[Air-L] [mSociety 2008] The First International Mobile Society Conference

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Wed Dec 19 06:09:59 PST 2007


*** Apologies for Cross postings ***

         mSOCIETY 2008
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The First International Conference & Exhibitions
        on Mobile Society
     18 - 19 September 2008
Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey
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** http://www.mgovernment.org/events/

** Submissions Deadline : 1 May 2008

Shaping the future`s  psychology and the society
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Mobile Society refers to the emerging trends of the collective-life on
earth driven by the technology of networked mobile phones and other
mobile devices. These technologies and its fast and wide adoption is
influencing the  way we live in the society, we run businesses and the
way we are as individuals.

The First International Conference on Mobile Society  (mSociety 2008)
aims to be a platform for presenting, exchanging and disseminating the
newest developments, ideas, applications and services involving all
aspects of practice and research in mSociety.

The mSociety 2008 organization invites all professionals having
interest in how mobility influences the society: both positive and
negative. Possible perspectives may include, but not limited to,
technology diffusion and adoption; dissemination of mobile content,
applications and services for business and entertainment; economical,
sociological and psychological impact of mobility on society.

Who will attend?
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*** Researchers economists, technologists, sociologists and
psychologists from academia and other research organizations.
*** Private Sector professionals from, for example, mobile telco`s,
infrastructure, hardware, content, applications and service providers
to the individuals and organizations.
*** Members of Civil Society Organizations.

Conference Content and Format
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The first International Conference on The Mobile Society aims to focus
on psychological and sociological impacts of mobile technologies,
especially mobile phones, on individuals and the society.
The conference will have two major streams: Research and Practice
streams. The research stream will promote discussions and exchange of
ideas on significant and recent research on Mobile Society. The
Practice stream will focus on content, applications and services.

The Research Sessions: These session aims to provide a forum for
researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, promote discussions
and support wider reach of mobile society issues. There will be a
number of high quality keynote, case study, policy and research
presentations.

Practice Sessions:The industry/exhibition/demo session aims to get
professionals to exhibit current developments in mobile IT solutions,
and demo of mobile applications and services influnecing the society
and the individuals.

The Conference also invites proposals for panels, posters, demos,
tutarial, special sessions and exhibitions. Please refer to relevant
pages on this site for specific instructions.

Further information
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for topics, committees, submissions, participation, partnership,
sponsorship and exhibitions....

Please visit wwww.mgovernment.org/events/
Conference Secretariat: msociety2008 at mgovernment.org

Organized and Supported by
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-- The Mobile Government Consortium International, UK
-- Department of Computer Engineering, TOBB University of Economics
and Technology, Ankara, Turkey



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