Venue

Net Station Conference will be held at University of Minho, in the city of Braga (North of Portugal).

All sessions will take place at the Institute of Social Sciences (Instituto de Ciências Sociais).

Use #netstation2015 in social networks during the conference

Important dates

30. November :: Abstracts submission ends

10.December :: New deadline for abstracts submission

19. December :: Target date for proposal acceptance notification

31. January :: Reduced fees, 'Early Bird' registration ends

15. March :: Second phase registration ends (only authors registered till this deadline will be included in the programme)

23-24. April :: Conference

30. April :: Full papers submission ends

Contact

Phone |
+ 351 253604214

Email |
netstation@ics.uminho.pt

Official support

Braga

Braga is considered the third most important city in the country after Lisbon (capital) and Oporto. It is the main city of the Minho region and it is surrounded by the Spanish Galicia in the North and by the Douro river (the world's oldest wine region - home to the production of Port Wine) in the South. The closest international airport is in Oporto, some 45Km from Braga city centre (40 minutes drive via highway). The closest Spanish international airport is Vigo at 100km also connected by highway. Lisbon airport is 350 km from Braga.

NET Station Project

"NET Station: shaping radio for web environment" is a research project on the adaptation of traditional radio to the web. It is carried out at Communication and Society Research Centre (University of Minho) and is funded by FCT, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

CECS

The Communication and Society Research Centre is an organisation permanently dedicated to fundamental and applied research. It was founded in 2001 and is organised in three research groups: 1) Media and Journalism; 2) Cultural Studies; 3) Communication, Organisations and Social Dynamics. In 2008 it was acknowledged as an Excellent research centre by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.