual Meeting will be New York, NY, from September 22-26, 2008.

Posted in Annual association conference | Calendar | HFES | New York City, NY, USA
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CHI 2008 (Florence, Italy)

CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to innovative excellence. It is about balance in our rapidly evolving field, the balance between individuals and groups, collocated and remote, stationary and mobile, in both our local and global communities.

Posted in ACM SIGCHI | Annual association conference | Calendar | Milan, Italy | Rome, Italy | Udine, Italy
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STC 55th Annual Conference (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Technical Communication Summit, STC’s 55th Annual Conference and EXPO, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 1-4, 2008.

Posted in Annual association conference | Calendar | Philadelphia, PA, USA | STC
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SIGGRAPH 2008 (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

The 35th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques - SIGGRAPH 2008.

Posted in ACM SIGGRAPH | Annual association conference | Calendar | Los Angeles, CA, USA
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