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Topics of Interest
The IADIS e-Society 2008 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 eSociety and Digital Divide,
eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, New Media and E-Society,
Digital Services in ESociety, eGovernment / eGovernance,
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:
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eSociety and Digital Divide
Connectivity may imply social coherence and
integration. The opposite may result as well, when
systematic measures are taken to exclude certain
individuals or certain groups. Papers are welcomed on
the next keywords:
· Social Integration
· Social Bookmarking
· Social Software
· E-Democracy
· Social Integration
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eBusiness
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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
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eLearning
May include issues relating to:
· Collaborative Learning
· Curriculum Content Design & Development
· Delivery Systems and Environments
· Educational Systems Design
. E-Citizenship and Inclusion
· eLearning Organisational Issues
· Evaluation and Assessment
. Political and Social Aspects
· Virtual Learning Environments and Issues
· Web-based Learning Communities
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New Media and E-Society
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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”
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Polity and the Digitally Suppressed
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Digital Services in ESociety
- Service Broadcasting
- Political Reporting
- Development of Digital Services
- Freedom of Expression
- E-Journalism
- Open Access
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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
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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
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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
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The
Conference will be composed of several types of
contributions:
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Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished
research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000
words).
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Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work
in progress reports or fresh developments and have 4
pages at maximum (2,500 words).
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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).
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Posters / Demonstrations – These have one page at
the maximum (625 words) besides the poster itself (or
demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference.
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Tutorials – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars
or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250
words is expected.
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Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be
held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
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Invited Talks – These will be made of
contributions from well-known scholars and company
representatives. An abstract will be included in the
conference proceedings.
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Doctoral Consortium - The Doctoral Consortium
will discuss on going work of PhD students in an
informal and formative atmosphere. Contributions to the
consortium should take the form of either:
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a
critical literature review of the research topic
providing the rationale for the relevance and interest
of the research topic; or
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a
short paper discussing the research question(s),
research objectives, research methodology and work done
so far.
Doctoral
Consortium Contributions should have a maximum 2,500 words
(4 pages).
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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): 28 January
2008
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 25
February 2008
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early
Registration (1st call): Until 24 January 2008
- Late Registration (1st call): After 24
January 2008
- Conference: Algarve, Portugal, 9 to 12 April
2008
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