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CALL FOR PAPERS for the

24th Bled eConference:
eFuture: Creating Solutions for the Individual, Organisations and Society
June 12 - 15, 2011, Bled, Slovenia
http://BledConference.org

The theme for this year’s conference eFuture: Creating Solutions for the Individual, Organisations and Society serves to focus discourse and discussion on the impacts of our e-initiatives and how they serve to shape the New eWorld. Especially in the light of the recent global down turn, the future is indeed very challenging making the need for appropriate and suitable e-initiatives and e-solutions for individuals, organizations and societies an imperative. As emerging digital environments generate new ways of communication and interaction between individuals, organizations and societies we need to examine structures, processes and operations to ensure we are migrating to a more reliable eWorld. New eResponsiblities have to be taken by business, governments and individuals of this Brave New eWorld in order to contend with emerging eRisks and eChallenges. Moreover, it is essential that managers, politicians, employees, and citizens take actions at both the macro and the micro level so that discourse and discussion focuses on designing suitable organizational configurations, effective and effi-cient processes, new kinds of products and services, and necessary infrastructures and technologies in short we need the correct eSolutions so that the eFuture is indeed bright.

Research papers addressing the conference theme should be original, unpublished elsewhere and no longer than 5,000 words. Detailed information about electronic submission and other issues will be available on the Conference web site.

All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings on the web and on CDs (with ISBN and CIP number). Since 2001 Research Papers are available also in AIS Electronic Library and since 2008 in Conference Proceedings Citation Index -- an integrated index within Web of Science®.

Each year, authors of selected papers are invited to submit enhanced versions for consideration for a Special Section in Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business (http://www.electronicmarkets.org/ ). Electronic Markets is a fully double-blind reviewed scientific research journal and is listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).

Among other traditional »e« topics, this year’s conference carries four Special Interest Tracks:
- Social Media and Web 2.0 Track Co-chair: Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, FHS St. Gallen, Uni-versity of Applied Sci-ences, Switzerland
- eDependency Track Co-chair: Roger Clarke, Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd. & The Australian National University, Australia
- Cloud Computing Track Co-chair: Matjaž Jurič, Faculty of Computer and Informa-tion Science, University of Ljubljana
- eHealth: Critical Issues in Delivering Cross-border Sustainable Healthcare Involving Patients and Healthcare Professionals Track Co-Chair: Juergen Seitz, Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Germany

For additional research topics and further information please visit our website:
http://BledConference.org

Important Dates:
Submission of Research Papers: February 1, 2011
Submission of Business Track Proposals (panels, workshops, meetings): March 15, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: March 31, 2011
Submission of Final Papers: April 29, 2011

Looking forward to your contributions.

Best wishes.

Andreja Pucihar

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Dr. Andreja Pucihar
Bled 2011 eConference Chair
http://BledConference.org
eCenter, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
University of Maribor
Kidriceva cesta 55a
4000 Kranj
Slovenia
phone: +386-4-2374-218
e-mail: andreja.pucihar@fov.uni-mb.si
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