2008
Maria has been invited to present in a panel on "e-learning, open distance education and ICT" at the UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy held at Baku, Azerbaijan on May 14-16.
In this talk, Pal will review the recent history of technology and development, or what we have come to know as ICTD and consider some areas of promise and caution.
Tuesday, May 13th 2:30pm
Mary Gates Hall, Room 420
The CIS team, faculty advisors, research experts from the Research Working Group as well as researchers from 3 countries selected for the pilot studies - Bangladesh, Chile and Lithuania - participated in a three day workshop to design the pilot study for this project.
This workshop featured research partners in our landscape study of public access in 24 countries to plan the research design for Phase II of fieldwork. April 14-16.
Maria and Mark presented "Bridging the e-skills gap in Central and Eastern Europe" at the Telecentre Leaders Forum - Europe on April 8-9 in Riga, Latvia.
University of Washington
Allen Auditorium, Allen Library
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 3:30pm
Brown Bag Lunch Presentation: Brazilian Digital Inclusion Program
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 from 12pm-1pm
University of Washington, Mary Gates Hall 420
Benedito Medeiros Neto visited the University of Washington and presented his experiences with the Brazilian Digital Inclusion Program to the University community.
Benedito Medeiros Neto is a PhD student of the Department of Information Science and Documentation of the University of Brasília, with a large experience in digital divide as part of his job at the Brazilian Ministry of Communication. His main areas of research are digital inclusion, social network, virtual communities, and ICT for development.
UW CIS Networking Session (for UW faculty and researchers)
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 3 - 5 pm
Contact Nancy for more information
2008
Each year the Association of Internet Researchers organises a key event - the annual Internet Research conference. This conference brings together hundreds of academics, researchers, graduate students and other participants for a interdisciplinary, multi-methodological look at the Internet.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Fall 2008 (details to come)
The Berkman@10 Conference offers a chance to reflect critically on the last ten years of the development of the Internet and to look ahead to the crucial questions we face in the next ten years of cyberspace. Followed by a celebratory Gala on the evening of May 16.
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
May 15-16, 2008
The biennial CATaC conference series – 10 years old in 2008 – provides a premier international forum for current research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
Nimes, France
June 24-27, 2008
The Third Annual i Schools Conference brings together scholars and professionals who come from diverse backgrounds and share interests in working at the nexus of information, technology, and people.
UCLA campus, Los Angeles, California
February 28-March 1, 2008
Since 1968 the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) has become a respected a forum for the substantive interchange of ideas in all areas of information systems and technology.
Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii
January 7-10, 2008
