[MLB-WIRELESS] CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: ELECTRONIC NETWORKS - BUILDING COMMUNITY.

[Michael Borthwick]

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:  ELECTRONIC NETWORKS - BUILDING COMMUNITY.
 FIFTH COMMUNITY NETWORKING CONFERENCE, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne: 3, 4, 5  July, 2002
<www.ccnr.net/2002/>

Expressions of interest for workshops,  papers and presentations are sought
for the Conference. We invite proposals for reports and presentations
(refereed and non-refereed) about current initiatives that respond to the
main themes of the conference:

·     Community Building
·     Knowledge Economy/Knowledge Community
·     Digital Divide/Income Divide

The Advisory Committee is particularly interested in papers and workshops
that address the following areas:

Electronic networks in indigenous communities;  Electronic networks for
women, community groups; Electronic networks for local communities;
Participation - promoting e-democracy in its broadest sense; Engaging the
non-user;  Employability and personal fulfilment;   Building business and
learning communities through partnerships using ICT;   Technical - practice
and skills for the community and non-profit sector;   Social inclusion in
the knowledge economy;   Theoretical perspectives on electronic community
networking and social capital.

Please see the conference website, www.ccnr.net/2002/ for details about how
to submit an abstract or expression of interest for refereed and
non-refereed tracks.  Abstracts should be submitted by 1 December 200, and
earlier if possible.

The aims of the conference are:

§ To energise practitioners, policy makers, academics and business people
working in the field of community networking using information and
communication technology (ICT).
§ To engage delegates in issues of community networking and increase
understanding in how community networking principles can contribute
significantly to community building.

Previous conferences have been a feature of the electronic community
networking landscape in Australia since 1996, and participants have
attended
from all states, the Pacific, and other countries.  This conference is part
of a global trail of events associated with the Global Community Networking
Alliance (www.globalcn2001.org).   The Conference is being organised by the
Centre for Community Networking Research (CCNR) , Monash University,
www.ccnr.net.

Members of the Advisory Committee include:

Gary Hardy, Centre for Community Networking Research, · Larry Stillman,
Centre for Community Networking Research; · Craig Anderson, VICLINK
(Victorian Public Libraries' Network);  Tony Hill, Internet Society of
Australia, ISOC-AU;  Patrick Moriarty, OurCommunity.Com.au;  Inez van
Polanen, Womens' Information and Referral Exchange;  Mark Samuel-King,
Knowledge Collaboration;  Claire Shearman, Communities Online (UK), Global
Community Networking; Leone Wheeler, Community Services / Regional
Partnerships, RMIT University;  Ken Young; · Derek Whitehead, Library and
Information Services, Swinburne University


Larry Stillman & Gary Hardy
Centre for Community Networking Research,  Monash University, www.ccnr.net
2002 at ccnr.net
PO Box 197 Caulfield East, Victoria, 3145

Registration, and industry display  inquires to Mediawise
mediawise at vicnet.net.au.
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Larry Stillman
Accessibility and Evaluation Unit VICNET
& Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University
03  9903 1801
www.vicnet.net.au  www.ccnr.net
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