3rd International Conference on Social and Organizational Informatics and Cybernetics, Orlando, Vereinigte Staaten

Abbrevation

SOIC

Link

http://www.cyber-inf.org/imsci2007/

City

Orlando

Country

United States

Deadline Paper

2007-02-22

Start Date

2007-07-12

End Date

2007-07-15

Abstract

Many social, societal and organizational problems, in the information age, are interrelated and need to be solved jointly by means of multidisciplinary projects, interdisciplinary communications and/or trans–disciplinary concepts and methodologies. Informatics, Cybernetics and Cyber–Technologies (ICCT) are, by definition and by nature, transversal to many disciplines and, as such, are special means for the multi–, inter–, and trans–disciplinary approaches required. ICCT are helping in the solutions of an increasing social, societal and organizational problems, but they are also generating new kind of problems and raising unfamiliar questions. The processes of answering these questions and finding possible solutions to these kinds of problems require as much as of scientific/engineering approaches, as of conceptual/reflexive studies. Both, analogical and logical thinking are also required, in different complementary studies, as well as combined in the same one. In this context logical thinking without the analogical one would be sterile, and analogical thinking without the logical one would be dangerous for being prone to hidden errors and mistakes. In the context of this framework, the basic purpose of the Organizing Committee of SOIC ′06 is to a provide a forum for disciplinary and interdisciplinary communications, where researchers (in Social and Natural Sciences, as well as in Engineering), intellectuals, policy/decision makers and Consultants would share the results of their research, studies and thoughts, with regards to societies and private/public organizations in the context of the Information Age. Accordingly, the Organizing and the Program Committees of SOIC ′06 invite researchers, academics, consultants and policy/decision makers to submit research papers as well as position papers based on intellectual reflection, conceptual studies or real life experience. The content of the papers to be submitted may be oriented to the presentation of solutions, results and answers as well as to problems and reflexive questioning. Keywords: Relations between Society/Organizations and Informatics. Information Society. Knowledge Societies. Review and Appraisal of ICT Impact. Public Policies in Free and Open Source Software. Free and Open Source Software Role in Developing Countries. Ethics and Informatics. Collective Decision Support Systems. Cyber–Democracies. Computer–Mediated Communication (CMC). Organizational Informatics. Telecommunications Policy. Information Economics Policy. Social Informatics and Social Information Systems. Social Impact of Computing and Communication Technology. Social Engineering in the Information Age. Education for the Information/Knowledge Society. Global Information Infrastructure. National and International Initiatives on the Information Society. National Strategies for the Information and Communication Technologies. Info–Rich and Info–Poor. Relations between Society/Organizations and Cybernetics/Cyber–Technologies. Socio–Cybernetics. Communicative Praxis in the Age of Globalization. Internet as a Tool for Collective Action. E–Inclusion. E–Government. E–Politics. Cyber–Power. Online Activism. E–Learning. Law and Internet. Public and Private Security in the Internet. E–Journalism. E–Freedom. Cyber–Sociology. Social Scientific Study of Cyberspace. Internet Research and Online Research Methodologies. Cyber–Societies. Cyber–Cultures. The Digital Divide. Digital Third Worlds. Organizational Cybernetics. Online and Virtual Communities. Internet and Political Involvement.