>-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 19 February 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: 19 February 2010
>- Notification to Authors: 19 March 2010
>- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 12 April 2010
>- Late Registration: After 12 April 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 JUSTICE 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, International Aids Society, 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
>
>