..:: Call for Papers::..
II ONLINE Conference of the Observatory for CiberSociety
“Towards what Knowledge Society?”
http://www.cibersociedad.net/congres2004



Dear Friends:


We are very pleased to keep in touch with you to invite you to the II 
ONLINE Conference of the Observatory for the CiberSociety “Towards what 
Knowledge Society?”, which will take place on the Cyberspace between the 
2nd and 14th of November of 2004. It may be interesting to you to 
collaborate with us.


Considering the subjects which will be handled on the Conference, and the 
ones which you are focussed in, we would like you to submit a paper for you 
to take part on one of the 78 Working Groups of the Conference.


In advance, we appreciate your kind attention and we will be very pleased 
if you choose to participate in our Conference.


Sincerely,

Conference Committee
II ONLINE Conference of the Observatory for CiberSociety
“Towards what Knowledge Society?”



Next:
1. Introduction
2. Details for Paper Submission
3. FAQ
4. More Information
5. Schedule
6. Contacts
7. Legal Advice

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-->1. Introduction

The Observatory for the CiberSociety [http://www.cibersociedad.net] summons 
its II ONLINE Conference which will make and approach from an opened, 
multidisciplinary, critical and open perspective of its main topic -the 
Cybersociety- through an invitation to make an analysis on what kind of 
Knowledge Society we want. The Conference will take place in the Cyberspace 
between the 2nd and 14th November of 2004.

Through this document we opened a period for the introduction of 
candidacies to participate on any of the 78 work groups of the Congress. 
The work groups are the structural units in which the Congress is organized 
-they are similar to the ones which use to be structured in on symposiums, 
seminaries or workshops.

We summoned to Academic World, Public Administration, Private Enterprise 
and Civil Society to participate in this Congress. Considering the 
transcendence of the expositions, questions and implicit reflections shown 
on the editorial and on each one of the work groups main lines, we think 
that the participation of different social actors is essential to answer 
from an legitimated perspective to the main question of this event: Towards 
what Knowledge?

Concretely we would like to keep in touch with researchers and teachers of 
Social and Humanities subjects to show their current researches and 
analysis; to encourage to researchers and teachers in Technical and 
Scientific areas to show their more innovative discoveries and analysis; to 
give to Public Administrations and Private Companies the chance to explain 
the projects they are involved in; and finally to the Civil Society to 
communicate their feelings, comments and experiences about the interaction 
with ICT's and the Knowledge Society.

The Conference is articulated according an structure of 78 thematic Work 
Groups, reason why the subjects of the communications must be related to 
the main subjects of these units. You can consult the list of Work Groups 
in the Web of the Congress (http://www.cibersociedad.net/congreso2004 ) We 
understand that the communications should be introduced within the group 
topic reference and should analyze a particular subject or some experience 
related to the subject of the Work Group in which it is included.



--> 2. Details for Paper Submission


COMMUNICATIONS ARE the most meaningful contents of the Conference. They 
should be framed into the main subject of the Work Groups accepted by de 
Congress and make the calling sending the documentation directly to them 
through the Group pages, and always using the submission form which has 
been designed by the organizers for that purpose.


So, those communications sent by e-mail or through any other means not 
considered on the details won't be accepted. The submission form will be 
ready by next week. Other briefings, news and regulations related to the 
sending of communications are:


* ORIGINAL TEXTS ONLY. The communications must be unpublished.

* METAINFORMATION. Five keywords, an abstract or summary in the source 
language must be included on each communication. We recommend, besides, to 
include its abstract or summary translated into English.

* ACCEPTED LANGUAGES. The languages which will be considered on the 
Conference and, therefore the ones in which the communications will be 
accepted, are: Catalan, Castilian, Galician, English and Portuguese. The 
organizers will supply automatic translation of all the communications into 
Catalan, Castilian and English. If any Work Group coordination wants to 
accept communications in other languages, it will be specified on the group 
Web Page and it is under its own responsibility to send the corresponding 
translations to the organizers of this Conference so that they will be able 
to translate them into other languages.

* SUBMISSION FORMAT. The submission form of the communications will be 
saved under the following file formats: RTF, TXT, SXW, DOC, ZIP & RAR. We 
suggest you to use free formats (RTF, TXT or SXW). In case of doubt, please 
don't hesitate to contact us.

* FULL TEXT. This Conference will only accept the sending of the full 
document, its final version. Incomplete communications, abstracts/summaries 
or any other kind of incomplete proposals won't be evaluated or accepted 
due to formal reasons.

* LENGTH. The electronic format we are using allows us a certain freedom 
about communication length. However, due to operative reasons and content 
standardization, we recommend a minimum length of 10 DIN A-4 pages double 
spaced (approximately 3,000 words) and a maximum of 32 DIN A-4 pages double 
spaced (approximately 10,000 words).

* INITIAL COMMENTS. For the opening dates of the Conference (November 
2dn.), all the communications will be published in the electronic site of 
the Congress with an initial comment or summary which will allow to start 
the discussion about it. For that purpose, every person with an accepted 
communication from a Work Group will be given another one from the same 
group to read and elaborate the initial comment. This task will be assigned 
by the coordination staff of every unit. The organization considers this 
pre-Congress task is very important to generate useful debates about 
communications contents.

* DEADLINE: THE DEADLINE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICATIONS IS OCTOBER, 
7TH 2004. ­

* RECOMMENDATION: The organizers of the Conference consider that all the 
communications should clearly specify (1) the specific object of study your 
communication refers to; (2) the importance and interest of the subject 
according to the aims and planning of the Working Group;(3) Specify the 
methodology and disciplinary field the communication comes from; and (4) 
end your work with some conclusions.

* QUOTATION FORMAT. We recommend the quotations to be included into the 
text between brackets, starting with the author surname, year, and page of 
reference, e.g. (AUTHOR, 1997:101) OR, (AUTHOR AND AUTHOR: 1997:101-105). 
Footnotes will only be used for quotations in case it will provide more 
information or comments about the quotation.

* BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT. It is recommended not to use vignette or indentation 
for the bibliographic lists, and we suggest the next samples to make 
bibliographic lists or similar:

->For a book:

TURKLE, Sherry, 1997, Life on the screen. Identity in the age of Internet, 
New York: Touchstone


->For the chapter of a book:

STRATTON, Jon, 1997, Cyberspace and the Globalization of Culture", in David 
PORTER (ed.), Internet Culture, New York & London: Routledge, pp. 253-275

->For an article from a magazine:

STARRS, Paul F., 1997, The sacred, the regional and the digital", in The 
Geographical Review, vol. 87, not. 2, pp. 193-218


* PUBLICATION. All the accepted proposals to the Conference will be 
published on its minutes. All the Congress materials and, consequently, all 
the communications, will be subjected by the ‘Creative Commons’ licence of 
the Congress which will allow the free circulation of the contents provided 
whenever the source and authors will be mentioned.



--> 3. FAQ - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

    May I send more than one communication?
Each conference member may send as many communications as he/ she wishes, 
and those that will be accepted by the coordination of the Working Groups 
in which the member will show his/ her communications.

    Are only academic works accepted?
No, the Observatory of Cibersociety makes a call to all the entrepreneurial 
world and the Civil Society to participate on this Congress, because we 
understand we all have to give answers to the questions related to this 
calling: Towards what Knowledge Society?

    Do I have to pay any fee for participating?
You must consult the section ‘Registration’ of the Web Site of the 
Congress, but the answer to this question is NO. The registration in the 
Congress is completely free, although there is a small fee for those who 
want to obtain a registration certification and the minutes of the Congress.



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--> 5. Schedule

12.07.2004 - Opening of registration period for the Conference

20.07.2004­ Call for Papers

07.10.2004­ Deadline of communications acceptance

21.10.2004 - Publication of full official program of the Conference

02.11.2004 - Inauguration of the Conference

14.11.2004 - Closure of the Conference


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