IADIS International Conference E-Democracy, Equity And Social Justice 2010

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-priv