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14th IFIP International Conference on eGovernment (IFIP EGOV 2015)<br class="">
7th IFIP International Conference on eParticipation (IFIP ePart 2015)<br class="">
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31 August – 3 September 2015<br class="">
Thessaloniki, Greece<br class="">
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<a href="http://www.egov-conference.org" class="">www.egov-conference.org</a>, <a href="http://www.epart-conference.org" class="">www.epart-conference.org</a><br class="">
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CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS<br class="">
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OVERVIEW<br class="">
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The dual 14th IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) and the 7th Electronic Participation (ePart) Conference 2015 will be held from Sunday, August 30 to Thursday, September 3, 2015 under the local auspices of the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, <a href="http://www.uom.gr/" class="">http://www.uom.gr/</a> at
the Electra Palace Hotel, Platia Aristotelous 9, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece ( <a href="http://www.electrahotels.gr/electra-palace-hotel-thessaloniki/the-hotel" class="">http://www.electrahotels.gr/electra-palace-hotel-thessaloniki/the-hotel</a> )<br class="">
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The annual international IFIP EGOV conference is the top-2 ranked core conference in the domain of ICT in the public sector and the public sphere. Each year, scholars from all over the globe present the most recent advancements and findings of research and
innovations in e-Government, e-Governance and related fields of study. The annual international ePart conference is the top-ranked conference in the domain of electronic participation and the 5th-ranked overall conference dedicated to information technologies
in the context of public administration and the public sphere.<br class="">
The dual conference is organized by the IFIP Working Group 8.5 on information systems in the public sector. Since the beginnings of EGOV in 2001 and the inauguration of ePart in 2009, the two conferences have provided important guidance for research and development
in this fast-moving domain of study. The dual IFIP EGOV—ePart conference brings together leading researchers and professionals from across the globe and from a number of disciplines. <br class="">
The 2015 edition of the dual IFIP (WG 8.5) conference will add new organizational elements to the event in the form of five topical tracks. Two general tracks will maintain the tradition of EGOV and ePart in the way, with which former conference attendees have
become familiar. In addition, three special-topics tracks are intended to expand the reach and scope of the dual IFIP WG 8.5 conference:<br class="">
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1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The General E-Government Track (EGOV LNCS Proceedings)<br class="">
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The General eParticipation Track (ePart LNCS Proceedings)<br class="">
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Open Government & Open and Big Data Track (EGOV LNCS Proceedings)<br class="">
4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Policy Modelling and Policy Informatics Track (ePart LNCS Proceedings)<br class="">
5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Smart Governance, Smart Government, & Smart Cities Track (EGOV LNCS Proceedings)<br class="">
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Although the five tracks overlap in certain areas, they cover and emphasize distinct areas of research and appeal to specific and important sub-communities within the overall EGOV—ePart scholarly community. Therefore the tracks have their separate and detailed
call for papers, a short version of which is shown below.<br class="">
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TRACKS<br class="">
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For the dual 14th IFIP EGOV and 7th IFIP ePart conference we seek contributions that include but are not limited to: <br class="">
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1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The General EGOV Track (Track Chairs: Hans Jochen Scholl (lead), Marijn Janssen, and Maria Wimmer)<br class="">
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The General EGOV Track serves as an umbrella for all e-Government-related topics except the special-topics tracks on Open Government & Big Data and the Smart Governance, Smart Government, & Smart Cities (see below). In particular, it also covers emerging and
special topics in e-Government research.<br class="">
Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics:<br class="">
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⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Foundations of e-government and e-governance research including theories, standards of inquiry, methods and frameworks as well as multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to e-government research<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Innovation management, transformation and change management<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Design approaches for ICT solutions in the public sector, including stakeholder engagement, citizen co-creation, and crowd sourcing<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Special topics (for example, disaster management, cybersecurity, etc.) and novel topics (for example, ICT4D, e-Justice, etc.)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>E-government architecture and project success and failure cases<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ICT usage, acceptance, measurement, benchmarking, benefit management and performance of technology-supported public sector activities<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sustainability of ICT investments in the public sector<br class="">
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2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The General eParticipation Track (Track Chairs: Efthimios Tambouris (lead), Panos Panagiotopoulos, and Oystein Saebo)<br class="">
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The General ePart Track serves as an umbrella for all eParticipation-related topics, except the special-topic track on Policy Modeling and Policy Informatics Track (see below). It focuses on research topics regarding citizen engagement in public affairs, and,
in particular, on research that studies participation facilitated by information and communication technologies.<br class="">
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Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: <br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The eParticipation research landscape, its directions, foundations, theories, and methods <br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Online deliberation and discourse, eConsultation, ePolling, eLegislation, <br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>eElectioneering, eCampaigning, eVoting, social networking, and social media<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>eParticipation-related simulation, impact assessment and visualization methods and tools <br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>eParticipation-related conceptual models, tools and technologies<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Current practices in eParticipation: Projects, designs, implementations, evaluations, quality standards, and impact assessment<br class="">
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3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Open Government & Big Data Track (Track Chairs: Marijn Janssen (lead), Bram Klievink, and Ida Lindgren)<br class="">
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The Open Government & Big Data Track focuses on practices and methods of transparency, accountability, public big data sharing, data for improving public value and data analytics. <br class="">
Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: <br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Big data applications and dashboards for decision making<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Data Science in government including predictive and pattern modeling on big and open data (technical challenges, information quality, implementation considerations, policy implications, among others)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Software as service (SaaS), utility computing, shared services <br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Service-oriented architectures, orchestration and composition<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Infrastructure and enterprise architecture planning<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cloud computing in government<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Metadata, ontologies, and semantic approaches<br class="">
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4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Policy Modeling and Policy Informatics Track (Track Chairs: Maria Wimmer (lead))<br class="">
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The Policy Modeling and Policy Informatics Track has the focus on supporting public policy making with innovative ICT therewith involving relevant stakeholders. The scope ranges from policy analysis and conceptual modeling to programming and visualization of
simulation models, to help policy makers and stakeholders deliberate and evaluate policy decisions as well as explore new models of governance. <br class="">
Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: <br class="">
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⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Model building, evaluation, and stakeholder acceptance<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Modeling and simulating dynamics of social-environmental interactions<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Decision-making in the public sector through information-centric and model-based analyses of evidence<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Designing, managing, and evaluating information systems and infrastructures for policy construction, analysis, and implementation<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public policy issues including modeling and simulation and use of social media <br class="">
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5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Smart Governance, Smart Government, & Smart Cities Track (Track Chairs: Hans Jochen Scholl (lead), Mila Gascó, and Peter Parycek)<br class="">
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The Smart Governance, Smart Government, Smart Cities & Smart Regions Track focuses on the orchestrated interplay and balance of smart governance practices, smart public administration, smart resource and talent leverage in urban and regional spaces facilitated
by novel uses of ICTs and other technologies. <br class="">
Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics:<br class="">
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⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart governance as the foundation to creating smart urban and regional spaces (elements, prerequisites, and principles of smart governance)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart government (focal areas, examples, current practices, cases, potential pitfalls)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart cities and smart regions (cases, critical success factors)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart grids and the Internet of Things<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart carbonless and clean individual and public mobility<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart devices and their novel use in public management<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart (technology-facilitated) practices such as payment systems, identification systems, etc.<br class="">
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FORMATS<br class="">
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Across its tracks, the dual IFIP EGOV—ePart 2015 conference hosts three distinct formats of contributions: <br class="">
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- Completed research papers (max. 12 pages, published in either IFIP EGOV or IFIP ePart proceedings of Springer <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;">
</span>LNCS) <br class="">
- Ongoing research and innovative projects (max 8 pages, published in alternate proceedings by IOS Press) <br class="">
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Beyond the tracks, the dual IFIP EGOV—ePart 2015 conference also hosts <br class="">
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- Posters (max. 2 pages), to be exposed along the welcome reception on Tuesday evening and included in the alternate proceedings<br class="">
- Workshops and panels on pertinent issues, short abstracts (2 pages) to be included in the alternate proceedings, and <br class="">
- PhD colloquium submissions (max. 8 pages) to be included in the alternate proceedings by IOS Press<br class="">
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These formats encourage both, scientific rigor and discussions of innovative research approaches, work in progress, and studies of practical e-Government, e-Governance or e-Participation projects along with papers on system implementations. <br class="">
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Prior to the conference (that is, on Sunday and/or Monday, August 30 and 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: <br class="">
<a href="http://www.egov-conference.org" class="">www.egov-conference.org</a> <<a href="http://www.egov-conference.org/" class="">http://www.egov-conference.org/</a>><br class="">
<a href="http://www.epart-conference.org" class="">www.epart-conference.org</a> <<a href="http://www.epart-conference.org/" class="">http://www.epart-conference.org/</a>><br class="">
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IMPORTANT DATES: <br class="">
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>March 15, 2015 — Submission of papers (hard deadline-no late submissions allowed) <br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>April 15, 2015 — Submission of workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions <br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>April 30, 2015 — Notification of acceptance/rejection decisions for papers <br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>May 15, 2015 — Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/posters/PhD colloquium contributions <br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>May 31, 2015 — Camera-ready papers of completed research ongoing research, posters, workshop and panel descriptions <br class="">
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SUBMISSION SITE:<br class="">
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<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2015" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2015</a><br class="">
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2015 DUAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS: <br class="">
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Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece (<a href="mailto:tambouris@uom.gr" class="">tambouris@uom.gr</a>)<br class="">
Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA (<a href="mailto:jscholl@uw.edu" class="">jscholl@uw.edu</a>)<br class="">
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (<a href="mailto:M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl" class="">M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl</a>)<br class="">
Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany (<a href="mailto:wimmer@uni-koblenz.de" class="">wimmer@uni-koblenz.de</a>)<br class="">
Konstantinos Tarabanis, University of Macedonia, Greece (<a href="mailto:kat@uom.gr" class="">kat@uom.gr</a>)
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