Call for Papers

IFIP WG 9.2 Conference on Landscapes of ICT and Social Accountability

June 27-29, 2005

University of Turku, Turku, Finland

This is a call for papers for a conference on social accountability in information and communications technologies (ICT). The conference will be held from 27^th to 29^th June 2005 at the University of Turku, Finland. It is being organised by the Working Group on Social Accountability of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), a non-governmental, non-profit umbrella organisation for national societies working in the field of information processing.

The conference aims to review the landscapes: what are the social consequences of information and communication technologies today and how are they evolving?

Topics of interest for the conference include ICT and social accountability in relation to:

1. Philosophy, ethics and sociological aspects

2. Culture and education

3. Social aspects

4. Politics and regulation

5. Economics and work

6. Technology, virtual reality and emerging technologies

7. New challenges: what needs to be done?

The decision to accept will be based on an extended abstract of 2-4 pages to be sent to Kai Kimppa, kai.kimppa@it.utu.fi.

Important Dates:

Deadline for submission of extended abstracts: October 1^st, 2004.

Decision on abstract: November 15^th, 2004.

Full papers due: February 28^th, 2005.

Final papers due: April 15^th, 2005.

Conference: June 27-29 ^th, 2005.

Further Information:

http://www.cs.utu.fi/ifip/WG9.2_Conference_2005/

Regards,

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Kai Kimppa

Lecturer, University of Turku

Organizing Committee Chair