[ecrea] IFIP 8.5 eGov/ePart conferences 2015 - General eParticipation Track

14th IFIP International Conference on eGovernment (IFIP EGOV2015)

7th IFIP International Conference on eParticipation (IFIP ePart2015)


31 August - 2 September 2015

Thessaloniki, Greece

http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2015


CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS


General eParticipation Track

eParticipation refers to the use of Information and Communication

Technologies to enhance political participation and citizen engagement.

eParticipation is by definition a multidisciplinary field of study. Today,

eParticipation is particularly timely and relevant in various contexts and

in diverse environments, e.g. digital democracy; participatory public

service design; use of open government data in eParticipation initiatives;

use of social media (e.g. Twitter, Facebook) by citizens, governments and

civil servants; top-down and bottom-up eParticipation initiatives related

to the economic and welfare issues, etc.


The General eParticipation Track serves as an umbrella for all

eParticipation-related topics except the special-topics track of Policy

Modelling and Policy Informatics (separate track). In particular, it also

covers emerging and special topics in eParticipation research.


Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following

topics:


* eParticipation research including theories, methods, models and

approaches;

* The role of social and mobile media and Web 2.0 in eParticipation;

* Transparency and open access for eParticipation;

* Design and co-creation of participatory public services; bottom-up

initiatives;

* Privacy, security and ethical considerations in eParticipation;

* Advances in eParticipation Domains: Online deliberation and discourse,

participatory budgeting, eConsultation, ePolling, and eLegislation,

eElectioneering, eCampaigning and eVoting;

* Advances in participatory policy making using policy modelling,

simulation, impact assessment and visualisation methods and tools;

* eParticipation and big data;

* Smart cities and the role of citizens;

* Environmental Information Systems and citizen participation;

* The role of eParticipation in national and global crisis situations;

* Comparative analyses of eParticipation practices;

* Impact assessment and public value considerations of eParticipation on

real world decision making;

* Digital literacy and its consequences for eParticipation;

* eParticipation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and

impact.


Formats


This track hosts two distinct formats of contributions:


* Completed research papers (max. 12 pages, published in the IFIP ePart

proceedings of Springer LNCS)

* Ongoing research and innovative projects (max. 8 pages, published in

alternate proceedings by IOS Press)


Beyond the tracks, the dual IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015 conference also hosts:


* Posters (max. 2 pages), to be exposed along the welcome reception on

Tuesday evening

* Workshops and panels on pertinent issues, short abstracts (2 pages), and

* PhD colloquium submissions (max. 8 pages).


all to be included in the alternate proceedings published by IOS Press.


Prior to the conference (that is, on Sunday and Monday, August 30 and 31),

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. Read more

about the submission guidelines and review criteria on the conference

Website.


Important Dates


* March 15, 2015 - Submission of papers (hard deadline)

* April 15, 2015 - Submission of workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium

contributions

* April 30, 2015 - Notification of acceptance/rejection decisions for

papers

* May 15, 2015 - Notification of acceptance for

workshops/panels/posters/PhD colloquium contributions

* May 31, 2015 - Camera-ready papers of completed research, of ongoing

research/PhD colloquium papers, posters, workshop and panel descriptions


Submission

All papers should be submitted

to:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2015


Track Chairs

Efthimios Tambouris (lead), University of Macedonia, Greece

Oystein Saebo, Agder University, Norway

Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK


Program Committee

Please check the conference website for an updated list.




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