The 14th edition of the International Conference on e-Society was held in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, during 9 – 11 April, 2016.

This conference was organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS).

This event concentrated on the main areas of concern within the Information Society. This conference covered both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. The conference broad areas of interest were: e-Society and Digital Divide, e-Business / e-Commerce, eLearning, New Media and e-Society, Digital Services in e-Society, e-Government /e-Governance, e-Health, Information Systems, and Information Management.

The e-Society 2016 had 102 submissions from more than 21 countries. Each submission was anonymously reviewed by an average of four independent reviewers, to ensure the final high standard of the accepted submissions. Out of the papers submitted, 18 received blind referee ratings that signified acceptability for publication as full papers (acceptance rate of 18%), while some others were published as short papers, reflection papers and posters.

Extended versions of the best papers were selected to be published in:

 the Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE) journal (ISSN: 1741- 5659)

 the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (IJWI). ISSN: 1645-7641

In addition to the presentation of papers, this event also included a keynote presentation by Dr. Anthony Brooks, , Denmark, a tutorial by Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and two invited speakers by Prof. Boyan Bontchev, Department of Software Engineering, Sofia University, Bulgaria and Drs. Mark Verhijde, Interim Programmamanager En Adviseur Stedelijke Ontwikkeling, The Netherlands.

Keynote Presentation:

INFORMATION SOCIETY EVOLUTION AND EFFECTS

by Dr. Anthony Brooks, Aalborg University, Denmark

Tutorial Presentation:

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FROM THE INTERNET AND WWW, USING SEARCH BY IMAGE: A TUTORIAL

by Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Invited Speaker:

ADAPTATION IN APPLIED VIDEO GAMES: FROM PLAYER MODELLING TO DYNAMIC GAME ADJUSTMENT AND ENHANCED PLAYABILITY

by Prof. Boyan Bontchev, Department of Software Engineering, Sofia University, Bulgaria

Invited Speaker:

THE GOV INDICATOR: LEARNING FROM GOOD PRACTICES OF THE EU GRUNDTVIG LLP PROJECT OPENGOVEU 2013-2015

by Drs. Mark Verhijde, Interim Programmamanager En Adviseur Stedelijke Ontwikkeling, The Netherlands

In general, this edition offered once again a great opportunity to all their participants to discuss with success the most significant aspects regarding the theme e-Society. It served as a forum that gathered researchers, practitioners, students and anyone that was working or studying in the field of the Information Systems.

The e-Society Conference 2016 was published in hard copy (ISBN: 978-989-8533-48-7) by IADIS Press.

Program Committee Members:

Adam Wojciechowski, Poznan University of Agnese Augello, Icar - Istituto di Calcolo e Reti Ad Alte Technology, Poland Prestazi, Italy Adam Wojtowicz, Poznan University of Economics, Alejandro Fernandez, Lifia - Universidad Nacional de la Poland Plata, Argentina

Alfredo Pina Calafi, of Navarra, Spain Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, FHS St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Ali Fawaz Shareef, The Maldives National University, Maldives Hentie Wilson, University of South Africa, South Africa Ann M. Shortridge, University of Oklahoma-HSC, USA Hiroyuki Mitsuhara, Tokushima University, Japan Arthur Tatnall, Victoria University, Australia Hossein Sharif, Sharif University of Technology, Iran Atilla Elci, Aksaray University, Turkey Ignazio Passero, Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Italy Basilio Pueo, University of Alicante, Spain Inga Hunter, Massey University, New Zealand Boong Yeol Ryoo, Texas A&M University, USA Isabel Solano Fernández, , Spain Boyan Bontchev, Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski, Jarogniew Rykowski, Poznan University of Economics, Bulgaria Poland C K Lok, HKU, Hong Kong Carmine Gravino, University Javier Sarsa, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain of Salerno, Italy Jeanne Schreurs, Hasselt University, Belgium Cesar Alberto Collazos, University of Cauca, Colombia Joan-Francesc Fondevila-Gascón, CECABLE, UdG & Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Ludwig-maximilians University UAB, Spain Munich, Germany Juan Huete, Universidad de Granada, Spain Damiano Distante, Unitelma Sapienza University, Italy Kamelia Stefanova, University of National and World Dan Dumitru Burdescu, University of Craiova, Romania Economy, Bulgaria David Cabrero Souto, University of a Coruña, Spain Katerina Kabassi, TEI of the , Denize Piccolotto Carvalho Levy, Universidade Federal Kateryna Synytsya, IRTC ITS, Ukraine do Amazonas, Brazil Klaus P. Jantke, Fraunhofer IDMT, Germany Despina Garyfallidou, University of , Greece Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University "St. Kl. Ohridski", Dessislava Petrova-antonova, Sofia University "St. Bulgaria Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria Laura M. Castro, University of a Coruña, Spain Dessislava Vassileva, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria Luca Paolino, Link Campus University, Italy M. Esther Del Moral, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain Dimitris Alimisis, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece Mahmoud Abaza, Athabasca University, Canada Egbert Sánchez Vanderkast, National Autonomuos Manuel Gentile, The National Research Council (CNR), University of Mexico, Mexico Italy Elissaveta Gourova, Sofia University, Bulgaria Manuel Gomez Olmedo, University of Granada, Spain Elpida Tzafestas, University of Athens, Greece Marco Temperini, Sapienza University of Roma, Italy Eltahir Kabbar, ADWC - HCT, United Arab Emirates Maria Spante, University West, Sweden Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania Mario Allegra, CNR-ITD, Italy Euclid Keramopoulos, Alexander Technological Mario Vacca, University of Rome, Italy Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece Michele Risi, University of Salerno, Italy Eugenia Kovatcheva, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Bulgaria Mike Joy, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Fausto Fasano, Università Degli Studi del Molise, Italy Oleksiy Voychenko, International Research and Training Center for Information, Ukraine Geoffrey Skinner, The University of Newcastle, Australia Olga Georgieva, Sofia University, Bulgaria George Tsihrintzis, , Greece Pavel Azalov, Pennsylvania State University, USA George S. Ioannidis, University of Patras, Greece Pawel Swiatek, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Georgina Araceli Torres Vargas, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Philipp Meisen, Rwth Aachen University, Germany Giuseppe Lugano, COST Office, Brussels, Belgium Philippos Pouyioutas, , Cyprus Gladys Benigni, Universidad de Oriente - Nueva Prashant R Nair, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Esparta, Venezuela University, India Grzegorz Protaziuk, Warsaw University of Technology, Rafał Wojciechowski, Poznan University of Economics, Poland Poland Gustavo Rossi, Lifia - Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Rainer Alt, University of Leipzig, Germany Argentina Rajendra Kumar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Roger Hartley, , United Kingdom Ryo Takaoka, Yamaguchi University, Japan Samia Kamal, Oxford Brookes University, UK Shuli Kang, University of Southern California, USA Takao Terano, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Tania Todorova, State University of Library Studies and Information, Bulgaria Tassos Mikropoulos, The , Greece Tereza Trencheva, State University of Library Studies and Information, Bulgaria Tobias Meisen, Rwth Aachen University, Germany Vasiliki Spiliotopoulou, ASPAITE Patras, Greece Vincent Ng, The Hong Kong University, Hong Kong Vincenzo Deufemia, Universita' Degli Studi di Salerno, Italy Wojciech Cellary, Poznan University of Economics, Poland Yongjian Fu, Cleveland State University, USA