Background[]
An event in Italy in 2011.
Call for Papers[]
- Deadline for submissions (new date): 28 February 2011
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2011
Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011
http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems (MCCSIS 2011)
Rome, Italy, 20 - 26 July 2011
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).
The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI
Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services. - 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
(IJCSIS - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers. - Types of submissions
Full papers, 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 (new date): 28 February 2011
- Notification to Authors (new date): 31 March 2011
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (new date): Until 28
April 2011
- Late Registration (new date): After 28 April 2011
- Conference: Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011 - Conference Location
The conference will be held in Rome, Italy - Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE 2011
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@edemocracy-conf.org
Web site: http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/
* Program Committee
e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice 2011 Conference Program Chair
Gurmit Singh, University of Leeds, UK
MCCSIS 2011 General Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isaas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to
http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/committees.asp
* Registered participants in the e-Democracy conference may attend the other
conferences part of MCCSIS 2011 free of charge.