Welcome to CAIS/ACSI's 40th conference
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Siobhan Stevenson
May 30, 2012, 10:55:14 AM5/30/12
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Welcome all
CAIS/ACSI's 40th annual conference is upon us. In keeping with the theme of this year's Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences' Crossroads: Scholarship for an Uncertain World, our conference co-chairs created a complementary title for our event: Information in a Local and Global Context. The emphasis on the global is auspicious given the increasing number of conference participants traveling to CAIS/ASCI from as far away as Australia, Singapore, Brazil, and Nigeria. We also have international guests from France, Denmark, the U.K. and the U.S.
This year, the CAIS/ACSI conference has expanded its venues for knowledge sharing and discovery through the introduction of 5 research round tables, 2 panels, and a poster session. There are also a number of social events planned.
We will have many opportunities over the three days to thank our conference co-chairs: Anabel Quan-Haas, Victoria Rubin, and Debbie Chaves, but I would like to start now with an expression of my gratitude for all they have done. They have worked tirelessly and they have raised the bar for future conferences with respect to all aspects of conference planning from the call for abstracts through to the selection and organization of sessions and even ensuring that we all have plenty of nourishment along the way. Thank you Anabel, Victoria and Debbie.
Two issues for your consideration:
(1) The Annual General Meeting is scheduled from 12 to 1:15 on Saturday June 2 and all are welcome (lunch provided!). I am attaching the agenda for the meeting. Please let me know if there are any items you would like to see added to the agenda.
(2) Nominations for the position of President, Vice-President, and Director of Communications are open. To-date, we have had nominations for the position of President (Anabel Quan-Haas), and Vice-President (Diane Rasmussen Neal). No name have been put forward for the position of Director of Communications.
If you know of anyone who would like to run for any of these positions, or you, yourself, have an interest, please let me know before the AGM.
Safe travels
Siobhan
CAIS/ACSI's 40th annual conference is upon us. In keeping with the theme of this year's Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences' Crossroads: Scholarship for an Uncertain World, our conference co-chairs created a complementary title for our event: Information in a Local and Global Context. The emphasis on the global is auspicious given the increasing number of conference participants traveling to CAIS/ASCI from as far away as Australia, Singapore, Brazil, and Nigeria. We also have international guests from France, Denmark, the U.K. and the U.S.
This year, the CAIS/ACSI conference has expanded its venues for knowledge sharing and discovery through the introduction of 5 research round tables, 2 panels, and a poster session. There are also a number of social events planned.
We will have many opportunities over the three days to thank our conference co-chairs: Anabel Quan-Haas, Victoria Rubin, and Debbie Chaves, but I would like to start now with an expression of my gratitude for all they have done. They have worked tirelessly and they have raised the bar for future conferences with respect to all aspects of conference planning from the call for abstracts through to the selection and organization of sessions and even ensuring that we all have plenty of nourishment along the way. Thank you Anabel, Victoria and Debbie.
Two issues for your consideration:
(1) The Annual General Meeting is scheduled from 12 to 1:15 on Saturday June 2 and all are welcome (lunch provided!). I am attaching the agenda for the meeting. Please let me know if there are any items you would like to see added to the agenda.
(2) Nominations for the position of President, Vice-President, and Director of Communications are open. To-date, we have had nominations for the position of President (Anabel Quan-Haas), and Vice-President (Diane Rasmussen Neal). No name have been put forward for the position of Director of Communications.
If you know of anyone who would like to run for any of these positions, or you, yourself, have an interest, please let me know before the AGM.
Safe travels
Siobhan
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