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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 29 April 2011 --

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)


* Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Christopher Walsh, Senior Lecturer of Educational ICT and Professional Development, The Open University, United Kingdom

* 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
The best papers will be selected for publishing as extended versions in the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641), in the Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy Journal (ISSN:1750-6166)
and also 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.

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline (2nd call): 29 April 2011
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 30 May 2011
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 20 June 2011
- Late Registration (2nd call): After 20 June 2011
- Conference: Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Rome, Italy

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2011
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@edemocracy-conf.org
Web site: http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/

* Program Committee

e-Democracy, Equity and Social Justice 2011 Conference Program Chair
Gurmit Singh, University of Leeds, UK

MCCSIS 2011 General Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/committees.asp

* Registered participants in the e-Democracy conference may attend the other conferences part of MCCSIS 2011 free of charge.