InfoD: Two InfoDesign Conferences

       * InfoDesign Conferences *


         In this message:
         1) Preparing for the Future of Knowledge Presentation
            May 30-31, 2003. Chicago, USA.
         2) Information Design International Conference
            September 8-11, 2003. Recife, Brazil.

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1)  Preparing for the Future of Knowledge Presentation
     May 30-31, 2003. Chicago, USA.
     International Institute for Information Design

** Conference themes
This event is structured with two keynote addresses and
sequential presentations with moderated discussions covering the
following 5 themes:
- Communication & Conceptualization - how people understand
- Making Information Flow - matching information to human
   activities
- Identifying User Needs - putting knowledge in context
- New Media, New Contexts, New Knowledge - preparing for the
   future of knowledge presentation
- Building Collaboration - the Expert Group for Knowledge
   Presentation

We are inviting participants from multiple disciplines including,
but not limited to information science, knowledge management,
education, psychology, social science, finance, artificial
intelligence, and other information specializations.

** Venue
Institute of Design, IIT
350 North La Salle Street
Chicago, IL 60610, USA

** Contact
- Peter Storkerson <[email protected]>
- Elka Kazmierczak <[email protected]>
You can download a conference announcement (pdf-file: 335 KB)
from: http://home.tiac.net/~pstork/Publications/Symposium.pdf

** Twinned symposium
The Knowledge presentation symposium follows a symposium on:
"Growing a Community of Design Practice based on design
research, methods, user studies and collaboration" held at
the same venue on Wednesday May 28th and Thursday May 29th.
This meeting will focus on identifying and developing a
community of design practice. The concern of this symposium
is design education and practice as it relates to four themes:
research, methods, user studies and collaboration.
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2)  Information Design International Conference
     September 8-11, 2003. Recife, Brazil


WEBSITE: http://www.ufpe.br/sbdi/conference.htm

The Information Design International Conference is a forum
for addressing and discussing issues relevant to the paths
and effective use of information design for communication
within a research perspective.

** Conference themes:
- Education
- History and theory
- Technology and society
- Information systems and communication

** Call for papers
You may submit your article for presentation as poster or
as paper, which can be presented in a virtual session or
in an actual session.

** Deadline for paper submission
Proposals should be submitted electronically to:
[email protected] by March 2003.

** Details
Contact: [email protected]
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