The “1st international conference on Internet Science”, will be organized from April 9 to 11, 2013 in Brussels, under the aegis of the European Commission, by the EINS FIRE project, the Network of Excellence in Internet Science (http://www.internet-science.eu).

Hosted by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (http://www.kvab.be), the event will be a highly multidisciplinary conference fostering dialogue among scholars and practitioners belonging Computer Science, Sociology, Art, Mathematics, Physics, Complex systems analysis, Psychology, Economics, Law, Political Science, Epistemology and other relevant disciplines. It will also provide the EINS Network of Excellence with an opportunity to interact with external stakeholders, detail project objectives and methodological approach, and showcase its first results.

A Call for Papers has been launched, inviting papers shedding light on Internet Science from all involved disciplines and in particular papers crossing rigid disciplines boundaries, describing original research and innovative ideas (see http://internetscienceconference.eu for full details). A number of keynote and invited high-level speakers have been secured (http://internetscienceconference.eu/programme).

The conference is open to any organizations and individuals interested in the event topic. Pre-registration at http://internet-science.eventbrite.com is compulsory since registration may be closed prior to the event date due to room capacity constraints.

To contact the event organizers, please send an email to conference@internet-science.eu.