| Community informatics (CI), also known as community networking, electronic community networking, community-based technologies or community technology refers to an emerging set of principles and practices concerned with the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for the personal, social, cultural or economic development of and within communities. CI as an academic discipline (and as a practice) is often located within Information Systems presented however, in conjunction with community development and other social academic and practice areas. It can be considered as a cross or interdisciplinary approach utilising ICTs for different forms of community action in the real as well as, increasingly, within the virtual spheres – (courtesy of Wikipedia) A comprehensive Call for Papers will appear here soon. Publication Opportunity Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration. Selected papers from the Conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Electronic Journal of e-Government. The latest issue is now available on the journal website. As this is the inaugural conference there are no previous proceedings available. Click here to purchase previous conference proceedings from other Conferences managed by us Abstract details: The Abstract should be a minimum of 300 and no more than 500 words including up to five keywords and keyphrases to be received by 23 April 2009. Submission: Via the online submission form. Please ensure that you complete all relevant sections of the form, including the conference track the abstract is intended for, the proposed title for the paper, the full names (first name and surname, not initials) and email addresses of all authors and a postal address and telephone number for at least one contact author. Please indicate clearly if the contact author is not the lead author. Full paper: Only required when the abstract has been selected and not to be more than 5,000 words including abstract, keywords and references (the Harvard referencing rules need to be followed). Submission date will be no later than 11 June 2009. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the conference manager, Elaine Hayne Elaine.hayne@academic-conferences.org Important information: The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all abstracts received by the submission deadline to ensure that the proposed paper follows the themes of the Conference. The authors of abstracts that describe a relevant paper will receive a notification of abstract selection. All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by a member of the conference committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the proposed subject of their abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, the standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced. Papers that are accepted will be published in the conference proceedings providing at least one author registers and presents the work at the Conference (see the registration section of the conference website for more information about registration). Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present one paper. Therefore if multiple papers are accepted for presentation different co-authors need to present each paper. Important Dates | Abstract submission deadline: | 23 April 2009 | | | | Notification of abstract acceptance: | 30 April 2009 | | | | Full paper due for review: | 11 June 2009 | | | | Notification of paper acceptance(with any requested changes): | 20 August 2009 | | | | Earlybird registration closes | 3 September 2009 | | | | Final paper due: | 16 September 2009 | | | | Final author registration date | 8 October 2009 | | |
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