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Monday, October 25, 2004

IFIP seeking nominations for Namur Award

The International Federation for Information Processing is soliciting nominations for the 2006 Namur Award. From the web site: "The Namur Award is a biennial award to be accorded for an outstanding contribution with international impact to the awareness of social implications of information technology. The purpose is to draw attention to the need for an holistic approach in the use of information technology in which the social implications have been taken into account. The Namur Award consists of a commemorative plate and a certificate." Nominations will be accepted until December 10, 2004.