IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2011

March 11-13, 2011 – Avila, Spain

(http://www.is-conf.org/)

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* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Professor Philip Yetton, University of New South Wales, Australia

* Conference background and goals 
A new paradigm is sweeping the society, organisations and the business environment. In fact, society and business world alike are moving from its tangible bases to intangible ones based on knowledge and information systems (IS) to support its management, use and sharing. In this emerging paradigm, terms like information, communication, knowledge, and learning have acquired a critical relevance to the understanding of the nature of contemporary business. This led authors such as Drucker (1993) to state that “we are entering the knowledge society in which the basic economic resource… is knowledge”.
In fact, since the mid-1980s, there has been a sudden avalanche of a new kind of vocabulary. Corporations, which so far had been economic entities, are being described as ‘information-based organizations’, ‘learning organizations’, ‘knowledge-creating companies’ or knowledge intensive organisations. Instead of product-market strategies, the fashionable business discourse invokes core competencies, intangible assets, knowledge-based capabilities, intellectual capital, knowledge management etc. Consequently, in this 21st century of ours, terms such as intellectual capital, knowledge management, and knowledge mapping have increasingly become part of the corporate landscape.
However, none of this apparent revolution would be possible without the underlying technological support provided by IS. The IADIS Information Systems Conference (IS 2011) aims to provide a forum for the discussion of IS taking a socio-technological perspective. It aims to address the issues related to design, development and use of IS in organisations from a socio-technological perspective, as well as to discuss IS professional practice, research and teaching. 

* Format of the Conference

The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book. The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in specific journals, and in the IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems.

* 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.

* A set of key issues has been identified (see below). However, these do not aim at being prescriptive, or set in stone, and any innovative contributions that do not fit into these areas will also be considered. Areas and Topics of the conference will focus on:

IS in Practice, Technology Infrastructures and Organisational Processes

• Power, Cultural, Behavioural and Political issues

• New Organisational Forms

• Dilution of Organisational Boundaries

• The centrality of IS and IT in Organisational Processes

• IS Management

• Information Management

• Knowledge Management

• IS and SMEs

• Innovation and IS

• Innovation and Knowledge Management

• IS and Change Management

• IS and Organisation Development

• Enterprise Application Integration

• Enterprise Resource Planning

• Business Process Change

IS Design, Development and Management Issues and Methodologies

• Design and Development Methodologies and Frameworks

• Iterative and Incremental Methodologies

• Agile Methodologies

• IS Design and Development as a Component-Based Process

• IS Design and Development as Social Negotiation Process

• IS D Design and Development as a Global and Distributed Process

• Outsourcing in IS

• Outsourcing Risks, Barriers and Opportunities

• IS Project Management

• IS Quality Management and Assurance

• IS Standards and Compliance Issues

• Risk Management in IS

• Risk Management in IS Design and Development

IS Professional Issues

• Ethical, social, privacy, security and moral issues in an e-society

• The role of information in the information society

• Myths, taboos and misconceptions in IS

• Practitioner and Research Relationship, Projects and Links

• Validity, Usefulness and Applicability of IS Academic Research

• Industrial Research versus Academic Research Issues

• Industry Innovation and Leadership and Academic Laggards

• IS consultancy as a profession

• Organisational IS Roles

• Communities of practice and Knowledge Sharing

IS Research

• Core Theories, Conceptualisations and Paradigms in IS Research

• Ontological Assumptions in IS Research

• IS Research Constraints, Limitations and Opportunities

• IS vs Computer Science Research

• IS vs Business Studies

• Positivist, Interpretivist and Critical Approaches to IS Research

• Quantitative vs. Qualitative Methods

• Deductive vs Inductive Approaches

• Multi-method Approaches and Triangulations in IS Research

• Design Research and the Sciences of the Artificial in IS

• Multidisciplinary Views and Multi Methodological Approaches

• New and alternative approaches to IS research

• Examples of experimental research designs in IS

IS Learning and Teaching

• Patterns of Demand for IS Teaching Provision

• Fads, Fashions and Fetishes in IS Curricula

• Pedagogic practice in Teaching IS

• E-Learning in IS

• Instructional Design for IS

• National Cultures and Approaches to Pedagogy

• Multiculturality and Diversity Issues in IS Learning and Teaching

* Important Dates:
- Submission deadline: 31 December 2010

- Notification to Authors: 28 January 2011

- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 14 February 2011

- Late Registration: After 14 February 2011

- Conference: Avila, Spain, 11 to 13 March 2011

* Conference Location

The conference will be held in Avila, Spain.

* Secretariat

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2011

Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3, 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal

E-mail: secretariat@is-conf.org Web site: http://www.is-conf.org/

* Program Committee

Conference Chair

Professor Philip Powell, Deputy Dean, University of Bath, UK

Program Co-Chairs

Miguel Baptista Nunes, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

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

Committee Members:

for the full Committee Members list please access http://www.is-conf.org/committees.asp

* Co-located events

Please also check the co-located events:

e-Society 2011 (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) - 10-13 March 2011

Mobile Learning 2011 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/) - 10-12 March 2011

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

 

Evento - Conferência IADIS Ibero-Americana WWW/Internet 2010

10 e 11 Dezembro 2010, Algarve, Portugal
(http://www.ciawi-conf.org/)

* Âmbito
A conferência IADIS Ibero-Americana WWW/Internet 2010 pretende focar os principais aspectos relacionados com a WWW e a Internet. A WWW e a Internet tiveram um crescimento significativo nos últimos anos. As preocupações já não se centram apenas nos aspectos tecnológicos e torna-se notório o despertar para outros aspectos. Esta conferência pretende abordar ambos os aspectos, tecnológicos e não tecnológicos relacionados com este desenvolvimento.
* Formato da Conferência
A conferência incluirá sessões convidadas, apresentações orais e posters (avaliadas por membros do comité do programa). As actas da conferência serão publicadas em livro e em versão electrónica (CD-ROM) com ISBN.
* As contribuições podem ser do seguinte tipo:
Artigos Longos, Artigos Curtos, Artigos de Reflexão, Posters/Demonstrações, Tutoriais, Painéis e Consórcio Doutoral.
* Tópicos de Interesse
Tópicos de interesse relacionados com a WWW e a Internet. Destaca-se, não estando limitado a estes tópicos:
Web 2.0
- Sistemas Colaborativos
- Redes Sociais
- Folksonomias
- Wikis e Blogs Empresariais
- Mashups e Programação Web
- Tags e Sistemas de Categorização do Utilizador
- Jornalismo cidadão
Web Semântica e XML
- Arquitecturas da Web Semântica
- Middleware da Web Semântica
- Serviços da Web Semântica
- Agentes da Web Semântica
- Ontologias
- Aplicações da Web Semântica
- Gestão de dados da Web Semântica
- Recuperação de informação na Web Semântica
Aplicações e Utilizações
- e-learning
- e-Commerce / e-Business
- e-Government
- e-Health
- e-Procurement
- e-Society
- Bibliotecas Digitais
- Serviços Web/ Software como Serviço
- Interoperabilidade de Aplicações
- Tecnologias Multimedia para a Web
Serviços, Arquiteturas e Desenvolvimento da Web
- Internet Wireless
- Internet Móvel
- Computação em Cloud/Grid
- Métricas Web
- Web Standards
- Arquiteturas da Web
- Algoritmos de Rede
- Arquiteturas de Rede
- Computação em Rede
- Gestão de Redes
- Performance de Rede
- Tecnologias de Distribuição de Conteúdos
- Protocolos e standards
- Modelos de Tráfego
Questões de Investigação
- Ciência Web
- Gestão de Direitos Digitais
- Bioinformática
- Usabilidade e Interação Humano-Computador
- Segurança e Privacidade na Web
- Sistemas de Confiança e Reputação Online
- Data Mining
- Recuperação de Informação
- Optimização de Motores de Busca
Prática e Experiência Industrial
- Aplicações Empresariais
- Casos de Estudo de Empresas
- Sistemas de Informação Empresariais
* Datas Importantes:
Limite para Submissão - 7 Junho 2010
Notificação aos Autores - 5 Julho 2010
Submissão de Versões Finais e Inscrições - Até 28 Julho 2010
Inscrições Tardias - Depois de 28 Julho 2009
* Localização
A conferência realizar-se-á no Algarve, Portugal, 10 e 11 Dezembro 2010.
* Secretariado
Conferência IADIS Ibero-Americana WWW/Internet 2010
Rua S. Sebastião da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisboa, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@ciawi-conf.org
Web site: http://www.ciawi-conf.org/
* Comité Científico
Co-Chairs:
José María Gutiérrez, Escuela Politécnica de la Universidad de Alcalá, Espanha
Flavia Maria Santoro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
Membros do Comité:
http://www.ciawi-conf.org/pt/committees.asp

IADIS int conf ICT, SOCIETY AND HUMAN BEINGS 2010

Freiburg, Germany, 29-31 July 2010

(http://www.ict-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 Program Chair:

Professor Em. Gunilla Bradley, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Submissons

Details on the conference web site http://www.ict-conf.org/ under “submissions”.

The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, available also in the IADIS Digital Library (accessible on-line).

Types of contributions: Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters, Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium.

All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to selected journals including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

Keynote Speaker:

Professor Alice Robbin

School of Library and Information Science,

Indiana University, USA

Conference background and goals

The broader scope of this conference is presented in the conference web site http://www.ict-conf.org under “Call for papers”.

The effects of ICT on human beings come in focus in the conference but also the interaction between ICT – Individual – Society. Analyses of Interaction and Effects are both important. Changes in behaviour, perspectives, values, competencies, human and psychological aspects, feelings are all of interest. Computer Science and IT related disciplines work more and more together with various behavioural and social sciences: Cognitive effects and changes, Motivational and emotional changes, Organisational and institutional changes, Societal changes, Value changes and new lifestyles, experiences from Child psychology and Development psychology.

In general all types of research strategies are encouraged and especially cross disciplinary and multidisciplinary studies: Case studies, broader empirical field studies, theoretical analyses, cross cultural studies, scenarios, ethnographic studies, epistemological analyses.

Topics related to ICT, Society and Human Beings

These include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics:

Globalization and ICT

 - Globalization processes

 - Glocalization processes

 - Values, norms

 - Labour market       (outsourcing,integration, mobility)

 - Universal access

 - Virtual worlds

 - Global villages

 - Rethinking economical and social   

    theories

 - Human capital theory

 - Sustainability, Democracy

 - Global catastrophes

 - Vulnerability

Life role and ICT

 - Citizen’s role

 - Professional role

 - Leadership role

 - Private role

 - Virtual roles

 - Home of the future

 - Mobile life

 - Role conflicts

Desirable goals

 - Integration

 - Humanization

 - Reducing poverty

 - Bridging the digital gap

 - Freedom of expression

 - Democratization

 - E-cooperation

 - Peace

 - Sustainability

 - Wellbeing Health

 - Human welfare

 - Quality of life

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT))

 - ICT applications and systems    contributing to desirable goals (see track below)

Life environment and ICT

 - Psychosocial environment

 - Work environment/Work place

 - Work content – Work tasks

 - Organizational structure

 - Decision support systems

 - Human-human communication

 - Power structure-formal and informal

 - Leadership

 - Career patterns

 - Influence/participation

 - Working hours and

    salary/compensation

 - Work pace/work load

 - Physical and ergonomic conditions

 - Learning and knowledge growth

 - Home Environment

 - Public Environment

 - Private Environment

 - Virtual Environment

 - Virtual (on-line) communities

 - Organisational Design and   

    Management

 - Psychosocial work environment

Effects on humans

 - Analyses of impact as well as technology contributing to desirable human qualities

 - Psychosocial impact

 - Life styles

 - Human needs (meaningfulness, belonging, autonomy, confidence)

 - Happiness and fun

 - Wellbeing and health

 - Dependency

 - Identity

 - Integrity

 - Trust – security – privacy

 - Addictiveness (games)

 - Availability

 - Motivation

 - Human memory

 - Cyber sickness

 - Stress (over- and understimulation)

 - Workload

 - Fatigue

 - Love and Relationship

 - Skills and competencies

 - Creativity

 - Problem solving

 - Social competence

Perspectives

 - Social and psychosocial

 - Cross-cultural

 - Theoretical

 - Gender

 - Class

 - Rural – urban

 - Multimodal

 - Economic

- Ethical

Actions for reaching the Good Information Society

 - Individual level

 - Community (physical and virtual)

    level

 - Governmental level

 - International level

 - Civil society and social change

communities

- Design of societal systems –

 rethinking

Important Dates

- Submission Deadline: 30 April 2010

- Notification to Authors: 24 May 2010

- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 7 June 2010

- Late Registration: After 7 June 2010

- Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 29-31 July 2010

Conference Location

The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany

Secretariat

IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICT, SOCIETY AND HUMAN BEINGS 2010

E-mail: secretariat@ict-conf.org Web site: http://www.ict-conf.org/