Call for Papers
With support from the Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs and The Ohio State University, we are organizing the Communicative Cities: Integrating Technology and Place Conference. The Urban Communication Foundation began exploring this topic about three years ago and held planning sessions in Washington, DC, Rome, and Paris.
We invite planners, designers, city officials, policy-makers, communications professionals and others to submit proposals for presentations.
Join us in Columbus, Ohio June 25-26, 2009. The conference will have a distinguished set of keynote speakers. The theme: “Communicative Cities” encompasses a variety of areas (design, public policy, journalism) across different scales and settings (downtowns, city/regional, global), and seeks to address questions such as:
- What makes a communicative city?
- How do cities facilitate communication?
- How can technology and face-to-face communication be integrated in a global world?
- What are the challenges from the exponential rise in communication technology?
- What are the potential impacts on place and community?
- How can global connectivity and data accessibility be achieved?
The submission Abstract proposal DEADLINE is January 20, 2009. We will notify you by March 15 if your presentation is accepted.
We welcome three kinds of presentations: Traditional papers; Presentations of designs or plans; Symposium on a single topic with 3-4 presenters and a moderator. Awards will be given for the best student paper and best student design or plan.
Jack L. Nasar, & Kate Terzano, co-chairs Communicative Cities, The Ohio State University
On-line submittal
- Anne