[ecrea] 6th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

*Submission Deadline - 2 April 2012*




ICEGOV2012



6th International Conference on

Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance



22 - 25 October 2012, Albany, New York



www.icegov.org



FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS



IMPORTANT DATES



Submission Deadline - 2 April 2012

Notification Deadline - 8 June 2012

Final Submission Deadline - 6 July 2012

Author Registration Deadline - 22 August 2012



CONFERENCE PATRON

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration



CONFERENCE ORGANIZER

Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, USA



CONFERENCE SERIES ORGANIZER

UNU-IIST Center for Electronic Governance, Macao SAR, China



PUBLICATIONS

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, planned to be
published, as in previous years, by ACM Press.

Selected papers will appear in a special issue of Government Information
Quarterly, published by Elsevier.



CONTACT

Email:(icegov /at/ icegov.org)

URL:www.icegov.org





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1. INTRODUCTION

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Worldwide, governments are wrestling with a wide range of social and
political challenges and they are increasingly looking to innovations in
technology, in the institutions of government and in the interactions
between government and citizens, to help them meet these challenges. Serving
citizens efficiently and

effectively, engaging interested parties in decision making, and creating
sustainable economies, are among the many ways innovations in policy and
practice can directly impact the public value created from any Electronic
Governance investment. To justify continued or new investments in Electronic

Governance, decision makers must increasingly provide evidence that the
innovations they are supporting create public value. This year's conference
program encourages participants to push thinking on measurement and
evaluation beyond current models and techniques and to pay particular
attention to the ways research and practice can effectively align electronic
governance initiatives with major policy programs to ultimately provide
value to citizens.



The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
(ICEGOV) series focuses on the use of technology to transform relationships
between government and citizens, businesses, civil society and other arms of
government (Electronic Governance). The Series looks beyond the tradicional
focus on technology-enabled transformation in government (Electronic
Government), towards establishing foundations for good governance and for
sustainable development.



The 2012 edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of
Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2012) welcomes research and practice
submissions that directly address this theme or generally contribute to
strengthening the foundations of the electronic governance domain through
the development of theories, methods, techniques, or tools.



The Series, established in 2007, brings together practitioners, developers
and researchers from government, academia, industry, and non-governmental
(NGO) and international organizations to share the latest in theory and
practice of Electronic Governance. After five successful conferences, Macao
(ICEGOV2007), Cairo (ICEGOV2008), Bogota (ICEGOV2009) Beijing (ICEGOV2010)
and Tallinn (ICEGOV2011), ICEGOV has established itself as one of the
leading venues for knowledge exchange hmong researchers, practitioners, and
policy makers.



1. A Global Conference - ICEGOV consistently attracts submissions from more
than 50 countries, with up to 60% representation from developing and
transition countries.



2. A Multi-Stakeholder Conference - ICEGOV is well attended by all major
stakeholders of technologyenabled innovation in government: government,
academia, industry and NGOs.



3. A Networking Conference - ICEGOV brings participation from across
thematic, national, and development borders, with common interests in
transformational use of technology in government.



4. A Research and Practice Conference - ICEGOV includes a healthy balance of
research-, practice- and solution-related work - looking at technology, at
the processes surrounding its implementation and management, or at the wider
context of Electronic Governance.



5. A Capacity Building Conference - ICEGOV features a rich program of
invited talks, sessions, tutorials, workshops, panel discussions, posters,
demos, etc. all taught, moderated or organized by leading researchers and
practitioners in the area.



6. An International Development Conference - The focus on Electronic
Governance helps consider how government investments in technology,
resulting in expected social and economic benefits, contribute to the
fulfillment of sustainable development goals.



7. A UN Conference - With international development focus, with United
Nations University as the founder of and a force behind its editions, and
with several UN organizations being actively involved, ICEGOV exhibits a
strong UN character.



In addition, ICEGOV promotes close interactions between government,
academia, industry and NGO stakeholders so that each group can contribute to
as well as benefit from the interactions with others:



- Government - The stakeholders from government can share the knowledge of
concrete initiatives as well as lessons learnt and challenges faced when
carrying them out. In return, they can learn about the latest research
results, and how they are implemented by industry, non-governmental
organizations and other governments to address the challenges they face.



- Academia - The stakeholders from academia can share the models, theories
and frameworks which extend the understanding of Electronic Governance and
upon which concrete solutions can be built. In return, they can learn about
specific challenges faced by governments, gain access to concrete cases, and
identify opportunities to implement and deploy research prototypes.



- Industry and NGOs - The stakeholders from industry and NGOs can share
technological and socioorganizational solutions to be used in government
practice. In return, they can learn about the challenges faced by
governments, and the latest research findings available for developing
solutions. The program will include four types of invited contributions:
Keynotes, Workshops, Thematic Sessions and Plenary Sessions. The program
will also include a Doctoral Colloquium and a series of social events for
networking and community building.





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2. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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The ICEGOV2012 Program Committee invites submissions of unpublished,
original work - completed or in progress - in the form of papers,
demonstrations, posters, and tutorial proposals:



1. Papers - Completed Work

- Research - Providing the results of mature work based on rigorous academic
research in one or more aspects of Electronic Governance, with proven or
potential capacity to advance the stateof-the-art in the field.

- Practice or policy innovations - describing innovations in government with
specific attention to case descriptions, analysis, and insights on what was
learned within a particular context.



2. Short Papers - Work in Progress

- Research - Providing the results of work in progress based on rigorous
academic research in one or more aspects of Electronic Governance, with
promising results.

- Practice or policy innovations - describing ongoing innovations in
government with specific attention to case descriptions, analysis, and
insights on issues and challenges encountered and how they are being
addressed.



3. Demonstrations - Demonstrating how solutions, possibly obtained through
research, are being applied in the practice of Electronic Governance,
consequently giving rise to new research.



4. Posters - Presenting new ideas and ongoing work related to research,
practice or solutions for Electronic Governance, with proven or potential
capacity for bridging two or more dimensions.



5. Tutorial Proposals - Describing the learning objectives and scope of the
proposed tutorial in one of the specific topics of interest listed in
Section 3, and what new knowledge and perspectives will be gained by the
target audience.



The contributions can originate from: 1) Government - Experiences, case
studies and lessons learned while planning, developing, executing and
evaluating Electronic Governance initiatives; 2) Academia - Foundations of
Electronic Governance, including development, validation and implementation
of relevant theories, models and specifications; or 3) Industry and NGOs -
Technologies, methods and tools upon which concrete solutions for Electronic
Governance - systems, processes, services and organizations - can be built.





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3. TOPICS

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ICEGOV2012 particularly welcomes: a) contributions that aim to establish
connections between research and practice in the area of alignment of
electronic governance initiatives with policy programs at local, national,
and international levels of government; b) Interdisciplinary papers that
show how the impacts of electronic governance initiatives could be measured
and assessed, and c) Papers documenting experiences of governments or
industry in the implementation of technological or organizacional
innovations. Particular topics of interest include:



1. Emerging measurement and evaluation models and techniques for
e-government

2. Technology and women in the developing context

3. Open data

4. Open government

5. Smart cities

6. Mobile government

7. Social media and democratization



Contributions on any aspect of the lifecycle of electronic governance
initiatives from planning, through architecture and implementation, to
operations, are also welcome:



PLANNING

Law and regulations

Funding arrangements

Readiness assessment

Policy development

Strategy development

Partner management

Stakeholder

Leadership

Whole-of-Government

Reform alignment

Policy alignment



ARCHITECTURE

Interoperability

Enterprise architecture

Open Standards

Best practices

Agency collaboration

Information sharing

One-stop government

Connected governance

Open data

Multi-channel delivery

Public Sector Innovation



IMPLEMENTATION

Acquisition

Procurement

Cloud infrastructure

Electronic public services

Service middleware

Services and applications

Crowd sourcing

New technology adoption

Project management

Program management

Organizational change



OPERATIONS

Service agreements

Monitoring

Software maintenance

Adoption and scale-up

Access and accessibility

Digital content

Digital rights

Digital divide

Benefit management

Disaster management

Performance management





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4. SUBMISSION PROCESS

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All submissions should conform to the following process:



1. Preparation - All contributions should be written in English and prepared
using the Word template available at
http://www.icegov.org/resources/word.zip, with page limits of: Papers
(Completed Works - 10 pages, Short Papers - 4 pages), Demonstrations - 2
pages, Posters - 2 pages, and Tutorials - 4 pages.



2. Submission - All contributions should be submitted through the conference
submission website athttp://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icegov2012
by the First Submission Deadline. Authors can submit up to two papers for
ICEGOV2012.



3. Review - All submitted contributions will undergo a double-blind review
by the Program Committee and the authors will be notified about acceptance
or rejection decisions by the Notification Deadline.



4. Revision - All accepted contributions will have to be revised to address
reviewer comments and resubmitted using
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icegov2012  by the Final
submission deadline. Authors will also be required to transfer the copyright
of their work as part of the final submission process.



All accepted contributions will appear in the conference proceedings on the
condition that at least one author registers before the Author Registration
Deadline and presents the contribution at the conference.





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5. PUBLICATIONS

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Like in previous years, ICEGOV2012 proceedings are expected to be published
by ACM Press. Selected contributions will appear in a special issue of
Government Information Quarterly, published by Elsevier.





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6. AWARDS

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Best Submission Awards will be selected in three categories:



- Research - The submission that makes the best contribution to the
development of Electronic Governance theories, policies, strategies and
action plans.



- Innovations in Practice - The submission that presents the most innovative
Electronic Governance initiative, with well presented insight, the greatest
impact potential on Electronic Governance policy and practice and the
overall development context.



- Research and Practice - The submission that best links Electronic
Governance research and practice - how the practice can be improved through
research and how research can strengthen through practice.





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7. SPONSORSHIP

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Authors of accepted submissions will be able to apply for sponsorship to
partially cover the costs of attending the conference (registration, hotel
or both) with preference given to students and authors from developing
countries. At most one application will be accepted per submission.





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8. GOVERNMENT INNOVATION EXHIBIT

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We invite governments to showcase their Electronic Governance innovations as
part of the new ICEGOV Government Innovation Exhibit (GIE). The GIE offers
governments at all levels the opportunity to demonstrate the accomplishments
of their Electronic Governance efforts while sharing experiences and lessons
learned with others. For more information (contacticegov /at/ icegov.org).





ICEGOV2012 Program Committee Co-Chairs



Natalie Helbig (University at Albany, SUNY, USA)

Adegboyega Ojo (United Nations University, Macao)

J. Ramon Gil-Garcia (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico)





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C.P. 01210, Mexico, D.F.
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