[Commlist] CFP. Time to Re-shape the Digital Society International Conference

Call for Papers (new extended deadline) :

*Time to Re-shape the Digital Society. International Conference 
celebrating the 40^th (+1) Anniversary of CRIDS. *

*Dates:* Thursday 18 November 2021 – Friday 19 November 2021

*Location:* University of Namur, Faculty of Law (rempart de la Vierge 5 
– 5000 Namur, Belgium)

*Abstracts submission deadline:*1 April 2021.

*Extended deadline:*19 April 2021.**

This two-day conference formally celebrates the 40^th  (+1) anniversary 
of the CRIDS (Centre de recherche information, droit et société - 
Information, Law and Society Research Center). Because of the pandemic, 
the celebration, which was initially planned to take place during the 
summer 2020 had to be postponed. It will take place on Thursday 18 
November and Friday 19 November 2021 at the University of Namur.  The 
conference will be webcast but speakers are asked to attend in person if 
possible. If the Covid-19 situation is still problematic, the conference 
will take place fully online.

The theme of the anniversary conference is to reflect on the future of 
our digital society to make it a better place for the generations to 
come. Over the past 40 years we have seen technology develop and many 
attempts to tame and frame its impact on society. There have been some 
successes but also some failures.

The conference will assemble academics, researchers and practitioners 
from all over the world and from different disciplines (law, sociology, 
philosophy, communication and information studies, etc.) to reflect on a 
future framework for the development of a better digital society.

While a number of speakers will be specifically invited to present their 
vision, slots are open to researchers and practitioners through this 
call for papers.  For more information, please visit www.crids.eu/40ans 
<http://www.crids.eu/40ans>

Fields and Topics

Cutting-edge papers, delivering vision and insight, are welcome from all 
fields we cover at the CRIDS:

·Law

·Communication and digital media education

·Philosophy and ethics

Multidisciplinary papers covering more than one discipline (law, 
communication and digital media education, philosophy and ethics) are 
particularly welcome.

Papers can be submitted on any fields and topics on relevant 
technologies and applications linked to digital societies, for instance:

*Technologies & applications*
	
*Fields & topics*
Artificial Intelligence
	
Power and governance
Big data
	
Citizenship and society
Blockchain
	
Ownership
5G
	
Human rights
Green IT
	
Sustainable IT
Smart cities
	
Fake news and quality content
Cloud computing
	
Protecting minors and citizens
e-Justice
	
Liability and responsibility
e-Government
	
Net neutrality
e-Health
	
Cybersecurity and policing
Trust services
	
Consumer protection
Identity management services
	
Contracting
IoT
	
Digital and media literacy
3D printing and additive manufacturing
	
Human rights
OTTs
	
Commons and open source
Bio-informatics
	
Access to data
Platforms
	
Data Protection
Social Networks
…
	
Algorithmic governance
…

Procedure for Abstracts and Papers

*Abstracts*

Abstracts should preferably be submitted in English but abstracts in 
French will also be considered.

Participants are invited to submit an abstract between 500 and 1000 
words (references not included). Participants should also provide 3 to 5 
keywords describing their contribution and a short biography. Abstracts 
should be submitted in Word document only and sent to 
(international-crids /at/ unamur.be) <mailto:(international-crids /at/ unamur.be)>

A scientific committee composed of academics from the University of 
Namur and from other universities will examine submissions and will 
inform the candidate the outcome.

Presentations will be delivered during dedicated tracks (20 min for 
presentation + 10 min for Q/A).

If your abstract was accepted during the first call, please resubmit 
either the same (albeit with small adjustments where needed) abstract 
and it will be accepted. You may resubmit a different abstract in which 
case it will be re-examined by the scientific committee.

*Papers in view of publication*

The proceedings of the conference will be published in a scientific 
publication (Larcier, Collection du CRIDS 
<https://www.larcier.com/fr/catalogue.html?collection_name=Collection+du+Crids>) 
and copies will be available at the conference. If your abstract is 
accepted, you will be invited to submit a paper (max. 5000 words in 
English or French) to be considered for publication.

*Best junior contribution award*

A special prize will be given to the best contribution submitted by a 
junior researcher (less than 30 years old).

*Fees*

●Full conference fee^^[1] 
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*275€*

●Online only (two days): *50€*

The full conference fee includes a copy of the conference proceedings, 
the program, lunches, coffees and a gala dinner (held during the 
conference). Online attendees will benefit from a preferential price on 
the printed proceedings.

For more information, please visit www.crids.eu 
<http://www.crids.eu/>_/40ans_

For any inquiry, please use (international-crids /at/ unamur.be) 
<mailto:(international-crids /at/ unamur.be)>

*Important dates***

1 April 2021:

	

−Deadline to submit abstracts

*19 April 2021:*

	

−*Extended deadline to submit abstracts*

1 May 2021:

	

−Communication of results

10 June 2021:

	

−Deadline to submit papers

23 July 2021:

	

−Deadline to submit final revised papers (following peer review by 
scientific committee)

18-19 November 2021:

	

−Conference

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for special categories may be available on request



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