[Commlist] CFP: International Digital Divide Conference

*KEYNOTES*

* Vinton Cerf, Father of the Internet and Vice President and Chief 
Internet Evangelist for Google

* Larry Irving, former US Assistant Secretary of Commerce who in 1994 
sparked global interest in digital divide research and evidence-based 
policymaking

*PLENARIES*
* Geoffrey Starks, Commissioner, United States Federal Communications 
Commission in conversation with Gigi Sohn, Distinguished Fellow, 
Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and former 
Counselor to then-Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Tom 
Wheeler
* Avi Gillis, Head of Digital Inclusion Policy & Diversity in Tech, DCMS 
Digital and Tech Policy, Government of the United Kingdom Department for 
Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)
* Hopeton S. Dunn, Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, 
University of the West Indies; Director, Caribbean Institute of Media 
and Communication (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies; Director, 
Telecommunications Policy and Management Programme, Mona School of 
Business, University of the West Indies; Chairman, Broadcasting 
Commission, Jamaica

* Laura Breeden, former Program Director for Public Computing and 
Broadband Adoption, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, United States Department of Commerce

Please check http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/ for additional 
prominent Plenaries to be announced soon.

*PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE (PPDD) 2019 
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE*

22-24 May 2019

Washington, DC USA

http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/

*FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLICATION*

Submit your 250-words-maximum abstract to present your work at PPDD 
2019, be included in the PPDD 2019 Proceedings and E-Book, and have your 
work considered for publication in PPDD's edited volumes and special 
issues of PPDD's five Publishing Partners’ peer-reviewed journals. PPDD 
2019 invites work that informs issues related to the digital divide 
broadly defined, the nature of life in the digital age, the many 
challenges and opportunities of information and communication 
technologies, and the interplay of influence between technological and 
social change.

*DEADLINES*

Submission Deadline: 6^May 2019 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Time — Submit sooner 
for rapid notification

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: ASAP on a rolling basis after 
submission and no later than 8 May 2019

Deadline for Accepted Presenters to Register for PPDD 2019: 8^May 2019

Submission Instructions: http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/cfp/

*CONFERENCE, HOTEL, AND REGISTRATION DETAILS*

Full PPDD 2019 Conference Information: Please see 
http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/ and 
http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/program/

PPDD 2019 Hotel Reservations:

Please see http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/hotelactivities/

for complete details to reserve at the deeply discounted $149USD/night 
PPDD 2019 room rate, which is also available if you wish to stay while 
attending ICA or sightseeing.

PPDD 2019 Registration Information: Please see 
http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/registration/

*PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE 2019 INTERNATIONAL 
CONFERENCE *

Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) is the only 
academic professional organization in the world focused solely on the 
digital divide and on connecting research to policymaking and practice 
to strategize actions and catalyze solutions to this pressing societal 
concern. The research, policymaker, and practitioner community 
represented by PPDD stands ready to advance the agenda on broadband and 
the digital divide, to address the many challenges and opportunities 
presented by the digital world, and to further evidence-based 
policymaking and practice so that all citizens can participate fully in 
the digital, networked age.

The interdisciplinary Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide 
2019 International Conference brings together researchers, policymakers, 
and practitioners for an extended, in-depth dialogue about key issues 
that inform information and communication technologies and the digital 
divide around the world. The Conference works to identify new areas of 
necessary, productive focus, foster greater understanding, advance 
research, and enlighten policy and practice going forward. An optional 
21 May afternoon Field Trip to digital inclusion program sites offers 
the opportunity to learn firsthand about innovative initiatives to 
bridge the digital divide in the Washington, DC area.

PPDD 2019 is particularly significant as it marks the 25th anniversary 
of the recognition of the digital divide through social scientific 
research. And, within PPDD 2019, we plan to have a major worldwide 
gathering of experts on technology, disability, and the digital divide.

The unprecedented broad multi-disciplinary coalition of PPDD 2019 
co-sponsoring organizations from academic, policymaking, and 
practitioner communities, who will also have representatives 
participating, ranges from the Internet Society to the Governments of 
France Ministry for the Economy and the Finances The French Digital 
Agency, the Government of the United Kingdom Department for Digital, 
Culture, Media & Sport and more to the American Library Association to 
just about every academic discipline that works on digital divide issues.

Please join us to share your insights and expertise, explore the issues, 
and grow your knowledge and network of connections. Together, we will 
enrich the dialogue, connect research, policy and practice, and advance 
the agenda on the digital divide.

Please contact conference [at] ppdd [dot] org with any questions not 
answered on the website.

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