All FAQs about the IIIrd OCS' ONLINE Congress

FAQs about paper submission

•  ^ May I send more than one communication?
• Each congress member may have the right to send as may communications as he/she wishes to, and those approved by Groupwork Coordinators will be discussed in the Congress.
  
•  ^ Can I send a communication to several groups?
• No, you can't. Although there are communications that, by its thematic and/or expositions can fit in several work groups, are only possible to be sent to one. In case that the coordinators of the work group consider that the communication must be sent to another group, they will put themselves in contact with the author to let to it know it. On the other hand, in case that the organization finds "duplicated" communications, these will be retired until the author decides the group to send it.
•  ^ Where is the sending form for communications?
• It is available in the page of EACH WORK GROUP in the electronic platform of the congress
•  ^ ¿Qué puedo hacer si no encuentro un GT que se adecúe temáticamente a mi comunicación?
• De modo excepcional, si no encontráis un GT apropiado para enviar vuestra investigación, la podéis presentar al Eje Temático General (a pie de página), y será el comité organizador quien evalúe y decida dónde incluirla, en caso de aceptación.
  
•  ^ Are only accepted academic works?
• No, they aren't. Observatory of the CyberSociety appeals to the enterprise world and civil society to participate in this congress. Facing the exposition of this congress and its publishing line it is fundamental to make an approach to multidiscipline that integrates the academic visions and expositions with the enterprise vision and Civil Society.
•  ^ How acts the organization in case of plagiarism of/in a communication?
• In case that plagiarism in some of the contents of the congress is demonstrated (communication), the organization will retire the text from the acts and congress platform.

Working Groups FAQs

•  ^ What is a Work Group?
• A Work Group is an invitation to reflection as well as the fundamental structural unit of the OCS Congresses. Coordinated by 2/5 people, with total scientific autonomy in managment and in contents. They constitute the space where the reflection, the debate and the publication of contents takes place inside the Congress.
•  ^ Which are the conditions for coordinating a working group?
• Cumplimentar debidamente el formulario online abierto expresamente para tal efecto, con la información que se detalla a continuación:
  - Datos personales de los coordinadores
  - Título del GT
  - Palabras clave que describen el GT
  - Un breve texto de presentación con las preguntes clave del GT
  - El texto de planteamiento, descripción y objectivos del GT (mínimo, una pàgina)
  - Selección de Eje Temático en el que se circunscribe el GT
  Se les recuerda que el detalle y la calidad de esta información será la tomada en cuenta para la evaluación de la candidatura, en conjunto con la adecuación a la temática de la Línea Editorial del Congreso.
•  ^ Who can propose a work group?
• Any group of 2/5 people, preferably with high frequency of conectivity, for a better coordination. Also, candidacies can be presented by entities, groups of research already formed, etc., but, in any case, the responsibility of the coordination will relapse in these 2/5 indicated persons. It will be specially considered the Work Group proposals from the coordinators of work groups of the last I or II OCS online Congresses.
•  ^ Can an institution coordinate a work group?
• The possibility that an institution or organism(organisation) consists and works as coordinator of a group of work, to corporate level, it will be studied also as a relation of collaboration with the Congress. For more details or to raise this possibility, contact with the technical equipment(team) in congreso2006(a)cibersociedad.net.
•  ^ ¿Que ocurre si hay dos grupos sobre una misma temática?
• En el caso de que se presenten dos o más Grupos de Trabajo que, según el criterio del Comité Científico, se solapen temáticamente, nuestra propuesta será que o bien aúnen sus esfuerzos y que formen un grupo conjunto o que diversifiquen y especialicen sus enfoques. En caso de que el número de grupos de trabajo sea excesivamente elevado, cabe la posibilidad de que alguna de las propuestas sea rechazada. En todo caso será el Comité Científico tome una decisión.
•  ^ ¿Se rechaza alguna propuesta de Grupo de Trabajo?
• Si, cabe esa posibilidad. Cuando alguna de las propuestas no esté bien fundamentada o elaborada, siempre según el criterio del comité científico, cabrá la posibilidad de que el Comité Científico solice una reformulación o que, en caso de que ya exista otra propuesta que cubra una temática similar, rechace la inclusión en el programa del Congreso.
•  ^ ¿Cuales son las fechas para enviar las propuestas de grupo de trabajo?
• Las candidaturas a organizar grupos de trabajo serán recibidas hasta el 10 de julio de 2006.

Congress FAQs

•  ^ What is the OCS´s ONLINE Congress?
• The Online Congress of the Observatory for the Cybersociety represents an electronic space especially designed for the presentation and analysis of reflections, research and experiences of people with diverse profiles, interested in similar themes throughout the world . Those indivduals who may never meet physically or even have the chance to exchange experiences, will have, in turn, the unique opportunity to do it online on a short time basis.

ONLINE Congress Glossary

•  ^ Paper
• These are the basic Congress knowledge, information and content units upon which debate and reflection are structured. Everyone may send a communication proposal to be registered within any of the Congress Workgroups.
  
  In order to send such communication, you must take into consideration the guidelines provided.
•  ^ Work Group
• Workgroups constitute an authentic call for reflection and the structural OCS fundamental structure unity. Any workgroup makes a concrete proposal within the framework of its thematic axis, its Coordinator and its 2/5 members, along with a whole scientific autonomy. It also represents a space where papers get published and an unique instance for debate within the Congress.
•  ^ Main Topics
• They are at the first level of concreteness which concerns the Congress Editorial main theme. They respond, individually, to the challenges and questions posed by the Congress Editorial line and constitute both a leading guide and a referent to each workgroup. The thematic axis, were conceived in orde to provide usefulness and applicability to the Congress contents. Thematic axis will propose the crucial part of the conclusions.
•  ^ Editorial Line
• It is the text which explains what and why the title suggests what it does. The Editorial line, supported, on a consensual basis, by the Scientific Committee has a clear intention to lead and provide useful orientations to Congress members due to the multiple proposals and viewpoints suggested by the title.
•  ^ Main Conference
• Mainly, the contribution to the Congress contents and materials gets done through papers. Among them those which deserve to be highlighted, either by its special nature or its author's prestige, will be incidentally placed also outside the Workgroup constraints.
•  ^ Visitor
• OCS Congresses are completely open to the public audience who may get actively involved in them. Similarly, they are open to those who may just want to take a look at their contents on a more precise basis. They are those who, by any reason, have not been registered -which is free, and therefore cannot interact within the platform. These people though are allowed to browse contents and materials freely.
•  ^ Comentario Inicial
• Un comentario inicial a una comunicación es una lectura preliminar que se hace de ella para invitar al debate dentro de los foros de discusión del congreso. Es responsabilidad de los coordinadores de los Grupos de Trabajo que cada una de las comunicaciones aceptadas tenga un comentario inicial para el momento en que se abra el congreso, el día 20 de noviembre.
  
  Los comentarios iniciales de comunicaciones son una primera lectura de la comunicación. En ellos, se debe intentar hacer un resumen de las principales aportaciones de la comunicación y de su argumentro central y, a partir de ahí, proponer sus pros y sus contras. Formalmente, no se espera que un comentario inicial supere la página de longitud, aunque no hay ninguna prescripción al respecto.
  
  Idealmente, un comentario inicial debería mover a la discusión con los autores y, a continuación, con el resto de los congresistas interesados en la temática del Grupo de Trabajo.