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15th Annual EINIRAS Conference
"The Evolution of the Internet and the Study of International Relations and Political Science"
14-16 September 2005, Zurich

14 September
14:00 - Close EINIRAS Task Group Meetings
   

15 September
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome from Dr Victor Mauer, Deputy Director of the Center for Security Studies (CSS) and Dr Thomas Hodel, General Manager of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN)

09:45 - 10:45 From Lenin to Hedgehog Heavyweights and Foxy Artists: Social Network Analysis' Political Past and Scientific Future
Dr Karl M. van Meter, Member of the LASMAS and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France

11:15 - 12:15 The Convergence of Information and Technology
Uwe Sujata, Leader, Library System (NEBIS), ETH Bibliothek

12:15 - 13:15 The Semantic Web
Dr Erik Wilde, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), ETH Zurich

14:30 - 15:15 The ISN: Managing Information, Sharing Knowledge (2MB)
Chris Pallaris, ISN Chief Editor

15:30 - 16:30 EINIRAS Task Group Reports

16:30 - 17:30 EINIRAS Member Institute Projects

  • World Affairs Online as part of Vascoda, the German Scientific Portal: Concept and Perspectives - Michael Kluck, Head of Library and Information Services, SWP Berlin
  • Programme Parthenon - Jean Andre Tsimaratos
  • European Centre for Minority Issues Projects - William McKinney
  • Process-Oriented Knowledge Management system (PROMOTE) - Klaus Mak, Head, Documentation Center , Austrian National Defence Academy
   

16 September

09:30 - 10:30 Keynote Address: The Evolution of the Internet and the Study of International Relations and Political Science
Prof Steven Weber, Director of the Institute of International Studies, University of California , Berkeley

11:00 - 12:00 The Googlization of Everything: Electronic Text and the Sustainability of Electronic Resources
Prof Siva Vaidyanathan, New York University

12:00 - 13:00 Interleaving Paper and Digital Documents (1MB)
Prof Moira Norrie, Head of the Institute of Information Systems, ETH Zurich

14:30 - 15:30 Mapping Issues with the Web
Prof Richard Rogers, Director, Govcom.org Foundation

16:00 - 17:00 Information Management in the Private Sector (474KB)
Albert Zaretskie, Senior Information Specialist, Swiss RE

   
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