[Air-L] CfP "The Good, the Bad and the Challenging. " COST 298. deadline extended to 31 OCT 2008

[Frank Thomas]

Sorry for eventual cross-posting.


Due to popular demand the deadline has been extended for the Call for
Papers for the Conference
"The Good, the Bad and the Challenging. The user and the future of
information and communication technologies". Copenhagen, May 13th to
15th, 2009.

The new deadline for abstract submission: 31st October 2008.

Contributions on a broad variety of social aspects of information and 
communication technologies (ICTs) are welcome. Abstracts should be 
posted via the conference website, where you will also find more 
informations on the the programme, the different strands and other 
details of the conference.

For the abstracts submission, please visit
http://conference2009.cost298.org/

The important dates for contributors are, at a glance:
- Deadline for abstract submission: 31st October 2008
- Notification of the acceptance of abstracts: 1st December 2008
- Deadline for authors´ delivery of paper in order to be included inthe
printed programme and the proceedings: 1st February 2009
- Conference : 13th-15th May 2009

All papers will be published in CD-ROM and printed proceedings volumes.
A selection of papers will be considered for a series of books.


The abstracts can cover a range of contributions such as empirical
studies, literature reviews, theoretical discussions, etc. But in all
cases authors should provide background information relating to the
topic, the actual question being addressed, methodology if appropriate
and indicate main findings, arguments or conclusions. All
abstracts should be prepared in electronic form. Abstracts must be
written in English and typed with single line spacing. No formulas,
symbols, mathematical notation or sub/superscripts are allowed.
Abstracts should be 300-600 words. No abstract fee is required. Authors
are required indicate in which strand the paper would most appropriately
fit and make use of the template for the abstract that
will be available online.

Both academics and practitioners are invited to submit presentations.
Given the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, abstracts will
be reviewed by a combination of members of the Steering Committee, the
International Programme Committee and others with relevant expertise.
Notification of acceptance will be given by 1st December 2009. All
withdrawals should be sent to the Conference Chair.

About COST 298: COST 298 is an Action in the domain `Information and
Communication Technologies´ of COST, an intergovernmental framework for
European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research.
In COST 298 European scientists from telecommunication research
departments, universities and operators together with independent
consultants collaborate in cross-disciplinary groups to analyse the
social dimensions of people´s relationships to information and
communication technologies. The Actions have produced
a range of articles reports such as Communications on the Move: The
Experience of mobile Telephony in the 1990s (1997) and the books
Everyday Innovators, Researching the Role of Users in Shaping ICTs
(2005) and The Social Dynamics of Information and Communication
Technology (2008) based on previous conferences. More information is
available on our website at

http://www.cost298.org