===========Call for Contributions to
Human Choice and Computers (HCC10)
International Conference
Thursday-Friday 27th-28th September 2012,
the Netherlands
ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society
Dear colleague!
On behalf of the IFIP (International Federation for Information
Processing) working group "Virtuality and Society" in the technical
committee "Relationship between Computers and Society" we would like
to raise your interest in contrubuting to the above mentioned
conference. It is being held at the occasion of the 22nd World
Computer Congress 24th to 26th of September 2012 in Amsterdam.
The issues we would like you to get involved in are the following:
Social Media Implications
- Social media and free speech: what does the Arabellion teach about
the politics of social media?
The uprise of the arabian people during the so called Arabellion on
the one hand was possible in its particular way only by widespread
use of social media, but on the other hand simultaniously surveilled
by the governments under pressure by the very same social media
platforms. What are lessons to be learned from this paradoxical
situation? How does the landscape of social media looks like in
various countries? Are there platforms to rely on?
- Corporate surveillance
What are the logic and methods used by companies to monitor
employees' use of social media, and the reactions from employees who
try to preserve their private spaces? What are the ledal apects of
such a surveillance?
- Privacy and security: What we do not know
Platforms like Facebook change their privacy rights very often,
exposing people to the public gaze, when they did not wish that; the
data available online may be used by criminals, and people are not
aware of their risks; we need to have more discussion on the ethics
of using social media to extract data from people, and the risks to
which companies expose users, without having any liability.
We encourage you personally to think about a contribution to these
issues and to disseminate the call to anybody you think of as being
knowledgable and willing to participate.
Papers
Contributors accepted to present papers and participate in HCC10 are
expected to prepare an
initial paper draft by 28th February 2012.
This draft paper will receive feedback from the HCC10 panel of
experts, and requests for improvements will be sent by 30th March
2012. A final version of the paper should be returned to HCC10
organisers by 30th April 2012. Papers should have between 3,000 and
5,000 words maximum (including references). All articles will be
published in the HCC10 conference proceedings (to be published by
Springer). In addition, the HCC10 conference organisers are
negotiating with reputable journals the elaboration of a special
issue on the topic of ICT Critical Infrastructures and Society. The
contributors of the best HCC10 papers will in turn be invited to
submit papers to this special issue.
Fees
Since the IFIP is a non profit organisation, presenters and attendees
are to pay themselves the HCC10 fees and all personal expenses
related to participating in the event. HCC10 and its organisers
cannot offer scholarships or supportive funding for the conference.
Only participants who are able to fund their own participation can be
accepted. More details on HCC10 fees and the location of the event
will follow in the coming weeks.
Please mail your suggested contribution (title, type of contribution,
abstract of one or two paragraphs length) until
February 28th 2012
and suggestions on colleagues to be contacted as soon as possible
to
martin.war...@leuphana.de
Martin Warnke, Leuphana University Lueneburg
David Kreps, University of Salford
Claus Pias, Leuphana University Lueneburg
for the working group "Virtuality and Society" in IFIP
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