- From: Liddy Nevile <Liddy.Nevile@motile.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 05:40:19 +1000
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Friends as Co-Chair of the Global Track at the next WWW conference in Budapest (see http://www.www2003.org/), I am hoping I can encourage you to contribute a paper to this conference. Papers are due by November 15 and should be submitted directly to the WWW2003 website. (Of course, we are also looking for short papers and posters and panels.) We are hoping for yet another interesting, stimulating track within this major, very technical Conference. The Global Community Track has a reputation for interesting presentations and we are keen to consider proposals particularly that will engage the audience. Our experience is that many people come just for this track, and really enjoy meeting people with similar interests. It is also an excellent opportunity for the more technical of our colleagues to come and talk to us about the social implications of their work. if you have any queries, pease contact me direct. My apologies if you have received duplicates of this email - please send it on to any of your colleagues who may be interested. Liddy ------------------ Global Community Track Today, after more than a century of electric technology, we have extended our central nervous system itself in a global embrace, abolishing both space and time as far as our planet is concerned. At WWW2003 (http://www.www2003.org/), we invite you to participate in the Global Community Track, where we will explore how the World-Wide Web has made McLuhan's statement part of everyday experience for millions of people, and what it will take to make it true for everyone. We will also be exploring the effect of the Web on members of the Global Community -- both those who currently have access and those who don't. We plan to provide an interesting and informative experience for those who are concerned with the use of the Web to develop and support global development to improve the lives of all people, around the world. The Track will attempt to engage those who have a contribution which is of interest and will benefit others, whether presenters or active members of the audience. Some presenters will have submitted papers to be refereed in the usual way; we will also be specifically inviting a few people to contribute in this Track, and we expect many to come and lend their support and meet others with similar interests. The range of topics is broad, but always the central focus will be "helping people everywhere reach their full potential as members of a Global Community, using the web". Necessarily, this topic also focuses on developing the web in order to maximize its potential to contribute to this process. Of particular interest will be presentations that contribute to increasing participation in and the value of the online world for all people. Presentations that focus on sustaining particular cultures and their contribution to the Global Community will be welcomed. In addition, the Global Community Track Program Committee will invite distinguished members of the research and cultural community to make or respond to presentations, seminar style. Topics of particular interest include the needs of: * artists, musicians and crafts people * indigenous cultural communities * disability communities * global/local societies * freedom and privacy in a Global Community * describing, sharing access to, and discovering resources and services, locally and globally * cultural communities and practices - arts, crafts, literature, dance, music, philosophy, and more * creative, expository and scholarly publishing * multi-culturalism and multi-linguality * government and legal frameworks and policies
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