[Cohsl-list] Webscience 2009: Culture Meets Digital Technology

[image: »]*Webscience 2009: Culture Meets Digital Technology * The 4th International Conference "Cultural Convergence and Digital Technology," <http://www.fhw.gr/conferences/1ws-4ccdt/en/> is organized by the Foundation of the Hellenic World <http://www.fhw.gr/fhw/index.php?lg=2> from March 18 to 20, aiming at promoting the use and dissemination of cultural information through digital technology. The event will be inaugurated by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias. Within the framework of this event, the 1st Web Science World Conference titled "Society On-Line <http://www.websci09.org/>" is taking place in collaboration with the Web Science Research Initiative <http://webscience.org/>, which focuses on the scientific study of the social and technological dimensions of the Internet and the creation of a new scientific field. For the first time on international level, top keynote academics and scientists will exchange views and discuss the present and the future of the Internet, providing a great opportunity for advancing research regarding Web Science. Participants include Timothy Berners-Lee <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee>, inventor of the World Wide Web and professor Joseph Sifakis<http://www-verimag.imag.fr/%7Esifakis/?link=CV>, the first Greek to receive the Turing Award<http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?srt=all&awd=140>("T… Nobel Prize" in the field of Informatics) in 2007. -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com