Is there any scholarship? On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Brian Keegan <[email protected]>wrote:
> *8th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym)* > August 27-29 -- Linz, Austria > > Call for Participation: Early Registration Deadline is July 29 > > The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym) is > the premier conference on open collaboration and related technologies. In > 2012, WikiSym celebrates its 8th year of scholarly, technical and community > innovation in Linz, Austria. We are excited this year to be collocated > with Ars Electronica, the premier digital art and science meeting that > attracts over 35,000 attendees per year. WikiSym will take place in Linz, > Austria at the Ars Electronica Center. > > More details about attending can be found at: > http://www.wikisym.org/ws2012/bin/view/Main/Attending or by following the > @WikiSym twitter account. > > Wikisym is a leading conference in understanding how individuals, groups, > organizations and society can use information and communication technology > to enable novel and meaningful collaboration and collective action. > Researchers and practitioners from all over the world have gathered > together in these meetings to discuss and display their insights into this > important area of inquiry. > > The conference program will include a peer-reviewed research track, > experience reports, workshops, posters, demos, a doctoral consortium, > invited keynotes and panel speakers. As always, the participant-organized > Open Space track will run throughout the conference. Evening social events > will follow, becausewiki folks know the value of a good party for sparking > conversation and collaboration. Finally, WikiSym co-occurs with Ars > Electronica, and we are arranging experiences where conference attendees > can enjoy this innovative and unusual event. > > Topics include all aspects of the people, tools, contexts, and content > that comprise open collaboration systems. For example: > > - Collaboration tools and processes > - Social and cultural aspects of collaboration > - Collaboration beyond text: images, video, sound, etc. > - Communities and workgroups > - Knowledge and information production > - New media literacies > - Open source software development and use > - Education and Open Educational Resources > - E-government, open government, and public policy > - Law/Intellectual Property (including Creative Commons) > - Journalism (including participatory journalism) > - Art and Entertainment (including collaborative and audience-involved > art) > - Science (including collaboratories) > - Publishing (including open access and open review models) > - Business (including open and collaborative management styles) > > -- > Brian C. Keegan > Ph.D. Student - Media, Technology, & Society > School of Communication, Northwestern University > > Science of Networks in Communities, Laboratory for Collaborative Technology > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang
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