G'day ! For those of you who are starting to operate in the Gov 2.0 space:

-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (new date): 29 March 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 (new date): 29 March 2010 - Notification to Authors (new date): 30 April 2010 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (new date): Until 24 May 2010 - Late Registration (new date): After 24 May 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

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