Ciao a tutti, spero che questo possa interessare a qualcuno. 8<-------------------- http://www.umass.edu/jitp/files/2010_cfp.pdf JITP-2010 “The Politics of Open Source” May 6-7, 2010 - Amherst, Massachusetts Full Paper Submission Due Date: January 10, 2010 AThe Politics of Open Source is the 2nd annual thematic conference organized by the Journal of Information Technology and Politics (JITP). The conference seeks to examine a range of political issues tied to the free and open source movement(s) including, but not limited to, open source and democratic engagement, government adoption policies, interoperability and open standards, political mobilization, regulation, and the digital divide. The Program Committee encourages both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of open source and welcomes international perspectives and research exploring open source in non-traditional domains. A complete call for papers is available at www.umass.edu/jitp. Keynote Speakers: - Eric von Hippel (MIT) - Cristopher M. Kelty (UCLA) - Clay Johnson (Sunlight Labs) Paper Submissions Authors are invited to prepare and submit to JITP a manuscript following one of the six submission formats by January 10, 2010. These formats include research papers, policy viewpoints, workbench notes, review essays, book reviews, and papers on teaching innovation. The goal is to produce a special issue, or double issue, of JITP with a wide variety of approaches to the broad theme of "The Politics of Open Source." Program Committee M.V. Lee Badgett, University of Massachusetts Amherst Paul M.A. Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Deborah Bryant, Oregon State University Open Source Lab Andrea Calderaro, European University Institute Mark Cassell, Kent State University Edward Cherlin, Earth Treasury Gabriella Coleman, New York University Doug Downham, University of Massachusetts Amherst Robert English, Daystar Computing & University of Massachusetts Amherst Joseph Feller, University College Cork Jelena Karanovic, Rutgers University Dave Karpf, University of Pennsylvania/Miller Center for Public Affairs Jeremy Hunsinger, Virginia Tech Andrea Kavanaugh, Virginia Tech Jose Marichal, California Lutheran University Jens Hardings Perl, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Charlie Schweik, University of Massachusetts Amherst, co-chair Stuart Shulman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, co-chair Megan Squire, Elon University Krishna Ravi Srinivas, Research Information System For Developing Nations Louis Suarez-Potts, Sun Microsystems, Inc. & OpenOffice.org Anas Tawileh, Cardiff University & Meedan.net _________________________________ Andrea Calderaro Department of Social and Political Sciences European University Institute Italy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- PERSONAL PAGE: http://www.calderaro.caltech.edu CV: http://www.calderaro.caltech.edu/CalderaroCV.pdf P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.