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Per request of a number of colleagues the conference organizers have decided to extend the paper submission deadline until March 31, 2015.
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<div class="">SUBMISSION SITE: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2015" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2015</a><br class="">
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<div class="">Dual IFIP EGOV and ePart 2015 – <a href="http://www.egov-conference.org" class="">www.egov-conference.org</a></div>
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Dates of conference: Sunday, August 30 to Thursday, September 3, 2015<br class="">
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece (Electra Palace Hotel)<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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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="">
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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. The previous IFIP EGOV and IFIP ePart conferences have attracted around 150
participants on average per year from all continents including developing countries<br class="">
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The dual 14th IFIP Electronic Government and 7th e-Participation Conference (IFIP EGOV and IFIP ePart) 2015 will be organised along five tracks:<br class="">
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- The General E-Government Track<br class="">
- The General eParticipation Track<br class="">
- The Open Government & Open and Big Data Track<br class="">
- The Policy Modelling and Policy Informatics Track<br class="">
- The Smart Governance, Smart Government, & Smart Cities Track<br class="">
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Although the five tracks overlap in certain areas, they cover and emphasise 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.<br class="">
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FORMATS<br class="">
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Across its tracks, the dual IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015 conference hosts distinct formats of contributions:<br class="">
- Completed research papers (max. 12 pages, published in the IFIP ePart proceedings of Springer LNCS)<br class="">
- Ongoing research and innovative projects (max. 8 pages, published in alternate proceedings by a IOS Press)<br class="">
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Beyond the tracks, the dual IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015 conference also hosts<br class="">
- Posters (max. 2 pages), to be exposed along the welcome reception on Tuesday evening<br class="">
- Workshops and panels on pertinent issues, short abstracts (2 pages), and<br class="">
- PhD colloquium submissions (max. 8 pages),<br class="">
all to be included in the alternate proceedings published by IOS Press<br class="">
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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.<br class="">
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Prior to the conference (August 30 - 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="">
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<a href="http://www.egov-conference.org/" class="">http://www.egov-conference.org/</a></div>
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<div class="">TRACKS</div>
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<div class="">For the dual 14th IFIP EGOV and 7th IFIP ePart conference we seek contributions that include but are not limited to: </div>
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<div class="">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)</div>
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<div class="">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.</div>
<div class="">Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics:</div>
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<div 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</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Innovation management, transformation and change management</div>
<div 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</div>
<div 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.)</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>E-government architecture and project success and failure cases</div>
<div 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</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sustainability of ICT investments in the public sector</div>
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<div class="">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)</div>
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<div class="">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.</div>
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<div class="">Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: </div>
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<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The eParticipation research landscape, its directions, foundations, theories, and methods </div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Online deliberation and discourse, eConsultation, ePolling, eLegislation, </div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>eElectioneering, eCampaigning, eVoting, social networking, and social media</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>eParticipation-related simulation, impact assessment and visualization methods and tools </div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>eParticipation-related conceptual models, tools and technologies</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Current practices in eParticipation: Projects, designs, implementations, evaluations, quality standards, and impact assessment</div>
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<div class="">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)</div>
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<div class="">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.</div>
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<div class="">Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: </div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Big data applications and dashboards for decision making</div>
<div 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)</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Software as service (SaaS), utility computing, shared services </div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Service-oriented architectures, orchestration and composition</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Infrastructure and enterprise architecture planning</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cloud computing in government</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Metadata, ontologies, and semantic approaches</div>
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<div class="">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Policy Modeling and Policy Informatics Track (Track Chairs: Maria Wimmer (lead))</div>
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<div class="">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.</div>
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<div class="">Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: </div>
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<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Model building, evaluation, and stakeholder acceptance</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Modeling and simulating dynamics of social-environmental interactions</div>
<div 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</div>
<div 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</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Public policy issues including modeling and simulation and use of social media </div>
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<div class="">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)</div>
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<div class="">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. </div>
<div class="">Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics:</div>
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<div class="">⎯<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)</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Smart government (focal areas, examples, current practices, cases, potential pitfalls)</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Smart cities and smart regions (cases, critical success factors)</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Smart grids and the Internet of Things</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Smart carbonless and clean individual and public mobility</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Smart devices and their novel use in public management</div>
<div class="">⎯<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Smart (technology-facilitated) practices such as payment systems, identification systems, etc.</div>
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IMPORTANT DATES:<br class="">
- March 31, 2015—Submission of papers (extended deadline)<br class="">
- April 15, 2015—Submission of workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions<br class="">
- April 30, 2015—Notification of acceptance/rejection decisions for papers<br class="">
- May 15, 2015 — Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/posters/PhD colloquium contributions<br class="">
- May 31, 2015—Camera-ready papers of completed research, of ongoing research<br class="">
- June 15, 2015—Camera-ready papers of PhD colloquium papers, posters, workshop and panel descriptions<br class="">
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SUBMISSION SITE: <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="">
Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece<br class="">
Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA<br class="">
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<br class="">
Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany<br class="">
Konstantinos Tarabanis, University of Macedonia, Greece</div>
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