-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP Digital Divide/s and Inclusion/s minitrac - HICSS-44 (deadline June 15) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:09:39 -0700 From: Karine Barzilai-Nahon <karineb@uw.edu> To: Dear friends and colleagues - Take a look at the following CFP. I would like to invite you to submit a paper there, and also you are most welcome to forward it to colleagues that you think will be interested. Best Karine ------- Call For Papers: Digital Divide/s and Inclusion/s, HICSS 44 HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES Track: Digital Media Minitrack: DIGITAL DIVIDE/S AND INCLUSION/S http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ January 4-7, 2011 Papers due JUNE 15, 2010 (note this is a *hard* deadline) All submissions are made through the HICSS site. MINITRACK ORGANIZERS Karine Barzilai-Nahon [Primary Contact], University of Washington - karineb@uw.edu<mailto:karineb@uw.edu> Narcyz Roztocki, State University of New York at New Paltz - roztockn@newpaltz.edu<mailto:roztockn@newpaltz.edu> Papers presented in previous years may be found at: http://ekarine.org/news/dd/ The Digital Divide/s and Inclusion/a minitrack in HICSS calls for papers that study digital divide/s, inequalities and inclusions in different levels, methods and perspectives. Possible focus may be on international, national, local, sector, communal, and individual level. Both empirical and theoretical papers are invited. Following the success from the past three conferences, we invite submissions to the 2011 minitrack. Potential contributions may be in the subjects, but are not limited to the following: * Conceptualization and theory of digital divide/s, digital spectrum and eInclusion * Indigenous communities and technology * ICT and development * Socio-demographic factors- gender, age, education, income, ethnic diversity, race diversity, language diversity, religiosity * Social and governmental support - for example the use of supportive initiatives, policy and applications to bridge the gap, or how society and community impact eInclusion * Access (public, private), infrastructure factors * Affordability * Use, skills and behaviour patterns * Accessibility focusing mainly in populations with special needs * Measurements indices * Comparative analysis of policy * Comparative cross-country or cross-region research * Country or region specific case studies IMPORTANT DEADLINES ABSTRACTS (optional) Authors may contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content at anytime. FULL PAPERS JUNE 15, 2010 (note this is a *hard* deadline) Authors submit Full Papers to the Peer Review System, following the Author Instructions found on the HICSS web site (http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/). All papers must be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references that conform to HICSS standards. Papers undergo blind review. HICSS papers must contain original material, and not be previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. You may submit a paper to only one Minitrack. Duplicate submissions may be rejected by any or all minitracks, without consultation with author. An individual may be listed as author/co-author on no more than 6 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission. AUG 15, 2010 Acceptance notices are emailed to authors by the Review System. (Make sure your server accepts the address.) At least one author of each accepted paper must immediately make plans to attend the conference, including initiating fiscal, visa, or other travel guarantees. SEPT 15, 2010 Accepted authors submit Final Paper. At least one author of each paper should register by this date. This is the Early Registration fee deadline. OCT 15, 2010 Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.