CfP: e-Democracy 2010 in Freiburg: submit until 29 March

* 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 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