..:: Call for Papers::.. II ONLINE Conference of the Observatory for CiberSociety “Towards what Knowledge Society?” http://www.cibersociedad.net/congreso2004 July, 2004 Dear Friends: We are very pleased to keep in touch with you to invite you to the II ONLINE Conference of the Observatory for the CiberSociety “Towards what Knowledge Society?”, which will take place on the Cyberspace between the 2nd and 14th of November of 2004. It may be interesting to you to collaborate with us. Considering the subjects which will be handled on the Conference, and the ones which you are focussed in, we would like you to submit a paper for you to take part on one of the 78 Working Groups of the Conference. In advance, we appreciate your kind attention and we will be very pleased if you choose to participate in our Conference. Sincerely, Conference Committee II ONLINE Conference of the Observatory for CiberSociety “Towards what Knowledge Society?” Next: 1. Introduction 2. Details for Paper Submission 3. FAQ 4. More Information 5. Schedule 6. Contacts 7. Legal Advice We are sending you this e-mail with all the information you could need included on it, so it is not necessary you to get any other attached file; but, if you would prefer to have this documentation, you can obtain this one and more details on: http://www.cibersociedad.net/congreso2004 -->1. Introduction The Observatory for the CiberSociety [http://www.cibersociedad.net] summons its II ONLINE Conference which will make and approach from an opened, multidisciplinary, critical and open perspective of its main topic -the Cybersociety- through an invitation to make an analysis on what kind of Knowledge Society we want. The Conference will take place in the Cyberspace between the 2nd and 14th November of 2004. Through this document we opened a period for the introduction of candidacies to participate on any of the 78 work groups of the Congress. The work groups are the structural units in which the Congress is organized -they are similar to the ones which use to be structured in on symposiums, seminaries or workshops. We summoned to Academic World, Public Administration, Private Enterprise and Civil Society to participate in this Congress. Considering the transcendence of the expositions, questions and implicit reflections shown on the editorial and on each one of the work groups main lines, we think that the participation of different social actors is essential to answer from an legitimated perspective to the main question of this event: Towards what Knowledge? Concretely we would like to keep in touch with researchers and teachers of Social and Humanities subjects to show their current researches and analysis; to encourage to researchers and teachers in Technical and Scientific areas to show their more innovative discoveries and analysis; to give to Public Administrations and Private Companies the chance to explain the projects they are involved in; and finally to the Civil Society to communicate their feelings, comments and experiences about the interaction with ICT's and the Knowledge Society. The Conference is articulated according an structure of 78 thematic Work Groups, reason why the subjects of the communications must be related to the main subjects of these units. You can consult the list of Work Groups in the Web of the Congress (http://www.cibersociedad.net/congreso2004 ) We understand that the communications should be introduced within the group topic reference and should analyze a particular subject or some experience related to the subject of the Work Group in which it is included. --> 2. Details for Paper Submission COMMUNICATIONS ARE the most meaningful contents of the Conference. They should be framed into the main subject of the Work Groups accepted by de Congress and make the calling sending the documentation directly to them through the Group pages, and always using the submission form which has been designed by the organizers for that purpose. So, those communications sent by e-mail or through any other means not considered on the details won't be accepted. The submission form will be ready by next week. Other briefings, news and regulations related to the sending of communications are: * ORIGINAL TEXTS ONLY. The communications must be unpublished. * METAINFORMATION. Five keywords, an abstract or summary in the source language must be included on each communication. We recommend, besides, to include its abstract or summary translated into English. * ACCEPTED LANGUAGES. The languages which will be considered on the Conference and, therefore the ones in which the communications will be accepted, are: Catalan, Castilian, Galician, English and Portuguese. The organizers will supply automatic translation of all the communications into Catalan, Castilian and English. If any Work Group coordination wants to accept communications in other languages, it will be specified on the group Web Page and it is under its own responsibility to send the corresponding translations to the organizers of this Conference so that they will be able to translate them into other languages. * SUBMISSION FORMAT. The submission form of the communications will be saved under the following file formats: RTF, TXT, SXW, DOC, ZIP & RAR. We suggest you to use free formats (RTF, TXT or SXW). In case of doubt, please don't hesitate to contact us. * FULL TEXT. This Conference will only accept the sending of the full document, its final version. Incomplete communications, abstracts/summaries or any other kind of incomplete proposals won't be evaluated or accepted due to formal reasons. * LENGTH. The electronic format we are using allows us a certain freedom about communication length. However, due to operative reasons and content standardization, we recommend a minimum length of 10 DIN A-4 pages double spaced (approximately 3,000 words) and a maximum of 32 DIN A-4 pages double spaced (approximately 10,000 words). * INITIAL COMMENTS. For the opening dates of the Conference (November 2dn.), all the communications will be published in the electronic site of the Congress with an initial comment or summary which will allow to start the discussion about it. For that purpose, every person with an accepted communication from a Work Group will be given another one from the same group to read and elaborate the initial comment. This task will be assigned by the coordination staff of every unit. The organization considers this pre-Congress task is very important to generate useful debates about communications contents. * DEADLINE: THE DEADLINE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICATIONS IS OCTOBER, 7TH 2004. – * RECOMMENDATION: The organizers of the Conference consider that all the communications should clearly specify (1) the specific object of study your communication refers to; (2) the importance and interest of the subject according to the aims and planning of the Working Group;(3) Specify the methodology and disciplinary field the communication comes from; and (4) end your work with some conclusions. * QUOTATION FORMAT. We recommend the quotations to be included into the text between brackets, starting with the author surname, year, and page of reference, e.g. (AUTHOR, 1997:101) OR, (AUTHOR AND AUTHOR: 1997:101-105). Footnotes will only be used for quotations in case it will provide more information or comments about the quotation. * BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT. It is recommended not to use vignette or indentation for the bibliographic lists, and we suggest the next samples to make bibliographic lists or similar: ->For a book: TURKLE, Sherry, 1997, Life on the screen. Identity in the age of Internet, New York: Touchstone ->For the chapter of a book: STRATTON, Jon, 1997, Cyberspace and the Globalization of Culture", in David PORTER (ed.), Internet Culture, New York & London: Routledge, pp. 253-275 ->For an article from a magazine: STARRS, Paul F., 1997, The sacred, the regional and the digital", in The Geographical Review, vol. 87, not. 2, pp. 193-218 * PUBLICATION. All the accepted proposals to the Conference will be published on its minutes. All the Congress materials and, consequently, all the communications, will be subjected by the ‘Creative Commons’ licence of the Congress which will allow the free circulation of the contents provided whenever the source and authors will be mentioned. --> 3. FAQ - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS May I send more than one communication? Each conference member may send as many communications as he/ she wishes, and those that will be accepted by the coordination of the Working Groups in which the member will show his/ her communications. Are only academic works accepted? No, the Observatory of Cibersociety makes a call to all the entrepreneurial world and the Civil Society to participate on this Congress, because we understand we all have to give answers to the questions related to this calling: Towards what Knowledge Society? Do I have to pay any fee for participating? You must consult the section ‘Registration’ of the Web Site of the Congress, but the answer to this question is NO. The registration in the Congress is completely free, although there is a small fee for those who want to obtain a registration certification and the minutes of the Congress. --> 4. More information * For questions, doubts and suggestions, please write us to congreso@cibersociedad.net * All about the Conference: http://www.cibersociedad.net/congreso2004 * All about the Observatory for CiberSociety: http://www.cibersociedad.net * E-mail for more information: ->If you want to receive all the information and news about the Conference through e-mail, please, mail us to mesinfo@cibersociedad.net specifying your name and surname and your e-mail address. ->Also you can register in our Newsletter through the form: http://www.cibersociedad.net/congreso2004/contacte/alta_butlleti.php --> 5. Schedule 12.07.2004 - Opening of registration period for the Conference 20.07.2004– Call for Papers 07.10.2004– Deadline of communications acceptance 21.10.2004 - Publication of full official program of the Conference 02.11.2004 - Inauguration of the Conference 14.11.2004 - Closure of the Conference --> 6. 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