<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#002000" face="Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></font><font color="#b00000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(176,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;direction:ltr;background-color:transparent"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000">iConference 2019 – 14<sup>th</sup> International Gathering of
Information Scholars and Industry Professionals </font><br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000">March 31 – April 3, 2019</font><br></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000">Washington, DC, USA</font></p></font><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><font color="#004000" face="arial,sans-serif" size="2" style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(176,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;direction:ltr;background-color:transparent"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://iconference2019.umd.edu/call-for-submissions/" target="_blank">https://iconference2019.umd.edu/call-for-submissions/</a></font><br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr"><font face="Calibri" style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr"><font size="3" style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr">Please join the 14</font><sup style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:8.86px;direction:ltr">th</sup></font><font face="Calibri" size="3" style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"> International Gathering of
Information Scholars and Industry Professionals at iConference 2019 by
submitting your research. <span style="margin:0px">Â </span>We invite
participants to discuss what it means to inform in the 21st century, how to
broaden inclusion in the information revolution, and to question how we can
best inspire individuals and organizations to use information for good in our
rapidly changing knowledge society.</font></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">
</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent"><b style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:12.8px;direction:ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr">Topics:</font></b><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;direction:ltr;background-color:transparent"><br></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;direction:ltr;background-color:transparent"><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">human-computer
interaction<br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">information
systems<br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">social
computing<br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">computer-supported
cooperative work<br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">network
science<br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">information
and communication technology for development<br></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">user
experience and design<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">data science<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">data, text
and knowledge mining<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">computational
social science<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">big data<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">data
analytics<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">data
management <br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">network
science<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:transparent">data ethics</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px"><br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px">
</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px"><b style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr">Tracks:</b><br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Papers<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Posters<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Workshops<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Sessions for
Interaction and Engagement<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">iSchool Partnerships
and Practices<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Doctoral
Student Colloquium<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Early Career
Colloquium<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Doctoral
Dissertation Award<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Blue Sky Track (NEW FOR 2019)<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="margin:0px">Undergraduate
Symposium (NEW FOR 2019)<br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p></font><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3" style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;direction:ltr;background-color:transparent"><p style="margin:0px"><b style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></b><i style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></i><u style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></u><sub style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:11.06px;direction:ltr"></sub><sup style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:11.06px;direction:ltr"></sup><strike style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></strike><br style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"></p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px"><b style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:13.33px;font-size:12.66px">Important Dates</span></b></p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px"><b style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"><i style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr">10 September 2018:</i></b> Deadline for papers, posters, workshop
proposals, DC and ECC</p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10.66px"><b style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr"><i style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;font-size:16px;direction:ltr">1 October 2018:</i></b> Deadline for Blue Sky, SIE, iSchools
Partnerships and Practices, Undergraduate Symposium and Doctoral Dissertation
Award</p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px">Call for Submissions:
<a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://ischools.org/the-iconference/call-for-participation/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://ischools.org/the-iconference/call-for-participation/</font></a>
</p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px">Website: <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://iconference2019.umd.edu/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://iconference2019.umd.edu/</font></a> </p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px">Linkedin Page:
<a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ischools-inc/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://www.linkedin.com/company/ischools-inc/</font></a>
</p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px">Twitter: <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://twitter.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://twitter.com</font></a> </p><p style="background:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;line-height:24px">
</p><p style="margin:0px">Facebook: <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://www.facebook.com/IConference/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://www.facebook.com/IConference/</font></a>
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