<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-:82o" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="gmail-:82n" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL"><div lang="DE" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">FYI...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This is a friendly reminder that our early bird registration for the <b>10th International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T), </b>to be held June 20-25,<b> </b>ends tomorrow Friday, May 28, at midnight. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, it will be held virtually online with reduced main conference early bird registration fees of $150 standard / $100 student. </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Learn more and register here: <a href="https://2021.comtech.community/" target="_blank">https://2021.comtech.community/</a></span></b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We have a really fantastic program lined up, thanks to the hard work of our organizing committee and all the amazing papers, case studies, posters, and workshops accepted to our program, focused on our 2021 theme "Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech".  </span>Check out our At-a-Glance program highlights below.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:0cm;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:15.75pt"><td valign="bottom" style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(102,102,102) white rgb(102,102,102) rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-top-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">C&T 2021 Program At a Glance</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:15.75pt"></td><td width="10" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.75pt"><td rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">PS<br>Time</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Sunday</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Monday</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Wednesday</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Thursday</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Friday</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:15.75pt"></td><td width="10" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></td></tr><tr style="height:15.75pt"><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">June 21</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">June 21</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">June 22</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">June 23</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">June 24</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:lime;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">June 25</span></b><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:15.75pt"></td><td width="10" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></td></tr><tr style="height:11.5pt"><td rowspan="2" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">8:00</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Welcome Lobby</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Welcome Lobby</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Welcome Lobby</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Welcome Lobby</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Welcome Lobby</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="4" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Welcome Lobby</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.5pt"></td><td width="10" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td rowspan="2" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">8:30</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Community Day</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="32" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Workshop A:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Arts-based Creative Approaches<br>(half day) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><br><br><br></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Workshop B:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Ethical Approaches to Smart Environments</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(half day)</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="32" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Workshop C</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Grassroots Communities</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(full day)<br><br><br><br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Welcome</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(74,134,232)">Paper Session D: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Social Media</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:7.5pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:7.5pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:7.5pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td rowspan="4" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">9:00</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="4" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Opening Keynote:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)"><br></span><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kate Starbird</span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>Revealing the “Big Lie”: Collaborative Data Science for Rapid Response to Online Disinformation</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="4" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Closing Keynote: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Shalini Kantayya<br></span></i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Beyond Coded Bias: Data Rights as Human Rights</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:62.25pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:62.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:62.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:7.5pt"><td rowspan="2" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:7.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">10:00</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:7.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:7.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:7.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:7.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:7.5pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:7.5pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:7.5pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:7.5pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:7.5pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td rowspan="7" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">10:30</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="7" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Community Day</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="7" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Paper Session A:</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">C&T in a Pandemic</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="7" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Paper Session E: </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Community and Collaboration 1</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="7" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Paper Session G: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sustainable Communities</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:9.75pt"><td rowspan="5" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">12:15</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Lunch</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Lunch</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Lunch</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:9.75pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Lunch</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:9.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:3.75pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:3.75pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td rowspan="5" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1:30</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Community Day</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Paper Session B: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Civic Engagement</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Paper Session F: </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Community and Collaboration 2</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Paper Session H:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Food and Agriculture</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:19.5pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:19.5pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:19.5pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2:45</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3:00</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Coffee Break</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3:15</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Community Day</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Poster Session</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Town Hall and Closing</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td rowspan="4" valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3:30</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="5" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:11.25pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">Paper Session C:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Special Topics</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-style:inset inset inset none;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:11.25pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:11.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:17.25pt"><td style="border-style:none inset inset none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;padding:0cm;height:17.25pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:17.25pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:13.5pt"><td valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:13.5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4:30</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:13.5pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:13.5pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:13.5pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:13.5pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:13.5pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:13.5pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:13.5pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td valign="top" style="border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-left-color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:12pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4:45</span><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="border-style:none solid solid none;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-bottom-color:rgb(102,102,102);border-right-width:1pt;border-right-color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(239,239,239);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:12pt;overflow:hidden"></td><td style="padding:0cm;height:12pt"></td><td width="0" style="width:0.3pt;padding:0cm;height:12pt"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">See our detailed program here: <a href="https://2021.comtech.community/program/" target="_blank">https://2021.comtech.community/program/</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>More about C&T 2021:</b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The biennial International Conference on Communities & Technologies (C&T) is the premier international forum for stimulating debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – in their multiple forms – and information and communication technologies. C&T is brought to you by EUSSET, the European Society for Socially Embedded Systems, who also brings you ECSCW. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The theme of C&T 2021 is “</span><a href="https://2021.comtech.community/2020/06/13/2021-theme/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech</span></a>,<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">” inviting participants to examine the positive and negative implications of new trends in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) impacting communities, civil society and the common good.  Papers and proposals were accepted from a variety of relevant perspectives including technology, philosophy, social sciences, policy, design, business, art, the humanities, and so on.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm">We are very much looking forward to seeing you in June!  <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm">Shelly<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"> <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Shelly D. Farnham, Ph.D.</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">General Chair</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)"><a href="https://2021.comtech.community/" target="_blank">C&T 2021</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm">Get updates on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/comtech2021" target="_blank">@comtech2021</a>, <a href="https://t.co/BRkyqbt3zL?amp=1" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, or by <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/ct2021" target="_blank">requesting to join our mailing list</a>.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm">  <u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">**** Program Committee ****</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Program Co-chairs</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Kentaro Toyama, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community Information at the University of Michigan School of Information</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Sara Fox, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Human Computer Interaction Institute, Director of the Tech Solidarity Lab, and founding member of the Community-Tech Collective</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Case Studies Co-Chairs</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Maria Menendez-Blanco, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Assistant Professor at  the Computer Science department of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Giacomo Poderi</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">, Assistant Professor, Digital Design Department, IT University of Copenhagen </span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Workshop Co-Chairs</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Anne Weibert, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Research Associate at the Universitat Siegen</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Jasmine Jones, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science at Berea College</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Posters and Demos Co-Chairs</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Anna De Liddo</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">, Senior Research Fellow at KMi (Knowledge Media Institute), The Open University, in Milton Keynes (UK), working on Collective Intelligence and online deliberation See<a href="http://idea.kmi.open.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(40,158,1)"> idea.kmi.open.ac.uk</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Yuheng Hu</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">, Assistant Professor at Information and Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Proceedings Chair</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Florian Cech, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Faculty of Informatics, Vienna University of Technology and Center for Informatics and Society // CIS</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Social Media Chair</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Tanja Ertl,</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto"> PhD Student, Department of Information Systems, esp. IT for the Aging Society, University of Siegen </span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Student Volunteers Co-Chairs</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Konstantin Aal, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">PhD Student, Department for Business Informatics and New Media of the University of Siegen</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Madison Snider, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">PhD Candidate, Department of Communication, University of Washington </span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">Community Day Chair</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Douglas Schuler, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Professor Emeritus, The Evergreen State College, and Executive Director, Public Sphere Project</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(60,72,88)">General Organizing Committee</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Douglas Schuler, </span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Professor Emeritus, The Evergreen State College, and Executive Director, Public Sphere Project<strong> </strong></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Chris Coward</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto"> Senior Principal Research Scientist at the University of Washington Information School, director of the Technology & Social Change Group, and co-founder of the Center for an Informed Public.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(60,72,88);box-sizing:border-box"><strong><span style="font-family:Roboto">Adrienne Russell</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto"> Mary Laird Wood Professor of Communication and co-director of the Center of Journalism, Media, and Democracy in the Department of Communication.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-hq gmail-gt gmail-a10" id="gmail-:82f" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="font-size:12px">Douglas Schuler</div><div style="font-size:12px"><a href="mailto:douglas@publicsphereproject.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">douglas@publicsphereproject.org</a></div><div style="font-size:12px">Twitter: @doug_schuler</div><div style="font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12px">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div></span>Public Sphere Project<span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="font-size:12px">     <a href="http://www.publicsphereproject.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.publicsphereproject.org/</a></div></div></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12px"><br></span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good</div><div>     <font color="#4787ff"><u><span> <a href="http://lists.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://lists.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci</a></span><span>4cg-announce</span></u></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">    </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Creating the World Citizen Parliament</div>     <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-collapse:separate"><a href="http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament</a><div>     </div></span>Liberating Voices!  A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project) <div>     <a href="http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/lv</a></div><div><br></div>Liberating Voices!  A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (book)         <div><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/liberating-voices" target="_blank">https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/liberating-voices</a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>