e-Society 2013 (1st call extension): submissions until 30 November 2012

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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (1st call extension): 30
November 2012 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2013
March 13-16, 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal
(http://www.esociety-conf.org/)


* Conference Background and Goals
The IADIS e-Society 2013 conference aims to address the main issues of
concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both
the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information
Society. Broad areas of interest are eSociety and Digital Divide,
eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, New Media and E-Society, Digital
Services in eESociety, eGovernment /eGovernance, eHealth, Information
Systems, and Information Management. These broad areas are divided
into more detailed areas (see below). However innovative contributes
that don't fit into these areas will also be considered since they
might be of benefit to conference attendees.
* 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 (online accessible).
There will be a special issue with extended versions of best papers
published by the International Journal of Interactive Technology and
Smart Education (ITSE) and also
best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of
their papers in the IADIS Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641).
The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC,
EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.

* 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 related to the Information Society are of interest. These
include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics:

<<<< eSociety and Digital Divide >>>>
Connectivity may imply social coherence and integration. The opposite
may result as well, when systematic measures are taken to exclude
certain individuals or certain groups. Papers are welcomed on the next
keywords:
* Social Integration
* Social Bookmarking
* Social Software
* E-Democracy


<<<< eBusiness / eCommerce >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Business Ontologies and Models
* Digital Goods and Services
* eBusiness Models
* eCommerce Application Fields
* eCommerce Economics
* eCommerce Services
* Electronic Service Delivery
* eMarketing
* Languages for Describing Goods and Services
* Online Auctions and Technologies
* Virtual Organisations and Teleworking

<<<< eLearning >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Collaborative Learning
* Curriculum Content Design & Development
* Delivery Systems and Environments
* Educational Systems Design
. E-Citizenship and Inclusion
* eLearning Organisational Issues
* Evaluation and Assessment
. Political and Social Aspects
* Virtual Learning Environments and Issues
* Web-based Learning Communities

<<<< New Media and E-Society >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Digitization, heterogeneity and convergence
* Interactivity and virtuality
* Citizenship, regulation and heterarchy
* Innovation, identity and the global village syndrome
* Internet Cultures and new interpretations of "Space"
* Polity and the Digitally Suppressed

<<<< Digital Services in E-Society >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Service Broadcasting
* Political Reporting
* Development of Digital Services
* Freedom of Expression
* E-Journalism
* Open Access

<<<< eGovernment /eGovernance >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Accessibility
* Democracy and the Citizen
* Digital Economies
* Digital Regions
* eAdministration
* eGovernment Management
* eProcurement
* Global Trends
* National and International Economies
* Social Inclusion

<<<< eHealth >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Data Security Issues
* eHealth Policy and Practice
* eHealthcare Strategies and Provision
* Legal Issues
* Medical Research Ethics
* Patient Privacy and Confidentiality

<<<< Information Systems >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
* Intelligent Agents
* Intelligent Systems
* IS Security Issues
* Mobile Applications
* Multimedia Applications
* Payment Systems
* Protocols and Standards
* Software Requirements and IS Architectures
* Storage Issues
* Strategies and Tendencies
* System Architectures
* Telework Technologies
* Ubiquitous Computing
* Virtual Reality
* Wireless Communications

<<<< Information Management >>>>
May include issues relating to:
* Computer-Mediated Communication
* Content Development
* Cyber law and Intellectual Property
* Data Mining
* ePublishing and Digital Libraries
* Human Computer Interaction
* Information Search and Retrieval
* Knowledge Management
* Policy Issues
* Privacy Issues
* Social and Organizational Aspects
* Virtual Communities
* XML and Other Extensible Languages

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline (1st call extension): 30 November 2012
- Notification to Authors (1st call extension): 7 January 2013
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call
extension): Until 28 January 2013
- Late Registration (1st call extension): After 28 January 2013
- Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 13 to 16 March 2013


* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2013
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secre...@esociety-conf.org
Web site: http://www.esociety-conf.org/

* Program Committee
Program Chair
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Conference Chair
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University),
Portugal

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

* Co-located events
Please also check the co-located events:
Information Systems 2013 (http://www.is-conf.org/) - 13-15 March 2013
Mobile Learning 2013 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) - 14-16 March
2013

* Registered participants in the e-Society conference may attend
Information Systems and Mobile Learning conferences' sessions free of
charge.