Announcement and Call for Papers (PDF format)

The ETHICOMP conference series is now recognised as one of the premier international events on computer ethics attended by delegates from all over the world. Conferences are held about every 18 months.

ETHICOMP 2005 is the eighth conference in the series which has been running for 10 years. The conference will be held on 12-13-14-15 September 2005 at Linköping University, Sweden in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Technology.

The conference will run over four days to include a number of interactive events to celebrate 10 years of ETHICOMP.

Information and communication technologies have advanced dramatically since the first ETHICOMP conference. It has been an era of constant change. From the paperless office and the information superhighway to nanotechnology and virtual learning environments ICT continues to impact upon society, organisations and individuals. Much can be learnt from this technological journey about the opportunities as well as the significant social and ethical risks that can arise. But we need to look back to the future and provide insight into how we can harness the huge potential of future ICT advances whilst avoiding the social and ethical risks.

ETHICOMP 2005 has the overall theme of "Looking back to the future". The aim of the conference is to present and discuss the social and ethical impact of advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) on society, organisations and individuals. What lessons can we learn from past successes and failures to help us cope with the future?

Papers of an ethical or societal nature within the following areas are particularly welcomed.

• Globalisation
• E-Government, E-democracy and citizenship
• Agents
• Nanotechnology
• Assistive technology
• E-inclusion
• Health informatics
• Technology-enhanced learning
• Human communication
• Professional practice and system development
• Digital resources
• Knowledge management
• Technology and the workplace

Papers covering one or several of these perspectives are called for from business, government, computer science, information systems, law, media, anthropology, psychology, sociology and philosophy. Interdisciplinary papers and those from new researchers and practitioners are encouraged. A paper might take a conceptual, applied, practical or historical focus. Case studies and reports on lessons learned in practice are welcomed.

How to submit

As in previous ETHICOMP conferences, papers written in English and not published nor submitted elsewhere will be accepted on the basis of an extended abstract of between 700 and 1000 words after a careful review by Programme Committee members.

The first page of each submission must include the title, all of the authors' names, affiliations, complete mailing addresses including email, telephone numbers, and a statement of commitment that one of the authors will present the paper at ETHICOMP 2005 in Sweden.

A submission lacking any of the above information or outside the range of 700-1000 word limit will not be considered by the Programme Committee for inclusion in the conference programme.

Please make submissions in the electronic form via email as embedded plain text or an attachment in RTF format.

Abstracts must be submitted no later than 1 February 2005 to ccsr@dmu.ac.uk. Authors will be informed of the decision of the Programme Committee by 16 March 2005.

Important Dates

Programme Committee

• Dr Alison Adam, Salford University, UK
• Professor Philip Brey, Twente University, The Netherlands
• Professor Terrell Ward Bynum, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
• Dr Jean Camp, Harvard University, USA
• Professor Göran Collste, Linköping University, Sweden
• Associate Professor Gordana Dodig Crnkovic, Malardalen University, Sweden
• Dr Penny Duquenoy, Middlesex University, UK
• Dr N Ben Fairweather, De Montfort University, UK
• Professor Donald Gotterbarn, East Tennessee State University, USA
• Professor Fran Grodzinsky, Sacred Heart University, USA
• Professor Sven Ove Hansson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• Professor Chuck Huff, St Olaf College, USA
• Professor Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
• Professor Kenneth Einar Himma, University of Washington, USA
• Dr Lucas Introna, Univ. of Lancaster, UK
• Associate Professor Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos, Uppsala University, Sweden
• Dr. Paul B. de Laat, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
• Professor Kiyoshi Murata, School of Commerce, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
• Dr Nancy Pouloudi, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece
• Dr Thomas M. Powers, University of Virginia, USA
• Professor Simon Rogerson, De Montfort University, UK
• Dr Stanislaw Szejko, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland
• Professor Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Professor John Weckert, Charles Sturt University, Australia
• Professor Bogdan Wiszniewski, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland
• Sam Nitzberg, USA
• Professor Kalpana Shankar, Indiana University School of Informatics, USA

Notes

Conference language is English

For further information contact

Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility
Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH
UK

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