[AISWorld] CfP dg.o 2019 - Digital Government Research - Blockchain Research Track

[Svein Ølnes]

*dg.o 2019:*

*20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research*



*Theme: Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence*

Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government

Dubai, UAE, June 18-20, 2019

*Conference Website: http://dgsoc.org/dgo-2019/
<http://dgsoc.org/dgo-2019/>*

*Paper Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2019
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2019>*

Email: dgo2019 at easychair.org
Twitter handle: #dgo2019


The Digital Government Society (DGS) will hold the 20th Annual
International Conference on Digital Government Research - dg.o 2019, with a
theme "*Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence*".  dg.o 2019 will
be hosted by the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (formerly the
Dubai School of Government), Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 18-20 June,
2019.  The dg.o conferences are an established forum for presentation,
discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary research on digital
government, political participation, civic engagement, technology
innovation, applications, and practice. Each year the conference brings
together scholars recognized for the interdisciplinary and innovative
nature of their work, their contributions to theory (rigor) and practice
(relevance), their focus on important and timely topics and the quality of
their writing.


*TRACK: **BlockChain and Transformational Government*


*TRACK DESCRIPTION*In the past years, researchers and practitioners have
highlighted the potential of Blockchain (BC) and distributed ledger
technology to revolutionize government processes. Blockchain technology
enables distributed power and embedded security. As such, Blockchain is
regarded as an innovative, general purpose technology, offering new ways of
organization in many domains, including e-government for transactions and
information exchange. However, due to its very characteristics of peer to
peer information exchange, its distributed nature, the still developing
technology, the involvement of new actors, roles, etc., the implementation
of blockchain applications raise issues that need governance attention.

BC initiatives have implications for citizen trust, privacy, inclusion and
participation. Governmental organizations need a thorough understanding of
the BC design principles, the possible applications in the domain of
e-government and the exploration of governance mechanisms to deal with the
limitations and challenges of the BC technology when used in a myriad of
sectors, ranging from the financial and business sector to the social
domains of healthcare and education.

This track seeks research that explores the impact of block chain
technology on all levels of government and effects or applications in
society that raise governance issues. We welcome a diversity in research
designs, approaches and methodologies.


*KEYWORDS*

Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Distributed Computing, Peer-to-Peer
Information Exchange

*IMPORTANT DATES*

January 15, 2019: Papers are due

January 20, 2019: Workshops, tutorials, and panel proposals due

March 1, 2019: Application deadline for 2019 doctoral colloquium

March 1, 2019: Notifications of acceptance

March 15, 2019: Posters and demo proposals due

April 5, 2019: Poster/demo author notifications

April 1-, 2019: Camera-ready manuscripts due

May 10, 2019: Early registration closes!

*SUBMISSION TYPES AND FORMATS*
Research papers (maximum of 10 pages)

Management, Case Study, or Policy papers (maximum of 6 pages)

Panel descriptions (maximum of 4 pages)

Posters (maximum of 2 pages)

System demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)

Pre-Conference tutorial proposals (maximum of 2 pages)

Pre-Conference workshop proposals (maximum of 2 pages)

Doctoral colloquium application (maximum of 10 pages)

Submission Site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2019

Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for each
type of submission in camera-ready ACM Proceedings format (double column,
single spaced pages). Please do not use page numbers. Paper titles should
be on the first page of text, rather than on a separate cover page.

Research, Management, Case Study, and Policy papers will be reviewed
through a *double-blind review* process. Therefore, author names and
contact information must be omitted from all submissions. Authors must
identify the topic(s) being addressed in the paper to assist the program
committee in the review process.

All other submissions should follow the same ACM proceedings camera-ready
format, but include author names.

All accepted submissions require at least one author to be registered for
the conference before the camera-ready copy is due for it to be included in
the conference proceedings. The authors of more than two papers can
register for and present at most two co-authored papers. Third paper on,
some other co-author registration and presentation are required.

At least one author is expected to attend the conference to present the work

*TRACK CHAIRS*

Svein Ølnes
Western Norway Research Institute
svein.olnes at vestforsk.no

Lemuria Carter
University of New South Wales
Lemuria.Carter at unsw.edu.au  <Lemuria.Carter at unsw.edu.au>

Jolien Ubacht
Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
J.Ubacht at tudelft.nl

Ramzi El-Haddadeh
Qatar University
rhaddadeh at qu.edu.qa