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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b><span style="color:#1F497D">: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>AMCIS 2015 EGOV Mini-Track: Trends in Smart City Initiatives: Opportunities and Challenges<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Main Track: e-Government<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mini Track: Trends in Smart City Initiatives: Opportunities and Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Puerto Rico, August 13-15, 2015
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mini-track Description:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The e-government era has enabled public administrations to become more efficient and effective through the delivery of digital solutions and services. While the early emphasis of e-government led service transformation was highly focused
on using technology to deliver improved and personalized services for citizens, more recent efforts have been focused on grassroots level impacts that are enabled through smart use of technology. In this context, the emphasis has somewhat shifted from a service
delivery focus to a smart ICT-infrastructure based eco-system that is sustainable.
<span style="color:#1F497D">T</span>he application of ICT in the context of future cities is indicated by the notion of smart city. Nevertheless, the smart city concept goes beyond the use of ICT for better resource use and less emissions. The notion of smart
city is emerging as a key strategy to tackle the problems generated by the urban population growth and rapid development. Smart city innovations are evolving as new approaches to holistic management of cities’ physical, socio-economic, environmental, transportation
and political assets across all urban domains, typically supported by ICT. An effective smart city initiative is one that brings together technology, government and society to enable a smarter economy, mobility, environment, people, living and governance.
However, as the smart city phenomenon itself is still emerging, the concept is being applied all over the world with different terminologies, context and meanings.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This mini track invites work that frames smart city initiatives and explores its impact from a social, economic, technical or organizational perspective. Relevant topics may include areas that discuss smart city initiatives such as energy
efficient cities, intelligent transport systems, smart communications and networks etc. In addition to empirical studies, theoretical and conceptual papers will be considered. The objective of the mini-track is to encourage research that can be useful to those
engaged in smart city initiatives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Suggested Topics:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Role of ICT in smart city initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Role of Policy Makers in smart city initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The development, implementation, control and maintenance of smart city initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Transformational smart city initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Different process, information systems and technology integration approaches used in smart city initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Governance, integrated service delivery and reengineering of smart cities<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Barriers to awareness, adoption and diffusion of smart city initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Evaluation of case studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Technology alignments in smart cities<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Innovative applications and best practices in smart cities initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Submit your manuscript before <b>2pm Eastern Standard Time February 25, 2015</b> at <a href="https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2015">https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2015</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For submission guidelines, please refer to:
<a href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/submission-guidelines">http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/submission-guidelines</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For general information on AMCIS 2015: <a href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/">
http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Important dates: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">February 25, 2015 Submission Deadline<br>
April 21, 2015 Author Notification<br>
April 28, 2015 Camera Ready Submission Deadline</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Selected papers will be fast tracked to the following journals:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy (TGPPP)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.25pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mini-Track Chairs:<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Author" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;font-weight:normal">Sankar Sivarajah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Brunel University London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:Sankar.sivarajah@brunel.ac.uk">Sankar.sivarajah@brunel.ac.uk</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Vishanth Weerakkody<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Brunel University London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:Vishanth.Weerakkody@brunel.ac.uk">Vishanth.Weerakkody@brunel.ac.uk</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ramzi El-Haddadeh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Brunel University London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:Ramzi.El-Haddadeh@brunel.ac.uk">Ramzi.El-Haddadeh@brunel.ac.uk</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Zahir Irani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Brunel University London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:Zahir.Irani@brunel.ac.uk">Zahir.Irani@brunel.ac.uk</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Habin Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Brunel University London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Affiliation" align="left" style="text-align:left;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:Habin.Lee@brunel.ac.uk">Habin.Lee@brunel.ac.uk</a>
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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