Call for Papers
 

The IADIS Collaborative Technologies 2012 is focused on issues related to the concepts, theory, modeling, specification, implementation
and evaluation of collaborative systems, technologies and their ‘wider’ applications in the information society. It pays particular attention to
the ‘wider’ dimension as a mean to diversify it and broaden the applicability and scope of the current body of knowledge in the area of
applied collaborative domain including emerging and next generation methods and technologies. The aim is to cover both technical and
non-technical aspects of the collaborative nature of today’s information society, as well as, prompt future direction for the advancement of
the community.

Collaborative technologies have been the subject of intense research for many years. It has often been found that the identification and thus,
the effective and efficient utilization of available tools and resources are a challenging process, yet frequently a very supportive mechanism
for sustaining and creating an advantage within any setting. Computer-based developments over the last four decades have facilitated
many organizations and individuals realizing that collaboration is the means for supporting various levels of enquiries including
collaborative decision-making.

In the last few years, the Internet has revolutionized the way we work and do business. In turn, this has led to an enormous
increase in competiveness. In most instances, collaboration is the key to success. Thus, collaborative technologies are now even
more important, given the current grand challenges, which among others include e-society, recession, economic stagnation and climate
change. Collaborative practices do now requiring further re-thinking and a clear vision towards the identification and utilization of their effective
and efficient functioning in the development of today’s information society. Current technologies are now capable of supporting
collaborative activities in the cyber-space in a far more advanced manner. This includes enabling the sharing, integration and collaborative use
of networked computer-based dispersed resources such as humans, data, application, software, services and hardware.

Current synchronous and asynchronous paradigms include but are not limited to web, peer-to-peer, service oriented, grid and next
generation technologies. Even though the advantages of these types of evolutionary research are continually acknowledged, it is only
recently that the need to appreciate their applicability into the real world of the information society has been realized. During the last
decade, scientists have almost exclusively used these for their own research and development purposes, but lately the focus is clearly
shifting to more interdisciplinary (or transdisciplinary) application domains that are closer to everyday life. These can provide individuals
from different organizations and locations with the opportunity for collaboration as a means to help assist diversified progression. As such,
the size and complexity of applying collaborative technologies are enormous and thus, there is a particular need to acknowledge
research undertaken as a means to broaden the applicability and scope of the current body of knowledge in the area.

The IADIS Collaborative Technologies conference provides such a focus for the presentation and dissemination of ongoing and new
research results in the area.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions:

- Submission Deadline (new date): 27 February 2012
- Notification to Authors (new date): 28 March 2012

- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call): Until 26 March 2012

- Late Registration (1st call): After 26 March 2012

- Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 19 to 21 July 2012

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