[NORSLIS] Fwd: ISIC 2020

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>  ISIC2020 – THE 1st VIRTUAL INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR CONFERENCE
> Due to the global crisis in coping with the COVID 19 virus, ISIC2020 will now be presented as a virtual conference. We are very excited to invite you to the first virtual ISIC conference! We hope that our regular ISIC conference attendees will join us, and we invite those who have not yet joined our community to take this opportunity.
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>               Please visit our website: https://www.isic2020.co.za <https://www.isic2020.co.za/>
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> ISIC2020 is hosted by: Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria
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> Dates: 28 September 2020  – 1 October 2020
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> Platform: To be announced.
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> Registration fees – significantly reduced.
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> Registration is now open and will close 4 September 2020. 
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> Registration website: https://www.up.ac.za/cf-isic2020/ <https://www.up.ac.za/cf-isic2020/> (This is an official registration site managed by the University of Pretoria; for guidelines on the registration process, please visit our ISIC2020 conference site: https://www.isic2020.co.za <https://www.isic2020.co.za/>)
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> Please note the Euro values are equivalent to what we advertise on our website. Since the University of Pretoria registration system accepts only South African Rand (ZAR) we calculated the conversion rate on 12 May 2020.
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> We have lower registration rates for participants from South Africa and Africa to encourage local / regional participation.
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> Important information for presenters and panelists: At least one presenter per paper (i.e., full paper, short paper and poster) must be registered by 30 June. This is essential for us to develop and announce the conference programme. All panelists for panel discussions and all presenters of workshops must also be registered by 30 June.
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> Important information for doctoral workshop: You can only register for the doctoral workshop if you have been accepted. The doctoral workshop fees include attendance at the plenary conference sessions.
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> International delegates: ZAR 1 790 (approx.  Euro 90)
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> SA and other Africa country delegates: ZAR 1 492 (approx. Euro 75) 
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> Doctoral workshop (only if accepted) – international delegates: ZAR 995 (approx. Euro 50)
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> Doctoral workshop (only if accepted) – SA and other African country delegates: ZAR 895 (approx. Euro 45)
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> ISIC Steering committee members not presenting: ZAR 597 (approx. Euro 30)
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> Student individual registration (fulltime or early career part time students only) - international delegates: ZAR 1 113 (approx. Euro 58)
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> Student individual registration (fulltime or early career part time students only) - SA and other African country delegates: ZAR 995 (approx. Euro 50)
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> Student group registration (5 fulltime students) - international delegates: ZAR 1 917 (approx. Euro 100)
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> Student group registration (5 fulltime students) - SA and other African country delegates:
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> ZAR 1 629 (approx. Euro 85)
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> Keynote speakers and invited guests: ZAR 0 (Euro 0)
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> Webinar – workshops (Please visit the conference website for more detail: https://isic2020.co.za <https://isic2020.co.za/>)
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> Workshop 1 – Introduction into interactive information retrieval and user experience (Presenters: Prof. Elke Greifeneder & Dr. Maria Gäde) – International delegates: Euro 30 (ZAR 597)
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> Workshop 1 – Introduction into interactive information retrieval and user experience (Presenters: Prof. Elke Greifeneder & Dr. Maria Gäde) – SA and other African country delegates: Euro 25 (ZAR 497)
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> Workshop 2 – Synergy through Diversity: Creating Innovation through Bonded Design (Presenters: Dr Valerie Nesset and J. Brice Bible)
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> International delegates: Euro 30 (ZAR 597)
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> Workshop 2 – Synergy through Diversity: Creating Innovation through Bonded Design (Presenters: Dr Valerie Nesset and J. Brice Bible SA and other African country delegates: Euro 25 (ZAR 497)
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> We will announce the conference programme by mid-July. There will be only plenary sessions to allow people to get full benefit from presentations. Presentations will also be recorded. In the meantime we will soon make a list available of papers accepted. Please check our website for more detail.
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> Our keynote speakers:
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> Naresh Agarwal (USA): The many meanings of context: Can we arrive at a shared understanding?
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> Gunilla Widén (Finland): Infodemic – the challenges of making sense of information disorder and what is the cure?
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> Archie Dick (South Africa): South Africa’s long walk to information freedom
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> For more detail about our keynote speakers: https://www.isic2020.co.za/index.php/keynote-speakers/ <https://www.isic2020.co.za/index.php/keynote-speakers/>
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