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-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] 3rd CfP : IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015 -- General Electronic Government Track Datum: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 18:09:38 +0000 Von: Hans J. Scholl jscholl@uw.edu An: aisworld AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org

Third CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

OVERVIEW

General Electronic Government Track at IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015

The dual 14th IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) and the 7th Electronic Participation (ePart) Conference 2015 www.egov-conference.org http://www.egov-conference.org http://www.egov-conference.org/ and www.epart-conference.org http://www.epart-conference.org http://www.epart-conference.org/ will be held from Sunday, August 30 to Thursday, September 3, 2015 under the local auspices of the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, http://www.uom.gr/ at the Electra Palace Hotel, Platia Aristotelous 9, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece.

The annual international IFIP EGOV conference is the top-2 ranked core conference in the domain of ICT in the public sector and the public sphere. Each year, scholars from all over the globe present the most recent advancements and findings of research and innovations in e-Government, e-Governance and related fields of study

Track Chairs:

Hans Jochen Scholl (lead), University of Washington, USA, email: jscholl@uw.edu mailto:jscholl@uw.edu Marijn Janssen, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands, email:M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl mailto:M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl , and Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, email: wimmer@uni-koblenz.de mailto:wimmer@uni-koblenz.de

The General EGOV Track serves as an umbrella for all e-Government-related topics except the special-topics tracks of Open Government and Big Data and Smart Governance, Smart Government, and Smart Cities. In particular, it also covers emerging and special topics in e-Government research.

Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: ⎯Foundations of e-Government and e-governance research including theories, standards of inquiry, methods and frameworks as well as multi- and interdisciplinary approaches to e-Government research ⎯Innovation management, transformation and change management ⎯Strategies and policies for ICT-enabled public administration overhaul ⎯E-Government architectures (vertical, horizontal, and networked) ⎯Public administration back and front offices overhaul (cases, practices, lessons learned) ⎯Design approaches for ICT solutions in the public sector, including stakeholder engagement, citizen co-creation, and crowd sourcing ⎯Information governance (strategies, information sharing practices, privacy practices) ⎯Public-sector CIOs (roles, impact, span of control, issues, and challenges) ⎯Public-sector COOs (roles, impact, span of control, issues, and challenges) ⎯Public-sector ICT workforce (management, retention, compensation, etc.) ⎯Public-sector information management (challenges and opportunities, cases) ⎯Enterprise ICT management initiatives ⎯Managing and upgrading public-sector legacy systems ⎯Intergovernmental integration and interoperation ⎯Safe public online access and online identity management ⎯ICT portfolio management in the public sector ⎯ICT insourcing versus outsourcing approaches ⎯Data protection and privacy management in the public sphere ⎯Social media use for G2B and G2C communications ⎯Social media impact on public administration practices ⎯Integration of online and inline services (opportunities, challenges, case) ⎯Cross-jurisdictional alliances for online government services ⎯ICT-enabled transnational government collaboration ⎯Special topics (for example, disaster management, cybersecurity, etc.) and novel topics (for example, ICT4D, e-Justice, etc.) ⎯ICT-enabled critical infrastructure management, risks, and policies ⎯Public-asset risk management ⎯Geographical information systems in government ⎯EGOV project success and failure cases ⎯ICT usage, acceptance, measurement, benchmarking, and benefit management ⎯Online performance metrics for public services ⎯Return on investment and sustainability of ICT investments in the public sector

FORMATS

Across its tracks, the dual IFIP EGOV/ePart 2015 conference hosts three distinct formats of contributions:

•Completed research papers (max. 12 pages, published in the IFIP EGOV 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 and included in the alternate proceedings •Workshops and panels on pertinent issues, short abstracts (2 pages) to be included in the alternate proceedings, and •PhD colloquium submissions (max. 8 pages)

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

These formats encourage both, scientific rigor and discussions of innovative research approaches, work in progress, and studies of practical e-Government, e-Governance or e-Participation projects along with papers on system implementations.

Prior to the conference (that is, on Sunday and/or 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: www.egov-conference.org http://www.egov-conference.org http://www.egov-conference.org/ www.epart-conference.org http://www.epart-conference.org http://www.epart-conference.org/

IMPORTANT DATES:

•March 15, 2015—Submission of papers (hard deadline-no late submissions allowed) •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, ongoing research, posters, workshop and panel descriptions

SUBMISSION SITE:

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

2015 DUAL CONFERENCE CHAIRS:

•Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece (tambouris@uom.gr mailto:tambouris@uom.gr) •Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA (jscholl@uw.edu mailto:jscholl@uw.edu) •Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl mailto:M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl) •Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany (wimmer@uni-koblenz.de mailto:wimmer@uni-koblenz.de) •Konstantinos Tarabanis, University of Macedonia, Greece (kat@uom.gr mailto:kat@uom.gr)