Seventh Annual Minitrack on Persistent Conversation
Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS 39)
Hyatt Regency, Kauai, Hawaii
January 4-7, 2006

New changes:
- Abstract deadline extended to March 31st
- The minitrack will be preceded by a half day workshop

=== AT A GLANCE ===

= Summary of Topic =
Persistent conversations occur via instant messaging, chat, email, blogs, bulletin boards, MOOs, graphical VR environments, document annotation systems, text messaging on mobile phones, etc. Such forms of conversation play a crucial role in domains such as online communities, the sharing and management of Knowledge, and the support of e-commerce, e-learning and other network mediated interactions. The persistence of digitally mediated conversation affords new uses (e.g. searching, replaying, restructuring) and raises new problems. This multi-disciplinary minitrack seeks contributions from researchers and designers that improve our ability to understand, analyze, and/or design persistent conversation systems.

= Who =
Researchers and designers from fields such as anthropology, computer-mediated communication, HCI, interaction design, linguistics, management, psychology, rhetoric, sociology, and so forth. We also welcome submissions from graduate students.

= Chairs =
Thomas Erickson, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center (snowfall@acm.org)
Susan Herring, School of Library and Information Science,
Indiana University (herring@indiana.edu)

= Important Dates* =
Abstract submission:**    Thursday, March 31, 2005
Abstract feedback:        Thursday, April 15, 2005
Paper submission:         Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Accept/Reject notice:     Monday, August 15, 2005
Final papers due:         Thursday, September 15, 2005
One author must register: Thursday, September 15, 2005

  *  For other dates. such as end of early registration and hotel deadlines see the official HICSS conference site
**  Abstracts are optional but strongly recommended; to submit a paper without an abstract, please contact the chairs

= For More Information =
* This call for participation: http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/HICSS39pc.html
* History (papers and participants in previous minitracks):  http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/HICSS_PC_History.html
* About the minitrack, contact: snowfall@acm.org, herring@indiana.edu
* About the HICSS conference, see: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/Hicss39/apahome39.htm

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