The 81st Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and
Technology

November 10-14, 2018, Vancouver, Canada

BUILDING AN ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE INFORMATION FUTURE WITH EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES

This meeting will focus the creative and analytical energies of the ASIS&T
community on the dramatic near horizon socio-technical shifts expected due to
rapid developments in technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data
analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and embedded, ubiquitous computing.
The opportunities afforded by these technologies are enormous, as are the
challenges of ensuring that ethical and human-centered perspectives, including
sustainability, privacy, human agency and equity, are incorporated into their
design and use.  As interdisciplinary information science and technology
researchers and practitioners, with an 80 year tradition of studying and
working in this rapidly evolving field, we are uniquely situated to steward
and mediate this shift.  ASIS&T 2018 will provide an opportunity to learn from
one another and from leading experts in these emerging technologies; to
discuss, critique and pose the much-needed questions; and to share
perspectives grounded in our own research and practice that intersect with and
provide context for current developments.

The ASIS&T Annual Meeting is a premier, peer-reviewed international conference
that gathers scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share
research, innovations, and insights regarding the role of information and
technology in the lives of individuals, organizations and communities.

We invite papers, posters and visual presentations, panel and workshop
submissions that focus on the conference theme, as well as work that reflects
the broader mandate of ASIS&T, regarding the creation, representation,
storage, access, dissemination and use of information, media and records, and
the systems, tools, and technologies associated with these processes.  The
conference embraces plurality in methods and theories, and encompasses
research, development and practice from a broad spectrum of domains, as
encapsulated in ASIS&T’s many special interest groups (SIGs).

We are pleased to announce that the ASIS&T 2018 Proceedings will be published
by John Wiley & Sons and will be indexed and accessible via multiple
international venues. Please note that at least one of the authors must
register for the conference in order for a paper to be accepted and published
in the proceedings.
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SUBMISSION INFORMATION

The Conftool submission site is available here: ConfTool Submission Site
(https://www.conftool.com/asist2018/index.php)

All submissions for Papers, Panels, Workshops & Visual Presentations must be
formatted according to the guidelines provided in the ASIS&T AM template, as
this is the required format for inclusion in the Proceedings. The template is
available here:

AM18 Proposal Template
(https://www.asist.org/am18/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Proposal-Template.docx)

Tutorial Proposals must be submitted using this form:

Tutorial Proposal Form
(https://www.asist.org/am18/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Tutorial-Form.pdf)

IMPORTANT DATES

Papers, Panels, Workshops & Tutorials

Submission System opens:  Tuesday, 2 January, 2018
Submissions due: Monday, 2 April, 2018
Notifications: Friday, 4 May, 2018
Final publishable version due: Sunday, 15 July, 2018

Visual Presentations
Submission System opens:  Tuesday, 2 January, 2018
Submissions due: Tuesday, 15 May, 2018
Notifications: Friday, 15 June, 2018
Final publishable version due: Sunday, 15 July, 2018

For more information, please visit
https://www.asist.org/am18/call-for-proposals/.