Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:
 
Citizenship
Unleashing the power of citizens in developing countries to use the Internet to drive their own social & political development agenda

Digital divide:
Achievement of equity by bridging the digital divide and promoting critical and digital literacies

Participation:
Provision of effective online platforms for meaningful participation of citizens

Access
Optimization of wider access to democratic dialogues through successful community cultivation

Community cultivation
Enhance the benefits of social development interventions through the use of digital, wireless and mobile
technologies for cultivating communities to conduct inquiry and socio-political action

Sustainability
Facilitating sustainable grassroots, bottom up co-created solutions and approaches to leadership, human rights,
and civil society development

E-mentoring
Reports and reflections on the successes and failures of deploying e-mentoring strategies for raising political awareness, civic consciousness and community cultivation

Transference
North-South, South-South, and public-private partnerships and collaboration for co-creation of online communities

Community Ownership & Strengthening
Studies of efforts of involving citizens as stakeholders in initiatives to promote democracy, social justice and equity
by strengthening their capabilities and promoting their involvement in online communities