Hypertext 2009 - Hypertext 2009 -hypertext, hypermedia, and social networks

Scope
The ACM Hypertext Conference is the main venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on "linking." The Web, the Semantic Web, the Web 2.0, and Social Networks are all manifestations of the success of the link. The Hypertext Conference provides the forum for all research concerning links: their semantics, their presentation, the applications, as well as the knowledge that can be derived from their analysis and their effects on society.

Hypertext 2008, held in Pittsburgh, was a real success. The number of submissions and attendees was up, a successful Student Research Competition took place, and a rejuvenated social linking track added new ideas and connections to the traditional core of the conference.

Important Dates
Technical Tracks:

February 2, 2009 Paper submission deadline
March 16, 2009 Notification to authors
April 6, 2009 Camera-ready (final papers to ACM)
June 30-July 1, 2009 Conference days

Other important dates are listed here.

Location and Dates
Hypertext 2009 will be held from June 29th to July 1st at the Villa Gualino Convention Center, on the hills overlooking Torino.

Detailed information can be found here.

The travel section provides some useful information about how to reach Torino.

Program
Hypertext 2009 will feature two stellar keynote speakers: Lada Adamic (University of Michigan) and Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Yahoo! Research).

In the conference technical program, professionals from academia, industry, and the media will present innovative ideas and tools exploiting the broad range of links increasingly connecting people, information, communities, and structures.

Research topics will be organized into three tracks:

Track 1 - Information Structure and Presentation
Track 2 - People, Resources, and Annotations
Track 3 - Hypertext and Community
Submissions
Submission instructions can be found here.

Demos and Industrial Session
Technical demonstration of new tools and innovative applications of hypertext are solicited. To submit a proposal follow the instruction here.

Workshops
ACM Hypertext 2009 will be running at least two workshops, taking place on the 29th of June before the start of the main conference. See the Call for Workshop Proposals.

Organizers
See the list of the Hypertext 2009 Organizers Committee.