Important dates
Submission of papers |
5th and 20th June 2008 |
Notification to authors |
20th and 30th June 2008 |
Camera ready papers |
25th July 2008 |
Conference Days |
24-28 September 2008 |
Detailed Schedule |
24/9: Welcoming |
24-25/9: Special Sessions |
25-27/9: Main Tracks |
27-28/9:
Excursions |
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Main Tracks
MAIN TRACK 2: Social &
Humanistic Computing for the Knowledge Society
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Human and social computing in living, science, health, culture , government, education, knowledge, learning, commerce, business, education, tourism
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Social software
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Collaborative platforms
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Personalisation and adaptation
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Usability studies
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Context awareness
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Community computing/community informatics
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Social informatics
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Participatory/cooperative design
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Participatory action research methods
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Policy development
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Privacy and security
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Ubiquity and pervasiveness
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Emotional intelligence
Sustainable Development:
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Adapting strategic planning to the need for change
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IT for Sustainable Development
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IT for Strategic Management and Strategic Management of IT
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Business Models for Sustainable Development
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Regional Studies: E.g. China, Arab World, Africa, North and South America etc
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Outsourcing
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Global business and IT
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Joint Ventures and IT
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IT scientific parks
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Intellectual Capital and IT
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Global content and knowledge repositories
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IT for the disabled and minorities
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IT and under development world
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IT for Humanistic Visions
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Benchmarking Reports
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Managing strategy
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Change implementation and follow-through
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Competitive advantage and strategic change management
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Leadership
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The role of learning at different levels (individual, group, organisational and interorganisational level)
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Strategic change and human capital
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TQM
Anti-Poverty: Information Technology for Social and Human Networks Against Poverty
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Education against poverty and programmes of poverty reduction through human development
- Modern technologies for employment creation and poverty reduction
- Facilitating access for poor populations to literacy programmes, basic education and vocational training
- Smart community projects
- Agro-food production activities and IT
- Management of resources against poverty
- International IT-enabled networks of support against poverty
- Tele-working
- Focus surveys
- Human and social networks
- Prototypes and development of information systems focused on poverty reduction
- Non-governmental organisations' strategic plans and actions
- Requirements analysis for information technology infrastructures in rural areas, required for poverty reduction
- Policies and strategies against poverty through ICTs
- Interfaces between the information needs of the poor and ICT capabilities
- ICT infrastructures for the delivery of basic services including education and health for the poor in the networked economy
- Analysis of social impact of community programmes
- ICT training for the rural poor - information skills development strategies for poor youth to ensure that tomorrow's poor can compete effectively in an integrated market
- Women's access to ICT-enabled help, promoting their participation in democracy, governance, and fight against poverty
"Open" Prisons: Learning/Working/Educating/ Inspiring/Involving -Inclusion for People in Prisons
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Education programmes in prisons and programs of human development
- Requirements analysis for information technology infrastructures in prisons towards inclusion
- Modern technologies for employment creation in prisons
- Prototypes and development of information systems focused at Learning/working/educating/ inspiring/involving
- Facilitating access to literacy programmes, basic education and vocational training
- Tele-working
- Policies and strategies
- ICT training for the prisoners - information skills development strategies
- Special actions for women in prisons
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Important dates
| Submission of papers |
| 2th June 2008 |
| Notification to authors |
| 30th June 2008 |
| Camera ready papers |
| 25th July 2008 |
Sponsors
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