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Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 5 September 2011 -- IADIS International Conference on Internet Technologies & Society 2011 8 to 10 December 2011 – Shanghai, China (http://www.its-conf.org/) * Keynote Speakers Dr. Henk W. Sligte, Kohnstamm Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Prof. Gao Hong Qing, Dean of Network Center of He Nan Normal University, China * Opening Speaker: Prof. Ren You Qun, Vice President East China Normal University, China * Conference Background and Goals The IADIS Internet Technologies & Society 2011 Conference (ITS 2011) aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet as well as to assess the influence of Internet in the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are Internet Technologies, Information Management, e-Society and Digital Divide, e-Business / e-Commerce, e-Learning, New Media and e-Society, Digital Services in e-Society, e-Government / e-Governance and e-Health. These broad areas are divided into more detailed areas (see below). However innovative contributes that do not 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 conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services. * 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 Internet Technologies and the Information Society are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics: Internet Technologies - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - Intelligent Agents - Intelligent Systems - IS Security Issues - Mobile Applications - Multimedia Applications - e-Payment Systems - Protocols and Standards - Semantic Web and XML - Services, Architectures and Web Development - Software Requirements and Web Architectures - Storage Issues - Strategies and Tendencies - System Architectures - Telework Technologies - Ubiquitous Computing - Virtual Reality - Web 2.0 technologies - Social Networking and Marketing - Wireless Communications - Cloud Computing - IPv6 Issues Information Management - Computer-Mediated Communication - Content Development - Cyber law and Intellectual Property - Data Mining - e-Publishing and Digital Libraries - Human Computer Interaction and Usability - Information Search and Retrieval - Knowledge Management - Policy Issues - Privacy Issues - Social and Organizational Aspects - Virtual Communities - Internet and Disability - Internet and Aging Population e-Society and Digital Divide - Social Integration - Social Bookmarking - Social Software - e-Democracy - Social Integration e-Business / e-Commerce - Business Ontologies and Models - Digital Goods and Services - e-Business Models - e-Commerce Application Fields - e-Commerce Economics - e-Commerce Services - Electronic Service Delivery - e-Marketing - Languages for Describing Goods and Services - Online Auctions and Technologies - Virtual Organisations and Teleworking e-Learning - Collaborative Learning - e-Mobile Learning - Curriculum Content Design & Development - Delivery Systems and Environments - Educational Systems Design - e-Citizenship and Inclusion - e-Learning Organisational Issues - Evaluation and Assessment - Political and Social Aspects - Virtual Learning Environments and Issues - Web-based Learning Communities New Media and e-Society - 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 - Service Broadcasting - Political Reporting - Development of Digital Services - Freedom of Expression - e-Journalism - Open Access e-Government /e-Governance - Accessibility - Democracy and the Citizen - Digital Economies - Digital Regions - e-Administration - e-Government Management - e-Procurement - e-Supply Chain - Global Trends - National and International Economies - Social Inclusion - Sustainability e-Health - Data Security Issues - e-Health Policy and Practice - e-Healthcare Strategies and Provision - Legal Issues - Medical Research Ethics - Patient Privacy and Confidentiality * Important Dates: - Submission deadline (2nd call): 5 September 2011 - Notification to Authors (2nd call): 7 October 2011 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 4 November 2011 - Late Registration (2nd call): After 4 November 2011 - Conference: Shanghai, China, 8 to 10 December 2011 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Shanghai, China. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES & SOCIETY 2011 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://www.its-conf.org/ * Program Committee Conference and Program Co-Chairs Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Ji-ping Zhang, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China Tomayess Issa, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal * Co-located events Please also check the co-located event: International Higher Education 2011 (http://www.ihe-conf.org/) - 8 to 10 December 2011 * Registered participants in the Internet Technologies & Society conference may attend International Higher Education conference sessions free of charge.