Asia Pacific Internet Research Alliance-NEWS

Submission
All Paper authors should submit abstracts of about 500 words (excluding the Title, author name, contact information and institutional affiliation). The preferred WORD format is to use Times New Roman font, size 12, with default page setups. All submissions should be sent electronically to the conference coordinator Jeremy Liu (ia@twnic.net.tw). The deadline for abstracts is May 10, 2006.

All submissions will be reviewed by a selection panel and the acceptance will be notified by May 26, 2006 via e-mail. Full papers or PPT presentation files are due on July 15, 2006.

Locations and Dates
The conference will be held at the conference room of Howard International House in Taipei, Taiwan on 9~10 August 2006. It takes 1 hour by airport shuttle bus or taxi from CKS international airport.

Registration Fee
Free for authors and the public.

Hospitality
Free meals will be provided during the conference period. All participants are responsible for their transportation from their own places and their accommodations in Taipei, Taiwan. Conference coordinators will help them recommend multiple hotels at convenient locations with reasonable rates, from which participants can choose to make their own reservations.

Organizer
The Asia-Pacific Internet Research Alliance (APIRA, www.apira.org) is a consortium of Internet research organizations established by a group of scholars and professionals from Korea, The Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in 2003.

Its objectives are to
I. Enhance communication and comparison in Asia-Pacific region on the Internet information;
II. Deepen the research on statistical techniques of the Internet information;
III. Facilitate the cooperation among Asia-Pacific countries and regions on the Internet information survey and research; and
IV. Boost the regional development of the Internet researches.

Second Announcement
A second announcement with a more detailed program will be posted in May 2006 on the APIRA and conference official websites. The program details will also be sent to the authors via e-mail then.

Provisional Schedule

10 May, 2006	Submission of abstracts
26 May, 2006	Notification of acceptance
15 July, 2006	Submission of full papers and PPT files
09 August, 2006	Conference registration open
09~10 August 2006	Conference and membership meeting

For more information about the 3rd APIRA International Conference, and to view current issues, please visit APIRA website at http://www.apira.org, or http://www.apira2006.tw (The official event website will be on available after April 7, 2006)