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[Soraj Hongladarom]

CALL FOR PAPERS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE UNIVERSITY IN ASIA

The Faculty Senate of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, 
is organizing an international conference on "Information Technology 
and the University in Asia" from April 3 to 5, 2002, at the campus of 
the university. The conference will be a place where teachers, 
researchers, administrators and others who are interested in how best 
to use ICTs in realizing the missions of the university get together 
to share ideas, opinions and research findings. Of special interest 
are papers and presentations that explore the *cultural* aspects of 
using ICTs in universities, especially Asian cultures. However, 
though the focus of the conference is on the use of ICTs in Asian 
universities, participants from all corners of the world are very 
welcome to share their ideas and expertise.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

1. Prof. Charas Suwanwela, Former president of Chulalongkorn 
University. Prof. Charas was instrumental in investing the CUNet, the 
campus-wide fiber network that led to Chulalongkorn's full fledged 
entry to the Internet.

2. Prof. Susantha Goonatilake, Fellow of the World Academy of Arts 
and Sciences and Senior Consultant to the UN. Author of *Toward a 
Global Science: Mining Civilization Knowledge* and *Merged Evolution: 
The Long Term Implications of Information Technology and 
Biotechnology*.

Paper proposals are called in three broad areas:

1. Distance Learning
2. ICTs in Classroom Teaching and/or Research
3. ICTs in University Administration

Please mail your proposals or abstracts (max. 500 words) to:

Soraj Hongladarom
Chair of the Academic Committee
Faculty Senate
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok 10330, THAILAND
Tel: +66-2-218-7024; Fax: +66-2-218-7036
Email: hsoraj at chula.ac.th

Those who are interested in obtaining further information of the 
conference through e-mail (whether intending to present or not) are 
requested to send their e-mail addresses to the address above also.

For those who intend to present, please send your abstracts in the 
body of the email. Please do not send it as an attached file.

Deadline of submission: January 15, 2002.

Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2002.

Plans are being made with notable publishing presses to publish 
selected papers in a bound volume. Participants whose papers are 
selected will have the opportunity to revise their papers for the 
volume after the conference.

There is a registration fee of 100 US dollars (120 dollars after Jan. 
1, 2002), covering the conference material, cocktail dinner 
reception, lunches and tea/coffee breaks and the conference dinner. 
Rooms have already been booked at the Vidhayanives House on campus, 
and the rate is around 14 US dollars a night, which needs to be paid 
directly to the Housing. There are also numerous hotels and guest 
houses around campus that participants can avail themselves with. For 
off campus housing, please contact the hotels directly. Details can 
be found on the conference website.

Further information about the conference, including how to pay for 
the registration, can be found at:

http://pioneer.chula.ac.th/~hsoraj/IT