Conference Program

^(*) Evening sign-in procedure will be completed exactly at 18:30, so you are kindly requested to arrive at the venue in time.

A. KEYNOTE SPEECHES

 ALL Keynote Speeches (Nigel Shadbolt, Jacques Bus and Noshir Contractor) will be hosted at Room “ANTIGONE” of the “THEATRON”.

B. WORKSHOPS

 “Second Web Science Curriculum Workshop (WSCW2)”

Room “Ifigeneia 2”

 “Workshop on Understanding The Impact of the Web on Scholarly Communication (UIWoSC)”

Room “Ifigeneia 2”

C. PAPER SESSIONS

Paper Session (1) “Teaching and Learning” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 2”

Chair

 Helen Margetts

Speakers

 Julià Minguillón. Web and education, a successful open entanglement [Abstract]

 Thanassis Tiropanis, Hugh Davis, David Millard & Mark Weal. Semantic Technologies for Learning and Teaching in the Web 2.0 era – A survey [Abstract]

 Carl Lagoze. The oreChem Project: Integrating Chemistry Scholarship with the Semantic Web [Abstract]

Discussion

Paper Session (2) “Trust and Distrust” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 3”

Chair

 Daniel Weitzner

Speakers

 David Karpf. Why Bowl Alone When You Can Flashmob the Bowling Alley?: Implications of the Mobile Web for Online-Offline Reputation Systems [Abstract]

 Patricia Victor, Chris Cornelis, Martine De Cock & Ankur Teredesai. Trust- and Distrust-Based Recommendations for Controversial Items [Abstract]

 Kieron O’Hara & David Stevens. The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious Moderation and Extremism on the Web [Abstract]

Discussion

Paper Session (3) “Openness vs. Control” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 2”

Chair

 Guss Schreiber

Speakers

 Alison Powell. Lessons from the Net Neutrality Lobby: Balancing openness and control in a networked society [Abstract]

 Inma Rodríguez-Ardura, Francisco J. Martínez-López & Paula Luna. The consumer and the Web: a critical revision of the contributions to Web science from the marketing and the consumer behaviour discipline [Abstract]

 Sadie Creese & Koen Lamberts. Can cognitive science help us make information risk more tangible online? [Abstract]

 Wolf Richter. Designing effective regulation for the "Dark side" of the Web [Abstract]

Discussion

Paper Session (4) “Tags and Search” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 3”

Chair

 Deborah McGuinness

Speakers

 Ching Man Au Yeung, Michael Noll, Nicholas Gibbins, Christoph Meinel & Nigel Shadbolt. On Measuring Expertise in Collaborative Tagging Systems [Abstract]

 Gavin Smith and Helen Ashman. Evaluating implicit judgements from Image search interactions [Abstract]

 Lorraine Warren. Ephemeral emergents and anticipation in online connected creativity [Abstract]

 Alexandre Passant, Matthias Samwald, John Breslin & Stefan Decker. Federating Distributed Social Data to Build an Interlinked Online Information Society [Abstract]

Discussion

Paper Session (5) “Social Networks” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 2”

Chair

 Dave De Roure

Speakers

 Milena Mihail, Yorgos Amanatidis & Stephen Young. Kernel Models For Complex Networks [Abstract]

 Jean Burgess and Joshua Green. Making Sense of YouTube: The Challenges of Complexity and Scale [Abstract]

 Lei Zhang & Wanqing Tu. Six Degrees of Separation in Online Society [Abstract]

 Barbie Clarke. BFFE (Be Friends Forever): the way in which young adolescents are using social networking sites to maintain friendships and explore identity [Abstract]

Discussion

Paper Session (6) “Web of Data” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 3”

Chair

 Les Carr

Speakers

 Yuzhong Qu, Weiyi Ge, Gong Cheng & Zhiqiang Gao. Class Association Structure Derived From Linked Objects [Abstract]

 Harry Halpin. Social Meaning on the Web: From Wittgenstein To Search Engines [Abstract]

 Lynda Hardman, Jacco van Ossenbruggen & Raphael Troncy. Interactive Information Access on the Web of Data [Abstract]

 Mathias Schindler & Denny Vrandecic. Introducing new features to Wikipedia - Case studies for Web science [Abstract]

Discussion

Paper Session (7) “Government, Citizens, Law and the Web” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 2”

Chair

 Michalis Vafopoulos

Speakers

 Albert Batlle, Ana Waksberg & Eduard Aibar. Is web-based interaction reshaping the organizational dynamics of public administration?: A comparative empirical study on eGovernment [Abstract]

 Ethan Katsh. Online Dispute Resolution: Designing new Legal Processes for Cyberspace [Abstract]

 Helen Margetts & Peter John. Experiments for Web Science: Examining the Effect of the Internet on Collective Action [Abstract]

Discussion

Paper Session (8) “Life On-line” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 3”

Chair

 Hugh Davis

Speakers

 Jonathon Hare, Adrian Osmond, Yang Yang, Gary Wills, David De Roure, Judith Joseph, Lucy Yardley & Mark Weal. LifeGuide: A platform for performing web-based behavioural interventions [Abstract]

 Michel van Eeten and Johannes Bauer. Securing Cyberspace: Realigning Economic Incentives in the ICT Value Net [Abstract]

 Leslie Carr & Stevan Harnad. Cognition, Cognitive Technology and the Web [Abstract]

Discussion

D. THEMATIC PANELS & SESSIONS

 Business Panel “Society On-Line: The Business Approach” [top]

Room: “ANTIGONE”

Chair

 A. Oikonomou, Journalist

Welcome Addresses

 K. Hatzidakis, Minister of Development

 A. Diamantopoulou, Member of Greek Parliament (PASOK)

 K. Michalos, President of EVEA

Speakers

 Ch. Tsangos, Microsoft Hellas Managing Director

 Dr. N. Koulouris, Vice President of EETT (Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission)

 Th. Fessas, President & Managing Director of Info-Quest

 Legal Panel “What can Web Science do for the Privacy of Data Subjects?: Law, Privacy and Data Retention in a Post 9/11 World?” [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 2”

Chair

 L. Edwards, Professor (Sheffield University, UK)

Speakers

 J. Rauhofer, Lecturer (UCLAN)

 A. Matwyshyn, Assistant Professor (University of Pennsylvania)

 Dr. I. Brown (Oxford Internet Institute)

 “Trust on the Web” (co-organized with EC) [top]

Room: “ANTIGONE”

Chair

 J. Bus, Head of Unit F5 “Trust and Security”

Speakers

 Professor K. Rannenberg, T-Mobile Chair for Mobile Business and Multilateral Security at Goethe University Frankfurt

 Professor P. Spirakis, Director of Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (CTI)

 Ann Cavoukian, PhD, Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada

 “Cultural Convergence and Digital Technology” (organized by FHW) [top]

Room: “ANTIGONE”

Chair

 N. Xydakis, Editor in Chief of “Kathimerini” – Art Critic

Intervention

 M. Damanaki, Member of Greek Parliament (PASOK)

Speakers

 K. Bita, Artist, Musician, Composer, Performer

 M. Marmarinos, Actor & Theater Director

 O. Pozeli, Actor & Theater Director

 “Politics on the Web” (organized by OMEGA Research Center, Dpt of Psychology, Panteion University) [top]

Room: “IFIGENEIA 2”

Chair

 K. Koskinas, Associate Professor (OMEGA Research Center, Dpt of Psychology, Panteion University - Member of Hellenic Sociological Association (SEK)

Welcome Address

 S. Kouloglou, Journalist & TVXS.gr Director

Speakers

 G. Alexias, Assistant Professor (OMEGA Research Center, Dpt of Psychology, Panteion University). Greek Political Parties and the Web

 I. Athanasiadis, MSc, PhD (Constantinos Caramanlis Institute for Democracy). New Era in Political Communication

 A. Priftis, ΜΑ (Andreas Papandreou Institute). Beyond the Medium is the Message: Internet as a Policy Making Incubator

 P. Pantos, ΜΑ (Member of Nikos Poulantzas Institute Board of Directors). The Internet as a new Public Sphere: From Virtual Reality to Collective Action

 Ch. Vernardakis, Assistant Professor of Political Science (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AUTH) & Scientific Consultant of VPRC. Internet – Platforms for Social Networking and Political Research

 “Socio-Psychology of the Web” (co-organized by OMEGA Research Center, Dpt of Psychology, Panteion University and Athenian Institute of Anthropos – AKMA) [top]

Room: “ANTIGONE”

Chair

 M. Polemi-Todoulou, Ph.D, C.G.P., E.C.P., Psychologist-Psychtherapist, President of Hellenic Association for Systemic Therapy (HELASYTH)

Speakers

 B. Davou, Professor (Dpt of Media and Communication Studies, University of Athens) & M. Savrami, M.Sc (Laboratory for Psychological Applications and Communication Planning, University of Athens). From Real Life to Virtual Friendships: The Facebook Case

 S. Sirmakessis, Associate Professor (Dpt of Applied Informatics in Administration and Economy, Technological Education Institute of Messolonghi). The impact of visual design on Web Interaction

 I. Katerelos, Associate Professor (Dpt of Psychology, Panteion University). Social networks as infrastructure containing social dynamics: a variable social geometry?

 E. Papanis, Assistant Professor (Dpt of Sociology, University of the Aegean). Pedophilia and the Greek Internet

 M. Koletsi, MA (Administrator of Research Institute for the Development and Promotion of Digital Access). Social Inequalities and the Web

Intervention

 S. Arsenis, “OMEGA” Research Center

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