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Apologies for cross-posting. Please forward to colleagues. Please find information on the CAQDAS '07 Conference below. This conference promises to be a great international event, discussing current developments in the interface between qualitative research and computer-assisted analysis. Register ASAP to take advantage of the early bird rate which ends November 30th! Registration for the conference is now open at http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ias/workshops/caqdas07/registration.php <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ias/workshops/caqdas07/registration.php> CAQDAS 07 Conference : Advances in Qualitative Computing Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham 18-20 April 2007 http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/conference/conference07.htm <http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/conference/conference07.htm> Conference Overview The CAQDAS Networking Project are pleased to announce Call for Papers for the "CAQDAS 07 Conference : Advances in Qualitative Software". This conference is broad in scope to reflect recent developments in IT and qualitative analysis and focuses on advances which support the whole process of conducting various forms of qualitative research; including for example, reference to voice recognition and transcription software, video preparation and processing applications, text analysis and hypertext tools as well as those software packages traditionally understood to fall under the CAQDAS umbrella. Meet developers This conference is an opportunity to bring together methodologists, users, developers and trainers of software designed to facilitate qualitative research, to discuss and share methods, applications and experiences. CAQDAS 07 attracts considerable interest from many major software developers. The organisers are confident that they will see this as an opportunity to bring along some of their new and existing products. Developers are always keen to discuss user's requirements and problems, so this will be an ideal opportunity for all delegates to meet developers face to face, and contribute to the development of future products. Software Developers and Publishers will have stands providing information on their products from Tuesday 17th April 2007 and throughout the conference. Plenary speakers The Conference has already attracted some renowned experts in their field including... Professor Udo Kelle, Institute of Sociology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany Professor Clive Seale, Department of Sociology & Communications, Brunel University, London Alan Stockdale, PhD, Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice, Education Development Center, Newton, USA Professor Nigel Fielding & Professor Ray Lee, Co-directors of the CAQDAS Networking Project, University of Surrey and Royal Holloway, University of London Call for Papers We invite papers from those working in applied and academic settings and from any discipline. We particularly welcome contributions concerning the following topics: 1. Techniques for data collection and conversion; 2. Impacts of software use on methodology and analysis; 3. The role of IT in facilitating multiple-method research; 4. Technologies and IT for the analysis of visual data; 5. Qualitative secondary analysis; 6. (Online) qualitative archiving; 7. Teaching methodology using IT; 8. IT tools for collaborative working. Registration Registration for the conference is now open at http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ias/workshops/caqdas07/registration.php <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ias/workshops/caqdas07/registration.php> Important Dates: Abstracts accepted until 22nd December 2006 Early bird registration until 30th November 2006 Registration closes on 16th March 2007 Dr Christina Silver CAQDAS Networking Project Dept of Sociology University of Surrey GUILDFORD GU2 5XH email: [log in to unmask] CAQDAS web site: http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ Tel +44 (0)1 483 68 27 91 Fax +44 (0)1 483 68 95 51 DISCUSSION GROUP qual-software : join information etc see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/qual-software.html <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/qual-software.html> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CAQDAS NETWORKING PROJECT: ESRC funded project to support the use of software in qualitative data analysis; co-directed by Nigel Fielding, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey and Ray Lee, Professor of Social Research Methods at Royal Holloway, University of London