[Air-l] CfP: Making Links 2007

[Marcus Foth]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Making Links 2007
Tuesday 30th - Wednesday 31st October 2007
NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Surry Hills, Sydney
http://www.makinglinks.org.au/

The 4th annual Making Links conference is one of Australia’s leading  
forums for workers in the not-for-profit and community sectors to  
showcase their work and to explore current and emerging new media and  
information and communications technology (ICT). This two-day  
conference has regularly attracted delegates and presenters from many  
fields including health, environment, education, business,  
government, philanthropy and human services to discuss their  
experiences with ICT, multimedia and web technology. This year we are  
adding a peer reviewed academic stream to the conference and look  
forward to also welcoming practitioners, researchers, academics and  
students from a wide range of disciplines.

CONFERENCE TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
..  Community networking, community development, community capacity  
building
..  Technology for social action, transformation and community  
activism, including online campaigning
..  Social capital
..  Open source software for non-profit and community organisations
..  Online deliberation, community consultation and engagement
..  Web-based training, education, e-learning and professional  
development
..  New Media, community arts and community cultural development
..  Client / constituent relationship management
..  Fundraising
..  Technology infrastructure, implementation and maintenance
..  Strategies of using ICT to give marginalised communities a voice
..  Practical workshops in IT, web development and/or multimedia

ACADEMIC PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Academic paper submissions (max 5000 words, APA 5th style) will be  
subject to a double blind review process and evaluated on the basis  
of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing in  
accordance with DEST E1 requirements. This review will be based on  
the full text of the submitted paper. Selected papers will be  
published in a special issue of the academic journal 3CMedia. It is  
necessary for at least one author of any accepted submission to  
register and attend the conference to have the paper published in the  
proceedings. Submissions should be emailed to Marcus Foth at m.foth  
[AT] qut.edu.au
01 June 2007: Full academic paper submissions due
20 August 2007: Notification of acceptance and review reports sent to  
authors
01 October 2007: Revised, camera ready papers due. Program  
announcement and close of early bird registration

OTHER CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
We seek proposals for non-peer-reviewed oral paper presentations,  
workshops and interactive multimedia displays. A computer lab and  
video lounge will be available for multimedia and film presentations.  
Abstracts and proposals should be submitted at http:// 
www.makinglinks.com.au/ and will be reviewed by the conference  
committee.
02 July 2007: Abstracts and proposal submissions due
03 September 2007: Notification of acceptance
01 October 2007: Program announcement and close of early bird  
registration

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Conference Chair
Jill Sergeant, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO)

Academic Program Chair
Marcus Foth, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of  
Technology (QUT)

Organising Committee
Simon Gee, CommunIT, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA)
Jan Reiher, Infoxchange Australia
Liliana Ruti, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE)
Juan Salazar, Media Studies and Production, University of Western  
Sydney (UWS)



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Dr Marcus Foth
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow

Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation
Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J)
Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia
Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511
m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/