<div dir="ltr">[Forwarded message from <span class="gmail_sendername">Leslie Chan</span> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chan@utsc.utoronto.ca">chan@utsc.utoronto.ca</a>>] </span><div class="gmail_quote"><br>
International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB) 2017: Call For<br>
Papers<br>
Theme: Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: Communities, Cultures and<br>
Diversity in Concepts and Practices<br>
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Conference dates and location : 6-8 June 2017, Limassol, Cyprus<br>
Conference Host: Cyprus University of Technology<br>
Conference Venue : Curium Palace Hotel<br>
Website: <a href="http://elpub.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://elpub.net</a><br>
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Scope<br>
The International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB) is entering<br>
its 3rd decade of continuous engagement with the changing landscape of<br>
publishing and scholarly communications. The conference this year will<br>
focus on the diverse perspectives on Open Science, one of the most widely<br>
discussed topics in research communications today.<br>
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Despite the common claims that Open Science improves transparency and<br>
accountability throughout the research life cycle while democratizing the<br>
knowledge production process, empirical research and conceptual validation<br>
of these ideas has been limited. In addition, there is a growing tendency<br>
to conceptualize Open Science as a set of conditions waiting to be met,<br>
without regard for regional differences, including cultural and historical<br>
contexts of knowledge production. We, therefore, invite researchers and<br>
practitioners from diverse backgrounds to share their results and ideas at<br>
what we hope will be a highly interactive forum.<br>
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ELPUB is also exploring alternative models of interaction and co-creation<br>
between scholars and citizen scientists and the role of dissemination and<br>
publishing within these interactions. As such, the conference is open to a<br>
broad range of questions, including:<br>
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● Who determines the agenda and direction of emerging discourses around<br>
Open Science?<br>
● How does Open Science challenge the current positions and power of<br>
players and agents - in developing and developed countries, with scholars<br>
and their networks, commercial and academia-based publishers, research<br>
institutions and e-infrastructures, as well as their respective agendas?<br>
● Are we seeing a converging global view of Open Science, or are there<br>
disciplinary, regional, and other differences that are important to<br>
consider?<br>
● What are the gaps between existing Open Science policies, regulatory<br>
frameworks, and implementation requirements and how should they be<br>
addressed?<br>
● How do Open Science agendas relate to the Open Innovation agendas of<br>
governments, funders and institutions? What is the impact of these agendas<br>
on research funding and dissemination practices?<br>
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By assessing these interlinked questions, the aim is to improve our<br>
understanding of current challenges and opportunities in the ecosystem of<br>
open science, and how to move forward collaboratively in developing an<br>
inclusive system that works for a broad range of participants. Please join<br>
us in this exciting discussion!<br>
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Topics include but are not restricted to:<br>
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Conceptual Frameworks<br>
● Open Science and Knowledge Commons<br>
● Gender and Open Science<br>
● Political Economy of Knowledge Production<br>
● Indigenous Knowledge and Cognitive Justice<br>
● …<br>
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Open Science and Interdisciplinary research<br>
● Open Science and Digital Humanities<br>
● Social Science Research and Open Science<br>
● Global Change Research and Open Science<br>
● Web Science and Open Science<br>
● Issues on Intellectual Ownership of Publications<br>
● …<br>
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Open Science and the Research Lifecycle<br>
● Diversity of Outputs and Representations<br>
● Quality Assessment<br>
● Alternative Forms of Publishing<br>
● Evaluation and Monitoring<br>
● …<br>
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Tools, Technology and Infrastructure<br>
● Preservation of Digital Research Outputs<br>
● Data Visualization<br>
● Big Data Analytics<br>
● (Linked) Open Data<br>
● Collaboration Tools and Platforms<br>
● …<br>
<br>
Citizen Science<br>
● Public Policy and Lay Participation<br>
● Science Beyond Academia<br>
● Incentives and Recognition<br>
● Attribution for Data and Code Sharing<br>
● …<br>
<br>
Funding and Sustainability<br>
● Governance of Shared e-Infrastructure<br>
● Innovative Models<br>
● Funders and Institutional Policies<br>
● Policy Alignment<br>
● …<br>
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Submission<br>
We invite submissions in the form of an extended abstract (see format<br>
below). All submissions are subjected to peer review. Authors whose<br>
abstracts have passed the first round of peer review will be invited to<br>
submit full papers. For each accepted paper, at least one author must<br>
register for the conference to present the paper. The same requirement<br>
applies for inclusion in the proceedings.<br>
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Moreover, all those with accepted workshop or demonstration proposals must<br>
commit to supporting the event (speakers, lecturers, panel members, etc.)<br>
by physically attending and coordinating their activity.<br>
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Papers submitted to this conference must not have been accepted or be<br>
under review by another conference or by a journal. They will be published<br>
in an indexed open access proceedings. Furthermore, all accepted papers<br>
and posters will be archived at the ELPUB Digital Library:<br>
<a href="http://library.elpub.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://library.elpub.net/</a>. All contents published in the ELPUB proceedings<br>
are open access via the conference archive under the terms of the Creative<br>
Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution<br>
and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is<br>
properly cited.<br>
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All full papers, short papers and posters should be written in English,<br>
though other languages would also be considered, provided that an English<br>
translation of the abstract is also made available.<br>
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Contributions are invited for the following categories:<br>
● Full papers (manuscript up to 10 pages)<br>
● Short papers (manuscript up to 6 pages)<br>
● Practitioner and Developer papers (manuscript of any length for<br>
presentation only)<br>
● Posters (abstract min. of 500 words submission and then with the option<br>
to publish a manuscript<br>
between 2 - 4 pages if the authors choose)<br>
● Pre-Conference workshops (abstract min. of 500 words)<br>
● Early Stage Research and Practise (inviting early stage researchers,<br>
practitioners and students<br>
to submit their ideas and work (500 words) in an open discussion with<br>
experts from the community<br>
in the form of a workshop)<br>
● Funders roundtable<br>
● Demonstrations (abstract min. of 500)<br>
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All extended abstracts must be submitted via the EasyConference system by<br>
Dec. 15, 2016.<br>
Extended abstracts must be between 1,000 - 1,500 words and contain:<br>
1. Title of the paper<br>
2. Author(s) name and affiliation<br>
3. Email<br>
4. Type of paper you plan to submit (e.g. Full paper, short paper,<br>
practitioner’s paper)<br>
5. Key objectives of the study and significance<br>
6. Design and Methodology<br>
7. An overview of state of the art in the field<br>
8. Outcomes thus far or expected outcomes<br>
9. A bibliography<br>
10. Keywords (maximum five)<br>
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Important dates:<br>
1 November 2016 Submission Site Open<br>
15 December 2016 Submission Deadline for Extended Abstracts<br>
20 January 2017 Author Decision Notification<br>
15 March 2017 Submission of Full Paper for Final Review<br>
1 April 2017 Return of final review<br>
10 May 2017 Submission of Final Paper<br>
30 May 2017 Proceedings uploaded<br>
6-8 June 2017 Conference<br>
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Contact Information<br>
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:<br>
General Chair: Fernando Loizides < <a href="mailto:fernando.loizides@gmail.com">fernando.loizides@gmail.com</a> ><br>
Emerging Interactive Technologies Lab., University of Wolverhampton, UK<br>
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Programme Chair: Leslie Chan <<a href="mailto:chan@utsc.utoronto.ca">chan@utsc.utoronto.ca</a>>,<br>
Centre for Critical Development Studies, University of Toronto<br>
Scarborough, Canada<br>
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