IADIS

==Background==
An event in Italy in 2011.
==Call for Papers==
* Deadline for submissions (new date): 28 February 2011
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2011Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and InformationSystems (MCCSIS 2011)Rome, Italy, 20 - 26 July 2011http://www.mccsis.org
* Conference background and goalsThis conference aims to encourage and foster efforts of researchers andpractitioners by sharing cutting-edgeresearch, innovations, models, theories and strategies that address issuesand challenges related to cultivatingonline communities for grassroots democracy, equity and social justice.
* Format of the ConferenceThe conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations.The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a bookand CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS DigitalLibrary (accessible on-line).The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EICompendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.
* Best PapersSelected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended versionsof their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS International Journal onComputer Science and Information Systems(IJCSIS - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.
* Types of submissionsFull 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 theInternet to drive their own social & political development agenda
Digital divide:* Achievement of equity by bridging the digital divide and promotingcritical and digital literacies
Participation:* Provision of effective online platforms for meaningful participation ofcitizens
Access* Optimization of wider access to democratic dialogues through successfulcommunity cultivation
Community cultivation* Enhance the benefits of social development interventions through theuse of digital, wireless and mobile technologies for cultivating communities to conduct inquiry andsocio-political action
Sustainability* Facilitating sustainable grassroots, bottom up co-created solutions andapproaches to leadership, human rights, and civil society development
E-mentoring* Reports and reflections on the successes and failures of deployinge-mentoring strategies for raising political awareness, civic consciousnessand community cultivation
Transference* North-South, South-South, and public-private partnerships andcollaboration for co-creation of online communities
Community Ownership & Strengthening* Studies of efforts of involving citizens as stakeholders in initiativesto promote democracy, social justice and equity by strengthening their capabilities and promoting their involvement inonline communities.
* Important Dates:- Submission Deadline (new date): 28 February 2011- Notification to Authors (new date): 31 March 2011- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (new date): Until 28April 2011- Late Registration (new date): After 28 April 2011- Conference: Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011
* Conference LocationThe conference will be held in Rome, Italy
* SecretariatIADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY ANDSOCIAL JUSTICE 2011Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 31050-209 Lisbon, PortugalE-mail: secretariat@edemocracy-conf.org
Web site: http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/
* Program Committee
e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice 2011 Conference Program ChairGurmit Singh, University of Leeds, UK
MCCSIS 2011 General Conference Co-Chairs:Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The NetherlandsPedro Isaas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Committee Members: ** for committee list please refer tohttp://www.edemocracy-conf.org/committees.asp
* Registered participants in the e-Democracy conference may attend the otherconferences part of MCCSIS 2011 free of charge.
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