[NORSLIS] CALL for PARTICIPATION - First IIiX Symposium, Copenhagen, DK

[Peter Ingwersen]

*Apologies for cross-postings*

 

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 
First IIiX Symposium on Information Interaction in Context, Copenhagen, Royal School of LIS, October 18-20 - 2006

Visit: http://www.db.dk/iiix/index.htm

 

ORGANIZED by
Pia Borlund & Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science (RSLIS), Denmark

 

PROGRAM & THEMATIC CHAIRS:
Ian Ruthven, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (Symposium Program Chair)
Nicholas Belkin, Rutgers University, USA (Interactive IR Chair)
Anastasios Tombros, Queen Mary, University of London, UK (Laboratory IR Chair)
Pertti Vakkari, Tampere University, Finland (Information Behavior Chair)
Birger Larsen & Jesper W. Schneider, Royal School of LIS, Denmark (Doctoral Forum Chairs)

 

GOAL
The goal of the first IIiX Symposium is to provide a broad range of perspectives on research results and designs, capable of encompassing the relevant information interaction contexts. The challenge is to understand and capture relevant context features, also of temporal nature, from the work task and its environment; searchers; systems and documents - and to apply such features to improve information interaction.

INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Micheline Beaulieu - University of Sheffield, UK
Barry Smyth - University College Dublin, Ireland

 

DISCUSSION PANEL: "What is not Context?"
N. Belkin, M. Lalmas, E. Toms, A. de Vries & C.J. (Keith) van Rijsbergen 

 

DOCTORAL FORUM - October 17 - Travel grants sponsored by CEPIS and NORSLIS

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 4 - 2006
Symposium fees: Student: 275 Euro; Non-Student: 425 Euro;
>From September 5/On site - Student: 325 / 345 Euro; Non student: 500 / 550 Euro
HOTEL ROOMs (incl. breakfast, taxes, services): from ca. 100 Euro/night (less expensive student hostels available)

 

More details on the included symposium themes, the accepted research papers, social events, doctoral forum, keynotes and registration & pre-reserved hotels can be found on the IIiX website: http://www.db.dk/iiix/index.htm

 

We thank the Symposium SPONSORS for support: THOMPSON SCIENTIFIC - DEFF - RSLIS