[Air-L] Fwd: Call for DIAC/OD Poster Proposals

[Andrea Kavanaugh]

*please distribute widely.  apologies for cross posting*

Begin forwarded message:

> From: douglas at publicsphereproject.org
> Date: April 12, 2008 12:48:44 PM EDT
> Subject: Call for Poster Proposals
>
>
> Please forward to interested colleagues and lists.  Thanks!
> Poster proposals are due Wednesday April 15th.
>
>
> Call for Poster Proposals
>
> Tools for Participation:
> Collaboration, Deliberation, and Decision Support
>
> DIAC-2008 / Online Deliberation 2008
> University of California, Berkeley
> June 26 - 29, 2008
> http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/
>
> Thanks to everybody who submitted research papers or other submissions
> to DIAC-2008 / Online Deliberation 2008!
>
> Poster Proposals (due April 15, 2008)
>
> There are two basic components: the proposal and the poster itself.
> The final contribution to the result (that will be printed in the
> proceedings will include text and graphics. The poster proposal
> should not be more than two pages of text.  A poster is a broad and
> graphic depiction of the work. The proposal should contain! t! ! he
> following title, research question(s), motivation, relevance to
> conference, methodology, status, findings, implications, impact,
> possible future work, description of poster, and citations to related
> work. These fields can be omitted or abbreviated depending on the
> nature of the work. The inclusion of graphics in the proposal is
> encouraged and may cause the page length to go over two pages. The
> proposal should not be longer in that case than four pages.
>
> Posters will be displayed at certain times during the conference
> and the presenter is expected to be on-hand during specific times
> to help explain and discuss the poster.
>
> Submissions must be made via the conference submission system on
> the DIAC-08 web site. Submissions should be written in English and
> authors whose first language is not English are encouraged to have
> their submissions reviewed for language prior to submission.
> Submissions should be formatted for "US Lette! r"! ! size using 11  
> point
> Times-Roman font.
>
> As a reminder, our areas of focus include but are not limited to:
> deliberative and collaborative systems, e-democracy and e- 
> participation,
> mobilization and organization, negotiation, consultation,  
> sustainability,
> community support systems, open source models, human rights,
> ecological awareness, conflict resolution, justice, transparency
> systems, media and civic journalism, media literacy, power research,
> citizen science, economic development and opportunity, peace and
> reconciliation, infrastructure development, policy, education,
> community networks, research and development for civil society,
> social software, virtual communities and civic intelligence.
>
> We are especially interested in technology development that is
> already being tested or fielded. We are also interested in  
> exploratory,
> theoretical and other intellectual work that helps build understanding
> and support for future efforts! . ! ! In addition to exploring social
> technology, we must at the same time understand and advance the
> social context of technology, including its design, access, use,
> policy and evaluation, as well as intellectual frameworks and
> perspectives that inform technological as well as social innovation
> including requirements, case studies, critique and self-reflection,
> and infrastructures for future work.
>
> DIAC-08 combines CPSR's 11th DIAC symposium with the third Conference
> on Online Deliberation. The joint conference is intended to provide
> a platform and a forum for highlighting socio-technological
> opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in the area of community
> and civic action.  Technology enhanced community action ranges from
> informal communities of practice to democratic governance of formal
> organizations to large social movements.
>
> The DIAC symposia have resulted in six book publications (in addition
> to the proceedings). Alth! ou! ! gh we don't have specific plans at  
> this
> time, we are hoping to publish our seventh book based on this event.
>
> Thanks! We hope you'll join us in Berkeley this June.
>
> Doug Schuler
> douglas at publicsphereproject.org
> http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/