[Ict4women] 5th European Symposium on Gender & ICT

[Sophia Huyer]

*Registration Now Open*

5th European Symposium on Gender & ICT
"Digital Cultures: Participation -- Empowerment -- Diversity"

*Early Bird Registration ends Januar 5, 2009*

Registration is now open for the 5th European Symposium on Gender & ICT:
March 5 - 7 2009, University of Bremen, Germany. To register for the  
conference please consult: http://www.conftool.com/gict2009

Preliminary program
The preliminary program has been posted. The conference includes 13  
paper sessions in 3 parallel streams, a poster session, a research  
exhibit, and a pre-conference workshop. For more information please
consult: http://gict2009.de

Keynotes
Lucy Suchman: Lancaster University, UK, and MIT, Boston, US Tanja  
Paulitz: University of Graz, Austria Chat Garcia Ramilo: APC, Manila,  
Philippines

Pre-conference workshop
IT Expertise in Industry - Building a Better Model Integrating Women's  
Potentials Claudia Morrell: Executive Director Maryland Women in  
Technology, Baltimore, MD, USA

About the European Symposium on Gender & ICT Information Society with  
its variety of new information and communication media offers many new  
options to participate in today's social, cultural, political and  
economic activities. However, chances are still distributed unequally,  
e.g. by class, ethnicity, age -- and by gender. Access to and the  
ability to use information and communication technology (ICT) are  
necessary prerequisites for participation. On top of this, involvement  
in ICT design is a highly prestigious activity.

On the 5th European Gender and ICT Symposium we will take a closer  
look at the complex interdependence between gender and ICT. We will  
explore ways to increase appreciation of diversity in design and use  
and to strengthen empowerment and participation by means of ICT. This  
Conference, the fifth in a row of symposia held in Europe since 2003,  
traditionally provides a meeting point for researchers from various  
disciplines and research schools dealing with gender and ICT.

Contact
gict at informatik.uni-bremen.de - http://gict2009.de

Program chairs
Prof. Dr. Susanne Maass, Prof. Dr. Heidi Schelhowe

Conference organisation
Maike Hecht, Carola Schirmer, Bettina Rabe, Marlott Hederich, Susanne  
Maass, Heidi Schelhowe

University of Bremen
Department of Computer Science
Postbox 330 440
28334 Bremen, Germany
Phone (49) 421 -- 218 64390