One of the new features of the ICS website is the Call for Papers section.   This is where announcements can be made for upcoming National and International conferences to invite researchers and practitioners to submit contributions for the relevant conference or event. 

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Featured Conference:

The European Workshop on Computing and ICT Professionalism (EWCIP), part of the CISTI 2010 conference to be held in Spain in June 2010, invites researchers and practitioners to submit contributions describing relevant advances or experiences in the study and analysis of computing and ICT profession.

Workshop overview

This workshop is aimed at addressing the different aspects of computing and ICT professionalism. With the support of ATI (www.ati.es), the workshop wants to act as meeting point for research and practitioners communities in Spain and Portugal with experts of European countries where ICT professionalism initiatives are also a hot topic . Working language will be mainly English although contributions in Spanish are also welcome.

Suggested topics for contributions (mainly supported with empirical data and facts) although not limited to them, are the following ones:

- professional profiles
- role of certifications
- adaptation of different levels of education
- analysis of labour market
- social image of profession
- non technical skills
- women in ICT profession
- skills shortage
- new trends in ICT profession
- influence of globalization
- role of educators, public administration and professional bodies within the ICT profession
- ethics and code of behaviour
- career development
- motivation and factors for productivity and quality
- role of human resources within ICT projects
- social responsibility of profession and professionals

Important dates

Paper submission: 12th February 2010
Notification of acceptance: 26th March 2010
Final version: 9th April 2010
Registration for authors to guarantee proceedings appearance: 9th April 2010

Submissions and contact

Submission must follow format of CISTI papers (http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=53〈=es). Maximum length is 6 pages. English language is preferred although contributions in Spanish are welcome.

File should not include identification of authors.

Submission and contact: calidadsoft@ati.es with subject CISTI.

Program Committee (provisional)

Chairs
- Luis Fernández_Sanz, Universidad de Alcalá
- Declan Brady, CEPIS
Committe
- M,J.García, Universidad Europea de Madrid
- F.Piera, ATI
- J.J. Castillo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- C.Cabezon, Adecco Information Technology Spain
- L.M.Rosa, Exin South West Europe & Latin America
- M.I.Alarcón, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- J.R.Hilera, Universidad de Alcalá