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Dear all, Happy New Year everyone - I hope you had a restful and enjoyable break over the Christmas period. *iConference 2018: Program Schedule Announced* March 25-28, 2018, Sheffield, UK Conference website: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ iConference 2018 presenters and participants can now view the complete program schedule at https://www.conftool.com/iconference2018/sessions.php. iConference 2018 takes place March 25-18 <https://maps.google.com/?q=March+25-18&entry=gmail&source=g> in Sheffield UK. Jointly organized by the iSchools at the University of Sheffield and Northumbria University, the conference theme is “Transforming Digital Worlds.” Keynote speakers include Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway (OCLC Research), Dr. Susan Dumais (Microsoft Research) and Professor Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford). Conference registration is now open, with discounted early rates available through Jan. 19, 2018. All information scholars, researchers and practitioners are welcome, regardless of institutional affiliation. Please note that the conference agenda is subject to change. *Important Links* Conference Home: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/ Program Schedule: https://www.conftool.com/iconference2018/sessions.php Registration: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/registration/ Accommodation, travel and more: http://ischools.org/the-iconference/venue/ iConference 2018 is presented by the iSchools organization: http://ischools. org. iConference 2018 is presented by the iSchools organization: http://ischools.org. Sponsors include Microsoft Corporation and Morgan & Claypool Publishers. Papers will be published by Springer. I would like to thank again Peter Willett and Val Gillet, who have been working very hard with our colleagues from Northumbria University to finalise the programme - it will be a very interesting and engaging series of presentations. I wish you all the very best for a successful year ahead, Best wishes, Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Peter Bath Head of School and Professor of Health Informatics Information School, University of Sheffield, Regent Court 211 Portobello, Sheffield S1 4DP UK Tel.: 0114 2222636 Fax.: 0114 2780300 Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/is/staff/bath.html Twitter @PeterABath <https://twitter.com/PeterABath> [image: cid:image001.jpg@01D04F6A.F98E13B0]Visit our website at www.space4sharingstudy.org Follow us on Twitter @space4sharing <https://twitter.com/space4sharing> <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is> Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ischoolsheffield>, follow us on Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/infoschoolsheff>, read our latest news on our Blog <http://information-studies.blogspot.co.uk/> and join our community on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-sheffield-information-school?trk=tyah&trkInfo=tas%3Auniversity+of+sheffield+in%2Cidx%3A1-2-2> *Keep it green: do you need to print this email?* *Visiting the university? Try to travel sustainably:* http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/visitors/mapsandtravel