-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions 2nd call: 7 May 2007 --
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2007 Lisbon, Portugal, 3 to 6 July 2007 (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2007) Lisbon, Portugal, 3 to 8 July 2007 (http://www.mccsis.org)
* Keynote Speakers (confirmed) Professor Mireia Fernαndez Ardθvol, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain Professor Antσnio Cβmara, YDreams and FCT - New University of Lisbon, Portugal
* Conference Background and Goals 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. * 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 (http://www.iadis.net/dl). The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the IADIS Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641) and other selected Journals.
* 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 the Information Society are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics:
«« 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 * Registration Rates: rates are available at the conference web page. Please note that registration in this conference entitles participation and access to all open sessions from the MCCSIS conference (including more than 14 keynotes).
* Important Dates: - Submission Deadline (2nd call): 7 May 2007 - Notification to Authors (2nd call): Until 25 May 2007 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 8 June 2007 - Late Registration (2nd call): After 8 June 2007 - Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 3 to 6 July 2007
* Conference Location The conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal.
* Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2007 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat@esociety-conf.org/ Web site: http://www.esociety-conf.org/
* Program Committee
e-Society 2007 Conference Program Chair Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
e-Society 2007 Track Chairs
eBusiness/eCommerce Track Mohini Singh, RMIT University, Australia
eLearning Track Drew Whitworth, School of Education, University of Manchester, UK
Information Systems Track Hans Weghorn, University of Cooperative Education, Germany
Information Management Track Christian Voigt, University Of South Australia, Australia
General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs: Pedro Isaνas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Committee Members: * * for committee list please refer to http://www.esociety-conf.org/committees.asp
* Parallel event: Postgraduate Summer School on Computer Science and Information Systems 2007 information available at http://www.mccsis.org/school/
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