[ecrea] CFP: Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2013, Danube University Krems Austria, 21-25 May 2013

*CFP: Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2013
21-25 May 2013 Danube University Krems Austria*

Transparency and access to information, new ways of interacting with 
government and democratic institutions, and Internet-based, 
decentralized grassroots activism have caused profound changes to the 
way states are run and society expected to function. Social media and 
new dimensions of online social activity, including individual and 
collective content generation, collaboration and sharing as well as the 
emergence of spontaneous multilevel networks change our understanding of 
how to run countries and companies. Services provided by public and 
private organisations have increased citizens' independence and 
flexibility, but at the same time allow for more control. Now we have 
reached the point where we need to look at what the ideas, promises and 
suggestions have brought and why some projects have failed to reach the 
aims. Have aims and expectations been set too high? Or is the question 
how we define success (and failure)? Has the role of technology been 
overemphasised?

These are some of the questions and topics we would like to discuss at 
the 2013 Conference. CeDEM13 critically analyses present and future 
developments in e-democracy and open government.


*TRACKS*

E-Democracy and E-Participation
Open Collaborative Government
E-Policies and E-Society -- Human Rights for the Internet Age
Social and Mobile Media for Public Administration
E-Campaigning & E-Politics
Bottom-Up Movements
Open Data, Transparency and Open Innovation
Freedom in Digital Societies

*DATES*

Deadline for the submission of papers and workshop proposals: 15 January 
2013
Notification of acceptance: 29 March 2013
Camera-ready paper submission: 21 April 2013
Pre-conference event: 21 May 2013
Conference: 22-23 May 2013
Open space, extended workshops, colloquia: 24-25 May 2013