Apologies for cross-posting
Dear colleague,
The programme for our international conference in April, Rural Futures:
Dreams, Dilemmas, Dangers is shaping up well. In addition to our headline
speaker, Prof Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, from Wageningen University in the
Netherlands, we have a number of theme keynote speakers booked, including:
Dr Kate Braithwaite, Director of Carnegie UK Trust (Theme: Connecting
Rural Communities)
Ian Dent, Specialist in methodologies for agency / community consultation
(Theme: Making It Happen)
Fabienne Goux Baudiment, Head of proGective, Research Centre for Futures
Studies, Paris (Theme: Constructing the Future)
Dr Charles Kenny, Senior Economist, World Bank, author of Overselling the
Web? (Theme: Information, Communication and Technology)
Professor Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham (Theme: Art, Culture
and Society)
You can find the conference website here: Conference website:
www.ruralfuturesconference.org.
The closing date for abstracts and expressions of interest is fast
approaching (29 October – though we will allow a few days’ grace), so
please put your thinking cap on and submit an abstract for an oral or
poster presentation, if you have not already done so. We are not looking
for full papers at this stage, so it should not take too much of your
time. We are also happy to consider proposals in the form of workshops,
posters, symposia, performances, exhibitions etc.
Abstracts should be submitted through the conference website:
http://www.ruralfuturesconference.org/default.asp?page=cfp In order to
upload your abstract you need to register with the website (this is NOT
the same as registering for the conference, and merely allows you to
upload and monitor your submission). To go directly to the registration
screen, click here: http://www.conference-papers.org/default.asp?
page=newuser&cid=23 . All other proposals should be emailed to Susie
Bissell, [log in to unmask]
Susie Bissell
Research Assistant
Rural Futures Unit
7 Kirkby Place
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AA
Tel: 01752 238462
email: [log in to unmask]
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