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We would be grateful if you could forward this email to any research students you think may be interested in this event.
**********iFutures 2014 - Call for Papers**********
Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, we are pleased to announce the return of iFutures, a one-day conference run by and for doctoral students in the Information Science community. The theme of the conference is “Research into Practice” and encompasses two broad strands. First we would like to hear about current doctoral research, and the ways in which it might impact industry and society. Second we hope the event will provide a forum to discuss ways to disseminate our research to those outside academia. The event will be held on Tuesday 22nd July at the University of Sheffield.
We are delighted that David Bawden, Professor of Information Science at City University, London, and Mounia Lalmas, Principal Research Scientist at Yahoo! Labs will deliver the keynote speeches at the conference. The event will also include the presentation of student research papers, workshops on issues relating to research dissemination and impact, and student poster and Pecha Kucha sessions. More details, including a programme for the day, can be found on the conference website: http://ifutures.group.shef.ac.uk/.
We are now calling for papers. The selection of papers, posters and presentations will be based on abstracts, which should be submitted by Wednesday 7th May. Successful authors of papers will then be invited to submit a short paper of up to 1500 words, which will be published in our open access conference proceedings. Poster and Pecha Kucha presenters will also have the option of submitting a paper for publication. Full details of the submission process can be found on the conference website: http://ifutures.group.shef.ac.uk.
We hope that the conference will offer you a valuable opportunity to gain conference presenting experience, network with your peers from other institutions, and get feedback on your work in an encouraging environment. A further email with details of how to register to attend the conference will be sent out at the beginning of March.
If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact us at the iFutures email address ([log in to unmask]).
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