(Apologies - this arrived on the 6th, 3 days after the "Special Halloween
Offer" closed - Ross Anderson)
Originally from: "Catherine M. Beise" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: CSCW 2000
Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2000, 8:45 pm
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> This is a msg from the CSCW Conference Organizers - support the conference
> if you can!
>
> Dear CSCW community
>
> We need your help getting the word out about CSCW 2000! CSCW 2000 will be
> held December 2-6, 2000 in Philaldephia, PA at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza
> Hotel. Please encourage those within your organization and beyond to come
> to CSCW 2000 and participate in a leading forum for understanding and
> implementing collaborative work systems. We would also appreciate it if
> you would pass this on to local mailing lists.
>
> Details for conference and hotel registration can be found at
>
> http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/cscw2000/reg.html
>
> As a special Halloween offer, Steve Whittaker and I are extending the
early
> registration deadline until MIDNIGHT on Friday, November 3 (local time of
> the registrant). Registrations that are faxed or postmarked by that time
> will have early registration rates honored.
>
> CSCW 2000 has a fantastic program lined up, including an opening plenary
by
> Robert Putnam of Harvard University ("Bowling alone: The collapse and
> revival of American community") and a closing plenary by Warren Thornate,
> Carleton University ("Got a minute? How technology affects the economy of
> attention"). In addition, Ruzena Bajcsy, Assistant Director of the CISE
> (Computer and Information Science and Engineering) Directorate of the NSF
> will give a special invited talk on "IT2: An information technology
> initiative for the twenty-first century -- NSF plans for implementation."
>
> The entire program, including 36 highly rated papers, can be viewed at
>
> http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/cscw2000/program.html
>
>
> A full program of tutorials is offered at CSCW 2000, including:
>
> Saturday, December 2, evening: 6:00 to 9:30
> T1: A Grand Tour of CSCW Research
>
> Sunday, December 3, full day: 9:00 to 6:00
> T2: A Technical Overview of CSCW
> T3: Activity Theory: Basic Concepts and Applications
> T4: The Theory and Practice of Fieldwork for System Development
> T5: Contextual Inquiry: Gathering Customer Data for System
> Development
> T6: Developing Web-based Collaborative Applications-Social and
> Technical Issues
> T7: Theoretical Foundations of Collaboration and Learning
> T8: An Overview of Distributed Teams, Organizational Coordination,
> and Virtual Communities
> T9: Distributed Cognition: Applying Theory to the Social, and the
> Cognitive in CSCW Design and Evaluations
> T10: Recommender Systems: Collaborating in Commerce and
> Communities
>
> Sunday, December 3, morning: 9:00 to 12:30
> T11: Behavioral Evaluation of CSCW Systems
> T12: Community Knowledge
> T13: Distance Learning
> T14: Computer-Supported Community Work -- Fundamentals and
> Applications
>
> Sunday, December 3, afternoon: 2:30 to 6:00
> T15: Social Science Findings for CSCW Designers
> T16: An Introduction to Collaboratory Construction
> T17: Computer-Supported Community Work -- Building a Research and
> Action Agenda
>
> We look forward to seeing you there and hope you will be able to share in
> this unique experience!
>
> Wendy Kellogg and Steve Whittaker
> CSCW 2000 General Co-Chairs
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Wendy A. Kellogg
> Manager, Social Computing
> IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
> P.O. Box 704
> Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 USA
> [log in to unmask]
> 01 914 784-7826
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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