SOCOLNET is an international technical and scientific association, not for profit, that aims ar promoting and stimulating scientific research, education, technological development, scientific and technical interactions, among researchers in the area of Collaborative Networks, including virtual organizations, virtual enterprises, virtual communities, virtual laboratories, and related areas.
In order to pursue its objectives, the society may carry out all the activites that it deems necessary or appropriate and in particular, may:
- Promote the exchange of ideas and experiences among its members, and between them and the rest of the scientific community in order to increase the knowledge of the area,
- Promote activities such as seminars, courses, colloquia, conferences, workshops …
- Promote and sponsor the edition of publications relevant for the objectives of the association,
- Propose education curricula on collaborative networks,
- Promote studies and research actions on collaborative networks,
- Collaborate with other organizations.
SOCOLNET is registered as a technical-scientific association in Portugal and currently it has 346 members in 49 countries. Annually, it organizes conferences such as PRO-VE (Virtual Enterprises/Collaborative Enterprise Networks) and DocEIS (Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systemps).