Call for Proposals
Theme: INFORMATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: ADDRESSING SOCIETY’S GRAND CHALLENGES
ASIS&T’s Vision “Establish a new information professionalism in a world where information is of central importance to personal, social, political, and economic progress,” is a call to action for the information professional community (researchers, practitioners, educators, students, stakeholders) to respond to the United Nations 2030 Agenda. "Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" that is an ambitious plan of action for sustainable, universal development.
Are ASIS&T members working as change agents actively addressing society’s grand challenges? What is the impact of having access to information to address the 17 Sustainable Development Goal(s) (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda, and what solutions are needed to tackle society’s associated grand challenges? The 2020 ASIS&T Annual Meeting will serve as a forum to co-learn, problematize, discover, design information work, scholarship, education, and innovation. Collaborations and interdisciplinary are cornerstones of a collective impact approach and such initiatives and experiences are welcome.
Join a cadre of scholars and professionals from around the globe to share research, innovations, and insights regarding the impact of information science and technology on individuals, groups, organizations, governments and societies throughout the world.
Important Dates
Papers
Submission of paper proposals due: Closed
Notification regarding submitted papers: June 1, 2020
Layout-ready accepted paper abstracts due: June 15, 2020
Workshops & Tutorials
Submission of workshop and tutorial proposals due: Closed
Notification regarding submitted workshops and tutorials: May 18, 2020
Panels and Alternative Events
Submission of panel and alternative event proposals due: Closed
Notifications regarding submitted panels and alternative events: June 1, 2020
Layout-ready accepted panel and alternative event abstracts due: June 15, 2020
Posters
Submission of poster proposals due: Closed
Notifications regarding submitted posters: July 17, 2020
Layout-ready accepted poster abstracts due: August 3, 2020
Doctoral Colloquium
Proposal submissions due: Closed
Notifications regarding submitted proposals: July 17, 2020
Full submission instrucitons can be found here: https://www.asist.org/am20/submission-types-instructions/
Watch the Conference Website for updates: https://www.asist.org/am20/
Submissions: https://www.conftool.org/asist2020/
Conference Chairs
Conference Co-Chair: Kendra Albright, PhD, Kent State University
Conference Co-Chair: Bharat Mehra, PhD, University of Alabama
Paper Co-Chair: Jia Tina Du, PhD, University of South Australia
Paper Co-Chair: Dietmar Wolfram, University of Wisconsin
Poster Co-Chair: Naresh Kumar Agarwal, PhD, Simmons University
Poster Co-Chair: Virginia Ortiz Repiso, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Panels & Alternative Events Co-Chair: Spencer Lilley, Massey University
Panels & Alternative Events Co-Chair: Mega Subramaniam, University of Maryland
Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chair: Pnina Fichman, Indiana University
Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chair: Jaya Raju, University of Cape Town
Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chair: Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University
Industry Series Co-Chair: Lynn Connaway, OCLC Research
Industry Series Co-Chair: Jim Jansen, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Accelerator Co-Chair: Nicole A. Cooke, University of South Carolina
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Accelerator Co-Chair: Joe Sanchez, Queens College