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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Call for Papers and Contributions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
13th IFIP Electronic Government Conference (IFIP EGOV) 2014 </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.egov-conference.org">www.egov-conference.org</a> <<span style="color:#022DEA"><a href="http://www.egov-conference.org/">http://www.egov-conference.org/</a></span>>
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">From Sunday, August 31 to Thursday, September 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(co-located with the 6th IFIP ePart conference —
</span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.epart-conference.org">www.epart-conference.org</a> <<span style="color:#022DEA"><a href="http://www.epart-conference.org">http://www.epart-conference.org</a></span>>.
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The annual international IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) conference is the European core conference in the domain of ICT in the public sector. Each year, scholars from all
over the globe present the state of the art and most recent innovations in e-government, e-governance and related fields of study. The IFIP conference is organized by the IFIP Working Group 8.5 on information systems in the public sector. Since its beginnings
in 2001, the EGOV conference has provided important guidance for research and development in this fast-moving domain of study.
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The IFIP EGOV conference brings together leading researchers and professionals from across the globe and from a number of disciplines. Together with IFIP ePart, the sibling
conference on electronic participation, and frequently affiliated workshops on emerging topics, the IFIP EGOV conferences have attracted around 150 participants on average per year from all continents including developing countries.
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">E-government research demonstrates its relevance to practice and, consequently, influences and shapes government strategies and implementations. Conversely, e-government practice
also inspires e-government research. A wide range of topics has received scholarly attention: The assessment and evaluation of e-government projects, the use of Data Science in government, the foundations of e-government as a research discipline, integration
and interoperation in government, transformation, smart government, organizational change, citizens at the center, open and big data, adoption and diffusion, open government, social media, ICT supporting policy modeling, and the role of information and communication
technology for development appear to be among prevalent topics in e-government papers, workshops and panels.
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For the 13th IFIP EGOV conference we seek contributions that include but are not limited to:</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-size: 16px;">Foundations of e-government and e-governance research including theories, standards of inquiry, methods and <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>frameworks as well as multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to e- government research</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 16px;">-- Open innovation, innovation management, transparency, transformation and change management, and complexity management in shaping public sector advancements as well as future directions in research and
practice</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Data Science in government including predictive and pattern modeling on big and open data (technical challenges, information quality, implementation considerations, policy implications, among others)
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Smart government and smart governance including smart cities, smart grids, and electric mobility
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Design approaches for ICT solutions in the public sector, including stakeholder engagement, citizen co-creation, and crowd sourcing
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Transformative government, lean government, cloud computing, open government data, participative governance, digital divide, universal and mobile access, trust, security, identity, interoperability,
and social media among others </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">E-government architecture and project success and failure cases
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-size:12.0pt">E-government-related policy issues including modeling and simulation and use of social medi</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">-- </span>ICT usage, acceptance, measurement, benchmarking, benefit management and performance of technology-supported public sector activities</span></div>
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<font face="Symbol">--</font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Legal compliance, knowledge rules, legal shaping and legal impact of innovative government services provision
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<font face="Symbol">--</font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Particular domains of study in e-government and e-governance such as emergency and disaster response management,
policy making, law enforcement, compliance and criminal justice </span></div>
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<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Retaining public sector experiences, in developed and developing countries
</span></div>
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<font face="Symbol">--</font><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Consequences and implications for e-government from wide-ranging surveillance and spying of digital communication
</span></div>
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<font face="Symbol">-- </font><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Education, human resources, training courses, and curricula
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The IFIP e-government conference 2014 hosts five distinct formats of contributions:
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Completed research papers
(max 12 pages, published in Springer LNCS) </span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ongoing research and innovative
projects (max 8 pages, published in alternate proceedings by a tbd publisher) </span>
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Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Posters (max 2 pages), to be exposed along the welcome reception on Tuesday evening
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Workshops and panels on pertinent
issues, short abstracts (2 pages) to be included in the alternate proceedings </span>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PhD colloquium submissions
</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">These formats encourage both, scientific rigor and discussions of state of the art as well as innovative research approaches, work in progress, and studies of practical e-government
or e- governance projects along with papers on system implementations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Prior to the conference (that is, on Sunday, September August 31), a PhD student colloquium will be held providing doctoral students with an international forum guided by senior
scholars for presenting their work, networking opportunities and cross-disciplinary inspiration. Read more about the submission guidelines and review criteria on the conference website:
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As indicated the IFIP EGOV will be co-located with the Sixth IFIP International Conference on electronic participation (IFIP ePart), which will be dedicated to topics on e-participation
and e- democracy. IFIP ePart will take place slightly overlapping with the IFIP EGOV conference at the same venue. Participants registering for one conference can also attend the other conference for no extra charge.
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">IMPORTANT DATES: <o:p>
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March15, 2014—Submission of papers (deadline-no late submissions allowed)
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">March 15, 2014—Submission of workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">April 30, 2014—Notification of acceptance/rejection decisions for papers
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">May 15, 2014 — Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/posters/PhD colloquium contributions
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">May31, 2014—Camera-ready papers of completed research
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt">June 15, 2014 — Camera-ready papers of ongoing research, posters, workshop and panel descriptions
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">CONFERENCE CHAIRS:
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA<br>
Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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