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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (new date): 29 March 2010  --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2010
Freiburg, Germany, 26 – 28 July 2010
(http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems (MCCSIS 2010)
Freiburg, Germany 26 – 31 July 2010 
(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).

* 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 - ISSN: 1646-3692) including
journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* 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 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): 29 March 2010
- Notification to Authors (new date): 30 April 2010
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (new date): Until 24
May 2010
- Late Registration (new date): After 24 May 2010
- Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 26 – 28 July 2010

* Conference Location 
The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany. 

* Secretariat 
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTIVE 2010
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal 
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/

* Program Committee 

e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice 2010 Conference Program Chairs
Gurmit Singh, The 3-Os Research & Consulting, Singapore/Switzerland
Maggie McPherson, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

General MCCSIS 2010 Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands 
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to
http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/committees.asp