eD 2010 - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 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