-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 19 February 2010 --
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2010
Freiburg, Germany, 26 - 28 July 2010
(http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems (MCCSIS 2010)
Freiburg, Germany 26 - 31 July 2010
(http://www.mccsis.org)
* Conference background and goals
This conference aims to encourage and foster efforts of researchers
and practitioners by sharing cutting-edge research, innovations,
models, theories and strategies that address issues and challenges
related to cultivating online communities for grassroots democracy,
equity and social justice.
* 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 (accessible on-line).
* Best Papers
Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended
versions of their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS
International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems -
ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.
* 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 for this conference include, but are not limited to:
Citizenship
*Unleashing the power of citizens in developing countries to use the
Internet to drive their own social & political development agenda
Digital divide:
* Achievement of equity by bridging the digital divide and
promoting critical and digital literacies
Participation:
* Provision of effective online platforms for meaningful
participation of citizens
Access
* Optimization of wider access to democratic dialogues through
successful community cultivation
Community cultivation
* Enhance the benefits of social development interventions through
the use of digital, wireless and mobile
technologies for cultivating communities to conduct inquiry and
socio-political action
Sustainability
* Facilitating sustainable grassroots, bottom up co-created
solutions and approaches to leadership, human rights,
and civil society development
E-mentoring
* Reports and reflections on the successes and failures of
deploying e-mentoring strategies for raising political awareness,
civic consciousness and community cultivation
Transference
* North-South, South-South, and public-private partnerships and
collaboration for co-creation of online communities
Community Ownership & Strengthening
* Studies of efforts of involving citizens as stakeholders in
initiatives to promote democracy, social justice and equity
by strengthening their capabilities and promoting their
involvement in online communities.
* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 19 February 2010
- Notification to Authors: 19 March 2010
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 12 April 2010
- Late Registration: After 12 April 2010
- Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 26 - 28 July 2010
* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany.
* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2010
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: (secretariat /at/ edemocracy-conf.org)
Web site: http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/
* Program Committee
e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice 2010 Conference Program Chairs
Gurmit Singh, International Aids Society, Switzerland
Maggie McPherson, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
General MCCSIS 2010 Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro IsaÃas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to
http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/committees.asp
