[Isait] FW: Call for papers--ISTAS'02

[Maria Papadakis]

>PLEASE FORWARD TO INTERESTED COLLEAGUES
>
>2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS'02)
>Social Implications of Information and Communication Technology
>Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
>June 6-8, 2002
>
>The goal of ISTAS'02 is to bring together Information and
>Communication Technology (ICT) professionals, computer science and
>engineering educators, teachers and scholars in the humanities and
>social sciences, policymakers
>, students, and ICT users for the purpose of establishing critical
>dialogue on the social and ethical dimensions of ICT.
>
>Plenary Session Speakers will include Dr. Lucy Suchman, Department
>of Sociology, Lancaster University
>
>Call For Papers
>We encourage contributions for topics related to the conference theme:
>* Electronic publishing
>* ICT and democratic processes
>* Intellectual property rights in the digital era
>* Universal access/Digital divide
>* Social implications of wireless technology
>* Gender issues in ICT
>* Equitable access for the disadvantaged and the disabled
>* Misuse of ICT
>* National and international ICT policy
>* Distance education
>* Web-based resources for teaching ethics in computing
>* Information security and privacy
>* Free speech and censorship
>* ICT and high-risk systems
>* Social implications of electronic commerce
>* ICT and developing countries
>
>Special Track-Online Educational Materials on Social and Ethical
>Implications of ICT
>This track, sponsored by the Online Ethics Center for Engineering
>and Science, funded by the National Science Foundation, will feature
>online educational materials on social and ethical implications of
>Information and Com
>munication Technology to be permanently maintained by the Online
>Ethics Center.
>
>We also welcome papers in additional general areas of interest to
>the members of SSIT: environmental, health, safety, and
>peace-related implications of technology; social, economic, and
>ethical issues involving energy, in
>formation, and telecommunications technologies; history of
>technology; systems analysis in public policy decisions; and
>research methods for technology-policy analysis.
>
>Submit a one page abstract for a paper, or a proposal for a paper
>session or panel discussion to the Conference Chair (email
>preferred):
>
>Joseph R. Herkert
>Division of Multidisciplinary Studies
>Box 7107, North Carolina State University
>Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7107
>Voice: 919-515-7993
>Fax: 919-515-1828
>Email: joe_herkert at ncsu.edu
>Deadlines
>Proposals for sessions, panels, or individual papers:
>       Dec 13, 2001.
>Notification of acceptance: February 14, 2002.
>Manuscripts for the conference proceedings:
>       April 3, 2002.
>
>Sponsored By
>IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT)
>
>In Cooperation With
>
>North Carolina State University
>       Division of Multidisciplinary Studies
>       Program on Science, Technology, & Society
>       Center for Information Society Studies
>       E-Commerce Learning Center
>
>IEEE Computer Society
>IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section
>ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society
>Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science
>Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility-
>       RTP Chapter
>
>For more information, visit the ISTAS'02 web site at
>http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/herkert/istas02.html
>
>
>
>**********************************************************
>
>Joseph R. Herkert
>Associate Professor of Multidisciplinary Studies
>Director, Benjamin Franklin Scholars Program
>Box 7107, North Carolina State University
>Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7107
>voice: 919-515-7993   fax: 919-515-1828
>email: joe_herkert at ncsu.edu
>http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jherkert
>
>Conference Chair
>2002 International Symposium on Technology and Society
>http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/herkert/istas02.html
>
>**********************************************************

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