e-Society 2007: Call for Papers

Call for Papers

The IADIS e-Society 2007 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 eGovernment / eGovernance, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, 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.

Topics related to e-Society are of interest. These include best practice, case studies, strategies and tendencies in the following areas:

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

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:
. Political and Social Aspects

- Political Drivers and Barriers of
e-Learning

- Impact of e-Learning in the e-Society

- Aspects of Globalisation of Education

- Societal Expectations of e-Learning

- Diversity, Globalisation and Cultural Domination on the Web

. E-Citizenship and Inclusion

- e-Learning in the Developing World

- e-Learning to Support Life-Long Learning

- e-Learning and the Digital Divide

- e-learning and the Social Divide

- e-Learning for e-Citizenship

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

The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions:

Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000 words).
Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work in progress reports or fresh developments and have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).
Reflection Papers – These might review recent research literature pertaining to a particular problem or approach, indicate what the findings suggest, and/or provide a suggestion - with rationale and justification - for a different approach or perspective on that problem. Reflection papers might also analyze general trends or discuss important issues in topics related to e-Society. These have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).
Posters / Demonstrations – These have one page at the maximum (625 words) besides the poster itself (or demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference.
Tutorials – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
Invited Talks – These will be made of contributions from well-known scholars and company representatives. An abstract will be included in the conference proceedings.
Doctoral Consortium - A Doctoral Consortium will discuss in group, individual projects and on going work of PhD students. Prospective students should send a report of their PhD projects and work so far with a maximum of 4 pages (2,500 words).
Corporate Showcases & Exhibitions – The former enables Companies to present recent developments and applications, inform a large and qualified audience of your future directions and showcase company’s noteworthy products and services. There will be a time slot for companies to make their presentation in a room. The latter enables companies the opportunity to display its latest offerings of hardware, software, tools, services and books, through an exhibit booth. For further details please contact the publicity chair - secretariat@esociety-conf.org

All submissions, except invited talks, are subject to a blind refereeing process.

Important Dates:

- Submission Deadline (2nd call): 7 May 2007

- Notification to Authors (1st call): Until 27 April 2007

- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call): Until 18 May 2007

- Late Registration (1st call): After 18 May

- Conference: Lisbon - Portugal, 3 to 6 July 2007

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