-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions
(1st call extension): 4 December 2009 --
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2010
March 18-21, 2010 ? Porto, Portugal
(<http://www.esociety-conf.org/>http://www.esociety-conf.org/)
* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Christina Preston, MirandaNet Founder, UK
* Conference Background and Goals
The IADIS e-Society 2010 conference aims to
address the main issues of concern within the
Information Society. This conference covers both
the technical as well as the non-technical
aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas
of interest are eSociety and Digital
Divide, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, New
Media and E-Society, Digital Services in
eESociety, eGovernment /eGovernance, eHealth,
Information Systems, and Information
Management. These broad areas are divided into
more detailed areas (see below). However
innovative contributes that don't fit into these
areas will also be considered since they might
be of benefit to conference attendees.
* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks
and oral presentations. The proceedings of the
conference will be published in the form of a
book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available
also in the IADIS Digital Library (online
accessible). The best paper authors will be
invited to publish extended versions of their
papers in the IADIS Journal on WWW/Internet
(ISSN: 1645-7641) and other selected Journals.
* Types of submissions
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers,
Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and
Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.
* Topics related to the Information Society are
of interest. These include, but are not limited
to the following areas and topics:
«« eSociety and Digital Divide »»
Connectivity may imply social coherence and
integration. The opposite may result as well,
when systematic measures are taken to exclude
certain individuals or certain groups. Papers
are welcomed on the next keywords:
? Social Integration
? Social Bookmarking
? Social Software
? E-Democracy
? Social Integration
«« eBusiness / eCommerce »»
May include issues relating to:
? Business Ontologies and Models
? Digital Goods and Services
? eBusiness Models
? eCommerce Application Fields
? eCommerce Economics
? eCommerce Services
? Electronic Service Delivery
? eMarketing
? Languages for Describing Goods and Services
? Online Auctions and Technologies
? Virtual Organisations and Teleworking
«« eLearning »»
May include issues relating to:
? Collaborative Learning
? Curriculum Content Design & Development
? Delivery Systems and Environments
? Educational Systems Design
. E-Citizenship and Inclusion
? eLearning Organisational Issues
? Evaluation and Assessment
. Political and Social Aspects
? Virtual Learning Environments and Issues
? Web-based Learning Communities
«« New Media and E-Society »»
May include issues relating to:
? Digitization, heterogeneity and convergence
? Interactivity and virtuality
? Citizenship, regulation and heterarchy
? Innovation, identity and the global village syndrome
? Internet Cultures and new interpretations of ?Space?
? Polity and the Digitally Suppressed
«« Digital Services in E-Society »»
May include issues relating to:
? Service Broadcasting
? Political Reporting
? Development of Digital Services
? Freedom of Expression
? E-Journalism
? Open Access
«« eGovernment /eGovernance »»
May include issues relating to:
? Accessibility
? Democracy and the Citizen
? Digital Economies
? Digital Regions
? eAdministration
? eGovernment Management
? eProcurement
? Global Trends
? National and International Economies
? Social Inclusion
«« eHealth »»
May include issues relating to:
? Data Security Issues
? eHealth Policy and Practice
? eHealthcare Strategies and Provision
? Legal Issues
? Medical Research Ethics
? Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
«« Information Systems »»
May include issues relating to:
? Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
? Intelligent Agents
? Intelligent Systems
? IS Security Issues
? Mobile Applications
? Multimedia Applications
? Payment Systems
? Protocols and Standards
? Software Requirements and IS Architectures
? Storage Issues
? Strategies and Tendencies
? System Architectures
? Telework Technologies
? Ubiquitous Computing
? Virtual Reality
? Wireless Communications
«« Information Management »»
May include issues relating to:
? Computer-Mediated Communication
? Content Development
? Cyber law and Intellectual Property
? Data Mining
? ePublishing and Digital Libraries
? Human Computer Interaction
? Information Search and Retrieval
? Knowledge Management
? Policy Issues
? Privacy Issues
? Social and Organizational Aspects
? Virtual Communities
? XML and Other Extensible Languages
* Important Dates:
- Submission deadline (1st call extension): 4 December 2009
- Notification to Authors (1st call extension): 6 January 2010
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early
Registration (1st call extension): Until 27 January 2010
- Late Registration (1st call extension): After 27 January 2010
- Conference: Porto, Portugal, 18 to 21 March 2010
* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Porto, Portugal.
* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2010
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: <mailto:(secretariat /at/ esociety-conf.org)/>(secretariat /at/ esociety-conf.org)/
Web site: <http://www.esociety-conf.org/>http://www.esociety-conf.org/
* Program Committee
Program Chair
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Conference Chair
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Committee Members:*
* for committee list please refer to
<http://www.esociety-conf.org/committees.asp>http://www.esociety-conf.org/committees.asp
* Co-located events
Please also check the co-located events:
Information Systems 2010
(<http://www.is-conf.org/>http://www.is-conf.org/) - 18-20 March 2010
Mobile Learning 2010
(<http://www.mlearning-conf.org/>http://www.mlearning-conf.org/)
- 19-21 March 2010
* Registered participants in the e-Society
conference may attend Information Systems and
Mobile Learning conferences? sessions free of charge.
