[ecrea] Call for papers - EGOV 2013 conference - Koblenz, Germany, 16-19 September 2013

Call for papers*
IFIP e-government conference*

*EGOV 2013 conference
16-19 September 2013
Koblenz, Germany*

*More information : http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2013*

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.

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