[OGDev] [bernstein at eastgate.com: About WikiSym '08]

[Dominic Hargreaves]

I'm not able to attend, but if anyone else is interested in doing so,
please do!

Dominic.

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Subject: About WikiSym '08
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:06:25 -0400
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I'm the Program Chair for WikiSym '08, the Fourth International ACM  
Symposium on Wikis.

	WikiSym '08
	September 8-10
	Porto, Portugal
	http://www.wikisym.org/ws2008/


I'd very much like you to consider writing a paper, a short paper, or  
proposing a panel discussion for this year's WikiSym.  There's still  
plenty of time before the May 3 deadline!  And don't overlook the  
opportunity for demos —  a superb way to introduce new ideas and new  
techniques to the best wiki minds and the most active wiki  
developers.  Posters and demos can be submitted as late as June 11th.   
Submissions will be carefully reviewed — I'm very proud of this year's  
distinguished program committee -- and I'm looking forward to an  
exceptionally strong and exciting program.

	http://www.wikisym.org/index.php?p=19    call for papers

Porto is a delightful place, ideal for a working conference like  
WikiSym: modern, comfortable, interesting, and refreshing.  It has  
excellent connections with a range of discount air carriers, and it's  
a short and easy flight from the East coast of the US and Canada.   
We're even planning to take this year's OpenSpace program out into the  
city as a WikiWalk, in addition to the exciting new WikiFest event for  
starting and cultivating new wikis.

I am especially interested in strengthening ties between wiki  
scholarship and practice, and between theoretical work in WIki culture  
and business Wiki work. I do hope you and your colleagues will  
consider submitting to the program, and I'd be happy to answer any  
questions that might arise, or to lend and advice I can.

Finally, if your organization would benefit from building a stronger  
and more active wiki community, helping to sponsor scholarly  
conferences like ACM WikiSym can give you exceptional leverage.  Even  
prestigious and selective conferences like WikiSym — sponsored by ACM,  
in cooperation with SIGWeb — are run on a shoestring, and sponsorships  
of only a few hundred dollars or euros can make a very real  
difference, and evoke very real gratitude from the community.  Again,  
feel free to let me know if you'd like to explore this.

Thanks again!

	Mark Bernstein
	program chair, WikiSym '08


Mark Bernstein           bernstein at eastgate,com    (617) 924-9044
Eastgate Systems, Inc.   http://www.eastgate.com   (800) 562-1638
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