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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">IFIP EGOV2022 - Joint conference EGOV-CeDEM-EPart2022<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<h3 align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:center;background:white"><strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#343434;font-weight:normal">Linköping, Sweden</span></i></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#343434;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">6-8 September</span></i></strong><strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">The IFIP EGOV2022 represents the merging of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy
and Open Government Conference (CeDEM). The conference is held annually and will be hosted 6-8 September 2022 in
</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#343434">Linköping</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"> by the University of
</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#343434">Linköping</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"> in Sweden. The conference will be organized as an onsite
conference, however, there will be one online event for ongoing papers and panels only. The conference fee for onsite and online participation will be the same to encourage onsite participation. If circumstances are not favorable, there will only be an online
event. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">The conference focuses on e-Government, Digital Government, Open Government, Smart Government, GovTech, eParticipation and e-Democracy, and related topics like social media, digital
transformation, Digital society, artificial intelligence, policy information, policy informatics, smart cities, and social innovation. Several types of submissions are possible, including completed research, ongoing research, reflections & viewpoints, posters,
and workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Part of the conference is a PhD Colloquium, which offers a limited number of PhD bursaries. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the conference topics and a variety of research
approaches (conceptual, case study, survey, mixed or other suitable methods). The PhD colloquium will be held on Monday 5 September 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">The conference is organized by the IFIP 8.5 Working group (WG8.5) and the Digital Government Society (DGS). The aim of WG 8.5 is to improve the quality of e-government information
systems at international, national, regional and local levels. The WG8.5 emphasis lays on interdisciplinary approaches towards information systems in public administration. DGS is a global, multi-disciplinary organization of scholars and practitioners interested
in the development and impacts of digital government. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">CONTACT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Email:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="mailto:egov2022@easychair.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">egov2022@easychair.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">CFP website:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/EGOV2022"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">https://easychair.org/cfp/EGOV202</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">2</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Website:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="http://dgsociety.org/egov-2022/"><span lang="NL" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">http://dgsociety.org/egov-2022/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Submission website: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=egov2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">(Hard) deadline for submissions (anonymous- camera ready): 18 March 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PhD Colloquium deadline for submissions: 1 May 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready): 15 May 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Poster acceptance 31 May 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 1 June 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PhD Colloquium notification of acceptance: 15 June 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">PhD Colloquium final version: 15 July 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">PhD Colloquium: 5 September 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Conference: 6-8 September 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">CONFERENCE CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems, Austria</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Jolien Ubacht, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thomas Lampoltshammer, Danube University Krems, Austria (lead)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Euripidis Loukis, University of Aegean, Greece</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ulf Melin, Linköping University, Sweden</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Peter Parycek, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany/Danube-University Krems, Austria</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems, Austria</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, University of Granada, Spain</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gerhard Schwabe, University if Zurich, Switzerland</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">TRACKS AT EGOV2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">General E-Government & Open Government Track</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: all e-government-related topics except
for the special-topics tracks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (lead)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">General E-Democracy & eParticipation Track</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: all eParticipation-related topics except
for the special-topic tracks. This track aims to present the best of recent developments in electronic participation and electronic democracy as they cover a wide range of technical, political and social areas
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Robert Krimmer (lead), Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Peter Parycek, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany / Danube-University Krems, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">ICT and Sustainability Track</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333;background:white">: All research related to the UN sustabinility goals</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Jolien Ubacht, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (lead)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Rony Medaglia, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Anja Wüst, Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Digital Society</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: focuses on the relationship between all kinds of stakeholders adopting
and integrating all kinds of technologies at home, education and recreation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thomas Lampoltshammer, Danube University Krems, Austria (lead)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Katarina L. Gidlund, Mid Sweden University, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Lieselot Danneels, Ghent University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Emerging issues and innovations</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: focuses on new topics emerging in the field of ICT
and public sector, including public-private ecosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Csaba Csáki, Corvinus Business School, Hungary (lead)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Francesco Mureddu, The Lisbon Council, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">AI, Data Analytics, & Automated Decision Making Track</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">:
adoption, use, and impacts of various data analytics and AI methods ranging from visualisations and descriptive statistical analyses to machine learning and other AI methods in the public sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Euripidis Loukis, University of Aegean, Greece (lead)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Evangelos Kalampokis, University of Macedonia, Greece<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Habin Lee, Brunel University London, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Smart and digital Cities (Government, Communities & Regions) Track</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: all aspects of
smart cities and smart governance, including frameworks, policies, and the use of technology
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar (lead), University of Granada, Spain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Shefali Virkar, Donau-Universität Krems, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Joep Cromvoets, KU Leuven, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Open Data: Social and Technical Aspects Track</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: focuses on open government data, public
big data sharing and use, data for improving public value and transparency, as well as data analytics capitalizing on Linked Open Data and other technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Efthimios Tambouris (lead), University of Macedonia, Greece</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Anneke Zuiderwijk, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Digital and Social Media Track</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: Digital networking and knowledge sharing applications,
interfaces between governments and their respective publics, digital collaborations within public organizations and across governance networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Marius Rohde Johannessen (lead), University of South-Eastern Norway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sara Hofmann, University of Agder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Legal informatics</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">: Legal, policy and execution are more and more interrelated and becoming
dominant in the government domain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">o Peter Parycek (lead), Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">o Anna-Sophie Novak, Danube University Krems, Austria
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">PhD Colloquium:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"> The
overall aim of the PhD colloquium is to connect PhD students to the e-government research community. During the colloquium, you will meet other PhD students, younger researchers that have just finished their PhDs, and more experienced scholars. Submitted proposals
will not be submitted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">o Ida Lindgren (lead), Linköping University, Sweden
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">o Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">o Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">By making a submission to the IFIP EGOV2022 conference you agree that your paper will not be submitted elsewhere and if accepted that the conference fee will be paid and the consent
to publish will be signed. All papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind reviewing process and the submission should not include author identifiers.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please note that all accepted submissions to the IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart2022 conference will be screened for possible plagiarism. To support this policy, conference organizers will
make use of the plagiarism detection tool, Turnitin. Further information about this software can be found at www.turnitin.com/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Accepted full research papers (max. 16 pages) will be published in the Springer LNCS IFIP EGOV or IFIP EPART proceedings. The EGOV proceedings covers the general
E-Government & Open Government, Emerging Issues and Innovations, Smart Cities, AI, Data Analytics and Automated Decision Making, and Open Data tracks, whereas the EPART proceedings will cover the general E-Democracy & eParticipation, ICT & Sustainability,
Legal Informatics, Social Media and Digital Society tracks.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333"> T</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">he Springer Lecture Notes
in Computer Science (LNCS) is a series of computer science books published by Springer Science+Business Media (formerly Springer-Verlag) since 1973. The LNCS proceedings are always well-downloaded and read.<br>
Accepted papers in the categories of Ongoing Research (max. 10 pages), Reflections and Viewpoints (max. 6 pages), Practitioner Papers (max. 6 pages), projects (max. 8 pages), workshops (max. 2 pages), panel proposals (max. 2 pages), and posters (max. 2 pages)
will be published (but, if desired, can be excluded) by in the CEUR-WS proceedings series (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="http://ceur-ws.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">http://ceur-ws.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">).
The CEUR Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org) is a free open-access publication service at Sun SITE Central Europe operated under the umbrella of RWTH Aachen University. CEUR-WS.org is a recognized ISSN publication series. Please note that PhD colloquium papers will
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">A special issues from conference papers is planned by the eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM). JeDEM is published
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">online under open access and provides researchers and practitioners the opportunity to advance the practice and understanding of eDemocracy, eGovernment, and eParticipation.
Final decisions on papers will be made by the special issue guest editor based on the results of the peer review process. The EGOV-CeDEM-ePart special issue will be published to coincide with the opening of the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">Each year the best papers are invited to submit to Government Information Quarterly (GIQ) and JeDEM. The best paper winners will be invited to submit their revised papers to GIQ,
the premier journal in e-government field, following a fast-track reviewing process, runners up will be invited to submit to a JeDEM special issue which will be published in 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">o Noella Edelmann, Danube University Krems, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">o Evangelos Kalampokis, CERTH, Greece
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolivar, University of Granada, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#333333">CONFERENCE VENUE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#666666;background:white">The EGOV 2022 conference is hosted by the Division of Information Systems and Digitalization, at the Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University
(LiU). LiU is situated in the south of Sweden and is known for its interdisciplinary research. The university offers many innovative educational programmes, many of them with a clear vocational focus. The university has approx. 32.000 students and 4.000 employees,
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