At present there does not appear to be a possibility for scholarships, according to the site.
Joe On 25 Jul 2012, at 22:51, Shujen Chang wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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