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ICPPIT03 Issues Call for Papers
International Conference on Public Participation and Information Technologies to meet in Cambridge in November
International Conference on Public Participation and Information Technologies 2003 (ICPPIT03)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
November 10-12, 2003
CALL FOR PAPERS
1. Objectives
The International Conference on Public Participation and Information Technologies 2003 (ICPPIT03) aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners interested in the use of information technologies to support public participation, as well as researchers in fields related to participatory democracy models and information technology developments targeting public participation.
ICPPIT03 builds on the success of ICPPIT99 held in Lisbon, Portugal, October 1999 (http://www.citidep.pt/icppit99/). Since then, the combination of topics addressed by this Conference has gained even more relevance. While technology has made impressive progress and is playing an increasing role in governance, it has not necessarily brought equivalent progress in the area of public participation. Today, scientists and practitioners in this field face even greater challenges, posed by old and new problems, in a more complex and not less troubled World. We think ICPPIT03, with its updated agenda, can contribute to our understanding of these challenges and ultimately to foster better governance.
Given the interdisciplinary nature of its theme, ICPPIT03 is deliberately conceived as a meeting ground for people with very different backgrounds, from social sciences and humanities to planning and engineering. Papers on both theoretical and practical aspects of the Conference theme are welcome. All accepted papers will be published in a specially edited volume with the Conference proceedings.
2. Suggested Topics
Under the general theme of Public Participation and Information Technologies (PP-IT), papers on following topics are especially relevant:
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PP-IT and Globalization (e.g., PP-IT in security vs. freedoms/human rights trade-off; emigration, mobility and development policies; global climate and environmental change; IT development strategies in a global market with near-monopoly dominance in key ITCs, public interest and public role in alternative IT development/business models, open source movement);
- PP-IT in e-Government (e.g., PP-IT in citizen governance, government service automation strategies, privacy and freedom of choice, new democratic models and expressions, e-democracy, role of NGOs, use of IT by grassroots);
- PP-IT in e-Planning (PP-IT in urban and neighborhood planning, natural resource management, environmental impact assessment and monitoring, stakeholder-based processes, at regional and local levels);
- Public access to information, its production and broadcast (e.g., citizen as consumer and as producer; technologies of knowledge and access, human-computer interfacing; metadata and public standards; rights and costs);
- PP-IT in Teaching, Education and the Arts (e.g., PP-IT in distance learning, informal education, new tools and methodologies, participatory science, participatory learning of citizenship; PP-IT in social sciences and humanities).
3. Important Deadlines
- Submission of abstracts: 15 July to 15 September 2003
- Notification of authors: 30 July to 30 September 2003
(early submissions will be rewarded with early notification)
- Early registration: 15 October 2003
- Submission of full papers: 5 November 2003
- Late registration: until conference date
4. Submission of Papers
Abstracts and papers must be in English and should be submitted on-line.
Abstract submission should use the web form at:
http://www.citidep.net/icppit03/abstract.html or
http://www.citidep.net/icppit03/abstract.html
or sent by email, including the same information requested in the web form, both to:
citidep@earthlink.net and pfa@mit.edu
Abstracts should have between 150-200 words;
Full papers should have 4 to 12 pages. Short papers will have a smaller presentation slot assigned. Detailed format for papers is posted on the web and will be forwarded upon acceptance of abstracts.
5. Organizing Institutions
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MIT - DUSP (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning), USA
http://dusp.mit.edu/
With the largest Planning faculty in the United States, the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning has been at the forefront of the research concerning the use of technology by planners and the impacts of technology on planning. Examples include DUSP research on GIS web services, neighborhood information systems, and collaborative planning tools, and the use of these technologies to study urban spatial structure, community development, social capital formation, digital divide issues, environmental policies and urban design methods.
- CITIDEP (Research Center on Information Technologies and
Participatory Democracy), Portugal
http://www.citidep.net/ ; http://www.citidep.pt/
CITIDEP is a private, non-profit, international research institution with a multi-disciplinary network of 90 associates in 10 countries. Its headquarters are in Portugal. CITIDEP's primary objective is to study participatory democracy, in particular through the research, development and demonstration of new information technologies, of its impacts, and of ethical, social, political and planning frameworks that enable participatory mechanisms in the information society.
The regular edition of this International Conference on Public Participation and Information Technology is assigned to the "ICPPIT" Task Force, founded by CITIDEP in 1998 in cooperation with several research institutions. The last edition took place in 1999, co-organized by CITIDEP and the New University of Lisbon - Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. You can order on-line its Proceedings (600 pg. Book with multimedia CD-ROM) at:
http://www.citidep.pt/icppit99/order.html
6. Conference Committees
Co-chairs:
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu, MIT-DUSP, CITIDEP, USA
Joseph Ferreira Jr., MIT-DUSP, USA
Jo‹o Joanaz de Melo, UNL-FCT-DCEA, CITIDEP, Portugal
Science Committee:
Bernard Marchand, IFU (Honoraire), U. Paris, France
Ceasar McDowell, MIT, USA
Chantal Benoit-Barné, U. Montreal, Canada
Cristina Girardo, Colegio Mexiquense, Mexico
Diane Davis, MIT, USA
Gary Marx, MIT (Emeritus), USA
Jo‹o Joanaz de Melo, UNL-FCT-DCEA, Portugal
José Portela, ESE-IPVC, Portugal
Joseph Ferreira Jr., MIT-DUSP, USA
Lia Vasconcelos, UNL, Portugal
Lucie Laurian, U. Arizona,USA
Luis Rionda, U. Guanajuato, Mexico
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu, MIT-DUSP, USA
Prudencio Mochi, UNAM, Mexico
Ralph Gakenheimer, MIT, USA
Rui Ponte, AER, USA
Timothy Sieber, U. Massachusetts, USA
Timothy Wutrich, CITIDEP, France
Organization Committee:
Ambrizeth Lima, Harvard, CITIDEP, USA
Ceasar McDowell, MIT-DUSP, USA
Diane Davis, MIT-DUSP, USA
Jo‹o Joanaz de Melo, UNL-FCT-DCEA, CITIDEP, Portugal
Joseph Ferreira Jr., MIT-DUSP, USA
Marie McHugh, CITIDEP, USA
Melvin King, MIT-DUSP, USA
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu, MIT-DUSP, CITIDEP, USA
Ralph Gakenheimer, MIT, USA
Rui Ponte, AER, CITIDEP, USA
Timothy Wutrich, CITIDEP, France
Valerie Aillaud, IFU - U. de Paris, CITIDEP, France
AER - Atmospheric&Environmental Research, Inc
DUSP - Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning
DCEA - Dept. Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
ESE - Escola Superior de Educação
FCT - Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia
IFU - Institut Francais d'Urbanisme
IPVC - Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UNAM - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México
UNL - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
7. Location and Program
The Conference will take place on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA
Session dates: 10, 11 and 12 (morning) November 2003
(Monday, Tuesday, full days, and Wednesday morning)
Conference social program will include at least a dinner (11 November) and a guided tour to MIT campus.
More information and program details and updates (keynote speakers, etc.) will be posted at:
http://web.mit.edu/uis/icppit03/
http://www.citidep.net/icppit03/
Please direct any questions regarding the Conference Program to
citidep@earthlink.net and pfa@mit.edu
8. Registration fees
Early registration (before 15 October 2003):
Professional*: 80 USD / 80 Euros
Student*: 40 USD / 40 Euros
MIT / CITIDEP affiliate: free access to sessions / optional 10 USD for documentation, 30 USD for social program
Partner **: 30 USD / 30 Euros
Late registration (after 15 October 2003):
Professional*: 110 USD
Student*: 50 USD
MIT / CITIDEP affiliate: free access to sessions, depending on seat availability / optional 15 USD for documentation, 35 USD for social program
Partner **: 35 USD
* Professional and student fees include conference access, documentation and social program
** Partners have access only to the social program
Registration forms should be sent on-line, from either:
http://web.mit.edu/uis/icppit03/
http://www.citidep.net/icppit03/
9. Mode of payment
Before 30 August 2003:
Payment can be made by bank check in either US DOLLAR or EURO, payable to CITIDEP, addressed to:
CITIDEP
R. Tristão Vaz, 10 - 5 E
1400 Lisboa, Portugal
After 30 August 2003:
Payment can be made by bank check in US DOLLAR, sent to ICPPIT03 secretariat at MIT. Alternative on-line forms of payment, including credit cards, is under consideration.
Further details will soon be posted at ICPPIT03 web sites:
http://web.mit.edu/uis/icppit03/
http://www.citidep.net/icppit03/
10. Lodging and travel (to be updated)
Lodging and travel information will be handled for the Conference by the ICPPIT Secretariat / MIT Conference Services. Further details will soon be posted at ICPPIT03 web sites.
11. Secretariat
ICPPIT03 Secretariat
C/o. Sue Delaney
MIT Room 9-530
77 Mass Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
USA
Phone: (617) 253 0779
Fax: (617) 253 3625
email: please send both to sld@mit.edu and citidep@earthlink.net
web: http://web.mit.edu/uis/icppit03/ * http://www.citidep.net/icppit03/
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