[Air-L] CfP "The Good, the Bad and the Challenging. The user and the future of , information and communication technologies". ENDS 15 OCT 2008

[Frank Thomas]

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Last Call for Papers for the Conference 

"The Good, the Bad and the Challenging. The user and the future of 
information and communication technologies"

in Copenhagen, May 13th through 15th, 2009

organised by the COST Action 298 "Participation in the Broadband 
Society" is still open! Contributions on a broad variety of social 
aspects of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are 
welcome. Abstracts may be submitted until 15 October 2008, and 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:

http://conference2009.cost298.org/

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

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

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Dr. Frank Thomas
FTR Internet Research
93110 Rosny-sous-Bois
France