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WikiSym
2012 - 8th International Symposium on Wikis and Open
Collaboration - August 27-29, 2012 - Linz, Austria
Early
Registration Deadline
is August 6, 2012
The
International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
(WikiSym) is the premier conference on open collaboration and
related technologies. In 2012, WikiSym celebrates its 8th year
of scholarly, technical and community innovation in Linz,
Austria at the Ars Electronica Center.We are excited this year
to be collocated with Ars Electronica, the premier digital art
and science meeting that attracts over 35,000 attendees per
year. Details on attending Ars Electronic can be found here: http://www.aec.at/thebigpicture/en/tickets/
We
are also excited to announce that Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy
Wales will
be keynoting WikiSym this year and user-generated content
researcher Brent
Hecht will
be the closing plenary speaker.
More
details about attending can be found at: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2012/bin/view/Main/Attending or
by following the @WikiSym twitter
account.
Wikisym
is a leading conference in understanding how individuals,
groups, organizations and society can use information and
communication technology to enable novel and meaningful
collaboration and collective action. Researchers and
practitioners from all over the world have gathered together in
these meetings to discuss and display their insights into this
important area of inquiry.
The
conference program will include a peer-reviewed research track,
experience reports, workshops, posters, demos, a doctoral
consortium, invited keynotes and panel speakers. As always, the
participant-organized Open Space track will run throughout the
conference. Evening social events will follow, because wiki
folks know the value of a good party for sparking conversation
and collaboration. Finally, WikiSym co-occurs with Ars
Electronica, and we are arranging experiences where conference
attendees can enjoy this innovative and unusual event.
Please
see the program at: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2012/bin/view/Main/Program
Topics
include all aspects of the people, tools, contexts, and content
that comprise open collaboration systems. For example:
- Collaboration tools and processes
- Social and cultural aspects of
collaboration
- Collaboration beyond text: images,
video, sound, etc.
- Communities and workgroups
- Knowledge and information
production
-
New media literacies
- Open source software development
and use
- Education and Open Educational
Resources
- E-government, open government, and
public policy
- Law/Intellectual Property
(including Creative Commons)
- Journalism (including participatory
journalism)
- Art and Entertainment (including
collaborative and audience-involved art)
- Science (including collaboratories)
- Publishing (including open access
and open review models)
- Business (including open and
collaborative management styles)
We
would like to thank our sponsors: The
Wikimedia Foundation, Google,
the U.S. National
Science Foundation and
the University
of Michigan:
More
information and networking:
http://www.wikisym.org/ws2012/
http://www.facebook.com/events/342677469143317/
http://twitter.com/wikisym
http://www.wikimatrix.org/calendar/e154/2012/8th_international_symposium_wikis_and_open_collaboration
We look forward
to seeing you there!
Brian Keegan
Publicity Chair