Non-Profit [NPO]/Non-Governmental [NGO] Media and Technology Calendar.

Compiled by Art McGee. [Last Updated: 01/21/03 - 10:48pm PST]



JANUARY 2003

Globalisation and the Information Society:
Information Systems and International Communications Policy
World Wide Web, Internet, Cyberspace
January 7-April 22, 2003


FEBRUARY 2003

World Summit on the Information Society:
Preparatory Committee II
Geneva, Switzerland
February 17-28, 2003

Federal Communication Commission:
Media Ownership Forum
Los Angeles, California, United States
February 18, 2003

Australian Women in Information Technology
Hobart, Australia
February 19-20, 2003

Digital Africa Summit:
Building Digital Opportunities through Public-Private Partnerships
Accra, Ghana
February 19-21, 2003

Desktop Linux Summit
February 20-21, 2003
San Diego, California, United States

International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems
Berkeley, California, United States
February 20-21, 2003

National Association for Science, Technology, and Society:
Organizational Connections - Opportunities and Bridges
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
February 20-22, 2003

Alliance for Public Technology Policy Forum
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
February 21, 2003

World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
Voices for a Better World:
Community Media and Social Justice
Kathmandu, Nepal
February 21-27, 2003

CodeCon 2.0:
Showcase of Active Hacker Projects
San Francisco, California, United States
February 22-24, 2003

International Conference on Telecommunications
Tahiti, Papeete, French Polynesia
February 23-March 1, 2003

Technology in Mathematics and Science Education
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
February 24-25, 2003

Consortium for School Networking:
K-12 School Networking
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
February 25-28, 2003

Dutch Electronic Art Festival:
Data Knitting
Rotterdam, Netherlands
February 25-March 9, 2003

Closing Gaps in the Digital Divide:
Regional Conference on Digital GMS
Bangkok, Thailand
February 26-28, 2003

The Law and Technology of Digital Rights Management:
What Will DRM Technologies Mean for the Future of Information?
Berkeley, California, United States
February 27-March 1, 2003

Communication Ethics:
New Research and Practice for Interdisciplinary Learning
London, England
February 28, 2003

Global Entertainment and Media Summit
New York, New York, United States
February 28-March 2, 2003


MARCH 2003

Spectrum Policy:
Property or Commons?
Stanford, California, United States
March 1, 2003

The Copenhagen Interpolation:
A Wireless, Community, and Free Networking Event
Copenhagen, Denmark
March 1-2, 2003

Digital Music Forum:
Business and Legal Issues Impacting Music Today
New York, New York, United States
March 3, 2003

Crisis/Media:
The Uncertain States of Reportage
Delhi, India
March 3-5, 2003

Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies
Boulder, Colorado, United States
March 4-7, 2003

Circuit Riders Annual Roundup
Oakland, California, United States
March 7-9, 2003

South by Southwest
Austin, Texas, United States
March 7-16, 2003

e-Philanthropy Conference:
From a Connected World to an Engaged World
Oakland, California, United States
March 9-10, 2003

CharityChannel Summit
Palm Springs, California, United States
March 9-12, 2003

Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science
Paris, France
March 10-11, 2003

African Telecom Summit
Maputo, Mozambique
March 12-14, 2003

Alliance for Community Media:
Northeast Region Conference
Brooklyn, New York, United States
March 13-15, 2003

Social Informatics and Law
Buffalo, New York, United States
March 14-15, 2003

Microcomputers in Education
Tempe, Arizona, United States
March 17-19, 2003

Center on Disabilities:
Technology and Persons with Disabilities
Northridge, California, United States
March 17-22, 2003

Museums and the Web
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
March 19-22, 2003

National Society of Black Engineers
Anaheim, California, United States
March 19-23, 2003

Gender and Technology:
Research, Revisions, Policies, and Consequences
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
March 20-22, 2003

Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Culture
Seaside, California, United States
March 20-22, 2003

American Society for Information Science and Technology
Information Architecture: Making Connections
Portland, Oregon, United States
March 21-23, 2003

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Meeting
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 23-27, 2003

Selection and Collaboration in Digital Preservation Symposium
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
March 24-25, 2003

Unicode, Internationalization, and the Web:
The Global Connection
Prague, Czech Republic
March 24-28, 2003

Internet Law Program
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 24-28, 2003

Technoscience, Material Culture, and Everyday Life
Hong Kong, China
March 26-29, 2003

Digifest: Electronic Cities
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 26-29, 2003

Computing and Philosophy in Europe
Glasgow, Scotland
March 27-29, 2003

Technotopia vs Technopacalypse:
Technology, Society, Arts, Activism and Culture
Chicago, Illinois, United States
March 27-30, 2003

Nordic Multicultural Media:
Multicultural Media in Scandinavia
Arhus, Denmark
March 27-30, 2003

Literature, Language, and Media
DeKalb, Illinois, United States
March 28-29, 2003

The New Web Of History:
Crafting the History of Science and Technology Online
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
March 28-29, 2003

The New Generation Gap:
Young People, Digital Technology, and the Media
Berkeley, California, United States
March 28-29, 2003


APRIL 2003

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy:
Freedom to Move, Think, and Speak!
New York, New York, United States
April 1-4, 2003

Practical Experiences in Digital Preservation
Kew, England
April 2-4, 2003

Broadband and the Digital Future:
Who is in Control?
Stanford, California, United States
April 5, 2003

Human Factors in Computing Systems
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
April 5-10, 2003

African Conflict, Technology and Politics:
Understanding the Development and Management of Democratic Politics
and Civil society in Light of New Technologies and Media
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
April 9-11, 2003

American Association for the Advancement of Science:
Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
April 10-11, 2003

Life By Design:
Everyday Digital Culture
Irvine, California, United States
April 10-12, 2003

The Local and the Global:
Contexts in Science and Technology
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
April 12-13, 2003

Networking Africa's Future:
Lessons of Empowerment from Communities
Pilanesberg, South Africa
April 12-16, 2003

Media in Transition:
Television's Political and Cultural Role at the Dawn of Our New Millennium
Cambridge, Massachussetts, United States
April 18-20, 2003

World-InfoCon Conference
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
April 20, 2003

Future of the Book:
From Creator to Consumer in a Digital Age
Cairns, Australia
April 22-24, 2003

Building the Information Commonwealth:
Information Technologies and Building Prospects for the Development of Civil Society Institutions in the CIS Countries
St. Petersburg, Russia
April 22-24, 2003

O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
Santa Clara, California, United States
April 22-25, 2003

Creating, Managing, and Preserving Digital Assets
Los Angeles, California, United States
April 23-25, 2003

New Media, Technology, and Everyday Life in Europe
London, England
April 23-26, 2003

Networked World:
Information Technology and Globalization
Santa Clara, California, United States
April 24, 2003

Mobile Communication: Social and Political Effects
Budapest, Hungary
April 24-25, 2003

Building the E-Nation:
A Social Science Symposium
Sydney, Australia
April 24-25, 2003

Computer-Supported Social Interaction
Oxford, Ohio, United States
April 25-26, 2003

eCulture: The European Perspective
Cultural Policy -- Knowledge Industries -- Information Lag
Zagreb, Croatia
April 25-27, 2003

ICTs in African Schools:
A Workshop for Practitioners and Policymakers
Gaborone, Botswana
April 27-May 2, 2003

Coalition for Networked Information:
Spring Task Force Meeting
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
April 28-29, 2003

Can There be a Social Movement Informatics?
Leeds, England
April 29, 2003

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Seoul, Korea
April 30-May 2, 2003


MAY 2003

Next Five Minutes 4
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 2003

World Press Freedom Day
International, Global
May 3, 2003

Connected Organizations:
Working Here, There and Anywhere
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
May 4-7, 2003

Information Society Visions And Governance:
The World Summit on the Information Society and Beyond
Padova, Italy
May 5-7, 2003

Next 2.0: New Extensions of Technology
Karlstad, Sweden
May 7-9, 2003

Violence and Media:
Resources and Discourses
Barcelona, Spain
May 9-10, 2003

Activist Security Conference
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 9-11, 2003

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Oakland, California, United States
May 11-14, 2003

Digitization for Cultural Heritage Professionals Workshop
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
May 11-16, 2003

From Information to Knowledge to Competencies:
Key Success Factors for Innovation and Sustainable Development
Nancy, France
May 13-15, 2003

Harnessing the Potential and Opportunities of ICTs for Sustainable Development:
Words Into Action
Accra, Ghana
May 14-16, 2003

International Social Welfare Policy and Practice for Vulnerable Groups:
International Perspectives on Social Justice and Technology
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
May 14-16, 2003

Telecommunications in the 20th Century
Zurich, Switzerland
May 15-17, 2003

Digital Arts and Culture:
Streaming Worlds
Melbourne, Australia
May 19-24, 2003

World Wide Web Conference
Budapest, Hungary
May 20-24, 2003

The Technology, Economy, Social and Legal Aspects of Virtual Goods
Ilmenau, Germany
May 22-24, 2003

Subtle Technologies:
The Relationships Between Art, Science and Technology
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 23-25, 2003

International Communication Association:
Communication in Borderlands
San Diego, California, United States
May 23-27, 2003

Consortium for Computers in the Humanities:
Humanities Computing and Pedagogy
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
May 27-28, 2003

ACM and IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
Houston, Texas, United States
May 27-31, 2003

Web X:
A Decade of the World Wide Web
Athens, Georgia, United States
May 29-June 2, 2003

China and the Internet:
Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition
Los Angeles, California, United States
May 30-31, 2003

Read_me 2.3:
Software Art Festival
Helsinki, Finland
May 30-31, 2003


JUNE 2003

World Summit on the Information Society:
League of Arab States Regional Conference
Cairo, Egypt
June 2003

World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education
Hong Kong, China
June 1-5, 2003

The Technology Era:
Integration Without Barriers
Bonn, Germany
June 2-6, 2003

International Association for Development of the Information Society:
e-Society
Lisbon, Portugal
June 3-6, 2003

Designing for User Experiences
San Francisco, California, United States
June 5-7, 2003

Media Ecology Association:
Remapping Communication Environments
Hempstead, New York, United States
June 5-8, 2003

Z Magazine Media Institute
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
June 6-14, 2003

World Newspaper Congress and the World Editors Forum
Dublin, Ireland
June 8-11, 2003

Technology Policy and Innovation:
Connecting People, Ideas, and Resources Across Communities
Monterrey, Mexico
June 10-13, 2003

Empowering Women through Information and Knowledge:
From Oral Traditions to ICT
Maharastra, India
June 10-13, 2003

Underground Publishing/Allied Media Conference
Sharing Our Tools, Refusing the Master's:
Building Media Structures for a Better Future
Bowling Green, Ohio, United States
June 13-15, 2003

Information Systems Perspectives and Challenges in the Context of Globalization
Athens, Greece
June 15-17, 2003

Virtual Communities
Westminster, London, England
June 16-17, 2003

Native American Journalists Association:
Truth in Metaphor
Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
June 18-21, 2003

Alliance for Nonprofit Management Conference
Capacity Building for What? A Mosaic of Opportunities
Houston, Texas, United States
June 19-22, 2003

Technology and Disability:
Research, Design, Practice, and Policy
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
June 19-23, 2003

Front Stage/Back Stage:
Mobile Communication and the Renegotiation of the Social Sphere
Grimstad, Norway
June 22-24, 2003

E-Worlds: Government, Business, and Civil Society
Swissotel Marchant Court, Singapore
June 23-25, 2003

Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
June 23-28, 2003

Informing Science and IT Education
Pori, Finland
June 24-27, 2003

Computer Ethics in the Post-September 11 World
Chestnut Hill, Massachussetts, United States
June 25-27, 2003

Southern African Communication Association
Durban, South Africa
June 25-27, 2003

Electronic Publishing:
From Information to Knowledge
Guimaraes, Portugal
June 25-28, 2003

Towards New Media Paradigms:
Content, Producers, Organisations and Audiences
Pamplona, Spain
June 26-28, 2003

Community Technology Centers' Network Conference
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
June 26-29, 2003

Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World
Boston, Massachussetts, United States
June 27-28, 2003

Educational Computing
Seattle, Washington, United States
June 30-July 2, 2003


JULY 2003

Information Communication Technologies in Education
Samos Island, Greece
July 3-5, 2003

Gender and Science and Technology Association Conference
Le Reduit, Mauritius
July 6-11, 2003

O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Portland, Oregon, United States
July 7-11, 2003

School Libraries:
Breaking Down Barriers
Durban, South Africa
July 7-11, 2003

Australia and New Zealand Communication Association
Designing Communication for Diversity
Brisbane, Australia
July 9-11, 2003

Alliance for Community Media:
Connecting Media, Cultures, and Communities
Tacoma, Washington, United States
July 9-12, 2003

Advanced Learning Technologies:
Technology Enhanced Learning
Athens, Greece
July 9-11, 2003

Digital News, Social Change, and Globalization
Hong Kong, China
July 10-11, 2003

International Association for Media and Communication Research
Information Society and Glocalization: What's Next?
Taipei, Taiwan
July 14-16, 2003

International Association for the Study of Popular Music:
Sonic Synergies, Creative Cultures
Adelaide, Australia
July 17-20, 2003

Artificial Intelligence in Education:
Shaping the Future of Learning through Intelligent Technologies
Sydney, Australia
July 20-24, 2003

International Education and Resource Network
At the Crossroads: Finding Future Milestones
Sanda City, Hyogo, Japan
July 20-26, 2003

New Forms Festival:
Digital Arts and Technology
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
July 24-27, 2003

World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics
Orlando, Florida, United States
July 27-30, 2003

The Radio Conference:
A Transnational Forum
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
July 28-31, 2003

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
July 30-August 2, 2003


AUGUST 2003

World Library and Information Congress
Access Point Library: Media - Information - Culture
Berlin, Germany
August 1-9, 2003

Americas Conference on Information Systems
Tampa, Florida, United States
August 4-6, 2003

Risks and Challenges of the Network Society
Karlstad, Sweden
August 4-8, 2003

National Association of Black Journalists
Dallas, Texas, United States
August 6-10, 2003

Computing and Philosophy
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
August 7-9, 2003

Intelligent Systems Design and Applications
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
August 10-13, 2003

Technology for Education in Developing Countries Newark, New Jersey, United States
August 12, 2003

Distance Teaching and Learning
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
August 13-15, 2003

Black Data Processing Associates
Information Technology:
From The Classroom To The Boardroom
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
August 13-17, 2003

European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
Trondheim, Norway
August 17-22, 2003

Human Services Information Technology Applications:
Information and Communication Technology and Social Inclusion
Hong Kong, China
August 25-28, 2003

African Computing and Telecommunications Summit
Abuja, Nigeria
August 25-29, 2003

Hypertext and Hypermedia
Nottingham, England
August 26-30, 2003


SEPTEMBER 2003

Educational Technology in Cultural Context
Joensuu, North Carelia, Finland
September 1-2, 2003

The Good, The Bad, and the Irrelevant:
The User and the Future of Information and Communication Technologies
Helsinki, Finland
September 3-5, 2003

Users in the Electronic Information Environments
Espoo, Finland
September 8-9, 2003

Association for Learning Technology:
Communities of Practice
Sheffield, England
September 8-10, 2003

European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Helsinki, Finland
September 14-18, 2003

What's Left in Communication Research?
Piran, Slovenia
September 16-21, 2003

Information, Communication, Society
St. Giles, Oxford, England
September 17-20, 2003

International Conference on Communities and Technologies
Amsterdam, Netherlands
September 19-21, 2003

Digital Earth:
Information Resources for Global Sustainability
Brno, Czech Republic
September 21-25, 2003

International Conference on Open and Distance Learning:
The Future of Open and Distance Learning
Cambridge, England
September 23-26, 2003

Connecting Science and Technology Studies:
The Academy, the Polity, and the World
Ithaca, New York, United States
September 26-28, 2003

Making Information Technology Work for Rural Communities:
High Speed Telecommunications Services are the Future Building Blocks of Rural America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
September 28-October 1, 2003

Privacy2003 Conference
Columbus, Ohio, United States
September 30-October 2, 2003


OCTOBER 2003

Art, Design and Communication:
eLearning for the Creative Industries
Melbourne, Australia
October 2, 2003

International Telecommunications Union:
World Telecom Forum
Geneva, Switzerland
October 12-18, 2003

Closing The Gap:
Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
October 14-18, 2003

Association of Internet Researchers
Internet Research 4.0: Broadening the Band
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 16-19, 2003

American Society for Information Science and Technology
Humanizing Information Technology: From Ideas to Bits and Back
Long Beach, California, United States
October 20-23, 2003

Educational Communications and Technology:
Surfing New Waves of Innovation, Leadership, and Learning
Anaheim, California, United States
October 22-26, 2003

Computing and Philosophy in Australia
Canberra, Australia
October 31-November 2, 2003


NOVEMBER 2003

Global Congress on Community Networking
Melbourne, Australia
November 2003

Museum Computer Network Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
November 5-8, 2003

Digital Dynamics:
Control, Participation, and Exclusion
Loughborough, England
November 6-9, 2003

National Communication Association:
Reaching Out/Reaching In
Miami, Florida, United States
November 19-23, 2003

The New Gatekeepers:
Free Expression in the Arts
New York, New York, United States
November 20-21, 2003


DECEMBER 2003

Open and Online Learning:
Community Development and Networking for Capacity Building
Reduit, Mauritius
December 7-13, 2003

Coalition for Networked Information:
Fall Task Force Meeting
Portland, Oregon, United States
December 8-9, 2003

World Summit on the Information Society
Geneva, Switzerland
December 10-12, 2003
WSIS Executive Secretariat
UNESCO
CRIS
CPSR

Indian Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Hyderabad, India
December 18-20, 2003


JULY 2004

Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning
Dunedin, New Zealand
July 5-8, 2004


AUGUST 2004

Journalists of Color:
Four Voices, One Purpose ... The Power of UNITY
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
August 4-8, 2004


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