* Co-organised by University of Malta
* Keynote Speakers (confirmed): Professor Avigdor Gal, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Professor William Winn, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Jan Blom, Nokia Research Center, Finland
* Conference Background and Goals The IADIS e-Society 2005 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are eGovernment / eGovernance, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, eHealth, Information Systems, and Information Management. These broad areas are divided into more detailed areas (see below). However innovative contributes that don't fit into these areas will also be considered since they might be of benefit to conference attendees.
* Conference theme e-Society 2005: How is the use of ICT in all its forms changing practices and behaviours in the digital age?
* 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 selected Journals, inlcuding IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet and International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL).
* Types of Submissions Full and Short Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.
* Topics related to e-Society are of interest. These include best practice, case studies, strategies and tendencies in the following areas:
«« eGovernment / eGovernance »» May include issues relating to: · Accessibility · Democracy and the Citizen · Digital Economies · Digital Regions · eAdministration · eGovernment Management · eProcurement · Global Trends · National and International Economies · Social Inclusion
«« eBusiness / eCommerce »» May include issues relating to: · Business Ontologies and Models · Digital Goods and Services · eBusiness Models · eCommerce Application Fields · eCommerce Economics · eCommerce Services · Electronic Service Delivery · eMarketing · Languages for Describing Goods and Services · Online Auctions and Technologies · Virtual Organisations and Teleworking
«« eLearning »» May include issues relating to: · Collaborative Learning · Curriculum Content Design & Development · Delivery Systems and Environments · Educational Systems Design · eLearning Organisational Issues · Evaluation and Assessment · Virtual Learning Environments and Issues · Web-based Learning Communities
«« eHealth »» May include issues relating to: · Data Security Issues · eHealth Policy and Practice · eHealthcare Strategies and Provision · Legal Issues · Medical Research Ethics · Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
«« Information Systems »» May include issues relating to: · Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) · Intelligent Agents · Intelligent Systems · IS Security Issues · Mobile Applications · Multimedia Applications · Payment Systems · Protocols and Standards · Software Requirements and IS Architectures · Storage Issues · Strategies and Tendencies · System Architectures · Telework Technologies · Ubiquitous Computing · Virtual Reality · Wireless Communications
«« Information Management »» May include issues relating to: · Computer-Mediated Communication · Content Development · Cyber law and Intellectual Property · Data Mining · ePublishing and Digital Libraries · Human Computer Interaction · Information Search and Retrieval · Knowledge Management · Policy Issues · Privacy Issues · Social and Organizational Aspects · Virtual Communities · XML and Other Extensible Languages
* Important Dates: - Submission Deadline (Last Call): 6 May 2005 - Notification to Authors (Last Call only): 25 May 2005 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (Last Call only): Until 1 June 2005 - Late Registration: After 1 June 2005 - Conference: Qawra - Malta, 27 to 30 June 2005
* Conference Location The conference will be held in Qawra, Malta.
* Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE e-SOCIETY 2005 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: es2005@iadis.org Web site: http://www.iadis.org/es2005
* Program Committee
Conference Co-Chairs Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Program Chair Maggie McPherson, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Committee Members (not complete): Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada Adam P. Vrechopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Aixin Sun, University of New South Wales, Australia Åke Grönlund, Örebro University, Sweden Akihiro Kashihara, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan Alankar Karol, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Alexandra Cristea, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Alla F. Manako, International Research and Training Center, Ukraine Amjad Umar, Telcordia Technologies, USA Andrea Kienle, University of Dortmund, Germany Andreas Tolk, Old Dominion University, USA Angela Guercio, Hiram College, USA Ann M. Shortridge, University of Oklahoma, USA Anxo Cereijo Roibás, University of Brighton, United Kingdom Arif Altun, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey Arthur Tatnall, Victoria University, Australia Axel Küpper, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany Bardo Fraunholz, Deakin University, Australia Ben Daniel, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Bo Xiao, Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany Bob Travica, University of Manitoba, Canada Brian Donnellan, NUI, Galway, Ireland Bridget Cooper, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Buket Akkoyunlu, Hacettepe University, Turkey Carlo Simon, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Carmine Gravino, University of Salerno, Italy Charles B. Owen, Michigan State University, USA Charles Steinfield, Michigan State University, USA Chul-Hwan Lee, University of Pittsburgh, USA Chun Kit Lok, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany Coskun Bayrak, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Darina Dicheva, Winston-Salem State University, USA Demetrios Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece Denise Whitelock, Open University, United Kingdom Deniz Deryakulu, Ankara University, Turkey Dilek Gözütok, Ankara University, Turkey Dominique Deuff, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Dongge Li, Motorola Multimedia Communications Labs, USA Drew Whitworth, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Edwin Bendyk, Polityka, Poland Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada Elpida Tzafestas, National Technical University Of Athens, Greece Elsie Chan, Australian Catholic University, Australia Elva J. Jones, Winston-Salem State University, USA Emrah Orhun, Troy University Montgomery, USA Enrique Bonsón, Universidad de Huelva, Spain Enrique Dans, Instituto de Empresa, Spain Erik Rolland, University of California, Riverside, USA Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu, Finland Eugenia Kovatcheva, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Eva Lindh Waterworth, Umeå University, Sweden Ezendu Ariwa, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Fani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College, USA Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia Ferhan Odabasi, Anadolu University, Turkey Fidel Cacheda, University of A Coruña, Spain Filomena Ferrucci, University of Salerno, Italy Frank Bongers, Dialogic, The Netherlands Frank Wang, Cranfield University, United Kingdom Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Gang Wei, Accenture Labs, USA George Tsihrintzis, University of Piraeus, Greece Gianni Amati, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Italy Giuseppe Scanniello, University of Salerno, Italy Günter Müller, University of Freiburg, Germany Hanne Albrechtsen, Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, University of Koblenz - Landau, Germany Hans-Rüdiger Pfister, Universität Lüneburg, Germany Hans Weghorn, University of Cooperative Education, Germany Harald Mahrer, Legend Research Consulting, Austria Heinrich C. Mayr, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Henryk Rybinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Hentie Wilson, University of South Africa, South Africa Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University, USA Iadh Ounis, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Ignacio Aedo Cuevas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Imran Ahmad, University of Windsor, Canada Inga Hunter, Massey University, New Zealand Ismail Guven, Ankara University, Turkey Ivan Gojmerac, Telecommunications Research Center Ftw Vienna, Austria Ivan Tomek, Acadia University, Canada J. Michael Spector, Florida State University, USA Jace Hargis, University of North Florida, USA Jérôme Godard, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Ji-Rong Wen, Microsoft Research Asia, China Jiying Zhao, Ottawa University, Canada Joan Cooper, Flinders University, Australia Jose Esteves, Instituto de Empresa, Spain Juan Manuel Fernández Luna, Universidad de Granada, Spain Julia Watkins, University of North Florida, USA Junping Sun, Nova Southeastern University, USA Kar Tin Lee, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Karin Axelsson, Linköping University, Sweden Katarina Stanoevska, University St. Gallen, Switzerland Katerina Pramatari, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece Katerina Sinitsa, International Research and Training Center, Ukraine Kathrin Möslein, TUM Business School, Germany Kazimierz Krzysztofek, University in Bialystok, Poland Kim Viborg Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand Kok-Leong Ong, Deakin University, Australia Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", Bulgaria Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, United Kingdom Lefteris Angelis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Leila Alem, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia Levent Yilmaz, Auburn University, USA Licia Calvi, University of Parma, Italy Lora Aroyo, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lynne Baillie, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Austria Malik Yousef, University of Pennsylvania, USA Manoranjan Dash, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Maria Moundridou, University of Piraeus, Greece Maria Pontikaki, Intralot SA, Greece Maria Teresa Molfino, IMATI-CNR, Italy Maria Virvou, University of Piraeus, Greece Mario Allegra, ITD-CNR, Italy Marinos Themistocleous, Brunel University, United Kingdom Markku Sääksjärvi, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland Martin Hughes, NUI Galway, Ireland Martin Smits, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Martin Wessner, Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany Masao J. Matsumoto, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Matjaz Gams, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia Michael Koch, University of Bremen, Germany Michael Wagner, Danube University Krems, Austria Michal Okoniewski, Paterson Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom Michele Risi, University of Salerno, Italy Mieczyslaw Muraszkiewicz, Icie, Poland Milos Kravcik, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Miltiadis D. Lytras, University of Patras & Academic Research Computer Technology Institute, Greece Mohini Singh, RMIT University, Australia Monica Sebillo, University of Salerno, Italy Muhammed Younas, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom Muthu Ramachandran, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Nadia Papamichail, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom Nandy Millan, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Narcyz Roztocki, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA Ng Wee Keong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Nitya Karmakar, University of Western Sydney, Australia Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems, Austria Norah Power, University of Limerick, Ireland Nurettin Simsek, Ankara University, Turkey Olivera Marjanovic, The University of New South Wales, Australia P. Pichappan, Annamalai University, India Paolo Maresca, University "Federico II", Italy Pär J Ågerfalk, University of Limerick, Ireland Paul Cunningham, IIMC, Ireland Paula Swatman, University of South Australia, Australia Pavel Azalov, Pennsylvania State University, USA Petek Askar, Hacettepe University, Turkey Peter Parycek, Danube University Krems, Austria Peter Reichl, Telecommunications Research Center Ftw Vienna, Austria Phil Joyce, Swinburne University, Australia Philippe Cudre-Mauroux, EPFL, Switzerland Philippos Pouyioutas, Intercollege, Cyprus Pietro D'Ambrosio, Grupponet Spa, Italy Piotr Gawrysiak, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Preben Hansen, SICS, Sweden Ray A. Patterson, University of Alberta, Canada Raza Abidi, Dalhousie University, Canada Richard Kane, University of North Florida, USA Robert Krimmer, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria Robert Luk, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Robert Neumann, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Roger Hartley, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Rolf Wigand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Roman Brandtweiner, Danube University, Austria Rong Zhao, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA Rosa Maria Bottino, CNR, Italy Roy Rada, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Sandy Chong, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Sara de Freitas, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom Sarmad N. Alshawi, Brunel University, United Kingdom Serap Kurbanoglu, Hacettepe University, Turkey Sergio Di Martino, University of Salerno, Italy Sharifullah Khan, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan Shinobu Hasegawa, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Simeon J. Simoff, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Sri, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Stephane Bressan, National University Of Singapore, Singapore Stephen Burgess, Victoria University, Australia Suku Sinnappan, University of Wollongong, Australia Sung Shin, South Dakota State University, USA Susana Montero Moreno, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Svetlana Kudrjavtseva, International Research and Training Centre for Information Technologies and Systems, Ukraine Takao Terano, University of Tsukuba, Japan Teemu Santonen, Finland Thomas Acton, NUI Galway, Ireland Toby De Loght, University of Antwerp, Belgium Tom Boyle, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Toshio Okamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan Tuncer Ören, University of Ottawa, Canada Tzu-Chien Liu, National Central University, Taiwan Vania Dimitrova, University Of Leeds, United Kingdom Victor Kaptelinin, Umeå University, Sweden Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University, USA Vincent Lee, Monash University, Australia Vincenzo Deufemia, Universita' degli Studi di Salerno, Italy Vladimir Fomichov, Russian State Technological University, Russia Volker Tschammer, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany Walter Baets, Euromed Marseille, France William I. Grosky, University of Michigan – Dearborn, USA William Russell, Florida State University, USA Wojciech Cellary, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland Yasemin Gülbahar, Baskent University, Turkey Yavuz Akpýnar, Boðaziçi University, Turkey Yeonwook Im, Hanyang Cyber University, Republic of Korea Yongjian Fu, Cleveland State University, USA Youssef Iraqi, University of Waterloo, Canada Zahir Irani, Brunel University, United Kingdom Zainal Hasibuan, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
* Co-located event Please also check the co-located event Mobile Learning 2005 (http://www.iadis.org/ml2005/) - 28 to 30 June 2005
* Registered participants in the e-Society conference may attend the Mobile Learning conference sessions free of charge.
* Check the PhD Summer School on "Educational Technology in a Cultural Context" (http://www.educ.um.edu.mt/etcc/)
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