Blogtalk

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Greetings all friends and colleagues in SE Asia!
 I hope you are well

please find below a gig that some good people I know are organising
consider submitting and redestributing
cheers


Paola Di Maio
Systems Engineer
DMEM, University of Strathclyde UK



John.b...@nuigalway.ie> wrote:

Hello from BlogTalk 2009, the 6th International Conference on Social Software.  BlogTalk Asia will be held in Jeju, Korea from 15-16 September.

 

We hope that you can submit a proposal to speak at BlogTalk: the deadline is the 31st July 2009.  A one-page abstract (less than 600 words) is required.  http://2009.blogtalk.net/callforproposals

 

Why attend?

 

BlogTalk provides a unique interdisciplinary opportunity for academics, developers and practitioners to come together and discuss social software projects, ideas, research prototypes or success stories.

 

What is the structure?

 

As with previous events, we will have a mixture of peer-reviewed presentations, keynote speakers, discussion panels and special sessions (including one on the Korean Social Web).  Previous events in the series have featured prominent speakers such as David Weinberger, Mena and Ben Trott, Matt Mullenweg, Suw Charman, Danah Boyd, Salim Ismail and Nova Spivack.

 

Why Jeju?

 

Jeju's temperate climate, natural scenery, and beaches make it a popular tourist destination for both South Koreans and many visitors from Japan, China, northern and southern Asia. The Cheonjeyeon and Cheonjiyeon waterfalls, Mountain Halla, Hyeobje Cave, Hyeongje Island are popular places for tourists. Jeju Island was a finalist in the new 'Seven Wonders of Nature', and contains a Natural World Heritage Site (Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes). In the conference venue (Jungmum Resort Complex) and associated hotels, there are also many bars, casinos, pools, etc.

 

Jeju is easily accessible from many parts of Asia, with flights to Tokyo, Beijing, Osaka and Hong Kong.  You can also fly to Seoul and from there take a one hour flight to Jeju.  http://2009.blogtalk.net/travelling

 

We will have special hotel rates in top-class hotels at the conference venue.  http://2009.blogtalk.net/accommodation

 

Also, BlogTalk will be held just before the Lift Asia event on the 17th and 18th, so you have double the reason to attend!  There is a special joint registration rate for both events.

 

What people have said about BlogTalk

 

"Discussed what blogs are useful for and why they are changing..."

"Good to see what academics and those in business have in common..."

"Detailed and informative!"

"Inspiring!"

"Highly relevant. Small. Great mix of people from different backgrounds."

"Well-organised and a great selection of speakers and topics. A useful and productive time."

 

Programme Committeee

 

Gabriela Avram, University of Limerick
Anne Bartlett-Bragg, Headshift
Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems Inc.
Stephanie Booth, Climb to the Stars
Rob Cawte, Web 2.0 Japan
Josephine Griffith, National University of Ireland, Galway
Steve Han, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Conor Hayes, Digital Enterprise Research Institute
Jin-Ho Hur, NeoWiz
Ajit Jaokar, FutureText Publishing
Alexandre Passant, Digital Enterprise Research Institute
Robert Sanzalone, pacificIT
Jan Schmidt, Hans Bredow Institute
Hideaki Takeda, National Institute of Informatics

 

Contact us

 

blogta...@gmail.com

@blogtalk on Twitter

 

Thanks!

 

John Breslin, Thomas Burg, Honggee Kim

Channy Yun, Haklae Kim

 

 

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Paola Di Maio
Systems and Knowledge Engineer
DMEM UoS
(Design, Manufacture, Engineering, Management)
Room 106, 75 Montrose Street
Glasgow G1 1XJ U

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Paola Di Maio,
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