[Air-l] key noters

[Greg Elmer]

Kate,

Great news! When you get the talk titles can you circulate them so 
that AoIR-types can network and promote these events (I'm assuming 
they are open to the public?).


Greg Elmer

>I'm also really pleased to announce that keynote speakers Sara Kiesler
>and Nina Wakeford have accepted the invitation to speak at the
>conference. 
>
>Nina Wakeford is the Director of INCITE at the University of Surrey. Her
>past research has included ethnographic work in the UK and the USA on
>computing and internet culture, including studies of cybercafes, online
>discussion groups and new media start-up companies. As well as studies of=
>
>technology she is interested in the sociology of sexuality, in particular=
>
>the use of queer theory, and the potential intersections between such
>critical cultural theory, innovative ethnography and design practice. She=
>
>has undertaken collaborative projects with companies including British
>Telecom, Fuji Xerox, Intel and Sapient.
>(Quoted from http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/incite/wireninawakefordbio.htm)
>
>More info here: http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/nina_wakeford.htm
>
>
>Professor Sara Kiesler=B9s current projects include:
>
>HomeNet: a study with PI, Bob Kraut, and others of the personal and
>social effects of household technology and the Internet on individuals
>and families. (http://homenet.hcii.cs.cmu.edu). This project has spun off=
>
>to a related project : Participation in Online Communities. New webpage
>to come soon.
>
>Multidisciplinary collaboration: Studies under an NSF KDI grant with my
>co-PIs Suzie Weisband and Pamela Hinds of distributed collaborations in
>science, business, and education. (http://www.multi-collab.org/ ). This
>project has spun off to other new projects: NSF ITR Large-scale
>collaboration; NSF DST Multiple Task Trajectories. New webpages to come
>soon.
>
>The Project on People and Robots: an ITR in human-robot interaction and
>design with co-PIs Pamela Hinds, Jodi Forlizzi, and Sebastian Thrun.
>(http://www.peopleandrobots.org)
>
>Quoted from: http://research.nursebot.cs.cmu.edu/Sara/index.html
>
>
>Further keynote speakers still to be confirmed.
>
>All the best
>
>Dr. Kate O'Riordan
>Lecturer in Continuing Education (Media Studies)
>
>Centre for Continuing Education
>Sussex Institute
>Essex House
>University of Sussex
>Falmer
>Brighton
>BN1 9QQ
>
>Tel: 01273 877774
>Email: k.s.o-riordan at sussex.ac.uk
>Web: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/qlff7


-- 
Greg Elmer
Associate Professor
Department of Communication
Florida State University
356 Diffenbaugh
Tallahassee, FL
32303
850.645.4692 (tel.)

Co-Editor
Space and Culture: An International Journal of Social Spaces
http://www.carleton.ca/space/

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