IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICT, SOCIETY AND HUMAN BEINGS 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS: Submis­sion dead­line (2nd call): 30 April 2012

Confe­rence Programme Co-Chairs:

Guni­lla Brad­ley, Profes­sor Emerita, School of ICT, Royal Insti­tute of Tech­no­logy, Stoc­kholm, Sweden

Diane White­house, Chair of IFIP WG 9.2 on Social Accoun­ta­bi­lity and Compu­ting, The Cast­le­gate Consul­tancy, UK

The effects of ICT on human beings as well as the inter­ac­tion between ICT, indi­vi­du­als, and soci­ety are all within the focus of this confe­rence. Both analy­ses of inter­ac­ti­ons and effects are impor­tant. Chan­ges in beha­vi­our, pers­pec­ti­ves, values, compe­ten­cies, human and psycho­lo­gi­cal aspects and feelings are all of inter­est. Reflec­ti­ons on past, present, and future challen­ges – espe­ci­ally plan­ning to handle the future – are encou­ra­ged.

The confe­rence pays atten­tion to soci­e­tal chan­ges, global and more local orga­ni­sa­ti­o­nal and insti­tu­ti­o­nal chan­ges, chan­ges in values and in lifesty­les, as well as indi­vi­dual cogni­tive effects and chan­ges, moti­va­ti­o­nal and emoti­o­nal chan­ges. It also appe­als to solu­tion-buil­ding in terms of desi­ra­ble goals and acti­ons for reaching a Good Infor­ma­tion Soci­ety.

In gene­ral all types of rese­arch stra­te­gies are encou­ra­ged, and espe­ci­ally cross-disci­pli­nary and multi-disci­pli­nary studies. Case studies, broa­der empi­ri­cal field studies, theo­re­ti­cal analy­ses, cross-cultu­ral studies, scena­rios, ethno­grap­hic studies, epis­te­mo­lo­gi­cal analy­ses may all be presen­ted.

The broa­der scope of this confe­rence is presen­ted in the confe­rence web site http://www.ict-conf.org/ under “Call for Papers” inclu­ding a theo­re­ti­cal frame­work which outli­nes the confe­rence appro­ach. The confe­rence is based on the notion of a conver­gence model deve­lo­ped by Profes­sor Guni­lla Brad­ley. The conver­gence model inclu­des seve­ral broad concepts. These are incre­a­singly inter­ac­ting with an acce­le­ra­ting speed: ICT; Globa­li­za­tion; Life Envi­ron­ment: Life Role; and Effects on Humans. These five concepts corres­pond to the four confe­rence tracks (Tracks A, B, C and D). Under each broa­der concept or track, seve­ral key words are listed. They are inten­ded to inspire submis­si­ons, and to remind contri­bu­tors that each pheno­me­non or key word cannot be sepa­ra­ted from its actual context at whate­ver level that lies – the group, orga­ni­sa­tion or soci­e­tal level inclu­ding the nati­o­nal, inter­na­ti­o­nal or cultu­ral levels. This under­pin­ning notion is tightly rela­ted to poten­tial action stra­te­gies for human beings to contri­bute to the Good Infor­ma­tion (or ICT) soci­ety. Three confe­rence tracks are hence concer­ned with acti­ons (Track E, F and G).

For the ICT, Soci­ety and Human beings 2012 confe­rence, we espe­ci­ally encou­rage contri­bu­ti­ons on the follo­wing four topics:

– Acti­ons for reaching the Good Infor­ma­tion Society

Details about how to submit a paper are loca­ted on the confe­rence web site http://www.ict-conf.org/ under “Submis­si­ons”.

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

The types of contri­bu­ti­ons include: 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.

– Late Regis­tra­tion (2nd call): After 15 June 2012

– Confe­rence: Lisbon, Portu­gal, 21 to 23 July 2012

Topics rela­ted to ICT, Soci­ety and Human Beings

Secre­ta­riat  E-mail: secre­ta­riatict-conf [ punto ] org (secre­ta­riat[at]ict-conf[dot]org)