IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2011 at IADIS

Conference Details:

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2011

Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011

(http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/)

part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2011)

Rome, Italy, 20 – 26 July 2011

(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).

The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.

* 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

(IJCSIS – ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* Types of submissions

Full papers, 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.

Conference Contact Details:

E-mail: secretariat@edemocracy-conf.org
Web site: http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/