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ICT4S Summer
School 2020
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The ICT4S
summer school will bring together researchers from all areas
related to the transformational role of ICT for sustainable
futures.
Program:
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The
preliminary program is online:
For whom:
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For
researchers of any area related to Information and
Communication Technologies for Sustainability.
When:
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From Monday
17 August through Friday 21 August 2020 (full time)
Where:
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The school is
hosted by the Lorentz center on the campus of the University
of Leiden, in The Netherlands, a short 30 minutes west of
Amsterdam.
School
format:
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The format
combines lectures on cutting-edge ICT4S topics with hands-on
sessions discussing future collaborations and synergies, and
collaborative paper writing.
Organizers:
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Christoph
Becker, University of Toronto
Jay Chen, NYU
Abu Dhabi
Patricia
Lago, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Daniel
Pargman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Daniel
Schien, University of Bristol
Accommodation:
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At the Hotel
Van der Valk, a few minutes walk from the Lorentz Center.
Costs:
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Lorentz
Center does not charge registration fees. In addition, Lorentz
Center hosts a welcome reception and a workshop dinner, both
free of charge.
We are still
in the process of acquiring additional funding. If you need a
contribution to your expenses, please indicate so in the
online registration. If reimbursements will be granted, they
will be transferred after the workshop, upon presentation of
ticket or travel receipts.
Sponsorship:
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For questions
about sponsoring, please contact Prof. Patricia Lago <p.lago@vu.nl>
Applications:
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SIKS, IPA and
ASCII PhD-students working on the ICT4S topics are strongly
encouraged to apply. However the number of seats is limited.
Applications
will be evaluated by the organizers based on need and fit in
the school topics, and will be informed about the decision as
soon as possible.
Application
Deadline
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30 April 2020
The Lorentz
Center
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The Lorentz
Center is a Dutch national center for international workshops
in all scientific disciplines. Its guiding philosophy is that
innovative research thrives on interaction between creative
researchers. Lorentz Center workshops focus on new
collaborations and on interactions in highly diverse groups of
researchers – international and with different scientific
viewpoints as well as seniority, gender, and culture.
The Lorentz
Center receives structural financial support by Leiden
University, and by the Dutch research councils Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research NWO.