Invited Speaker – Jenna Hartel

Dear colleagues, we are extremely excited to announce the invited speaker for ECIL 2023 – Jenna Hartel!

Jenna Hartel is an associate professor at University of Toronto, Faculty of Information in Ontario, Canada. As an avid researcher and thinker her work is widely recognized in the field of library and information sciences. Her work, interests and energy are perhaps best understood in her own words:

“I am a theorist, methodologist, historian, and passionate educator of Library and Information Science (LIS). My work is motivated by the question: What is the nature of information in the pleasures of life? I am seeking an answer through creative, concatenated, exploratory research into information phenomena within the pleasurable and profound realms of serious leisure and hobbies. I am engaged in an imaginative, energetic, and committed form of intervention in the field of LIS. I believe a different character of LIS is possible, one that moves beyond pragmatic concerns with information resources and technologies to consider positive and upbeat information phenomena across the entire human experience. To that end, my ideas are expressed and packaged in non-standard formats that are playful, modern, and accessible to all. I hope to be a catalyst, endeavoring to inspire and encourage the field of LIS to explore new areas, import new methods, break out of traditional boxes, and entertain new possibilities.” – Jenna Hartel

Additional Extension of the Submission Deadline

Dear colleagues,

due to some last minute additional requests and our wish to offer best quality content in the conference program we are extending the deadline for two more weeks.

The new submission deadline is 15 February 2023.

Full updates to the Important dates list can be found here.

Kind regards,
ECIL Board

Keynote Speaker – Tim Gorichanaz

Dear colleagues,

we are pleased to announce our first keynote speaker – Tim Gorichanaz!

Tim Gorichanaz is an associate teaching professor at Drexel University, College of Computing & Informatics in Philadelphia, US. His areas of expertise are in human-computer interaction, philosophy of information, digital ethics, information experience, information behavior and human-centered design. In 2018, he has attained his PhD in Information studies from Drexel University. He has published a book on information experience titled “Information experience in theory and design” and has researched the information experience of runners during ultramarathons.

More about Tim’s work can be found on his personal pages.