The University of Limerick is the venue for Social Inclusion: Societal and Organisational Implications for Information Systems, a conference being run in association with the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) from 12 to 15 July. The conference will explore some of the issues surrounding the exclusion of individuals from certain societal processes and services because of a lack of access to technology. The conference organisers say that the conference will provide the opportunity to build on a strong tradition of studying technology design and use in organisations, and to also consider the processes that cause social exclusion and the issues that arise from this.
The keynote speakers will include author Frank McCourt and Dr Gillian Marcelle, principal consultant at Technology for Development (TfDev). Marcelle, who recently served as special adviser to the Vice Minister of Science and Technology in the Republic of Angola, provides strategic advice, policy research, international relations and resource mobilisation services on ICT and development matters.
More information on the conference is available at www.ifip82-2006.ul.ie
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