CFP - 12th International Conference on Web Based Communities and Social Media 2015

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-- CALL FOR PAPERS WBC 2015 - Deadline for submissions: 30 January 2015 --

12th International Conference on Web Based Communities and Social Media 2015
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 22 - 24 July 2015
(http://www.webcommunities-conf.org/)
Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2015)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 21 - 24 July 2015
(http://www.mccsis.org)

* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Steven Duggan, Director, Worldwide Education Strategy, Microsoft, USA

* Conference Scope
Social Media are growing rapidly and play an increasingly important role in the development of Online Communities. Web based communities announce themselves both in your professional and private life through several new media such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Plaxo, etc. Social media allow dynamic roles in participation, virtual presence and online communities. These new ways to communicate via online social media are having great societal effects and are motivating the creation of best practices to help individuals, corporations and authorities to make the best of it.
The mission of WBC conference is to publish and integrate scientific results and act catalytically to the fast developing culture of web communities, while helping to disseminate and understand the latest developments social media and their impact.
For more information about the seven main areas of this conference please see http://www.webcommunities-conf.org/call-for-papers

* Paper Submission
This is a blind peer-reviewed conference. Authors are invited to submit their papers in English through the conference submission system by January 30, 2015. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously.

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 30 January 2015
- Notification to Authors: 4 March 2015
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 30 March 2015
- Late Registration: After 30 March 2015

* Paper Publication
The papers will be published in book and electronic format with ISBN, will be made available through the Digital Library available at http://www.iadisportal.org/digital-library/showsearch.
The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.
The best papers will be selected for publishing as extended versions in the "International Journal of Web Based Communities" (IJWBC); ISSN: 1477 - 8394 [4 issues per year] and also in journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* Conference Contact:
E-mail: secre...@webcommunities-conf.org
Web site: http://www.webcommunities-conf.org/

* Organized by: International Association for Development of the Information Society
Co-Organized by: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

* Registered participants in the Web Based Communities and Social Media conference may attend the other conferences part of MCCSIS 2015 free of charge.