3rd International Meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network

Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

29 June – 2 July 2010

Website conference:http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/

We are delighted to announce that the programme for the Third International Meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network 2010 is now available.

See full programme enclosed.

SUMMARY:

In 2008 the University of Salzburg, Austria, invited to a network launch meeting in the field of “ICTs and Society” which comprises different approaches of different disciplines with different tasks that originate from Information Society Studies, Internet Research, Social Informatics, New Media Studies, Human Computer Interaction, to name but a few. In 2009 a follow-up meeting was held at the University of Trento, Italy.

The third annual meeting of the ICTs-and-Society Network 2010 is hosted by the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona, Spain and supported by the University of Salzburg, Austria.

This meeting is as open to everyone engaged in ICTs-and-Society research, Internet research, Information Society research and related fields – whether you are a senior researcher or a PhD candidate – as the network is open itself.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

William Dutton (Oxford Internet Institute)
Juliet Webster (Work and Equality Research, London, UK)

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME:

The time schedule and full academic programme can be found at:http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/schedule/

PhD CONSORTIUM:

The first day of the ICTs-and-Society Network meeting – June 30, 2010 – will be shaped by PhD candidates’ presentations only. Altogether 15 papers have been accepted and each of them will receive 10 minutes of presentation time, focused feedback on their particular project from senior lecturers and appointed students

see details: http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/phd-consortium/

REGISTRATION:

No registration fee, but please register online at:http://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/registration/

If you have any inquires about the network meeting, please contact Alexander Banfield-Mumb atAlexander.Banfield-Mumb@uti.at. Please have a look at the website athttp://www.icts-and-society.net/meeting/ which will be updated on a regular basis.

See you in Barcelona,

the preparation team of the ICTs-and-Society Network meeting