Conference on Landscapes of ICT and social accountability — call for papers

IFIP WG 9.2 Conference on Landscapes of ICT and social accountability
June 27-29, 2005, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

This is a call for papers for a conference on social accountability in information and communications technologies (ICT). The conference is being organised by the Working Group on Social Accountability of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), a non-governmental, non-profit umbrella organisation for national societies working in the field of information processing.

The conference aims to review the landscapes: what are the social consequences of information and communication technologies today and how are they evolving?

Topics of interest for the conference include ICT and social accountability in relation to:

1. philosophy, ethics and sociological aspects
2. culture and education
3. social aspects
4. politics and regulation
5. economics and work
6. technology, virtual reality and emerging technologies
7. new challenges: what needs to be done?

The decision to accept will be based on an extended abstract of 2-4 pages to be sent to Kai Kimppa, kai.kimppa@it.utu.fi

Important dates:

• deadline for submission of extended abstracts: 1 October, 2004;
• decision on abstract: 15 November, 2004;
• full papers due: February 28th, 2005.
• final papers due: 15 April, 2005.
• conference: 27–29 June, 2005.

Further Information: www.cs.utu.fi/ifip/WG9.2_Conference_2005/

Kai Kimppa, Lecturer, University of Turku, Organizing Committee Chair
Email: kai.kimppa@it.utu.fi