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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please consider submitting to the iConference 2015!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">iConference 2015</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Now Accepting Submissions</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">March 24-27, 2015<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Newport Beach, CA USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/" target="_blank">http://ischools.org/the-iconference/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We are now accepting submissions for iConference 2015. Submissions may be made on our secure submissions site at
<a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2015/" target="_blank">https://www.conftool.com/iConference2015/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The iConference is an international gathering of scholars and researchers concerned with critical information issues in contemporary society.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The following submissions are invited:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/papers/" target="_blank">Papers</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Friday, September 5, 2014, midnight PDT<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Friday, October 10, 2014, midnight PDT<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/sessions-for-interaction-and-engagement/" target="_blank">Interactive Sessions</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Friday, October 10, 2014, midnight PDT<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/doctoral-colloquium/" target="_blank">Doctoral Colloquium</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Participation commitment letter due October 14, 2014; submissions due December 15, 2014.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/" target="_blank">iConference 2015</a> takes place March 24-27 in Newport Beach, CA. It is presented by the
<a href="http://ischools.org" target="_blank">iSchools organization</a> and hosted by The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at University of California, Irvine. All information researchers and scholars are welcome.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Sample topics of past iConferences include the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
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social computing<o:p></o:p></p>
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human-computer interaction<o:p></o:p></p>
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digital youth<o:p></o:p></p>
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digital curation and preservation<o:p></o:p></p>
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information retrieval<o:p></o:p></p>
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bibliometrics and scholarly communication<o:p></o:p></p>
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social, cultural, health and community informatics<o:p></o:p></p>
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knowledge infrastructures<o:p></o:p></p>
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computer-supported cooperative work<o:p></o:p></p>
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data, text and knowledge mining<o:p></o:p></p>
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computational social science<o:p></o:p></p>
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digital humanities<o:p></o:p></p>
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network science<o:p></o:p></p>
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information and communication technology for development<o:p></o:p></p>
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data science<o:p></o:p></p>
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information economics<o:p></o:p></p>
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information work and workers<o:p></o:p></p>
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user experience and design<o:p></o:p></p>
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information systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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information policy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The Champion Sponsor of iConference 2015 is Microsoft Research.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003377">Kristene Unsworth, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">ASIS&T SIG-IFP Chair<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">The College of Computing and Informatics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003377">Drexel University<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">3141 Chestnut Street<br>
Philadelphia, PA 19104<br>
Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
<a href="cci.drexel.edu"><span style="color:blue">Drexel.edu/cci</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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