The purpose of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the technological advances and business applications of web-based information systems.

Conference Areas1.

INTERNET TECHNOLOGY2.

WEB INTERFACES AND APPLICATIONS3.

SOCIETY, E-BUSINESS AND E-GOVERNMENT4.

WEB INTELLIGENCE5.

MOBILE INFORMATION SYSTEMSAREA 1: INTERNET TECHNOLOGY    XML and data management    System Integration    Web Services and Web Engineering    Distributed and Parallel Applications    Protocols and Standards    Authentication and Access Control    Web Security and Privacy    Databases and Datawarehouses    Web ProgrammingAREA 2: WEB INTERFACES AND APPLICATIONS    Searching and Browsing    User Modeling    Portal strategies    Accessibility issues and Technology    Personalized Web Sites and Services    Multimedia and User interfaces    Usability and Ergonomics    Metadata and Metamodeling    Web Geographical Information Systems    Ontology and the Semantic WebAREA 3: SOCIETY, E-BUSINESS AND E-GOVERNMENT    Knowledge Management    e-Business and e-Commerce    Communities of interest    e-Government    Communities of practice    Social Networks and Organizational Culture    B2B, B2C and C2C    e-Payment    Web 2.

0 and Social Networking Controls    Social and Legal IssuesAREA 4: WEB INTELLIGENCE    Data Mining    Web Site Classification    Learning User Profiles    Web Information Filtering and Retrieval    Web Site Navigation Support Systems    Meta-Knowledge Discovery and Representation    Privacy and Confidentiality    Computational Intelligence on the Web    User-Centric SystemsAREA 5: MOBILE INFORMATION SYSTEMS    Mobile Navigation and Assistance    Context Awareness    Context Detection    Indoor Navigation and Assistance    Mobile Social Network Interaction    Mobile Social Network Streaming    Social Network Awareness    Mobile Media Sharing Systems    Mobile Instant Messaging    Context Aware Media Tagging