Summer School on Digital Transformation

PACT Lab members Christian Sandvig and Jeff Kolar will participate in the first annual International School on Digital Transformation in Porto, Portugal July 19-24, 2009.

The school will be an intensive six-day residential program, conducted in English and bringing together emerging and established scholars and professionals from around the world. During the week-long session, innovators in digital communications will serve as teachers and mentors, presenting their current projects and research and participating in discussions with advanced students and professionals beginning careers in the field.

The school will focus on:

• Democratic transformations of society through digital media
• Innovations in transparency and political participation using new online tools
• Grassroots civic activities using digital technologies
• Building effective communities with the Internet
• Reaching out to new users with mobile and online technologies
• Prospects for digital communication in developing regions
• Digital arts and culture in a globalized, online world

For more information:

http://digitaltransformationschool.org/2009/

The school is sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin and the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal via their CoLab.

See also:
    Sandvig to Present at ICA (previous)