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Dear WSIS participants and research colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">In 2008, the IEEE
International Symposium on Technology and
Society will be held in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fredericton</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">New Brunswick</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
We are calling for papers, abstracts and ideas addressing the ISTAS 08
theme: Citizens,
groups, communities, and information and communication technologies
(ICT). The
submission deadline is December 17, 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">You will find information
on the submission requirements, tracks,
and publication outcomes on the ISTAS 08 website: <a
href="http://www.istas08.ca/">www.istas08.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">You can also watch our
YouTube welcome to ISTAS 08: <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8gf049gio">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8gf049gio</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">ISTAS is an
annual international forum exploring the
social implications of technology. ISTAS 08 will bring together
participants
interested in sharing their research, projects and ideas about:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">*How
citizens, groups and communities are or could be
linked with information and communication technologies (ICT)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">*Designing
and developing ICT with and for citizens,
groups and communities<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">ISTAS 08
will be a multi-disciplinary event for </span></font><font face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">engineers,
computer scientists, researchers in the social sciences, arts and
humanities,
community-based researchers, policy makers and members of technology
user
communities. Papers and discussions will address the social and
technical
aspects of the specific topics. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">ISTAS is the annual
symposium of the IEEE Society on Social
Implications of Technology: <a href="http://www.ieeessit.org/">www.ieeessit.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">The ISTAS 08 host is the
National Research Council Institute
for Information Technology in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fredericton</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">New Brunswick</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>:
<a href="http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/">http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">The call for papers is
attached. Please circulate widely to
your colleagues and research networks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">We look forward to
hearing from you and seeing you in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Fredericton</st1:place></st1:City> in June 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Dr. William McIver Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">National Research Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">ISTAS 08 Organizing
Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p><br>
</o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Dr. Susan O’Donnell<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">National Research Council
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">ISTAS 08 Program
Committee Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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