ISTAS 08 will be held July 26-28 2008 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

ISTAS is the annual symposium of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.

The themes for ISTAS 08 are: Citizens, Groups, Communities and Information and Communication Technologies.

The scope of ISTAS 08 will include research on:

     * How citizens, groups and communities are or could be linked with information and communication technologies (ICT);

    * Designing and developing ICT with and for citizens, groups and communities.

 ISTAS 08 will be a multi-disciplinary event for researchers in engineering, computer science, social sciences, arts and humanities; as well as community-based researchers, policy makers and technology user communities. Papers and discussions will address both the social and technical aspects of the specific topics.

 
Web site: http://istas08.ca

Contact: Bill.McIver@nrc.ca