hi,

Let me know about any related conferences in india.

regards
HLS

--- In irsindia@yahoogroups.com, "natreis2003" <nat@i...> wrote:
>
> ******************************************************************
> IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
> WEB BASED COMMUNITIES 2006
> February 26-28, 2006 -
> San Sebastian, Spain
>
> (http://www.iadis.org/WBC2006)
>
> ******************************************************************
>
>
> * Keynote Speakers (confirmed):
> Professor Peter Kollock, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
> Professor Hermann Maurer, Graz U. of Technology, Austria
> Cliff Figallo, SociAlchemy, USA
>
> * Conference background and goals
>
> The mission of this conference is to publish and integrate
> scientific results and act catalytically to the fast developing
> culture of web communities. The conference invites original
papers,
> review papers, technical reports and case studies on WWW in
> particular the emerging role of so-called WWW-based Communities.
>
> Domain: It is increasingly important for our culture to bring
people
> together and to promote dynamics in professional organizations,
> mutual understanding, learning and harmony. Creating "virtual
> communities" is one major way to do this. The Web Based
Communities
> 2006 conference aims at sharing and aggregating scientifically
> proven methods on how to organize and moderate WWW-based
> communities. These communities do not limit participants to
> particular locations - the international and multicultural
dimension
> is a most challenging one. Good WWW communities undergo a
continuous
> evolution and adapt to the changing world. The nature of these
> communities can be corporate, scientific, social or educational.
> Pragmatic questions which need to be addressed include: What
> software tools are the most adequate and how to use them? How to
> promote your community so that new members can find it? How to
> protect the members' privacy? How to moderate discussions and how
to
> provide information that people can use? How to create and
maintain
> a sense of trust and commitment among the members? In addition,
> sociology, education, communication and philosophy issues are
> addressed as the main disciplines reflected in building WWW-based
> communities, although critical theories on societies and post-
> modernism are also relevant starting points. New and imminent
> technologies will be discussed.
>
> Objectives: The Web Based Communities 2006 Conference aims at
> bringing together new vital understanding of WWW communities and
> what new initiatives mean. Each new perspective is potentially a
> catalyst for finding new architectures. National and regional-
> oriented communities may soon be relegated to a subordinate
position
> compared to interest-oriented communities. Multiculturalism,
> critical thinking, expressing aesthetic aspects of our identity,
and
> finding sparring partners for sharpening our ideologies, are all
> processes that need the new communication infrastructures.
>
> The targeted audience is scientists and members and moderators of
> WWW communities who feel responsible for optimizing its quality
and
> effect.
>
> * 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 better papers will be candidate for the "International
> Journal of Web Based Communities" (IJWBC); ISSN: 1477 - 8394 [4
> issues per year]
>
> * Types of submissions
> Full and Short Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels
and
> Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind
> refereeing process.
>
> * Subject indications (but not limited to)
> The history, architecture and future of virtual communities
> 1. From mobility to connectivity
> 2. Identity and augmented ideologies
> 3. Visionary web architectures, implanted computers
> 4. Network revolutions, post-colonial and post-modern societies
> 5. Escaping from reality, virtual reality and multi-user games
> 6. Towards alternative ways of presence
>
> Group processes and self-organization
> 1. Tele-democracy, morality, netiquette
> 2. Social networks, tribal- and open communities, peace education
> 3. Computer mediated-, hyper- and narrative communication, woven
> stories
> 4. MUDs, MOOs and avatars
> 5. Hosting web-based communities
> 6. Nationalities, ethnicities and gender effects
>
> Cyborgs, teleworking, telemedicine, art games and learning
> communities
> 1. Fading hierarchies and epistemic dictatorship
> 2. Distributed cognition, the electronic cortex and constructivism
> 3. Community directories
> 4. Mechanic world, organic computer
> 5. Agents and the vectorized self
> 6. Beyond metaphors: imagining and representation
> 7. Communizing as a marketing approach
>
> Expanding markets through virtual communities
> 1. The WWW as digital market place
> 2. The enterprise as a learning community
> 3. The learning as a road map for business
> 4. Universities as online communities
> 5. Business-to-business communication in profit- and non profit
> sectors
>
> Virtual communities for people with special needs
> 1. Access to public spaces
> 2. Accessibility and long-term disabilities
> 3. Virtual communities in health care
>
> * Important Dates (2nd Call extension):
> - Submission Deadline: 23 January 2005
> - Notification to Authors: 3 February 2006
> - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 10
> February 2006
> - Late Registration: After 10 February 2006
> - Conference: San Sebastian, Spain, 26 to 28 February 2006
>
> * Conference Location The conference will be held in San
Sebastian,
> Spain.
>
> * Secretariat
> IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WEB BASED COMMUNITIES 2006
> Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3, 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
> E-mail: wbc-sec@i... Web site: http://www.iadis.org/wbc2006
>
> * Program Committee
> Conference Co-Chairs
> Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
> Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University),
> Portugal
>
> Program Chair
> Ambrosio Goikoetxea, University of Mondragon, Spain
>
> Committee Members:
> Adam Joinson, The Open University, United Kingdom
> Alessandra Agostini, University of Milano, Italy
> Alexandra Kopitar, EEE, Austria
> Andreas Becks, Fraunhofer FIT, Aachen, Germany
> Andrew Ravenscroft, London Metropolitan University United Kingdom
> Anne Jelfs, The Open University, United Kingdom
> Begoña Gros, University of Barcelona, Spain
> Bob Kemp, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
> Bryn Holmes, Concordia University, Canada
> Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
> Carmel McNaught, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
> Changjie Tang, Sichuan University, China
> Chien-Sing Lee, Multimedia University, Malaysia
> Chris Pegler, The Open University, United Kingdom
> Christine Smith, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
> Christopher Irgens, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
> Christos Bouras, University of Patras, Greece
> Colin Tattersall, Open University of the Netherlands, The
Netherlands
> Daniel Burgos, Open University of The Netherlands, The Netherlands
> Demetrios G. Sampson, ITI-CERTH, Greece
> Deniz Deryakulu, Ankara University, Turkey
> Dmitry Bystrov, Tashkent State Technical University, Uzbekistan
> Dragan Djuric, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
> Dragan Gasevic, Simon Fraser University Surrey, Canada
> Eliza Stefanova, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", Bulgaria
> Emanuel Gruengard, Shenkar School of Engineering and Design, Israel
> Erik Andriessen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
> Eshaa M. Alkhalifa, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain
> Fong-Lok Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
> Frank Stowell, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
> Frieda Saeys, Gent University, Belgium
> Gail Miles, Lenoir-Rhyne College, USA
> Georgios Dafoulas, Middlesex University, United Kingdom
> Griff Richards, Simon Fraser University Surrey, Canada
> Hans Hummel, Open University of The Netherlands, The Netherlands
> Hans-Inge Persson, Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning, Sweden
> Iliana Nikolova, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
> Ilias Karasavvidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
> J. Michael Spector, Florida State University, USA
> Jan Frick, Stavanger University, Norway
> Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
> John Murnane, The University of Melbourne, Australia
> John P. Cuthell, Virtual Learning, United Kingdom
> Karen Lazenby, University of Pretoria, South Africa
> Kathleen Kelm, Edgewood College, USA
> Kia Ng, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
> Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand
> Kirsti Lindh, Univeristy of Tampere, Finland
> Konrad Morgan, University of Bergen, Norway
> Lawrie Hunter, Kochi University of Technology, Japan
> Leandro Madrazo, Escola Tècnica i Superior d'Arquitectura La
Salle,
> Spain
> Lee Chien-Ching, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
> Linda Price, The Open University, United Kingdom
> Liviu Cristian Miclea, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
> Ljuan Marko Gashi, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
> Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom
> Lyn Henderson, James Cook University, Australia
> Maomi Ueno, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
> Maria Zenios, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
> Michael Henderson, James Cook University, Australia
> Nopphol Pauswasdi, Mahidol University, Thailand
> Paul Leng, The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
> R. Karpaga Kumaravel, Bharathidasan University, India
> Radojica Petrovic, Technical Faculty of Cacak, Serbia and
Montenegro
> Rainer Malaka, EML, Germany
> Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
> Roger Hartley, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
> Sandra Cairncross, Napier University, United Kingdom
> Slavi Stoyanov, Open University Netherlands, The Netherlands
> Spiros Sirmakessis, Technological Educational Institution of
> Messolongi, Greece
> Tarja Tikkanen, RF Rogaland Research, Norway
> Theo Bastiaens, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
> Thomas Köhler, Universität Potsdam, Germany
> Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, University of Patras, Greece
> Tsuneo Yamada, National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
> Valery A. Petrushin, Accenture Technology Labs, USA
> Vanessa Dennen, Florida State University, USA
> Vasile Palade, Oxford University, United Kingdom
> Vicente Luque Centeno, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
> Violeta Damjanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
> Volker Wulf, University of Siegen, Germany
> Vyaceslav Shitikov, Riga Technical University, Latvia
> Witold Abramowicz, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
> Yuko Terao, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Japan
>
> for the full Committee Members list please access
> http://www.iadis.org/wbc2006/committees.asp
>
> * See also the Emerging Technologies for Web-based Communities (ET-
> WBC) Workshop 2006 (http://www.ift.ulaval.ca/~kone/ETWBC2006/)
>
> * Co-located event
> Please also check the co-located event Applied Computing 2006
> (http://www.iadis.org/ac2006/) - 25-28 February 2006
>
> * Registered participants in the Web Based Communities conference
> may attend the Applied Computing conference sessions free of
charge.
>