SLIS

Topics of Interest

The contributions can be aligned in some of the listed topics. However, this list is not exhaustive nor exclusive, other related topics can be considered.

• Information and knowledge society or cognitive and informational capitalism: knowledge and innovation economies. The digital age and the characteristics of the current stage of the capitalism: social classes, exploitation, property and production of the value. The current scope of the classic concepts of the human and social sciences. e-Science, e-Health, e-Justice, e-Tourism, e-Education, etc. Electronic Government and e-Democracy.
• Public policies, regulations and Internet governance: Legal-political and institutional aspects of the Internet governance. Freedom of expression and the right to communication. The human right to privacy in the digital age. Protection of personal data and information in general. Tensions over the neutrality and non-neutrality of networks (isonomy). Regulation of telecommunications. Electronic government and the challenges of the open government (management of works, information, and data).
• Intellectual property, collaborative production, and copyleft: The expansion of intellectual rights. Features and limitations of copyright laws. Collaborative production and open paradigms. Free software and open software. Content management under open and free licenses (e.g., Creative Commons, GPL). Open hardware. Open science. Open innovation (fab labs, hacker spaces, business models). Public domain and the state public scope. Appropriations of free software, content, and data for profit. The legal protection of common intellectual assets. Legal, Ethical, and Social aspects of Information Technologies.
• Cultural and digital technologies: Transformations in the processes of production, circulation, and consumption of cultural goods in the different social sectors. Music, movies, TV, literature. Online cultural patterns: cybercultures, hacker culture, virtual communities. Transformations in individual and collective identities, youth cultures. Studies on "social network" sites. Asymmetries related to the copy capabilities: how and who are allowed or forbidden to copy.
• Educational and digital technologies: Virtual education, virtual learning environments, collaborative learning, mutations in the roles of teaching actors. Digital inclusion and education: the Connect Equality program and other "1 to 1" plans in Latin America. Characterizations of software, hardware, and infrastructure. Changes in organizational dimensions. Public policies and regulations of educational institutions. The emergence of new roles in education: contenders, referent technical schools, etc.
• Work and digital technologies: Teleworking, immaterial work, informational work, digital work. Traits of work processes mediated by digital technologies, case studies; relocation, outsourcing and de-working. Internet-mediated work: volunteering or unpaid work? New business models. The SSI sector: recent performance and trends: employment, exportations, importations, salaries, working conditions, syndicates, gender, etc.
• Control, surveillance, and big data: leaks, espionage, and massive surveillance: Assange, Manning, Snowden. Tensions over the Internet of Things. Social studies on the management of big data (security cameras, medical data, services in the cloud, etc.). To whom belong the data?: ownership of the data and "fingerprint". Modulations of subjectivity in the digital age.
• Emerging topics: The growth of cryptocurrencies (e.g., BitCoin). Construction of artificial intelligence: will they be public, private, or common? Rethinking human rights in the digital era. Regulations in the development and use of drones, robots, and intelligent machines. Social studies of computer science applied to agricultural and industrial processes. Social tensions on computer science applied to health.

Paper Submission

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Chairs

Juliano Schimiguel (Univ. Cruzeiro do Sul, Brasil) juliano.schimiguel@cruzeirodosul.edu.br
Yudith Cardinale (USB, Venezuela)

Program Committee

Adelson de Paula Silva (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais)
Alvaro Fernández del Carpio (Unv. Católica Santa María de Arequipa)
Ana Morales (Universidad Central de Venezuela)
Ana Pont (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia)
Antonio Silva Sprock (Universidad Central de Venezuela)
Araci Catapan (UFSC)
Carla Taramasco (Universidad de Valparaiso)
Carlos Adriano Martins (Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul)
Carlos Becerra (Universidad de Valparaiso)
Carlos Castro (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María)
Carlos Juiz (University of Balearic Islands)
Carlos Luna (Universidad de la Republica)
Catalina Llado (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
Cesar Garita (Costa Rica Institute of Technology)
Claudio Gutierrez (Universidad de Chile)
Cristhian Parra Trepowski (Universidad Católica de Asunción)
Cristian Cappo (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)
Cristian Cechinel (Universidade Federal de Pelotas)
Cristiano Costa (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos)
Cristiano Maciel (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - UFMT)
Cynthia Villalba (Facultad Politécnica, Universidad Nacional de Asunción (FP-UNA))
Daniel Romero (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)
Diego P. Pinto-Roa (Universidad Nacional de Asunción)
Djalma Bispo (Faculdade UNESC - Rondônia)
Eduardo Fernández (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
Emilio Hernández (Universidad Simón Bolívar)
Ernst Leiss (University of Houston)
Fabio Lopez-Pires (Itaipu Technological Park)
Francisco Mata (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica)
Francisco Quiles Flor (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)
Fuensanta Medina Dominguez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Gisela de Clunie (Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá)
Helena Garbarino (Universidad ORT Uruguay)
Hélio Rosetti (IFES)
Jose Aguilar (Universidad de Los Andes)
Juarez Bento Silva (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Libertad Tansini (Universidad de la Republica)
Luis Orozco (Universidad Castilla La Mancha)
Marcelo Eloy Fernandes (UNINOVE)
Marcos Baez (University of Trento)
Maria Urquhart Perez (University of the Republica, Uruguay)
Mayela Coto Chotto (Universidad Nacional Heredia, Costa Rica)
Néstor Duque Méndez (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Pablo Sartor (Universidad de Montevideo)
Pedro Isaias (The University of Queensland, Brisbane)
Ramon Fabregat (University of Girona)
Roberto Cortés (Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica)
Roberto Muñoz (Universidad de Valparaiso)
Sérgio Gorender (UFBA)
Verónica Gil Costa (Universidad Nacional de San Luis)
Viviane Rezi Dobarro (FATEC / Santana de Parnaíba, SP)
Viviane Sartori (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Víctor Theoktisto (Universidad Simón Bolívar)
Yusneyi Carballo Barrera (Universidad Central de Venezuela)