A. Theory Foundations

- Collaborative methods and science

- Concepts, models and frameworks

- Concurrency and synchronization

- Knowledge representation and discovery

- Management and interoperability

- Parallel and integration algorithm design  

- Process and management modeling

- Security and trust dynamics

- Social networks and collective intelligence

- Virtual organization needs analysis

- Workflow and agents modeling 

B. Technical infrastructures

- Autonomic computing and ad-hoc network

- Context-aware infrastructures

- Distributed systems and technologies

- Network architectures and optimization

- Next generation technologies, web 2.0

- P2P, Grid and cloud computing

- Performance analysis and verification

- Real time and wireless communications

- Standards, protocols and benchmarks

- Web services and multi-agents

C. Environments, tools and applications

- Collaborative working environments

- Collaborative management tools

- CSCW, groupware and decision tools

- Content and enterprise management

- Data centers and mashups

- Data management and sharing tools

- Grids, clouds, web 2.0 and second life

- Intra-/inter- collaborative tagging

- Knowledge management tools

- Languages and middleware

- Massively distributed collaboration

- Online chat and instant messaging

- Revision control and management

- Semantics, ontologies and metadata

- Social software and sites

- Spatial and temporal services

- Virtual office and whiteboard

- Web conferencing and voting tools

D. Benefits realization and social implications

- Accessibility and user interfaces

- Collaborative strategies and policies

- Cross-organizational studies

- Digital divide and culture creation

- Ethnographic studies

- Human and market dynamics

- Privacy and identity management

- Scientific and business models

- Support for vulnerable communities

- Trust, compliance, policies and QoS

E. Future Concepts

- E-commerce

- E-government

- E-enterprise

- E-learning

- E-science

- E-society

- E-work

- Forensics and threat detection

- Hazards and disaster management

- Health and biomedical informatics

- Sensors and smart homes

- Virtual teams and organizations