Dear ECOresearcher,

Back from the summer break, we would like to announce the availability of the Call for Papers for the 20th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection (EnviroInfo-2006; Graz, Austria; Sep 6-8, 2006). Addressing the transition to a knowledge-based economy, EnviroInfo-2006 focuses on the role of knowledge management in advocating sustainability and environmental protection. The conference investigates new ways of optimizing organizational workflows, building communities, engaging groups in participatory decisions, and supporting education and advocacy campaigns. We kindly ask for your help in promoting the event - e.g. by forwarding the plain-text version of the call, which you will receive via separate e-mail. You can download the PDF version of the Call for Papers and related materials from the conference Web site:

http://www.enviroinfo.net/

Possible implications of a knowledge-based economy are also discussed in EPIC-2014, an eight-minute flash movie on the future of news and media production (produced by the fictional Museum of Media History; in reality, by US journalists Matt Thompson and Robin Sloan). The Evolving Personalized Information Construct (EPIC) assembles narratives dynamically by pulling together facts chosen for their unique relevance to each individual reader. "At its best, edited for the savviest readers, EPIC is a summary of the world, deeper, broader and more nuanced than anything ever available before. But at its worst, and for too many, EPIC is merely a collection of trivia, much of it untrue, all of it narrow, shallow and sensational. But EPIC is what we wanted, it is what we chose and its commercial success preempted any discussions of media and democracy or of journalistic ethics". Available at:

http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/
http://www.ecoresearch.net/epic/

Kind regards, Arno Scharl

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Event Date: Sep 06, 2005
Conference - EnviroInfo-2005:
(Sep 6-8): The 19th conference EnviroInfo 2005 continues the successful series of conferences dedicated to information exchange among scientists, public administrations, private and public companies involved in environmental information processing.
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Event Date: Sep 25, 2005
Conference - Information Technology in Environmental Engineering (ITEE-05):
(Sep 25-27): ITEE-05 will provide a forum for exchanging information among pollution engineers, knowledge engineers and scientists. The conference focuses on long-term data storage, data update and validation, and data consistency, and aims to discuss the potential of individual teams in implementing and modeling large-scale systems.
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Event Date: Sep 29, 2005
Conference - Education, Environment, and Culture:
(Sep 29-Oct 2): The EECOM-2005 conference will give delegates the opportunity to take part in lectures, activites, field trips, and presentations organzied along the following strands: Ethics, Leadership, Community Engagement, Outdoor Experiences, Critical Reflection, and Global Education.
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Event Date: Oct 19, 2005 - Oct 19, 2005
Conference - eChallenges 2005:
(Oct 19-21): This is the fifteenth in a series of annual conferences supported by the European Commission, which regularly attracts over 500 delegates from commercial, government & research organisations around the world. Focusing on eBusiness, eGovernment, eWork and eEurope beyond 2005, the goal of the conference is to stimulate take-up of Research & Technology Development results by industry and the European public sector.
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Event Date: Nov 17, 2005
Conference - National Communication Association Convention:
(Nov 17-20): The Environmental Communication Division invites submissions for competitively selected papers and thematic panels that address the relationship between communication theories and practices and environmental issues. Submissions related to the convention theme of "Health of the
Discipline" are especially encouraged.
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