[Air-L] Call for Proposals

Pam Brewer brewerpe at appstate.edu
Mon Sep 24 11:00:01 PDT 2007


Dear Colleagues--

Kirk St. Amant asked me to to send this along to the list.

<<BEGIN CALL FOR PROPOSALS>>
Call for Panel and Paper Proposals: IEEE International Professional
Communication Conference 2008 (IPCC 2008)

Conference Theme: Opening the Information Economy

Conference Location: Concordia University, Montréal, Canada

Conference Dates: July 13-16, 2008

The information economy is based on the collection and the exchange of
data and ideas.  We all either contribute to or use materials from the
information economy in most aspects of our everyday lives.  As a
result, the information economy exists as an environment in which we
are all contributors and consumers. Within this system, effective
communication is essential to success, allowing individuals to
contribute ideas and information effectively and to make efficient use
of the goods and services.  Few of us, however, understand all of the
nuances of the information economy or the communication factors that
affect its operations.

This conference seeks to examine or to "open" this economic model by
examining the connections between communication practices and the
products, practices, and services that constitute the information
economy.  The objective of such an examination will be to help
attendees better understand and participate in the information economy
as both contributors and consumers.

The conference will take place on the campus of Concordia University
in Montréal, Canada and will consist of paper presentations and panel
discussions that focus on various communication, design, social, and
cultural aspects of the information economy.

POSSIBLE TOPIC AREAS
Suggested topic areas include but are not limited to the following:

• Establishing and assessing the value of knowledge work and knowledge products

• Information design, usability, and accessibility

• Virtual teams, online collaboration, and distributed models of work

• Cross-cultural communication, globalization, outsourcing,
translation, and localization

• Legal policies and social issues related to the information economy

• Media selection and multimodality

• The role of and perspectives on teaching and training within the
information economy

• Content management, open source software, single sourcing, and XML

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PROCESS AND SUBMISSION DATES
Send 1-2 page (250-500 word) proposals to IPCC2008 at gmail.com by

• 15 October 2007 (deadline for submissions to be considered for early
acceptance)

• 15 December 2007 (deadline for regular submissions)

For conference- or proposal-related questions contact: IPCC2008 at gmail.com
<<END CALL FOR PROPOSALS>>

-- 
Pamela Estes Brewer
Lecturer
Department of English
Appalachian State University
PhD Candidate, Texas Tech University
phone 828-262-2351
email  brewerpe at appstate.edu




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