Culture and democracy revisited in the Global Information Society

A conference entitled "Culture and democracy revisited in the Global Information Society" will be held in Corfu, Greece, from 8 to 10 May 1997. The conference is organized by Working Group 9.2 (Social accountability of computing) of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).

The aim of the conference is for practitioners and researchers to develop a statement about the future of culture and democracy in a Global Information Society. Contributions, such as analysis of policies, ethics, structures and services, are invited on the following themes:

- Global Information Society;
- Cultural challenges;
- Democratic challenges.

The organizers invite papers of 4-5,000 words and, from students only, essays of 2,500 words maximum, which will be judged on perception and vision rather than the full academic rigour expected of a full paper. Submissions of abstracts should be made by 8 September 1996, with full papers by 30 November 1996. In both cases, submissions should be by e-mail and a hard copy sent by post.
Further information may be obtained from:

IFIP WG9.2 Working Conference Secretariat
Greek Computer Society
Mavromihali 16
GR-10680 Athens
Tel. +30-1-3645274; Fax +30-1-3645154
E-mail: corfu@ru.aegean.gr

Submissions should be sent to:

Prof. Jacques Berleur
Chairman of the IFIP WG9.2 Programme Committee
Institut d'Informatique
University of Namur
Rue Grandgagnage 21
B-5000 Namur
Tel. +32-81-724976/724964; Fax +32-81-724967
E-mail: jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be