Dear Colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting - please disseminate the following information about upcoming eDemocracy events in 2010 through your networks: EDem10: 4th International eDemocracy Conference 6-7 May 2010 Danube University Krems Keynote Speakers Stevan Harnad - American Scientist Open Access Forum; Universite du Quebec a Montreal, CAN; University of Southampton, UK Ismael Peña-López - Open University of Catalonia, School of Law and Political Science, Barcelona, ESP Micah L. Sifry - Personal Democracy Forum, TechPresident, New York, USA Andy Williamson - Hansard Society, London, UK Workshops Open Access: Is Creative Commons the right Answer for Public Domain? Roland Alton-Scheidl MOMENTUM, WAVE, eMPOWER, VIDI and Europetition Daniel van Lerberghe/Politech-Institute Momentum, Politech Institute Best Methods for undemocratic E-Participation (a PEP-NET Workshop) Dan Jellinek/Headstar, Hans Hagedorn/Zebralog Social Networking and eParticipation Ella Taylor Smith/Napier University, Ralf Lindner/Fraunhofer ISI Edinburgh Napier University, Fraunhofer ISI - Get involved in the Workshop Implementation of Internet-Voting at the Austrian Students' Election 2009 Carl-Markus Piswanger/BRZ World Vote Now A Film by Joel Marsden see: www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem for registration and further details! ******* CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (1st call extension): 24 May 2010 IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2010 Freiburg, Germany, 26 - 28 July 2010 (http://www.edemocracy-conf.org/) part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2010) Freiburg, Germany 26 - 31 July 2010 (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). * 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 - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers. * 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 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 (1st call extension): 24 May 2010 - Notification to Authors (1st call extension): 14 June 2010 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call extension): Until 30 June 2010 - Late Registration (1st call extension): After 30 June 2010 - Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 26 - 28 July 2010 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTIVE 2010 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 2010 Conference Program Chairs Gurmit Singh, The 3-Os Research & Consulting, Singapore/Switzerland Maggie McPherson, University of Leeds, United Kingdom General MCCSIS 2010 Conference Co-Chairs: Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Committee Members: * * for committee list please refer to http://www.edemocracy- conf.org/committees.asp Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher EDem10 Conference www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria Tel.: ++43 2732 893 2303 www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov noella.edelmann@donau-uni.ac.at