FM 1 New Definitions: Value, Community, Space

First Monday & International Institute of Infonomics

November 4-6, 2001
Heerlen/Maastricht

The organising institutions

This conference is jointly organised by First Monday and the International Institute of Infonomics.

First Monday is the peer-reviewed journal of the Internet. Originally started in May 1996 as an experiment in academic electronic publishing by Munksgaard International, Copenhagen, First Monday has since become independent, and completely international. First Monday has in its five years of existence attracted papers from world-reknown scholars, while also providing a platform for young researchers and thinkers from every discipline. It now has a readership in 160 countries-from Bhutan to Brazil-and receives over a million visits a month. It is available for free access at www.firstmonday.org

To celebrate its successful first five years, First Monday is starting a conference series of which FM 1 New Definitions is the first. The second conference will be in August 2002, in Aarhus, Denmark.

The International Institute of Infonomics was created last year by the University of Maastricht and Hogeschool Zuyd, to provide a multidisciplinary environment for the study of the digitisation of society. It brings together insights from a variety of fields, ranging from anthropology, linguistics, law, mathematics, to communication science, sociology, economics and business studies.

The institute is involved in basic research as well as inputs into policy and business at the European and international level. It is initially funded in large part by the European Commission, and is involved in several EC projects. The institute web site is www.infonomics.nl

For more information on the conference and press enquiries contact Conference Coordinator Kamini Aisola, k.aisola@kaiaconsult.com.