IFIP e-government conference
EGOV 2013 conference - 16/19 September 2013 - Koblenz, Germany
More information : http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2013 [2]
The annual international IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) conference is the European core conference in the domain of ICT in the public sector. Each year, scholars from all over the globe present the state of the art and most recent innovations in e-government, e-governance and related fields of study. The IFIP conference is organized by the IFIP Working Group 8.5 on information systems in the public sector. Since its beginnings in 2001, the EGOV conference has provided important guidance for research and development in this fast-moving domain of study.
The IFIP e-government conference brings together leading researchers and professionals from across the globe and from a number of disciplines. Together with ePart, the sister conference on electronic participation, the IFIP EGOV and ePart conferences have attracted around 150 participants on average per year from all continents including developing countries.
E-government research demonstrates its relevance to practice and, consequently, influences and shapes government strategies and implementations. Conversely, e-government practice also inspires e-government research. A wide range of topics has received scholarly attention. In recent years, the assessment and evaluation of e-government projects, the foundations of e-government as a research discipline, integration and interoperation in government, transformation, organizational change, citizens at the center, open data, adoption and diffusion, open government, and the role of information and communication technology for development rank among leading topics in IFIP EGOV’s papers, workshops and panels.
For the 12th IFIP e-government conference we seek contributions that include but are not limited to:
Foundations of e-government, open government and e-governance research
Future directions in research and practice of ICT in the public sector
Research theories and frameworks for public sector modernization with the support of ICT
Research methods, method integration and techniques
Designing, assessing and evaluating systems for the public sector: innovative cases and systems
ICT usage, acceptance and performance of technology-supported public sector activities: methods and contemporary case analyses
Transformative government, lean government
Open government, transparency, and collaboration
Approaches and solutions in big data, data analytics, open data and linked open government data
Participative governance and (agent-based) policy modeling and simulation
Digital and social divide
Universal access as well as equity of access to information and services
Social media, web 2.0, web 3.0 and social network in the public sector
Trust, identity, security and privacy in e-government
Stakeholders collaboration in government modernization
Stakeholder-oriented public-sector redesign
Open innovation, innovation management, transformation and change management, and complexity management in shaping public sector advancements
Evaluation, measurement, benchmarking and benefits management
Law enforcement, compliance and criminal justice
Legal compliance, legal shaping and legal impact of innovative government services provision
Mobile services and methods in government
Cloud computing in the public sector
Outsourcing, crowdsourcing and shared services
Interoperability, architectures and standards in a networked government
Information sharing, information infrastructure, information preservation, information management, and information access
Open source and free software
Knowledge management, information sharing, semantics, ontologies and web 3.0
Emergency and disaster response management
Retaining public sector experiences, developing countries
Education, human resources, training courses, and curricula
The IFIP e-government conference 2013 hosts five distinct formats of contributions:
Completed research papers (max 12 pages, published in Springer LNCS)
Ongoing research and innovative projects (max 8 pages, published in Proceedings of German Society of Informatics (GI) series LNI – Lecture Notes in Informatics)
Posters (max 2 pages in GI LNI format), to be exposed along the welcome reception on Tuesday evening
Workshops and panels on pertinent issues, short abstracts (1-2 pages) to be included in the GI LNI proceedings
PhD colloquium submission – in cooperation with eGovPoliNet
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. Prior to the conference (Sunday September 15), 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. This year’s colloquium will be supported by eGovPoliNet (The Policy Modelling Community) and, besides the traditional topics, will also encourage PhD thesis projects in ICT for governance and public policy development. More details about the submission guidelines and review criteria can be found here. Information regarding the deadlines of submission are provided under this link. Submit your contribution via the conference management system accessible here.
The IFIP e-government conference will be co-located with IFIP ePart, the fifth International Conference on electronic participation (IFIP ePart), which will be dedicated to topics on e-participation and e-democracy. IFIP ePart will take place slightly overlapping with the IFIP e-government conference at the same venue. Participants registering for one conference can also attend the other conference.