ICT 2011 (Rome, Italy) - 1st call extension: until 28 March 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS: Submission deadline (1st call extension): 28 March 2011

IADIS International Conference ICT, Society and Human Beings 2011
Rome, Italy
24 - 26 July 2011
(http://www.ict-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems (MCCSIS 2011)
Rome, Italy, 20 – 26 July 2011
(http://www.mccsis.org)

Keynote Speaker
Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair
Committee
on Global Thought, Columbia University, USA, Centennial Visiting
Professor,
London School of Economics, UK

Conference Program Co-Chairs:
Gunilla Bradley, Professor Em, Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden
Diane Whitehouse, Chair of IFIP WG 9.2 on Social Accountability and
Computing, The Castlegate Consultancy, UK

Conference background and goals
The effects of ICT on human beings as well as the interaction between
ICT, individuals, and society are all within the focus of this
conference. Both analyses of interactions and effects are important.
Changes in behaviour, perspectives, values, competencies, human and
psychological aspects and feelings are all of interest. Reflections on
past, present,
and future challenges – especially planning for handling the latter -
are encouraged.

Today, computer science and ICT-related disciplines are working more
and more together with various behavioural and social sciences
including child psychology and developmental psychology. For this
reason, the conference pays attention to societal changes, global and
more local organisational and institutional changes, changes in values
and in lifestyles, as well as individual cognitive effects and
changes, motivational and emotional changes. It also appeals to
solution-building in terms of desirable goals and actions for reaching
a Good Information Society.

In general all types of research strategies are encouraged, and
especially cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary studies. Case
studies, broader empirical field studies, theoretical analyses, cross-
cultural studies, scenarios, ethnographic studies, epistemological
analyses may all be presented.

The broader scope of this conference is presented in the conference
web site http://www.ict-conf.org  under "Call for papers" including a
theoretical framework which outlines the conference approach.

Submissions
Details on the conference web site http://www.ict-conf.org/ under
"submissions".
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a
book and CD-ROM with ISBN, available also in the IADIS Digital Library
(accessible on-line).
Types of contributions: Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers,
Posters, Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium.
All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.
Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended
versions of their papers to selected journals including journals from
INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

Important Dates
- Submission Deadline (1st call extension): 28 March 2011
- Notification to Authors (1st call extension): 29 April 2011
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call
extension): Until 25 May 2011
- Late Registration (1st call extension): After 25 May 2011
- Conference: Rome, Italy, 24 to 26 July 2011

Conference Location
The conference will be held in Rome, Italy.

Topics related to ICT, Society and Human Beings
These include, but are not limited to:

Track A: Globalization and ICT
- Globalization processes
- Glocalization processes
- Values, norms
- Labour market (outsourcing, integration, mobility)
- Universal access
- Virtual worlds
- Global villages
- Rethinking economic and social theories
- Human capital theory
- Sustainability, Democracy
- Global catastrophes
- Vulnerability
- Peace and war

Track B: Life environment and ICT
- Psychosocial environment
- Work environment/Work place
- Work content – Work tasks
- Organizational structure
- Decision support systems
- Human-human communication
- Power structure-formal and informal
- Leadership
- Career patterns
- Influence/participation
- Working hours and salary/compensation
- Work pace/work load
- Physical and ergonomic conditions
- Changes in the concept of time
- Changes in the way we are ('being')
- Learning and knowledge growth
- Home Environment
- Public Environment
- Private Environment
- Virtual Environment
- Virtual (on-line) communities
- Organisational Design and Management
- Psychosocial work environment

Track C: Life role and ICT
- Citizen's role
- Professional role
- Leadership role
- Private role
- Virtual roles
- Home of the future
- Mobile life
- Role conflicts

Track D: ICT and effects on humans
- Analyses of impact as well as technology
   contributing to desirable human qualities
- Psychosocial impact
- Life styles
- Human needs (meaningfulness, belonging,
   autonomy, confidence)
- Happiness and fun
- Wellbeing and health
- Dependency
- Identity
- Integrity
- Trust – security – privacy
- Addictiveness (games)
- Availability
- Motivation
- Human memory
- Cyber sickness
- Stress (over- and understimulation)
- Workload
- Fatigue
- Love and relationships
- Skills and competencies
- Creativity
- Problem solving
- Social competence

Track E: Perspectives on ICT
- Social and psychosocial
- Cross-cultural
- Theoretical
- Gender
- Class
- Rural – urban
- Multimodal
- Economic
- Ethical

Track F: Desirable goals and ICT
- Integration
- Humanization
- Reducing poverty
- Bridging the digital gap
- Freedom of expression
- Democratization
- E-cooperation
- Peace
- Sustainability
- Accountability, responsibility
- Involvement, empowerment
- Wellbeing Health
- Human welfare
- Quality of life
- Human Rights

Track G: Actions for reaching the
Good Information Society
- Individual level
- Community (physical and virtual) level
- Governmental level
- International level
- Civil society and social change in
   Communities
- Design of societal systems – rethinking

Secretariat:

IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ICT,
SOCIETY AND HUMAN BEINGS 2011
Web site: http://www.ict-conf.org/

Please send to interested colleagues and students.

Kids Are Quick! Must Read

Kids Are Quick
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TEACHER:   Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA:         Here it is.
TEACHER:  Correct. Now class, who discovered   America ?
CLASS:         Maria.
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TEACHER:  John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN:           You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN:         K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'                                            
TEACHER:  No, that's wrong
GLENN:         Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD:     H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER:  What are you talking about?
DONALD:     Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER:  Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE:       Me!
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TEACHER:  Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN:           Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER:    Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE:           I is..
TEACHER:    No, Millie....... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE:        All right...  'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'    
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TEACHER:   George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it.  Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS:          Because George still had the axe in his hand.    
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TEACHER:   Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON:        No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER:     Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE:       No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER:  Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD:   A teacher
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My Kind of Doctor ;)

Funny! 

 

 I  love this Doctor!  You will too!  It's written in Chinese English.

  
Q:  Doctor,  I've heard that  cardiovascular exercise  can prolong life.  Is this true?   
A: Your heart only  good for so many beats, and that it...don't waste on exercise.   Everything wear out eventually.  Speeding up heart  not make you live longer; it like saying you extend life of  car by driving faster.  Want to live longer?  Take  nap.  

Q:  Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?   
A: You must grasp  logistical efficiency.  What does cow eat?   Hay and  corn.   And what are these?    Vegetables.  So steak is nothing more than  efficient mechanism of delivering  vegetables to your system.  Need grain?  Eat  chicken.  Beef also good source of field grass (green  leafy vegetable).  And pork chop can give you 100% of  recommended daily allowance of vegetable product. Ice Cream  even better everything Cow eats in one package!  

Q:  Should I reduce my alcohol intake?  
A:   No, not at all.  Wine made from fruit.  Brandy  is distilled wine, that mean they take water out of fruity bit  so you get even more of goodness that way.  Beer also  made of grain. All people who don't drink are unhappy.  Happy  people live longer so drink more. Bottoms up!  

Q:  How  can I calculate my body/fat ratio?   
A: Well, if you  have body and you have fat, your ratio one to one.  If  you have two bodies, your ratio two to one, etc.  

Q:  What  are some of  the advantages of participating  in a regular exercise program?  
A: Can't think of  single one, sorry. More people killed running on street than  lying on couch. My philosophy is: No  pain...good!

 

Q:   Aren't fried foods bad for you?  
A:   YOU NOT LISTENING!  Food are fried these day in  vegetable oil.  In fact, they permeated by it.  How  could getting more vegetable be bad for you?!?    

Q:   Will   sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft  around the middle?  
A:  Definitely not!  When you exercise muscle, it get bigger.   You should only be doing sit-up if you want bigger  stomach.  

Q:   What about food additives?  
A: You want to  complain about something for free? If it added it must be  better like fuel additive!

  
Q:   Is chocolate bad for me?   
A:  Are you  crazy?!?  HEL-LO-O!!  Cocoa bean!  Another  vegetable!  It best feel-good food around!  

Q:   Is swimming good for your figure?     
A:  If  swimming good for your figure, explain whale to me..  

Q:   Is getting in shape important for my lifestyle?    
A:  Hey!   'Round' a shape!  

Well, I hope this has  cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and  diets.

And  remember:
   
Life  should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of  arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but  rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand -  chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up,   totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a   ride!!"
 
   
  
AND.....

For   those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final  word on nutrition and health.  It's a relief to know the  truth after all those conflicting nutritional  studies.   

1. The Japanese eat very little  fat
      and suffer fewer heart  attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of  fat
      and suffer fewer heart  attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very  little red wine
      and suffer fewer heart  attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians  drink a lot of red wine
      and suffer fewer heart  attacks than Americans.  

5. The Germans drink a  lot of beer and eat lots of  sausages and fats   
      and suffer fewer heart attacks  than Americans.

CONCLUSION:

Eat  and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you!!