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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions extended: 21 December 2007 --
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2008
April 9-12, 2008 ALGARVE, PORTUGAL
(http://www.esociety-conf.org/)
* Keynote Speakers:
Tim Braulke, Network Economy Group, Germany
Bert Mulder, Associate Professor Information, Technology and Society, The
Hague University, The Netherlands
* Conference Background and Goals
The IADIS e-Society 2008 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 Journal of Interactive Technology
and Smart Education (ITSE) (ISSN: 1741-5659), 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 (extended): 21 December 2007
- Notification to Authors: 25 January 2008
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 29 February
2008
- Late Registration: After 29 February 2008
- Conference: Algarve, Portugal, 9 to 12 April 2008
* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2008
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://www.esociety-conf.org/
* Program Committee
Program Chair
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Conference Chair
Pedro Isaνas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.esociety-
conf.org/committees.asp
* Co-located events
Please also check the co-located events:
Mobile Learning 2008 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) - 11-13 April 2008
Applied Computing 2008 (http://www.computing-conf.org/) - 10-13 April 2008
Information Systems 2008 (http://www.is-conf.org/) - 9-11 April 2008
* Registered participants in the e-Society conference may attend Mobile
Learning, Applied Computing, and Information Systems conferences
sessions free of charge.
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