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2nd CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS<br class="">
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OVERVIEW<br class="">
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General Electronic Government Track at IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015<br class="">
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The dual 14th IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) and the 7th Electronic Participation (ePart) Conference 2015 <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>>
and <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>> will be held from <br class="">
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Sunday, August 30 to Thursday, September 3, 2015<br class="">
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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.<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<br class="">
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Track Chairs: <br class="">
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Hans Jochen Scholl (lead), University of Washington, USA, email: <a href="mailto:jscholl@uw.edu" class="">jscholl@uw.edu</a><br class="">
Marijn Janssen, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands, email:<a href="mailto:M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl" class="">M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl</a> , and<br class="">
Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, email: <a href="mailto:wimmer@uni-koblenz.de" class="">wimmer@uni-koblenz.de</a><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 of Open Government and Big Data and Smart Governance, Smart Government, and Smart Cities. In particular, it also covers emerging and special topics
in e-Government research.<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>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>Strategies and policies for ICT-enabled public administration overhaul<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>E-Government architectures (vertical, horizontal, and networked)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public administration back and front offices overhaul (cases, practices, lessons learned)<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>Information governance (strategies, information sharing practices, privacy practices)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public-sector CIOs (roles, impact, span of control, issues, and challenges)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public-sector COOs (roles, impact, span of control, issues, and challenges)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public-sector ICT workforce (management, retention, compensation, etc.)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public-sector information management (challenges and opportunities, cases)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Enterprise ICT management initiatives<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Managing and upgrading public-sector legacy systems<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Intergovernmental integration and interoperation<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Safe public online access and online identity management<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ICT portfolio management in the public sector<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ICT insourcing versus outsourcing approaches<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Data protection and privacy management in the public sphere<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Social media use for G2B and G2C communications<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Social media impact on public administration practices<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Integration of online and inline services (opportunities, challenges, case)<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cross-jurisdictional alliances for online government services<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ICT-enabled transnational government collaboration<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>ICT-enabled critical infrastructure management, risks, and policies<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public-asset risk management<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Geographical information systems in government<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>EGOV project success and failure cases<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ICT usage, acceptance, measurement, benchmarking, and benefit management<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Online performance metrics for public services<br class="">
⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Return on investment and sustainability of ICT investments in the public sector<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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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Completed research papers (max. 12 pages, published in the IFIP EGOV proceedings of Springer LNCS) <br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>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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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Posters (max. 2 pages), to be exposed along the welcome reception on Tuesday evening and included in the alternate proceedings<br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Workshops and panels on pertinent issues, short abstracts (2 pages) to be included in the alternate proceedings, and <br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PhD colloquium submissions (max. 8 pages)<br class="">
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all 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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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece (<a href="mailto:tambouris@uom.gr" class="">tambouris@uom.gr</a>)<br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA (<a href="mailto:jscholl@uw.edu" class="">jscholl@uw.edu</a>)<br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>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="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany (<a href="mailto:wimmer@uni-koblenz.de" class="">wimmer@uni-koblenz.de</a>)<br class="">
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Konstantinos Tarabanis, University of Macedonia, Greece (<a href="mailto:kat@uom.gr" class="">kat@uom.gr</a>)<br class="">
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