[Air-L] eDemocracy Events in 2010

[Noella Edelmann]

Dear Colleagues, 

With apologies for cross-posting - please disseminate the following
information about upcoming eDemocracy events in 2010 through your
networks:

EDem10: 4th International eDemocracy Conference
6-7 May 2010
Danube University Krems

Keynote Speakers
Stevan Harnad -    American Scientist Open Access Forum; Universite du
Quebec a Montreal, CAN; University of Southampton, UK

Ismael Peña-López - Open University of Catalonia, School of Law and
Political Science, Barcelona, ESP

Micah L. Sifry - Personal Democracy Forum, TechPresident, New York,
USA

Andy Williamson -  Hansard Society, London, UK

Workshops
Open Access: Is Creative Commons the right Answer for Public Domain?
Roland Alton-Scheidl

MOMENTUM, WAVE, eMPOWER, VIDI and Europetition
Daniel van Lerberghe/Politech-Institute
Momentum, Politech Institute

Best Methods for undemocratic E-Participation (a PEP-NET Workshop)
Dan Jellinek/Headstar, Hans Hagedorn/Zebralog

Social Networking and eParticipation
Ella Taylor Smith/Napier University, Ralf Lindner/Fraunhofer ISI
Edinburgh Napier University, Fraunhofer ISI - Get involved in the
Workshop

Implementation of Internet-Voting at the Austrian Students' Election
2009
Carl-Markus Piswanger/BRZ

World Vote Now
A Film by Joel Marsden

see: www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem for registration and further details!

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CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (1st call extension): 24 May
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 (1st call extension): 24 May 2010
 - Notification to Authors (1st call extension): 14 June 2010
 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call
extension):
 Until 30 June 2010
 - Late Registration (1st call extension): After 30 June 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 at 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




Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS
Researcher
 
EDem10 Conference
www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem
 
eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government
www.jedem.org
 
Digital Government Blog
http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/
 
Centre for E-Government
Danube University Krems
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30
3500 Krems 
Austria
Tel.: ++43 2732 893 2303
www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov
noella.edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at