CFP DIAC-2008

Call for

   Exploratory Papers,
   Technology Demonstration Proposals
   Workshop Proposals

Tools for Participation:
Collaboration, Deliberation, and Decision Support

DIAC-2008 / Online Deliberation 2008
University of California, Berkeley
June 26 - 29, 2008
http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/

Thanks to everybody who submitted research
papers to DIAC-2008 / 
Online Deliberation 2008.
We encourage people to contribute other 
types of submissions.
A good mix of themes and presentation modes 
should help ensure a lively and productive conference.


Exploratory Papers (due March 20, 2008)

Exploratory Papers (3-4 pages)
can contain novel concepts, works-in-
progress, reflections, manifestos
or other ideas and issues that 
aren't currently suitable
for a research paper.


Technology Demonstration Proposals
(due March 15, 2008)

Technology Demonstration Proposals (3-4 pages)
should contain a 
description of what you plan
to show and why it’s important.
Be sure to note relevant work
in the field. Please also describe all technical
and other requirements for demonstrating at the conference.

Workshop Proposals (due March 15, 2008)

Workshop Proposals (2-4 pages)
should contain motivation, objectives, 
expected outcomes, intended audience,
and process, including a 
detailed description of
how people will be engaged
during the workshop.


All submissions must be made via
the conference submission system on 
the DIAC-08 web site. Submissions
should be written in English and 
authors whose first language is
not English are encouraged to have 
their submissions reviewed for
language prior to submission. 
Submissions should be formatted
for "US Letter" size using 11 point 
Times-Roman font.

As a reminder, our areas of focus
include but are not limited to: 
deliberative and collaborative systems,
e-democracy and e- participation,
mobilization and organization, negotiation, 
consultation, sustainability,
community support systems, open source 
models, human rights, ecological awareness,
conflict resolution, 
justice, transparency systems,
media and civic journalism, media 
literacy, power research,
citizen science, economic development and 
opportunity, peace and reconciliation,
infrastructure development, 
policy, education, community networks,
research and development for 
civil society, social software,
virtual communities and civic 
intelligence.

We are especially interested
in technology development that is already

being tested or fielded.
We are also interested
in theoretical and 
other intellectual work that
helps build understanding and support for

future efforts. In addition to
exploring social technology, we must at

the same time understand and advance
the social context of technology,

including its design, access, use,
policy and evaluation, as well as 
intellectual frameworks and
perspectives that inform technological as 
well as social innovation including
requirements, case studies, 
critique and self-reflection,
and infrastructures for future work.

DIAC-08 combines CPSR's 11th DIAC symposium
with the third Conference 
on Online Deliberation. The joint conference
is intended to provide a 
platform and a forum for highlighting
socio-technological 
opportunities, challenges, and
pitfalls in the area of community and 
civic action. Technology enhanced community action
ranges from  informal communities of practice
to democratic governance of formal 
organizations to large social movements.

The DIAC symposia have resulted in six book
publications (in addition  to the proceedings).
Although we don't have specific plans at this 
time, we are hoping to publish our seventh
book based on this event.

Thanks!  We hope you’ll join us in Berkeley this June.

Doug Schuler
douglas@publicsphereproject.org
http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/
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Tom Erickson
http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/