Online Communities and Social Computing

Indicative topics/keywords of the broad spectrum of issues to be addressed:

• 3D virtual worlds
• Communities of interest
• Communities of practice
• Communities for Teens and Preteens
• Communities for the elderly
• Community Aspects of Electronic Commerce
• Community-centred Design and Evaluation Methodologies
• Community Engagement
• Communityware
• Computer Mediated Communication
• Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
• Cross–cultural communities
• Cultural, ethnic and spiritual communities
• Empathic online communities
• E-participation and e-democracy
• E-research with Communities
• Friends and family groups
• Gaming communities
• Healthcare communities
• Infrastructure and policy for social computing
• Large scale conversations
• Marketplace communities
• Mobile communities
• Online and offline articulation
• Online political engagement
• Online social identity and presence
• Online social networking
• Smart Community Services
• Social media
• Social modelling
• Social network analysis
• Social presence
• Theory and design practice
• Universal access and usability
• Visualizing social interaction
• Weblog communities

Program Board

Program Chairs:

A. Ant Ozok, United States

Panayiotis Zaphiris, Cyprus

Board Members:

• Areej Al-Wabil, Saudi Arabia
• Leonelo  Almeida, Brazil
• Bjørn  Andersen, Norway
• Chee Siang  Ang, United Kingdom
• Aneesha  Bakharia, Australia
• Ania Bobrowicz, United Kingdom
• Paul Cairns, United Kingdom
• Farzin Deravi, United Kingdom
• Andri  Ioannou, Cyprus
• Slava Kisilevich, Germany
• Niki  Lambropoulos, Greece
• Effie Law, Switzerland
• Soo Ling Lim, United Kingdom
• Fernando Loizides, Cyprus
• Gabriele  Meiselwitz, United States
• Anthony  Norcio, United States
• Elaine  Raybourn, United States
• Panote  Siriaraya, United Kingdom
• David Stuart, United Kingdom
• June  Wei, United States