The Evangelische Akademie Wien is in charge of organising an expert discussion on that topic in the framework of our Summit. Experts and representatives of Peace Research, Business, Politics and Military, and the civil society will exchange views with Hon.-Prof. Dr.…

The Wiener Festwochen, established in 1951, is a European art festival held every spring. The programme was released recently. Around our Summit many plays are performed that have a connection to the Summit theme: the information overload, war and struggle for power,…

Summit Speaker Rafael Capurro wrote a comment on the intercultural discourse revolving around Charlie Hebdo. He defends anglo-american newspapers not reprinting the French cartoons against accusations of cowardice made by German journalists. Read here. This comment touches the core of the Summit:…

Two new Tracks were added in the new year. So we have got 25 calls for papers. All of them are open until 27 February 2015. Only abstracts need to be submitted. Click here to browse all calls. They are categorised…

2015 started with a new strand of discussion in the FIS discussion list. Terry Deacon, keynote speaker on the first day, opened the discussion with excerpts of an essay on “Steps to a Theory of Reference & Significance in Information”.…

26 calls for papers (calls are open until 27 February 2015) and other programme items are by now online: 3 independent conference series joined the hitherto existing Foundations of Information Science conferences to form the Summit of the International Society…

The plus-energy office building of the TU Wien on the Getreidemarkt campus (photo: TU Wien) The Summit programme has been almost fixed for the first day. The content will build a bridge from the natural history of human information (Terry Deacon)…

We are happy to announce that usage of our platform for submission and registration gains momentum. We received the first submissions 5 days ago. By now, we have got 6 abstracts, notwithstanding the fact that by far not all calls…

Colleagues from China announce a Track on information studies in their country. This Track will be a window for the international public into China and a window for Chinese scholars into the other world as well! By doing so that…

The call says: “The Global Brain can be defined as the self-organizing network formed by all people on this planet together with the information and communication technologies that connect and support them. As the Internet becomes faster, smarter, and more encompassing, it increasingly links its…