GROUP

We are pleased to host Group 2007, a conference that combines world-class research contributions with a beautiful conference location. Group 2007 is part of a series of bi-annual high-impact conferences on computer-based systems that have an impact on groups, organizations, and social networks. For the third time, the conference is being held on beautiful Sanibel Island, on the southwest coast of Florida.

Group 2007 will foster a discourse on collaborative technology that bridges the fields of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Information Systems (IS). Group 2007 brings together researchers and practitioners from different areas working on the development, introduction, management, deployment, and analysis of computer-based collaborative systems. In these proceedings you will find contributions from academia and industry, including 38 papers (full-length contributions) and 9 notes (papers with smaller yet equally innovative contributions) selected from a record number of submissions (132 papers / 25 notes). This year's program will feature topics including theories of cooperative work and analysis of complex work settings, general questions of interactions in groups for working and learning, awareness and sharing support, technical issues, as well as social computing including social tagging and wikis.

Beyond papers and notes, we are excited to host the first ever Doctoral Consortium at Group, sponsored by NSF and Microsoft Research. Thirteen PhD students from five different countries have been selected to participate in a full-day workshop with leading experts in the field. Continuing from previous years, Group 2007 is pleased to also offer workshops, posters, and an opening plenary, not to mention lots of fun in the sun.