ENVIRONMENTAL ONLINE COMMUNICATION Final CFP >> Only Six Weeks Left

Minitrack at the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38; Internet and the Digital Economy Track); January 3-6, 2005, Big Island of Hawaii.

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HICSS has activated the electronic paper submission system. Templates and formatting instructions are available at:

www.hicss.org/Hicss38/author_instructions.htm

The Internet and wireless communication networks are transforming how society handles the explosive growth yet dwindling half-life of environmental information. Addressing the transition to knowledge-based economies, the interdisciplinary minitrack on environmental online communication investigates the role of information technology in advocating sustainability and ecosystem protection.

The minitrack focuses on the design, implementation, management, funding, promotion, use and evaluation of environmental information systems. It explores the role of such systems in building communities, maintaining organizations, engaging groups in decision-making, and supporting education and advocacy campaigns. Theoretical work on the methodological, technological and organizational foundations of environmental online communication will complement case studies of planned and successfully deployed systems.

Selected papers will be fast-tracked to the third volume of the "Environmental Communication Yearbook", edited by A/Prof Stephen P. Depoe (www.erlbaum.com/senecah.htm).

IMPORTANT DATES

15 Jun 2004: Paper Submission 15 Aug 2004: Notification of Acceptance and Reviewer Comments 01 Oct 2004: Camera-ready Copy of Revised Papers Due 03 Jan 2005: HICSS-38 Conference 01 Nov 2006: Environmental Communication Yearbook, Volume III

CO-CHAIRS

Prof Arno Scharl (arno.scharl@uwa.edu.au) University of Western Australia, Business School 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley WA 6009, Australia

A/Prof Susan Senecah (ssenecah@mailbox.syr.edu) State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry 1 Forestry Dr, Syracuse NY 13210, USA