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From: "Nath,V (pgt)" <[log in to unmask]> To:[log in to unmask] Subject: Upcoming Events on ICT and Knowledge Manangement Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:54:42 -0000 Dear Colleagues, You would be interested to have a look at over 40 events/ conferences/ workshops pertinent to ICT and Knowledge Management which I have compiled in the Events section of my website of KnowNet Initiative at http://wwww.knownet.org You are most welcome to directly submit me information about the upcoming conferences for hosting on the website. Below is a sample list of the upcoming conferences. You will find the complete list with the links at the website. Warm Regards, Vikas Nath ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Inlaks Fellow, 2000-1, London School of Economics, UK Innovator, KnowNet Initiative, http://www.knownet.org Conceiver, DevNet Jobs, http://www.devnetjobs.org HomePage: http://www.vikasnath.org Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: +44 (0) 7887 92 0080 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ (New!) MANAGING INTERNATIONALLY IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY February 15-16, 2001 Hilton Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Blending academic and managerial perspectives, the conference will present latest research and case studies on the following (and other) topics: Global e-commerce, Global human resources management, Global strategic alliances, Global cultures and Knowledge management in extended enterprises. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- EU Digital Democracy: Technology and the Future of Local and Regional Governance March 7-8, 200, University of Missouri Conference Objectives are to Assemble leading scholars and practitioners from EU and US in the field, Discuss key issues for theory, practice and policy in advancing democracy and civil society through regional online government, Compare pertinent EU policies and programs on these issues to the US experience, and articulate a Trans-Atlantic research agenda to address this topic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Interdisciplinary Conference on the Impact of Technological Change on the Creation, Dissemination and Protection of Intellectual Property March 8 - 10, 2001, The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus Ohio The Conference continues the process begun at the Interdisciplinary Conference held February, 2000, of exploration of the multi-disciplinary effect of the interface of law and digital communication technology on the creation, dissemination, and protection of intellectual property. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- The Impact of Information Technology on Civil Society: How Will Online Innovation, Philanthropy, and Volunteerism Serve the Common Good? March 15-16, Washington, DC At the 2001 Spring Research Forum, informed debates and dialogues will focus on the impact of information technology on civil society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- EUROSEC 2001: 12th Forum on Information Systems and Security March 13-15, Paris. At the first year of the third millennium, our transformation into an information society heralds an unprecedented social and economic revolution. This revolution requests information protection and surveillance to protect public and private interests and to ensure fairness and justice for all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- (new!) Fostering democracy and development through e-government March 15-17 2001, Naples, Italy. The organisation of the Third Global Forum sees contributions from international organisations such as the United Nations, the OECD, the European Union, the World Bank and other important foundations and universities. The forum will be dedicated to the theme of electronic government as an instrument of democracy and development. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- (new!) Worldwide Forum on Electronic Democracy May 17, 2001, Paris, France This 2nd Forum will be the occasion to make a new point on the "Revolution of the e-democracy", by advancing the new relations created by the network among the citizens and their elected members and the emergence of the e-citizen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 2001 Cyber Systems and Computer Science Conference March 21-24, 2001, San Antonio, Texas, USA. The theme is: Cyber Systems and Computer Science: Conceptual Frameworks, Practices and Applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- (New!) International Conference on Collaboration and Ownership in the Digital Economy April 4-6, 2001. Queens' College, Cambridge, UK The conference will offer insights also into issues critical to cultural and social development in Europe as well as globally. The rapid development of the open content movement has far-reaching consequences for policy makers across many disciplines particularly in a period of rapid expansion of investment in e-universities, distributed research laboratories, virtual faculties and the opening up of broadband networks which will enable high speed distribution of data and new kinds of multimedia products. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Performance, Pedagogy, and Politics in Online Spaces April 6-7, 2001, University of Maryland The conference seeks scholars from around the world and across the disciplines to discuss the ways that complex, multi-layered identities are being created and performed in online spaces, present case studies of virtual communities, and examine how digital environments shape and are shaped by "real" and "virtual" political and cultural dynamics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 6th Annual Ethics and Technology Conference April 27-28, 2001, Santa Clara University, CA. The conference focuses on the theme, "The technology of the future and how we will deal with it ethically." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- DAC 2001: Fourth international Digital Arts & Culture Conference April 27-29, 2001, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island This conference aims to embrace and explore the cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural theory and practice of contemporary digital arts and culture. Seeking to foster greater understanding about digital arts and culture across a wide spectrum of cultural, disciplinary, and professional practices, the conference cultivates an eclectic and collaborative forum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- First International Conference on Human Aspects of the Information Society April 9-11, 2001, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK The Conference will be of interest to researchers in information science, social sciences, psychology, information and communication technologies, education and learning, media, culture and business. The conference will be of interest to policy makers, internet service providers, content providers, publishers, marketing specialists, librarians and information specialists, as well as researchers themselves. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Political Economy of the World-System :The World-System in the 21st Century April 19-21, 2001, Virginia Tech University, US One of the themes of the conference would be structures of Knowledge, Science and Technology in the 21st Century. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Worldwide Forum on Electronic Democracy May 17, 2001, Paris, France This 2nd Forum will be the occasion to make a new point on the "Revolution of the e-democracy", by advancing the new relations created by the network among the citizens and their elected members and the emergence of the e-citizen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 2001 Information Resources Management Association International Conference :IT Management in Developing Countries May 20-23, 2001, Toronto, Ontario, Canada To many developing countries, information technology is more than just another set of tools. In their quest to shorten the distance from the developed countries, developing countries realize the significant role of information technology and its potential in speeding up the pace of development. This is a call for participation to IRMA 2001, a conference on IT Management in developing countries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Europe's 21. century policies for sustainable technological innovation: The role of higher education in science, technology and society. (4th POSTI International Conference) Oslo, Norway, 20-21 May, 2001 Organised by the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (T.I.K.), University of Oslo, this will be the fourth and final international conference organised as part of the European POSTI project: "Policies for Sustainable Technological Innovation in the 21st Century". By sustainable innovation, POSTI refers to two different concepts: sustainability -related objectives and measures incorporated in innovation processes or outputs; and innovation processes or outputs which aim directly at improving the present or future quality of the environment, in a broad sense. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************