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Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 25 January 2010 -- IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WEB BASED COMMUNITIES 2010 Freiburg, Germany, 29 – 31 July 2010 (http://www.webcommunities-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 The mission of this conference is to publish and integrate scientific results and act catalytically to the fast developing culture of web communities. The conference invites original papers, review papers, technical reports and case studies on WWW in particular the emerging role of so-called WWW-Based Communities. * 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 related to Web Based Communities are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics: The history, architecture and future of virtual communities 1. From mobility to connectivity 2. Identity and augmented ideologies 3. Visionary web architectures, implanted computers 4. Network revolutions, post-colonial and post-modern societies 5. Escaping from reality, virtual reality and multi-user games 6. Towards alternative ways of presence Group processes and self-organization 1. Tele-democracy, morality, netiquette 2. Social networks, tribal- and open communities, peace education 3. Computer mediated-, hyper- and narrative communication, woven stories 4. MUDs, MOOs and avatars 5. Hosting web-based communities 6. Nationalities, ethnicities and gender effects Cyborgs, teleworking, telemedicine, art games and learning communities 1. Fading hierarchies and epistemic dictatorship 2. Distributed cognition, the electronic cortex and constructivism 3. Community directories 4. Mechanic world, organic computer 5. Agents and the vectorized self 6. Beyond metaphors: imagining and representation 7. Communizing as a marketing approach Expanding markets through virtual communities 1. The WWW as digital market place 2. The enterprise as a learning community 3. The learning as a road map for business 4. Universities as online communities 5. Business-to-business communication in profit- and non profit sectors Virtual communities for people with special needs 1. Access to public spaces 2. Accessibility and long-term disabilities 3. Virtual communities in health care * Important Dates: - Submission Deadline: 25 January 2010 - Notification to Authors: 26 February 2010 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 26 March 2010 - Late Registration: After 26 March 2010 - Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 29 – 31 July 2010 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WEB BASED COMMUNITIES 2010 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://www.webcommunities-conf.org/ * Program Committee Web Based Communities 2010 Conference Program Co-Chairs: Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal General MCCSIS 2010 Conference Co-Chairs: 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.webcommunities- conf.org/committees.asp