---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Group 2001 Conference in Boulder, Colorado Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:11:25 -0600 From: ZIGURS ILZE Zigurs@COLORADO.EDU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

Dear ISWorld colleagues,

Please join us in sunny Colorado this fall for the Group 2001 conference. The conference pre-registration deadline is September 1. An overview is provided below and details are on the websites shown.

****************************************************************** GROUP 2001: International Conference on Supporting Group Work September 30 - October 3, 2001, Boulder, Colorado, USA

http://www.acm.org/siggroup/conferences/group01

Early Registration Deadline: September 1, 2001

Sponsor: ACM SIGGROUP

GROUP 2001 is a forum for researchers and practitioners who are interested in computer-based systems that support groups, organizations and other social networks. Relevant issues include the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of the effects of these systems.

The expanding functionality of group support systems creates new use opportunities. However, the integration of technology with social practices can be challenging. Additionally, the growing influence of the Internet, mobile and ubiquitous computing, agent systems, and virtual reality also influence group/organizational structures and processes. These technologies are exciting, but their technological and social integration raises many questions for a challenging new research agenda.

GROUP 2001 integrates two themes of research: modeling and implementation issues, and the organizational and behavioral considerations for supporting group work. We invite participation from researchers and practitioners interested in these issues.

The conference will take place in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, at the base of the Rocky Mountains. In addition to an exciting program of workshops, panels, and over thirty papers, plenary speakers include Stan Deetz, author of Democracy in an Age of Corporate Colonization: Developments in Communication and the Politics of Everyday Life.

Conference Chair: Clarence (Skip) Ellis, University of Colorado, Boulder Program Co-Chairs: Tom Rodden, Lancaster University, and Ilze Zigurs, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Questions: Shana.Lourie@colorado.edu ----------------------------------------------------------- The detailed conference program is at http://www.acm.org/siggroup/conferences/group01/program.html

Highlights of the program:

SUNDAY, SEPT 30 - Pre-conference workshops: Collaborative Editing; A Computer Game Virtual Environment for Collaboration

MONDAY, OCT 1 - Opening keynote, Prof. Stanley Deetz, organizational communications scholar - Paper sessions on Mobile Collaboration, Collaborative Learning, Workflow Systems, and Virtual Environments - Panel Session, "Captain Bly and Mister Christian: Collaboration on the High Seas of Commerce" - Conference Reception - SIGGROUP Members Meeting

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 - Paper Sessions on Coordination Challenges, Use and Effectiveness, Architecture and Development, Tools and Infrastructure, and Collaborative Workspaces - Conference Banquet

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 - Paper Sessions on Groupware and Group Characteristics, Work Communities, Tools for Different Tasks, Dimensions of Ubiquity - Closing Plenary

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