With Lisbon, Portugal, as the scenery, we welcomed once again a successful edition of the International Conference on e-Society 2013 (during 13 to 16 March, 2013).

Once again, the e-Society 2013 conference tried to address the main areas of concern within the Information Society context. This conference sought to cover both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Its broad areas of interest were eSociety and Digital Divide, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, New Media and E-Society, Digital Services in eSociety, eGovernment /eGovernance, eHealth, Information Systems and Information Management.

This edition had 215 submissions from more than 34 countries. Each submission had been blindly reviewed by an average of four independent reviewers, to ensure the final high standard of the accepted submissions. Consequently, 40 received blind referee ratings that signified acceptability for publication as full papers that meant an acceptance rate of 19%, while some others were published as short papers, reflection papers, posters and doctoral papers.

Regarding the papers’ presentations, the conference program was divided into 20 parallel papers sessions that included the presentation of full papers, reflection papers, short papers, posters and a doctoral consortium. Besides the papers presentations this event also included one keynote presentation from Professor Maarten de Laat, LOOK, Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands and a special talk given by Angela Garabagiu, Secretary to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

Keynote Presentation:

“TOWARDS INFORMAL-FORMAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS"

by Professor Maarten de Laat, LOOK, Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands

Special Talk:

“VALUES OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AN E-SOCIETY" ERA"

by Angela Garabagiu, Secretary to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France

Extended versions of the best papers were selected to be published in the Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE) journal (ISSN: 1741-5659) and also in the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641. Overall the Conference offered an opportunity to all their participants to discuss with success the most significant aspects regarding the theme Information Systems. 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 proceedings 2013 was published in Book (ISBN: 978-972-8939-82-3) by IADIS Press.

Program Committee Members: Christos Georgiadis, University Of Macedonia, Greece Adam Grzech, Wroclaw University Of Technology, Claire Matthews, Massey University, New Zealand Poland Dan Dumitru Burdescu, University of Craiova, Romania Adam Wojciechowski, Poznan University of David Cabrero Souto, University Of A Coruña, Spain Technology, Poland

Agapito Ledezma, Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid, Spain David Sachs, Pace University, Usa Albena Antonova, University Of Sofia, Bulgaria Demetrios Sampson, University Of Piraeus & CERTH, Greece Alejandro Fernandez, Lifia - Universidad Nacional De La Plata, Argentina Denis Vavougios, University Of Thessaly, Greece Aleksandar Dimov, University of Sofia St. Kliment Denise Whitelock, The Open University, United Ohridski, Bulgaria Kingdom Alfredo Milanim, University Of Perugia, Italy Denize Piccolotto Carvalho Levy, Universidade Federal Do Amazonas, Brazil Alfredo Pina Calafi, Public University Of Navarra, Spain Despina Garyfallidou, University Of Patras, Greece Ali Fawaz Shareef, The Maldives National University, Maldives Dessislava Petrova-antonova, University Of Sofia, Bulgaria Ann M. Shortridge, University Of Oklahoma-HSC, USA Dimitris Alimisis, School Of Pedagogical And Arif Altun, Hacettepe University, Turkey Technological Education, Greece Armin Shams, University College Cork, Ireland Dorina Kabakchieva, University Of Sofia, Bulgaria Arthur Tatnall, Victoria University, Australia Doris Johnson, Wright State University, Usa Atilla Elci, Aksaray University, Turkey Efthymios Alepis, University Of Piraeus, Greece Bardo Fraunholz, Deakin University, Australia Elpida Tzafestas, University of Athens, Greece Barry Mishra, University Of California, Usa Eltahir Kabbar, Adwc-hct, United Arab Emirates Basilio Pueo, University Of Alicante, Spain Elvira Popescu, University Of Craiova, Romania Bill Davey, Rmit University, Australia Erwin Bratengeyer, Danube University Krems, Austria Boong Yeol Ryoo, Texas A&M University, USA Esther Del Moral, Universidad De Oviedo, Spain Boyan Bontchev, Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski, Euclid Keramopoulos, Alexander Technological Bulgaria Educational Institute of T, Greece Bruce Chien-ta Ho, National Chung Hsing University, Eugenia Kovatcheva, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Taiwan Ezendu Ariwa, London Metropolitan University, United Buket Akkoyunlu, Hacettepe University, Turkey Kingdom Burra Kumar, Taylors University, Malaysia Fani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College, USA C K Lok, HKCAAVQ, Hong Kong Fausto Fasano, Università Degli Studi del Molise, Italy Carlo Simon, Provadis School Of International Federica Sarro, Università Degli Studi Di Salerno, Italy Management And Te, Germany Federica Vatta, University Of Trieste, Italy Carmine Gravino, University Of Salerno, Italy Frina Albertyn, Eastern Institute Of Technology, New Cesar Alberto Collazos, University Of Cauca, Colombia Zealand Charles Owen, Michigan State University, Usa George Tsihrintzis, University Of Piraeus, Greece Joan-francesc Fondevila-gascon, Universitat Abat Oliba Ceu And Cable Studies Cent, Spain George S. Ioannidis, University Of Patras, Greece Juan Huete, Universidad De Granada, Spain Giuseppe Lugano, COST Office, Brussels, Belgium Juergen Jaehnert, MFG Baden-Württemberg, Germany Giuseppe Scanniello, University of Basilicata, Italy Julian Warner, The Queen's University Of Belfast, Gladys Benigni, Universidad De Oriente - Nueva United Kingdom Esparta, Venezuela Julio Cabero, Universidad De Sevilla, Spain Grzegorz Protaziuk, Warsaw University Of Technology, Poland Kamelia Stefanova, Sofia University "st. Kl. Ohridski", Bulgaria Gustavo Rossi, Lifia - Universidad Nacional De La Plata, Argentina Katerina Kabassi, TEI of the Ionian Islands, Greece Haluk Unaldi, PARADIGMA CONSULTANCY, Turkey Katerina Sinitsa, International Research And Training Center, Ukraine Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, FHS St. Gallen, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland Keri Logan, Massey University, New Zealand Hansjoerg Von Brevern, Independent Consultant, Kok-Leong Ong, Deakin University, Australia Switzerland Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University "st. Kl. Ohridski", Hentie Wilson, University Of South Africa, South Africa Bulgaria Hiroyuki Mitsuhara, The University of Tokushima, Japan Lars Knipping, Berlin University Of Technology, Germany Hossein Sharif, University Of Portsmouth, United Kingdom Laura M. Castro, University of A Coruña, Spain Ida Bifulco, University Of Salerno, Italy Lena Pareto, University West, Sweden Ignacio Aedo Cuevas, Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid, Levent Yilmaz, Auburn University, USA Spain Licia Calvi, NHTV Breda University of Applied Science, Ignazio Passero, Università Degli Studi Di Salerno, Italy The Netherlands Inga Hunter, Massey University, New Zealand Lourdes Villalustre, Universidad De Oviedo, Spain Ioannis Kazanidis, Kavala Institute Of Technology, Luca Paolino, Università Di Salerno, Italy Greece Mahmoud Abaza, Athabasca University, Canada Isabel Solano Fernández, University Of Murcia, Spain Manuel Gomez Olmedo, University Of Granada, Spain Ivan Koychev, University Of Sofia, Bulgaria Marco Temperini, Sapienza Università Di Roma, Italy J. K. Vijayakumar, King Abdullah University Of Science Maria Madiope, Unisa, South Africa and Technology, Saudi Arabia Maria Spante, University West, Sweden Jacques Steyn, Monash University, South Africa María Paz Prendes, Universidad De Murcia, Spain Jan De Bruin, Tilburg University, Netherlands Matjaz Gams, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia Jan Lojda, College of Economics and Management Prague, Czech Republic Matthew Mitchell, Swinburne University Of Technology, Australia Janusz Sobecki, Wroclaw University Of Technology, Poland Maurice Mulvenna, University Of Ulster, United Kingdom Jarogniew Rykowski, Poznan University Of Economics, Poland Michele Risi, University of Salerno, Italy Javier Paris, University Of A Coruña, Spain Mieczyslaw Muraszkiewicz, Faculty Of Electronics And Information Technology, Poland Javier Sarsa, Universidad De Zaragoza, Spain Mieczyslaw Owoc, University of Economics Wroclaw, Jeanne Schreurs, Hasselt University, Belgium Poland Jeff Byford, University, Usa

Jesús Salinas, Universidad De Las Islas Baleares, Spain Jiying Zhao, University of Ottawa , Canada