Dear colleagues,
This year the International Society for Information Studies IS4SI is organizing the summit under the motto: DIGITALISATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY. Embodied, Embedded, Networked, Empowered through Information, Computation & Cognition! The event will take place in Gothenburg, 12-16 June. We will explore both foundations of information and its connections to other theoretical and applied fields in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary setting, including four conferences: Foundations of Information Science, Philosophy of Information, The Difference that makes a Difference and International Forum on Ecology of Information Studies Apart from conferences, there will be number of symposia (Doctoral symposium, Theoretical information studies, Morphological computing and cognitive agency, Cognitive distributed computing, etc. ) workshops (Distributed responsibility in time of big data, Transhumanism, Digital netizens, Habits and rituals, etc.), tutorials and variety of panels addressing topics ranging from the future of work to good information society and machine consciousness. Our keynote speakers include Terrence Deacon, Bo Dahlbom, Jack Copeland, Catherine Mulligan, Yixin Zhong, Schahram Dustdar, Mark Burgin, Olle Häggström and Sarah Spiekermann. For more details, please have a look at the summit web page: http://is4si-2017.org Many members of FIS community are already involved in the organisation of Gothenburg summit. We hope you will join us and contribute with your work, meeting colleagues from this community and others. Submission deadline for extended abstracts: 1 March. Sweden is fantastic, and Gothenburg represents the best of Sweden, especially in summer. Looking forward to meeting you in Gothenburg! Gordana for IS4SI organisation _________________________________________________________ Gordana Dodig Crnkovic, Professor of Computer Science Vice Dean of Graduate Education Department of Applied IT Chalmers University of Technology & University of Gothenburg, Sweden http://www.ait.gu.se/kontaktaoss/personal/gordana-dodig-crnkovic/ School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/~gdc/ President of the International Society for Information Studies http://is4si-2017.org/
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