Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access
10 November – 12 November 2005
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah USA
“We are on the verge of what many are calling the ’second information revolution,’ based on ubiquitous access to both computing and information. Handheld communication devices will become portable and even wearable remote control devices for both the social and physical worlds. At the same time, access to information will likely flourish, with an explosion in the volumes of data collected and distributed by these new devices – volumes of information about people delivered to more and more people, in new ways. The technologies of instant access have potential to transform dramatically our lives, cities, societies and economies much like the automobile changed our world in the previous century.
We are seeking research papers on the topics of mobile information technologies and their relationships with human society, social relations, social institutions, urban morphology, transportation and travel patterns, health and well-being. This is not an inclusive list, and we welcome papers and presentations on other topics associated with the impacts of instant access on society and urban form.”
ABSTRACTS DUE 1 May 2005