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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=604 style='width:452.95pt;background:white;border:solid #E5E5E5 1.5pt'><tr style='height:75.0pt'><td width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border:none;background:#C02C1D;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:75.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;background:#002060'><tr style='height:75.0pt'><td width=300 style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 15.0pt;height:75.0pt'><h1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>Centre for Information Management</span><o:p></o:p></h1><h1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'>IDIMC 2016 Exploring our digital shadow: from data to intelligence</span><o:p></o:p></h1></td><td width=300 style='width:225.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:75.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><img width=299 height=118 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D101B5.FBC20580"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border:none;background:transparent;padding:0cm 15.0pt 12.75pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-12.4pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#002060'>International Conference on Data and Information Management</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#002060'>Loughborough University, 12-13 January 2016</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>We are delighted to invite you to register for the 2<sup>nd</sup> International Data and Information Management Conference (IDIMC) taking place on 12-13 January 2016 at Loughborough University. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>This two-day conference aims to bring together researchers, managers and policy makers from academia, industry, government, commerce and the third sector. To follow on from the 2014 conference, ‘Making connections’, the overarching theme of this conference will be ‘Exploring our digital shadow’.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>The first day focusses on early career researchers, with a programme including a selection of workshops designed to hone skills in information management research. The second day comprises a series of invited and contributed papers and posters with a broad appeal across the sector. There will be excellent networking opportunities throughout both days.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b>Confirmed speakers</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>Danny Budzak (London Legacy Development Corporation), Andrew Jack (Financial Times), Christine Borgman (UCLA) and Stewart Robinson (Loughborough University).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b>Presentation topics include</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>Social Media, Embedded Intelligence, Information Security, From Big Data to Big Impact, Information Behaviour and Knowledge Management.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b>Call for Papers and Posters<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Submissions for oral presentations and posters are welcomed. See <a href="http://idimc.org/papers/">http://idimc.org/papers/</a> for more information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b>Conference registration</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>Registration is now open. To find out more and to book your place, please visit <a href="http://idimc.org/registration/">http://idimc.org/registration/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>An early bird rate is available for bookings received before 30<sup>th</sup> October.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>The conference is free to attend for Loughborough University staff and students but if you wish to attend you must register in advance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>For further information about the conference see <a href="http://www.idimc.org/">www.idimc.org</a> or email Sharon Fletcher at <a href="mailto:idimc@lboro.ac.uk">idimc@lboro.ac.uk</a><span class=MsoHyperlink><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid'><b>Biographies of invited speakers</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid'><b><i>Danny Budzak, London Legacy Development Corporation<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid'><b><i>Andrew Jack, Financial Times<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>Andrew Jack has worked as a journalist for the Financial Times since 1990. He runs the curated content team which picks the best news and analysis from the FT and the rest of the web. He was previously deputy editor of the analysis section, pharmaceuticals correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, Paris correspondent, financial correspondent, general reporter and corporate reporter. He is author of the books <i>Inside Putin’s Russia</i> and <i>The French Exception</i> as well as numerous specialist reports, written for the BMJ and the Lancet, and been interviewed on the BBC and other media outlets.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid'><b><i>Christine Borgman, University of California (UCLA)<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>Christine Borgman's research and teaching span information retrieval, human-computer interaction, information seeking and use, scholarly communication, and bibliometrics. Since the latter 1990s, these themes have converged in the study of data and data practices, exploring how observations, models, artefacts, and software become data; how these practices vary by individual and by discipline; and how these findings can be employed in the design of data collection, data management, data archiving, and science policy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid'><b><i>Stewart Robinson, Loughborough University<o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>Stewart is Professor of Management Science and Associate Dean Research at Loughborough University, School of Business and Economics. Previously employed in simulation consultancy, he supported the use of simulation in companies throughout Europe and the rest of the world. He is author/co-author of six books on simulation. His research focuses on the practice of simulation model development and use. Key areas of interest are conceptual modelling, model validation, output analysis and alternative simulation methods (discrete-event, system dynamics and agent based). Stewart is co-founder of the Journal of Simulation and President of the Operational Research Society.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>We hope you are able to join us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>Tom Jackson, Mark Hepworth, Claire Creaser, Louise Cooke, Ray Dawson, Russell Lock, Andrea Soltoggio, Becca Coates, Martin Sykora<o:p></o:p></p><p class=BodyText1 style='line-height:115%'>IDIMC 2016<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><a href="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cim"><b>www.lboro.ac.uk/cim</b></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Ina Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>SciELO Planning Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>LIASA Exco Portfolio ICT Development (2014-2016)<br>LIASA HELIG Chair (2014-2016)</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Switchboard: +27 12 349 6600 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Tel: +27 12 349 6641 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Fax: +27 (0) 86 576 9512<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Email: <a href="mailto:ina@assaf.org.za"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ina@assaf.org.za</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><img border=0 width=560 height=139 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D101B5.FBC20580" alt="Logo+slogan"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>1st Floor Block A, The Woods, 41 De Havilland Crescent, Persequor Park <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Meiring Naudé Road, Lynnwood 0020, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>PO Box 72135, Lynnwood Ridge 0040, Pretoria, South Africa. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'>Website: <a href="http://www.assaf.org.za/"><span style='color:blue'>www.assaf.org.za</span></a><i> </i></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-ZA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>