CIRN 2009: Empowering communities: learning from community informatics practice. 4-6 November 2009 Monash University Prato Centre, Italy

Conference Program now available

The (draft) conference program, subject to updates is now available. Registered delegates can also download conference papers. For more information, including resistration, go to the conference site.

Registration includes the registration fee and all teas, coffees and lunches during the conference. The catering is excellent. The banquet is an additional charge but well worth the money! Please register via the conference registration link.

Student prices have been substantially discounted and the price for regular delegates raised slightly to provide assistance to them and other delegates.

We cannot charge directly in Euros this year. For currency conversion, please see xe.com.

LATE ABSTRACTS

If you are late, please send in an abstract as soon as possible. Depending on the total number of abstracts, we may be able to add an extra stream to the conference.

MAJOR THEME

The idea of 'empowerment' has a number of special connotations in the Community Informatics space. Community Informatics is an approach to empowering communities with information and communication technologies. There is a widespread expectation that Community Informatics will enhance democracy, develop social capital, build communities, develop economies and empower individuals and groups, and result in many different forms of social change. Community Informatics, in bringing together communities and technologies, works across at least three dimensions, though there may be others which are relevant

For more information, see the conference website.

This conference is also being run in conjunction with the IDIA2009 Conference 28-30 October 2009 Kruger National Park, South Africa, Digitally Empowering Communities:
Learning from Development Informatics Practice
www.developmentinformatics.org/conferences/2009/3rd.html