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The Academic Librarian in the Open Access Future

Call for Poster Session Proposals:

The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries 2014 Symposium

Friday, December 5, 2014

The 2014 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium “The Academic Librarian in the Open Access Future” will consider new opportunities and real challenges for academic librarians as the movement toward open access (OA) begins to impact our users and our institutions in increasingly complex ways. Through case studies grounded in a range of institutional contexts, we will explore the role of librarians in the open access debate and projects. During small-group debriefing sessions, participants will have an opportunity to strategize with peers about how to support their users and find potential collaborators. For further information about the symposium, visit: http://acrlnysymp2014.wordpress.com/

ACRL/NY invites you to submit a poster session proposal for the 2014 Symposium.  Your poster session can address academic librarians’ roles vis-à-vis any issue related to this theme.  Examples include but are not limited to:

  • Open Access Collaborations
  • Open Access Literacy
  • Scholarly Publishing
  • Author’s Rights
  • Support for Faculty Researchers
  • Institutional Repositories
  • Students as Content Producers
  • Open Access Workflows
  • Copyright, Fair Use and Public Domain
  • Libraries and Licensing
  • International Intellectual Property
  • Orphan Works
  • Discoverability
  • Digital Rights Management
  • OA Policy Initiatives

Please submit your proposal using the online form athttps://acrlnyforms.wufoo.com/forms/poster-sessions-application/

The deadline for submission is Friday, September 12, 2014

Accepted posters will be notified by Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

For some helpful poster pointers, check the “poster presentations” tab on the LibGuide athttp://stjohns.campusguides.com/researchpresentation

The Symposium will take place on Friday, December 5, 2014 in New York City at:

The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue (at 24th Street) Room 14-220 (14th floor)

We look forward to your submissions!

The 2014 ACRL/NY Symposium Committee

Developing Effective Educational Experiences through Learning Analytics

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: September 15, 2014

Dr Mark Anderson (Edge Hill University, UK) Collette Gavan (Edge Hill University, UK), editor

To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1twrqfS

For release in the Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series

Series Editor: Siran Mukerji (IGNOU, India) and Purnendu Tripathi (IGNOU, India)

ISSN:  2326-9022

Propose a chapter for this book

The Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, & Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series strives to provide publications that address all these areas and present trending, current research to assist professionals, administrators, and others involved in the education sector in making their decisions.

Introduction

Learning analytics have been adopted by educational institutions as a means of determining the effectiveness and quality of the learning experience for students. Derived from the analytic processes that underpin much commercial activity, higher education establishments quickly identified that mining and understanding the data that is collected through the breadth of university systems could facilitate the improvement in delivery of courses, particularly with the pervasive adoption of online systems to support teaching and learning that facilitated non-intrusive data collection. Implementing learning analytic initiatives is not without its issues, but the importance of implementing and enhancing such processes cannot be underestimated.

Associated to the field of Learning Analytics is the related study of Academic Analytics. A clear distinction can be drawn between the two fields: learning analytics focuses on the study of data to benefits tutors and learners, whereas academic analytics maintains a focus on supporting the administrative bodies related to institutions. Learning analytics is therefore more fine-grained in approach, treating courses and departments as central objects to a study, and is therefore more appropriate to consider in the context of the research to be undertaken.

The proposed publication will explore the fields of Learning Analytics and Academic Analytics. Both areas are rapidly emerging as topics of great interest to the Higher Education community, both for programme managers and course tutors. Both topics concentrate of understanding the learning journey for students, and the outcomes that module cohorts attain through study. However, Learning Analytics approaches the analysis process from the learner perspective, often relying on data input by learners through virtual learning environments and online questionnaires to determine the effectiveness of the student experience. Academic Analytics, on the other hand, collates data from management systems related to Higher Education Institutions to understand the student journey.

The role that this book will play will be to inform the academic community of the opportunities that exist when the rich data sets collated through university online systems are mined and visualised to understand the impact of student experience on the outcomes of programmes. Equally, neither field should be considered in isolation. In this respect, the proposed publication shall explore cases where both Learning and Academic Analytics techniques have been employed to understand their impact.

A further area that shall be explored is the relevance of Learning and Academic Analytics to educational practices. There has been little research to understand how different pedagogical approaches affect the impact of Learning Analytics and/or Academic Analytics. This is a significant area that the proposed publication shall explore.

Objective of the Book

The field of Learning Analytics, and the associated field of Academic Analytics, has recently emerged as a key field to assist understanding of the student learning experience within Higher Education. The mission for this publication is to collate the latest research in the field from around the globe and assist researchers to understand, and ultimately resolve, the challenges that lie in the field currently, the links that can be made between learning analytics and other related fields, and potential challenges that may lie ahead as the field reaches maturity.

The objectives of the publication are therefore:

  • To collate active research and developments in Learning Analytics
  • To explore case studies relating to the adoption of Learning Analytics, and explore the outcomes of these studies
  • To review the means of presenting and understanding the outcomes of the analytics that have been adopted
  • To understand the impact of Learning Analytics and it’s relevance to the broad range of subject areas and pedagogies that are adopted within the Higher Education environment
  • To explore the international context of Learning Analytics, understanding the initiatives that are ongoing around the world.

The impact of this publication is therefore to focus the field on key opportunities and challenges that exist within the field, and explore how the link between analytics and Higher Education data can be effectively exploited to benefit the Higher Education community.

Target Audience

The target audience for this book is practitioners in Higher Education who wish to leverage the existing and captured data from students to determine the effectiveness of their teaching practices in relation to the learning experience.  The title could be utilised by both technical and pedagogical researchers to understand the implications of changes in course delivery and teaching practices.  The title may also be used by teaching staff to gain deeper insight and understanding of the data sets available to them, and the means of processing the rich data captured to enhance their students’ learning experiences and outcomes.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Experiences of Learning Analytics: Past, present and future
  • Implementation of Learning Analytics
  • Visualisation techniques for Learning Analytics
  • The impact of Learning Analytics on Pedagogical Choices
  • Changing pedagogical approach driven by Learning Analytics
  • Using Academic Analytics to drive the student experience
  • The Development of Academic Analytics
  • Critical review of learning and academic analytics (including technologies, approaches, case studies and applications)
  • Implementing Academic Analytics
  • Analytics in the International Community
  • Driving change through Academic Analytics
  • Reflections of implementing and interpreting learning/academic analytics
  • Learning Lessons: How to interpret analytics effectively
  • Future trends in learning/academic analytics in Higher Education

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before September 15, 2014, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by October 15, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by January 31, 2015. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Developing Effective Learning Experiences through Learning Analytics. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.

Full chapters may be submitted to this book here: http://bit.ly/1tM2nUw

All proposals should be submitted through the link at the bottom of this page.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2016.

Important Dates

September 15, 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline October 15, 2014: Notification of Acceptance January 31, 2015: Full Chapter Submission March 31, 2015: Review Results Returned April 30, 2015: Chapter Revisions Due May 15, 2015: Final Acceptance Notification

Inquiries can be forwarded to

Dr Mark Anderson Department of Computing Creative Edge Edge Hill University St. Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire L39 4QP United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)1695 657634 Email: mark.anderson@edgehill.ac.uk

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The International Conference in Information Security, and Digital Forensics (ISDF2014)

December 12-14, 2014
AMC Metropolitan College, Thessaloniki, Greece
All registered papers will be included in SDIWC Digital Library.
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The conference aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures.
RESEARCH TOPICS ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
~~ Cyber Security
– Distributed and Pervasive System Security
– Formal Methods Application in Security
– Incident Handling and Penetration Testing
– Multimedia and Document Security
– Privacy Issues
– Secure Software Development, Architecture and Outsourcing
– Security in Cloud Computing
– Security of Web-based Applications and Services
– VOIP, Wireless and Telecommunications Network Security
– Enterprise System Security
– Hardware-Based Security
– Legal issues
– Operating System and Database
– SCADA and Embedded Systems
– Security for Future Networks
– Security in Social Networks
~~ Digital Forensics
– Anti-Forensics and Anti-Forensics Techniques
– Data leakage, Data protection and Database forensics
– Executable Content and Content Filtering
– Forensics of Virtual and Cloud Environments
– Investigation of Insider Attacks
– Malware forensics, and  Anti-Malware Techniques
– New Treats and Non-Traditional approaches
– Cyber-Crimes
– Evidentiary Aspects of Digital Forensics
– File System and Memory Analysis Multimedia Forensics
– Information Hiding
– Large Scale Investigations
– Network Forensics and Traffic Analysis Hardware Vulnerabilities and Device Forensics
~~ Information Assurance and Security Management
– Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning
– Critical Infrastructure Protection
– Digital Rights Management and Intellectual Property Protection
– Fraud Management
– Laws and Regulations
– Corporate Governance
– Decidability and Complexity
– Economics of Security
– Treats, Vulnerabilities, and Risk Management
– Identity Management
– Security Policies and Trust Management
Researchers are encouraged to submit their work electronically. All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees.
Before final acceptance, all referees comments must be considered.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission Deadline            : open from now until October 12, 2014
Notification of Acceptance    : November 12, 2014 or 4 weeks after the submission date
Camera Ready Submission  : December 02, 2014
Registration Date                 : December 02, 2014. It is recommended to do it few days before
Conference Dates                : December 12-14, 2014
Write us for more details: isdf14@sdiwc.net

2015 ER&L/EBSCO Library Research Fellowship​ ​

ER&L and EBSCO could help​ ​fund your project! The 2015 ER&L/EBSCO Library Research Fellowship​ ​will​ fund a project impacting eresources management, measuring and evaluating use, users and usage. 
Round 1 applications are due next week, Thursday, August 28. Round 1 is a short form to provide a project overview. 
After a short peer review process, leading candidates will move into a Round 2 proposal where more details including a project outline and budget are required. The Fellowship awards up to $4000. The winning project will be evaluated quarterly and given a stage at ER&L 2015 and other venues to share your work.
Visit http://electroniclibrarian.org/erlplus/fellowship/ for the award application and summary, as well as to view the 2014 winning ER&L/EBSCO Library Research Fellowship project from NC Live entitled, “Making Usage Data Meaningful.”
Upcoming ER&L Dates & Deadlines
8/29 – ER&L/EBSCO Library Research Fellowship Applications Due
8/29 – Call for Workshops Due – Submit: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/workshopcall15/
9/1 – Call for Session Proposals Opens
10/14 – Call for Session Proposals Due Date
ER&L 2015
10th Anniversary Electronic Resources and Libraries
February 22-25, 2015 

Asian / Pacific American Librarians Association 35th Anniversary & Symposium: Building Bridges: Connecting Communities Through Librarianship & Advocacy Embracing the Past Engaging the Present Empowering the Future

San Francisco • June 25, 2015

The Asian / Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) turns 35 in 2015! To commemorate this milestone, APALA is holding a one-day symposium on Thursday, June 25 at McLaren Hall on the University of San Francisco campus. Additional programs and cultural events will be organized during the American Library Association Annual Conference.

Founded in 1980 by librarians of diverse Asian and Pacific ancestries, APALA has long been committed to supporting and providing greater visibility for Asian / Pacific American (APA) professionals in the areas of libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs) and advancing services to APA communities. The 35th Anniversary & Symposium is an opportune time to reflect upon and continue to execute its mission by providing information and/or training on: library programs and resources for APA communities; becoming successful library leaders and advocates; and creating linkages with other library associations and APA organizations.

APALA has always aimed to serve as a bridge between LAM professionals and APA communities; LAM professionals of diverse backgrounds; and libraries and APA communities. The symposium continues this theme, bringing in the idea of building bridges in all its connotations — physical, temporal, historical, virtual, individual, organizational, local, and global.

Building Bridges: Connecting Communities Through Librarianship & Advocacy

  • Embracing the Past — Build on APALA’s vision and learn about proven tools and practices for serving APA communities
  • Engaging the Present — Find out how to make a difference here and now for our organizations and beyond through leadership and community building
  • Empowering the Future — Pave the way to success through lessons and tips on advocacy and professional development

The event is intended to foster discussion address questions such as:

  • How have libraries and cultural institutions served APA communities? How can APALA create and ensure more programs and tools for APA communities, both physical and virtual, local and global?
  • What kinds of bridges have APALA, and libraries in general, built with APA communities? How can APALA and APA information professionals continue to make alliances and build communities?
  • How have APALA and library leaders advocated for information services to APA communities? What lessons and advice do they have to share?
  • What are the challenges facing APA librarians and communities? What are the new information and technology trends? How can information professionals improve their knowledge and skills for the benefit of APA communities?
  • How can APALA maintain its active role in creating a culturally diverse and inclusive society? How can libraries ensure that APA communities have the information they need to participate fully in society?

With its iconic bridges, San Francisco provides an ideal backdrop for these discussions. The fact that it is also the site of several key landmarks and significant historical events for APAs, such as Angel Island, the I-Hotel, the first Ethnic Studies Department, makes it an even more appropriate place to connect past with the present and future.

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

APALA invites you to submit a proposal that addresses the symposium’s theme of building bridges that highlight the vital links between libraries and communities; librarians and library users; ideas and successful outcomes. The ideal presentation would fall under one of these tracks and focus on diverse communities, particularly Asian / Pacific Americans.

Program Tracks

a. Community Building and Outreach

  • Designing effective outreach programs that engage and reflect local community needs
  • Developing best practices and models with respect to issues affecting APA and pan-ethnic communities
  • Building successful collaborations on programming for all ages with different communities and library organizations

b. Cultural Heritage and Educational Materials

  • Developing resources and building library collections related to APAs
  • Creating and preserving APA archival materials (e.g., oral history, community papers, musical recordings, films, etc.) and developing institutional and digital repositories
  • Creating materials that provide APA visibility and representation in a range of formats, such as films, websites, exhibitions, digital storytelling, music, and print literature
  • Developing programs through collaborations with government, non-profit organizations, and local community groups that preserve, maintain, and promote APA cultures and histories

c. Leadership and Advocacy

  • Training and mentoring individuals to acquire essential skills and understanding in working with a diverse staff and clientele
  • Developing essential skills to be effective advocates and change agents.
  • Developing ways to encourage engagement and participation toward making a positivechange in the workplace and society
  • Exploring different leadership models that address issues such as, empowerment, micro-aggression, changing organizational culture, consensus building, and mentoring

d. Interpersonal and Career Growth

  • Addressing issues related to workplace dynamics and structure (e.g., cultural competence, conflict resolution and mediation, mentoring, re-organization, staff and professional issues, institutional change)
  • Acquiring or providing training for skills for career change or growth (e.g., technology, public relations, social media, fundraising, grant writing, assessment, management, and planning)
  • Creating a culture that encourages learning and growth as well as trust and respect

PROGRAM FORMATS

Workshop Session (75 minutes)

A group session with facilitator(s) who provide an interactive workshop on a project or topic. The session could be on music, research, video/film making, music, archiving, oral history, outreach programming, advocacy training, or related topics.

Roundtable Session (75 minutes)

A facilitated a discussion amongst presenters and audience participants on a particular topic or broader issue. Submissions should include multiple viewpoints and diverse voices. The majority of the allotted time should be devoted to discussion involving audience members.

Paper/Panel Presentation (75 minutes)

Presentations may cover a specialized topic from different perspectives or a general topic in- depth. Presenters should provide sufficient time for audience discussion. The proposal should specify a moderator who will organize the panel and regulate time. Individual paper submissions could be added in a panel program.

Poster Session (60 minutes)

A creative visual representation of a topic that provides an informal way to convey research, projects, services or ideas of interest to attendees. Presenters will be expected to set-up and host their poster during the allotted time.

RULES FOR SUBMISSION

To encourage greater participation, we require that each applicant submit only ONE proposal to the symposium.

Please include the following information in your proposal:

Primary Contact: Name, title, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, phone number Participants: name, title, affiliation, email address, and phone number Proposal information:

  • Program Title
  • Descriptive Abstract for the program booklet (80 word maximum)
  • Program Abstract to include up to three learning outcomes (300 word maximum)

Program Track (select one of the following):

  • Community Building and Outreach
  • Cultural Heritage and Educational Materials
  • Leadership and Advocacy
  • Interpersonal and Career Growth

Program Format (select one of the following):

  • Workshop Session
  • Roundtable Session
  • Paper/Panel Presentation
  • Poster Session

Audio-visual needs:Data projector and screen will be provided.

Deadline

All proposals must be received by midnight PST on October 1, 2014 as a Word document toapala35proposals@gmail.com. Notifications of proposal selection will be made beginning November 15, 2014.

Questions

Questions may be sent to the APALA 35 Program Committee at apala35proposals@gmail.com.

Non-Commercial Policy

APALA programs are non-commercial educational learning experiences. Under no circumstances should a workshop, session or poster presentation be used for direct promotion of a speaker’s product, service, or other self-interest.

Additional Requirements

All selected program presenters must be registered for the APALA 35th Anniversary & Symposium in order to present.

Presenters are responsible for paying the conference registration fee, travel, and lodging.

Presenters may be invited to use a format other than the one(s) selected or might be invited to co- present with others who have proposed similar topics.

 

 

ACRL IS Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum 201 ALA Midwinter Meeting

The IS Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum is an excellent opportunity for instruction librarians to gather together online to explore and discuss topics related to library instruction and information literacy. The steering committee welcomes proposals from individuals who are interested in convening this discussion online prior to the 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

If you would like to share your knowledge, help your peers learn from one another, and spark a lively conversation, apply to lead the IS Current Issues Virtual Discussion Forum today.

Application Deadline: September 19, 2014

To submit a proposal, please use the online submission form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N5XQ7SN

For inspiration, view the digests of past discussions online:http://bit.ly/ZW8NR6

Questions?

Contact the ACRL IS Discussion Group Steering Committee Chair, Veronica Arellano Douglas (varellano@gmail.com), or Vice-Chair, Bridget Schumacher (bridget.schumacher@gmail.com).

 

The Academic Librarian in the Open Access Future

Call for Poster Session Proposals:

The Greater New York Chapter of the
Association of College and Research Libraries 2014 Symposium
Friday, December 5, 2014

The 2014 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium “The Academic Librarian in the Open Access Future” will consider new opportunities and real challenges for academic librarians as the movement toward open access (OA) begins to impact our users and our institutions in increasingly complex ways. Through case studies grounded in a range of institutional contexts, we will explore the role of librarians in the open access debate and projects. During small-group debriefing sessions, participants will have an opportunity to strategize with peers about how to support their users and find potential collaborators. For further information about the symposium, visit: http://acrlnysymp2014.wordpress.com/

ACRL/NY invites you to submit a poster session proposal for the 2014 Symposium.  Your poster session can address academic librarians’ roles vis-à-vis any issue related to this theme.  Examples include but are not limited to:

•       Open Access Collaborations
•       Open Access Literacy
•       Scholarly Publishing
•       Author’s Rights
•       Support for Faculty Researchers
•       Institutional Repositories
•       Students as Content Producers
•       Open Access Workflows
•       Copyright, Fair Use and Public Domain
•       Libraries and Licensing
•       International Intellectual Property
•       Orphan Works
•       Discoverability
•       Digital Rights Management
•       OA Policy Initiatives

Please submit your proposal using the online form at https://acrlnyforms.wufoo.com/forms/poster-sessions-application/

The deadline for submission is Friday, September 12, 2014
Accepted posters will be notified by Tuesday, September 30, 2014.
For some helpful poster pointers, check the “poster presentations” tab on the LibGuide at http://stjohns.campusguides.com/researchpresentation

The Symposium will take place on Friday, December 5, 2014 in New York City at:
The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center, Baruch College, 55 Lexington Avenue (at 24th Street) Room 14-220 (14th floor)

We look forward to your submissions!
The 2014 ACRL/NY Symposium Committee

International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2014)

CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, PAPERS, WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS!

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Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter
10-12 November, 2014
Venue: London Heathrow Marriott Hotel
London, UK
www.i-society.eu
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The i-Society 2014 is Technical Co-Sponsored by UK/RI Computer
Chapter. The i-Society is a global knowledge-enriched collaborative
effort that has its roots from both academia and industry.
The conference covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to
information society, which includes technical and non-technical
research areas.

The mission of i-Society 2014 conference is to provide opportunities
for collaboration of professionals and researchers to share existing
and generate new knowledge in the field of information society.
The conference encapsulates the concept of interdisciplinary science
that studies the societal and technological dimensions of knowledge
evolution in digital society. The i-Society bridges the gap between
academia and industry with regards to research collaboration
and awareness of current development in secure information
management in the digital society.

The topics in i-Society 2014 include but are not confined to the
following areas:

*New enabling technologies
– Internet technologies
– Wireless applications
– Mobile Applications
– Multimedia Applications
– Protocols and Standards
– Ubiquitous Computing
– Virtual Reality
– Human Computer Interaction
– Geographic information systems
– e-Manufacturing

*Intelligent data management
– Intelligent Agents
– Intelligent Systems
– Intelligent Organisations
– Content Development
– Data Mining
– e-Publishing and Digital Libraries
– Information Search and Retrieval
– Knowledge Management
– e-Intelligence
– Knowledge networks

*Secure Technologies
– Internet security
– Web services and performance
– Secure transactions
– Cryptography
– Payment systems
– Secure Protocols
– e-Privacy
– e-Trust
– e-Risk
– Cyber law
– Forensics
– Information assurance
– Mobile social networks
– Peer-to-peer social networks
– Sensor networks and social sensing

*e-Learning
– Collaborative Learning
– Curriculum Content Design and Development
– Delivery Systems and Environments
– Educational Systems Design
– e-Learning Organisational Issues
– Evaluation and Assessment
– Virtual Learning Environments and Issues
– Web-based Learning Communities
– e-Learning Tools
– e-Education

*e-Society
– Global Trends
– Social Inclusion
– Intellectual Property Rights
– Social Infonomics
– Computer-Mediated Communication
– Social and Organisational Aspects
– Globalisation and developmental IT
– Social Software

*e-Health
– Data Security Issues
– e-Health Policy and Practice
– e-Healthcare Strategies and Provision
– Medical Research Ethics
– Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
– e-Medicine

*e-Governance
– Democracy and the Citizen
– e-Administration
– Policy Issues
– Virtual Communities

*e-Business
– Digital Economies
– Knowledge economy
– eProcurement
– National and International Economies
– e-Business Ontologies and Models
– Digital Goods and Services
– e-Commerce Application Fields
– e-Commerce Economics
– e-Commerce Services
– Electronic Service Delivery
– e-Marketing
– Online Auctions and Technologies
– Virtual Organisations
– Teleworking
– Applied e-Business
– Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

*e-Art
– Legal Issues
– Patents
– Enabling technologies and tools

*e-Science
– Natural sciences in digital society
– Biometrics
– Bioinformatics
– Collaborative research

*Industrial developments
– Trends in learning
– Applied research
– Cutting-edge technologies

* Research in progress
– Ongoing research from undergraduates, graduates/postgraduates and professionals

Important Dates:

*Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Submission Date: August 20, 2014
*Notification of Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Acceptance/Rejection: August 31, 2014
*Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Submission Date: August 31, 2014
*Notification of Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Acceptance/Rejection: September 15, 2014
*Camera Ready Paper Due: October 10, 20124
*Proposal for Workshops: September 01, 2014
*Notification of Workshop Acceptance/Rejection: September 10, 2014
*Poster/Demo Proposal Submission: August 31, 2014
*Notification of Poster/Demo Acceptance: September 10, 2014
*Participant(s) Registration (Open): May 01, 2014
*Early Bird Registration Deadline: September 30, 2014
*Late Bird Registration Deadline (Authors only): October 01 to October 15, 2014
*Late Bird Registration Deadline (Participants only): October 01 to November 03, 2014
*Conference Dates: November 10-12, 2014

For more details, please visit www.i-society.eu