<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><strong class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISIC2020 – THE 1<sup class="">st</sup> VIRTUAL INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR CONFERENCE</strong><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Due to the global crisis in coping with the COVID 19 virus, ISIC2020 will now be presented as a virtual conference. We are<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">very excited</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to invite you to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">first virtual ISIC conference</strong>! 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.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Please visit our website: </strong><a href="https://www.isic2020.co.za/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.isic2020.co.za</a><br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">ISIC2020 is hosted by</strong>: Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Dates: 28 September 2020 – 1 October 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Platform: To be announced.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Registration fees – significantly reduced.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Registration is now open and will close 4 September 2020.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class="">Registration website</strong>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.up.ac.za/cf-isic2020/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.up.ac.za/cf-isic2020/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(This is an official registration site managed by the University of Pretoria; for guidelines on the registration process, please visit our ISIC2020 conference site:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.isic2020.co.za/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.isic2020.co.za</a>)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><em class="">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.</em><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">We have lower registration rates for participants from South Africa and Africa to encourage local / regional participation.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class="">Important information for presenters and panelists:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class="">Important information for doctoral workshop:</strong> You can only register for the doctoral workshop if you have been accepted. The doctoral workshop fees include attendance at the plenary conference sessions.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">International delegates: ZAR 1 790 (approx. Euro 90)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">SA and other Africa country delegates: ZAR 1 492 (approx. Euro 75)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Doctoral workshop (<strong class="">only if accepted</strong>) – international delegates: ZAR 995 (approx. Euro 50)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Doctoral workshop (<strong class="">only if accepted</strong>) – SA and other African country delegates: ZAR 895 (approx. Euro 45)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">ISIC Steering committee members<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">not presenting</strong>: ZAR 597 (approx. Euro 30)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Student<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">individual registration</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(fulltime or early career part time students only) - international delegates: ZAR 1 113 (approx. Euro 58)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Student<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">individual registration</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(fulltime or early career part time students only) - SA and other African country delegates: ZAR 995 (approx. Euro 50)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Student<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">group registration</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(5 fulltime students) - international delegates: ZAR 1 917 (approx. Euro 100)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Student<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">group registration</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(5 fulltime students) - SA and other African country delegates:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">ZAR 1 629 (approx. Euro 85)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Keynote speakers and invited guests: ZAR 0 (Euro 0)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class="">Webinar – workshops<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>(Please visit the conference website for more detail:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://isic2020.co.za/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://isic2020.co.za</a>)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Workshop 1 – Introduction into interactive information retrieval and user experience (Presenters: Prof. Elke Greifeneder & Dr. Maria Gäde) – International delegates: Euro 30 (ZAR 597)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">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)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Workshop 2 – Synergy through Diversity: Creating Innovation through Bonded Design (Presenters: Dr Valerie Nesset and J. Brice Bible)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">International delegates: Euro 30 (ZAR 597)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">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)<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">Please check our website for more detail</em>.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class="">Our keynote speakers:</strong><b class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Naresh Agarwal (USA):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong></b>The many meanings of context: Can we arrive at a shared understanding?<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class="">Gunilla Widén (Finland):</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Infodemic – the challenges of making sense of information disorder and what is the cure?<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class="">Archie Dick (South Africa):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>South Africa’s long walk to information freedom<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><em class="">For more detail about our keynote speakers</em>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.isic2020.co.za/index.php/keynote-speakers/" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.isic2020.co.za/index.php/keynote-speakers/</a></p></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>