Call for Papers

7th international conference
Cyberspace 2009
http://www.cyberspace.muni.cz

 
organized by Faculty of Law in cooperation with Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno and Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague


Brno, Czech Republic, 20-21 November 2009
 
Paper abstracts are solicited for submission to following streams:


stream name: Cyberlaw, convenor: Radim Polčák
language: English, publication of papers: MUJLT
workshops: Theory of Cyberlaw (chair: Radim Polčák, illustrative topics: internet governance, information sovereignty, on-line property, on-line personality, privacy protection, lex informatica/ius informatica, AI in law, etc.), Intellectual Property (chair: Andreas Wiebe, illustrative topics: multimedia copyright, digital rights management, software contracts, software patents, P2P networks, trademarks on-line, intellectual property in third world countries, etc.), Internet International Law (chair: Dan Svantesson, illustrative topics: Rome II and the internet, on-line defamation, conflict of laws on the internet, place of damage, electronic choice of law and choice of forum, jurisdiction of on-line arbiters, on-line arbitration), e-Government/e-Justice (chair: Ludwig Gramlich, illustrative topics: electronic filing, electronic public submissions, videoconferences, on-line dispute settlement, re-use of public sector information, on-line public procurement, legal information systems, on-line access to law and case-law, data mining systems for lawyers, electronic storage of documents, on-line legal counseling, e-taxation)

stream name: Psychology and Sociology of Cyberspace, convenor: David Šmahel
language: English, publication of papers: Cyberpsychology

workshops: Psychology (chair: David Šmahel, illustrative topics: influence of the Internet use on individuals and family, children, adolescents and the Internet, Internet addiction, identity in virtual environment, counseling on the Internet, on-line therapy, Internet and sexuality, human personality on-line, virtual social groups, blogs, games on-line, MMORPG and virtual worlds, online communication, e-learning), Sociology (chairs: Václav Štětka and Francesca Romana Seganti, illustrative topics: digital media and civic participation, online public spheres, new media in everyday lives, web 2.0, internet governance, digital divide, communities in cyberspace, hacktivism, free culture movement, anthropology of cyberspace)

stream name: Philosophy of Cyberspace
language: English

publication of papers: MUJLT
convenor: Herbert Hrachovec, illustrative topics: intellectual property,open source theory, knowledge communities on the net, rhetorics of cyberspace, ontology and phenomenology of the virtual.

stream name: Religion in Cyberspace
language: English
publication of papers: MUJLT

convenor: Vít Šisler, illustrative topics: religious normative frameworks in cyberspace, networking diasporas, religious collaborative environments, on-line counseling, on-line fatwas and cyber muftis, new religious movements, religious discourses in cyberspace.

stream name: Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, convenor: Petr Soukup
language: English, publication of papers: MUJLT

workshops: Cybersecurity (chair: Petr Soukup, illustrative topics: cyberwars, cyberterrorism, the role of response teams, hacker communities, securing payment methods, securing personal data) Cybercrime (chair: Aleš Završnik, illustrative topics: child pornography, piracy, identity theft, hacking/cracking, phishing, dissemination of malicious code)

 

Note: Accepted papers will be published in peer reviewed journals Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology (MUJLT - mujlt.law.muni.cz) or Cyberpsychology (www.cyberpschology.eu)


Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: 31 July 2009
Notice on acceptance deadline: 31 August 2009

Full papers deadline: 31 December 2009


Abstract formal requirements:
Range: max. 1.500 characters incl. spaces
Submission: on-line at www.cyberspace.muni.cz

 

Papers formal requirements:

Papers published in MUJLT:

http://storage02.video.muni.cz/prf/mujlt/instructions.php

Papers published in Cyberpsychology:

http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/submission.php


Contact:
Address: Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, Veveří 70, 611 80 Brno, Czech Republic
Central conference address: cyberspace@law.muni.cz

 

Conference Officials:
JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. general chair
JUDr. Danuše Spáčilová, associate chair
PhDr. David Šmahel, Ph.D., associate chair
Alice Táborová, PR/VIP manager

Jaromír Šavelka, registration officer

Alexandra Hucovičová, staff coordinator

Published: 01. 04. 2009
Author: Radim Polčák