[Turing-Southampton] ACM WebSci'21 News Bulletin #3 | Less than 2 weeks to go!

[Susan Davies]

***apologies if you receive this more than once***

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The 2021 ACM Web Science Conference: Globalisation, Inclusion and the Web in the Context of COVID is now less than 2 weeks away!

Throughout the week you can hear from exciting Keynote Speakers<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsci21.webscience.org%2Fspeakers%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cd765626eee0f4ae135c308d92c11863f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637589276074289381%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=SOjBleWlcGEBn2mwqqMuAcJo%2BeoNAItfIfCW%2FO3enpI%3D&reserved=0> including:


  *   Deen Freelon - Associate Professor at UNC Chapel Hill
  *   Baroness Martha Lane Fox - Entrepreneur and internet activist
  *   Matthew Weber - Associate Professor at Rutgers University
  *   Daniel J Weitzner - Director of the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative
  *   Jennifer Zhu Scott - Forbes World's Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018

We have a number of Spotlight Panels<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsci21.webscience.org%2Fspotlight-panels%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cd765626eee0f4ae135c308d92c11863f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637589276074299336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=vvkAUJpzGgITtwkX3JSMJnDE6KL8I8UDHjc%2Bgx3wQvQ%3D&reserved=0>. Discussion topics include:

  *   The Coded Gaze: algorithmic bias, facial recognition and beyond - How research can change the law and influence people

·       COVID-19 and Society
·       The Future of the Web in a Post-COVID World
·       AI, Media and the Future of News on the Web
·       Directions in Digital Government
·       Does Decentralisation Help the Disenfranchised?
·       The Future of the Web and Society
The full programme<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsci21.webscience.org%2Fprovisional-programme%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cd765626eee0f4ae135c308d92c11863f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637589276074299336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=MyMBgflqnH3QjUHIygAxtD521X0s2%2B5yoeNOJfz1r64%3D&reserved=0> also includes workshops, paper sessions, tutorials and the PhD symposium.
Registration<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsci21.webscience.org%2Fregistration%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cd765626eee0f4ae135c308d92c11863f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637589276074309295%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=tEKlhvzjGL33Fm%2FnWhc0Nwbw7fayErt1QiWE1Mx77Go%3D&reserved=0> is open and the cost for the full week of events is just £50.

Keep an eye on our tweets via the #WebSci21 hashtag, and check out our website<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebsci21.webscience.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7Cd765626eee0f4ae135c308d92c11863f%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637589276074319249%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=4Mwmczs2m69%2Bmr%2F7hfXKTbyQ2QZXbET0FRYHWE9VHfo%3D&reserved=0> for further updates. We look forward to welcoming you to the second wholly online Web Science conference!

Best wishes

WebSci'21 Conference Committee

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