<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Deadline Alert: iConference 2015<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">iConference 2015: Create-Collaborate-Celebrate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Newport Beach, CA, USA; March 24-27, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Conference Site:
</span><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">http://ischools.org/the-iconference/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Conference Submission System:
</span><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2015/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">https://www.conftool.com/iConference2015/</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">ALERT: Submission deadlines for iConference 2015 are approaching fast, with papers due September 5.</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The following submissions are invited:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/papers/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Papers</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">:
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Due Friday, September 5, 2014, midnight PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/workshops/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Workshops</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Due Friday, September 26, 2014, midnight PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/doctoral-colloquium/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Doctoral Colloquium</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Due Friday, September 26, 2014, midnight PDT</span><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/posters/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Posters</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Due Friday, October 10, 2014, midnight PDT</span><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/sessions-for-interaction-and-engagement/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Interactive Sessions</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Due Friday, October 10, 2014, midnight PDT</span><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/social-media-expo/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Social Media Expo</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Commitment letter due October 14, 2014; student team submissions due December 15, 2014.</span><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/dissertation-award/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Dissertation Award</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Due Wednesday, October 15, 2014, midnight PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">iConference 2015</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> takes place March 24-27 in Newport
Beach, CA. It is presented by the </span><a href="http://ischools.org"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">iSchools organization</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> and hosted by The Donald Bren School of Information and
Computer Sciences at University of California, Irvine. The Champion Sponsor is Microsoft Research. All information researchers and scholars are welcome—affiliation with an iSchool is not required.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">IMPORTANT LINKS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Conference Home:
</span><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">http://ischools.org/the-iconference/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Call for Participation:
</span><a href="http://ischools.org/the-iconference/call-for-participation/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">http://ischools.org/the-iconference/call-for-participation/</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Submissions:
</span><a href="https://www.conftool.com/iConference2015/"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">https://www.conftool.com/iConference2015/</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Facebook: iConference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Twitter: @iConf | #iconf15</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003377">Kristene Unsworth, PhD.<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Assistant Professor</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The College of Computing & Informatics</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><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;color:black">3141 Chestnut Street<br>
Philadelphia, PA 19104<br>
Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494<br>
<a href="http://cci.drexel.edu/"><span style="color:blue">Drexel.edu/cci</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>