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ASIS&T AM Program now online
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Hill)
Fri Jul 10 08:08:04 2009
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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:17:37 -0400
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From: Richard Hill <rhill@ASIS.ORG>
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The preliminary program for the ASIST Annual Meeting,
Thriving on Diversity - Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World,
November 6-11, 2009, Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
is now available and registration is open at
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM09/
- 45 contributed papers
- 44 reviewed panel sessions
-105 posters.
New feature: An Industry Session on Monday morning comprises two parts:
the first, “Eyes on the Future: Trends in Information Technology”, presents a panel
of leaders from industry; the second, “A Glimpse of the Cutting Edge in Information Applications,”
will focus on product demonstrations.
- Opening Plenary Session on Sunday afternoon is Tim Bray, currently Director of Web Technologies at Sun Microsystems.
- Wednesday plenary will be a Pecha Kucha session, “Diversity in Digital Information Environments: Opportunity or Chaos?”
with Grant Campbell, Andrew Dillon, Allison Druin, Gary Marchionini, Cathy Marshall, Candy Schwartz and Elaine Toms.
Pre-conference seminars are Fri, Nov. 6, and Saturday, Nov. 7. http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM09/seminars.html
See you in Vancouver!
Dick Hill
Richard Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD 20910
FAX: (301) 495-0810
(301) 495-0900
