CALL FOR PAPERS - The Future of the Social Web (FoSW'11)
http://grupoweb.upf.edu/fosw2011/cfp.html

In conjunction with the Intl. Conf. on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM 2011)
July 21, 2011 -- Barcelona; Catalunya (Spain)

TOPICS

The aim of this workshop is to encourage discussion and sharing of ideas and
highly innovative research results that focus on the future of the social
web.
We aim to promote interdisciplinary research and exchange of ideas in this
area, between industry and academia, in different fields (e.g., computer
science, mathematics, physics, psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology,
etc.).

In particular, we would like to discuss what the future of the web might be
in light of the recent wave of social media technologies and
services: there is little doubt that the web is being fundamentally
transformed by social media, both in terms of how content is created and
shared, and also in terms of how business and society are embracing social
media.

We solicit the following types of submissions:

• Highly-innovative research contributions describing innovative
  results;
  e.g. new perspectives on social media mining, novel interaction
  paradigms,
  empirical studies showing emerging trends, metrics, etc.

• Position papers discussing the future of the social web; e.g. future
  developments that might be extrapolated from current evidence;
  scenarios
  potentially having a strong positive or negative impact on users and
  society at
  large; impact of new social media mechanisms on the future of search,
  e-mail,
  and other "traditional" services; future research directions and
  areas of
  opportunity for innovation.

Contributions are limited to 10 pages in ACM-SIG format, and should be
submited through EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fosw2011.

IMPORTANT DATES

• March 22, 2011:Workshop Paper Submission
• April 8, 2011:Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification
• July 21, 2011:ICWSM-11 Workshops Day

ORGANIZERS

• Ricardo Baeza-Yates - Yahoo! Research Barcelona
• Carlos Castillo - Yahoo! Research Barcelona
• Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon - University of Oxford (UK)
• Alejandro (Alex) Jaimes - Yahoo! Research Barcelona

Grant Blank, Ph.D.
Oxford Internet Institute
1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS, United Kingdom
email: grant.blank@oii.ox.ac.uk
phone: +44 (0)1865 287 210

The Early Career Development Committee of the Industry Studies Association
is pleased to announce the Fifth Annual Professional Development Workshop
(PDW) and Networking Dinner for early career industry studies scholars on
Tuesday, May 31, 2011.  The PDW will be held in conjunction with the
Industry Studies Conference on May 31- June 3, 2011 in Pittsburgh
(http://www.industrystudies.pitt.edu/pittsburgh11/index.html)

The Professional Development Workshop and Networking Dinner are intended to
support early-career scholars engaged in industry studies research by
providing career-related advice and the opportunity to form a network of
junior and senior colleagues.  Faculty development is a core component of
the mission of the Industry Studies Association.  In addition, the PDW and
Networking Dinner bring together scholars across the wide range of
disciplines and industries represented by the ISA, enabling greater
interdisciplinary collaboration. "Early career" refers to a scholar who has
completed a doctoral dissertation but is not yet tenured.

Please join us -- we welcome both scholars new to the Industry Studies
Association, and scholars who have attended ISA conferences and PDWs in the
past.

THE PDW
The Professional Development Workshop will be held on May 31, 2011 from noon
until 5:30 pm at the University of Pittsburgh.

The workshop will include three panel discussions

1. Funding Sources and Strategies for Industry Studies Research
2. Performing and Publishing Industry Studies Research
3. Finding Career Success & Happiness: Advice for Crafting a Fulfilling
   Academic Path

To foster informality, collegiality, and open discussion, the workshop will
be limited to 50 participants, selected based on a short application.  Lunch
will be provided for all participants.

THE NETWORKING DINNER
We will end the day with a group dinner for early career scholars.  The
dinner is also open to scholars who are unable to attend the PDW, but are
arriving for the main conference.  The dinner provides a fun and informal
setting to meet with and get to know other early career scholars and
panelists, as well as past Sloan Industry Studies Fellows and past PDW
participants.

The dinner will begin at 7:30 pm at a nearby restaurant.

INTERESTED?
The Industry Studies Association sponsors both events, enabling the workshop
and dinner to be offered without a registration fee. Please note that
interested scholars may attend the PDW, the dinner, or both.  PDW
participants will receive preference for attending the dinner.

A short application is required for attending the PDW. Apply here
(https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=isa1&formId=959
66) on or before Friday, April 15, 2011.  Accepted participants will be
notified on May 1, 2011.  Limited travel support is available (please see
the application for details).

Scholars interested in attending the Dinner ONLY (not the PDW) should
indicate their interest here
(https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=isa1&formId=959
66).

Accepted participants will be notified on May 1, 2011.

QUESTIONS?
Contact Vida Vanchan at vanchav@buffalostate.edu, or Paul Leonardi at
leonardi@northwestern.edu, or Natasha Iskander at natasha.iskander@nyu.edu

EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Mark Anner, Penn State University
Matthew Bidwell, University of Pennsylvania
Alberto Di Minin, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Natasha Iskander, New York University
Paul Leonardi, Northwestern University
Lourdes Sosa, London Business School
Vida Vanchan, SUNY - Buffalo State College (Chair)

Paul Leonardi
Allen K. and Johnnie Cordell Breed Junior Professor of Design
Department of Communication Studies
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Northwestern University
leonardi@northwestern.edu
http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/leonardi

Paul Leonardi
Allen K. and Johnnie Cordell Breed Junior Professor of Design
Department of Communication Studies
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Northwestern University
leonardi@northwestern.edu
http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/leonardi