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ASIST2020 Keynote Organization Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 16, 2020 | Comments Off on ASIST2020 Keynote Organization Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Houman Hadad will be the ASIST2020 Keynote Speaker. Houman’s organization, the World Food Project, was just announced as a 2020 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Don’t miss this chance to learn more about the project and the use of Blockchain in addressing food shortages around the world. Depoliticizing Information Through Blockchain The humanitarian aid…

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Annual Meeting 2020

October 8, 2020 | Comments Off on Annual Meeting 2020

We are extremely excited that we are just a couple of weeks away from the 2020 Virtual ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This is new territory for everyone, so there has been a lot of work behind the scenes to ensure the same excellent quality you’ve come to expect from an ASIS&T meeting.  The virtual meeting has…

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Call for Work to Advance the UN SDGs

October 8, 2020 | Comments Off on Call for Work to Advance the UN SDGs

A Recognition of ASIS&T work on “Information for a Sustainable World: Addressing Society’s Grand Challenges” – Call for Submission of Actions to Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals To recognize ASIS&T work on “Information for a Sustainable World: Addressing Society’s Grand Challenges,” the theme of the 83rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting, ASIS&T is acknowledging our members…

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Annual Meeting 2020

August 19, 2020 | Comments Off on Annual Meeting 2020

REGISTER NOW Plans for the upcoming 83rd Virtual ASIS&T Annual Meeting are well underway, and the scientific program is shaping up to be of superb quality! We are really excited to expand our global reach by offering the meeting virtually. The virtual meeting has also allowed for a much more diverse program, with presenters from…

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Scholarship Opportunity

August 6, 2020 | Comments Off on Scholarship Opportunity

The ASIS&T Board is pleased to announce that it has approved the awarding of up to $10,000 in registration scholarships available to ASIS&T members who find themselves unable to otherwise attend the 2020 Annual Meeting due to financial circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to qualify for the scholarship, which will cover the…

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2020 SIG AH Virtual Symposium: Data Curation and Visualization in the Arts & Humanities, August 5, 2020

July 23, 2020 | Comments Off on 2020 SIG AH Virtual Symposium: Data Curation and Visualization in the Arts & Humanities, August 5, 2020

Data technology continues to impact the scientific and cultural communities and this program provides insight to research applied to tracking the COVID-19 virus through data, searching for facts about inequality proven through primary sources of archival materials, and using digital images to reawaken an ancient pastime. Please join us for this free online symposium, scheduled…

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Annual Meeting 2020

June 17, 2020 | Comments Off on Annual Meeting 2020

Manuel Castells to Keynote ASIST2020! Manuel Castells is University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. He is Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and holds joint appointments in the Department of Sociology, in the School of Policy, Planning,…

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Annual Meeting News

April 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Annual Meeting News

Paper / Panel / Alternative Event Submission Deadline: April 27 The submission deadline for Workshops, Tutorials, Papers, Panels, and Alternative Events is April 27 .  We hope this extension will allow all of you to have more time to prepare and submit a session for consideration for the 2020 Annual Meeting which will be held…

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Submission Deadlines Extended

March 20, 2020 | Comments Off on Submission Deadlines Extended

In our ongoing effort to be responsive to the many demands on your time in this era of uncertainty, ASIS&T will be extending submission deadlines for the Annual Meeting Call for Proposals as follows: Papers Paper proposals due: April 27, 2020 Paper decision notification: June 1, 2020 Layout-ready accepted papers due: June 15, 2020 Workshops & Tutorials Workshop…

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