Workshop 1: CSCW and the Web 2.0

Full title: "Why CSCW research? Web 2.0 and Social Software solve our problems anyhow!"

Organisers: Wolfgang Prinz (Fraunhofer FIT, RWTH Aachen), Michael Koch (Bundeswehr University München)

Workshop overview:
The aim of this workshop is to discuss the applications, services and trends that are currently summarized by the terms „Web 2.0“ and “Social Software” from a CSCW perspective. Participants shall present their experiences or own developments in the Web 2.0 vicinity with
the following focus: Which CSCW aspects are addressed by current Web 2.0 / Social Software developments and vice versa? What are or could be the contributions of CSCW to the Web 2.0 phenomenon? The expected result of the workshop is a consolidated collection of the relationships between Web 2.0 and CSCW.

The workshop will take place as a full day session with a maximum of 12 to 14 participants selected on the basis of the submitted position papers.

Who should attend:
Potential participants are researchers or practitioners who deal with how the concepts and developments behind the Web 2.0 and Social Software movement has influenced or could influence CSCW and vice versa, e.g. what Web 2.0 characteristics could make a good basis for
future CSCW research and development.
The expected result of the workshop is a consolidated collection of the Web 2.0 and CSCW relationships as well as list of future research topics.

More info at: http://wwwfgcscw.in.tum.de/workshopecscw2007.html

Dissemination:
We will make the position papers available online. Additionally, the results of the workshop might include the decission to compile a journal special issue or a book - however, no decisions have been made in this direction.

Submissions:
Submissions of position papers should be sent to michael.koch AT unibw.de by July 2nd, 2007. Position papers will be reviewed by the workshop organizers and notification of acceptance will be given by the second week of July (before the early registration deadline).