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Call for Papers
Annual Meeting of the Philososphy and Religion Society of Thailand

This year’s annual meeting of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand will be held at the campus of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Khon Kaen campus, Khon Kaen, Thailand, on December 15 to 16, 2018.

http://kk.mcu.ac.th/

The theme of the conference this year is “Philosophy and Religion in the Thai Education System: Myths and Realities”.

Papers do not have to be directly related to the theme of the conference, but they need to be within either philosophy or religion. Each submitted paper will be reviewed by a selection committee to be set up by the Society.

Papers must be no more than 10 A4 pages long, including all notes and references, and they can be written in either English or Thai.

The last day for submitting papers is November 15, 2017. Those who submitted papers will be notified of the result by November 30.

Papers presented at the annual meeting will then again be selected for possible publication in the Journal of the Society.

Contact person: Jerd Bandasak at parstthailand@gmail.com

AP-CAP’10

October 1-2, 2010

( http://www.ia-cap.org/ap-cap10 )
Wellington Institute of Technology, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand
Conference Chair : Soraj Hongladarom
Local Chair : Steve McKinlay

The Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference 2010 (AP-CAP 2010) will be held on the campus of Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec), Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. AP-CAP 2010 is part of a series of conferences organised by the International Association for Computing and Philosophy. CAP conferences are interdisciplinary by their very nature; we therefore welcome the submission of papers from a wide variety of disciplines at the intersection of philosophy, computer science and information technology as well as related areas in the social sciences.

Keynote Speakers
To be confirmed shortly.

Research Tracks
Whilst there is no specific theme for the conference papers are invited which explore the following ideas and their related disciplines.

Information and Computer Ethics
Identity, Trust and the Social Networking Phenomenon
Virtual Environments
Computing, Culture and Society
Computer-based Education and Electronic Pedagogy
Computational and related Logics
Metaphysics (Ontology, etc.)
Artificial Intelligence, Mechatronics, Robotics and Autonomous Agents
Philosophy of Computer Science
Philosophy of Information and Information Technology
Intersections

Please note that the above list should not be a limiting factor.

Submissions
Electronic submissions will open shortly. A link will be provided from the conference website. IA-CAP is moving towards full paper submissions however please limit submission length to 3000 words and include a 250 word abstract. IACAP discourages participants from reading their papers to the audience. The use of PowerPoint or other presentation software is popular. However, these need not be submitted with your original paper.
Post graduate students (PhD and Masters) are especially encouraged to submit.

AP-CAP’10 Conference Website
http://www.ia-cap.org/ap-cap10

Important Dates

February 2010	Call for papers announced
April 1	Paper submission open
July 16	Deadline for paper submission
August 14	Paper acceptance notification
August 31	Early registration open
October 1 – 2	AP-CAP’10 Conference, WelTec, Wellington, NZ

Questions and Enquiries
Questions concerning AP-CAP’10 may be addressed to the following;
Soraj Hongladarom s.hongladarom@gmail.com
Steve McKinlay stevet.mckinlay@gmail.com

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