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iConference 2012

Culture • Design • Society

University of Toronto, Faculty of Information

Feb. 7 - 10, 2012

iConference 2012
Numbers

Total participants: 486
Papers presented: 53
Posters presented: 95
Workshops presented: 9
Alternative Events presented: 16
Doctoral Colloquium Participants: 20

Image by Christian Holzinger
Organizers

Conference Chair: Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto

Conference Coordinator: Clark Heideger, iCaucus

Local Organizing Committee Chair: Andrew Drummond, University of Toronto

Papers Chair: Jonathan Furner, University of California, Los Angeles

Posters Chair: Paul Marty, Florida State University

Workshops Chair: Kelly Lyons, University of Toronto

Alternative Events Chair: Philippa Levy, University of Sheffield

Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs: Hamid R. Ekbia, Indiana University and Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University

Keynote Speakers Chair: Brian Cantwell Smith, University of Toronto

Publication Chair: Yuri Takhteyev, University of Toronto

Early Career Colloquium Co-Chairs: Joseph Janes, University of Washington and Anita Komlodi, UMBC

Local Organizing Committee (all from University of Toronto):

Amanda Brooks iSchool Alumna Volunteer
Susan Brown iSchool Assistant Dean, Administration
Ginger Coons PhD Student Volunteer
Joe Cox iConference LOC Chair
Andrew Drummond iConference LOC Chair
Ahlya Fountain iSchool Alumna Volunteer
Clark Heideger iConference Coordinator (iCaucus)
Heather MacNeil iSchool Faculty Member
Jens-Erik Mai iConference Chair
Wendy Newman iSchool Faculty Member
Kathleen O’Brien iSchool Communications Officer
Kathleen Scheaffer iSchool Librarian
Ivan Sestak iSchool IT Administrator
Katherine Shyjak iSchool Finance Officer
Nalini Singh iSchool Librarian
Elisa Sze iSchool Librarian

Program Committee

Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan
Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University
Jack Andersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science
Nick Belkin, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Jean-François Blanchette, University of California, Los Angeles
Johan Bollen, Indiana University
Geoff Bowker, University of Pittsburgh
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Donald Case, University of Kentucky
Chen Chuanfu, Wuhan University
Paul Clough, University of Sheffield
Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University
Ron Day, Indiana University
Melanie Feinberg, University of Texas, Austin
Robert Glushko, University of California Berkeley
Sean Goggins, Drexel University
Sara Grimes, University of Toronto
David Hendry, University of Washington
Steven Jackson, University of Michigan
Jim Jansen, The Pennsylvania State University
Michelle Kazmer, Florida State University
Anita Komlodi, UMBC
Christopher (Cal) Lee, University of North Carolina
Bonnie Mak, University of Illinois
William Moen, University of North Texas
Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine
Heather L. O’Brien, University of British Columbia
Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore Management University
Vivien Petras, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin
Elizabeth Shepherd, University College London
Bo Xie, University of Maryland

Image by Jason Leung
Sponsors & Partners

Microsoft Corp., Emerald, National Science Foundation, branchfire, Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Awards

Sponsored in 2023 by Springer Nature and the iSchools, the Lee Dirks Award is presented to the author(s) of the conference’s most outstanding full research paper. The 2023 award included a prize of $1,000 U.S. This award honors the memory of Lee Dirks of Microsoft Research, long-time friend and supporter of the iConference.

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