-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CfP Blockchain and Transformational Government - dg.o 2019 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:34:39 +0100 From: Svein Ølnes sol@vestforsk.no To: AISworld@lists.aisnet.org

*CFP Dg.o2019: BlockChain and Transformational Government*

*dg.o 2019: 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research*

*Theme: Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence*

Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government

Dubai, UAE, June 18-20, 2019

http://dgsoc.org/dgo-2019 Email:dgo2019@easychair.org Twitter handle: #dgo2019

*CONFERENCE BACKGROUND* The Digital Government Society (DGS) announces the 20th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research - dg.o 2019, with the theme "*Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence*". dg.o 2019 will be hosted by the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from June 18 till 20, 2019. The dg.o conferences are an established forum for presentation, discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary research on digital government, political participation, civic engagement, technology innovation, applications, and practice. Each year the conference brings together scholars recognized for the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of their work, their contributions to theory (rigor) and practice (relevance), their focus on important and timely topics and the quality of their writing.

*TRACK 6: **BlockChain and Transformational Government*

*Track Chairs:*Svein Ølnes Western Norway Research Institute svein.olnes@vestforsk.no

Lemuria Carter University of New South Wales Lemuria.Carter@unsw.edu.au

Jolien Ubacht Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands J.Ubacht@tudelft.nl

Ramzi El-Haddadeh Qatar University rhaddadeh@qu.edu.qa

*TRACK DESCRIPTION*

In the past years, researchers and practitioners have highlighted the potential of Blockchain (BC) and distributed ledger technology to revolutionize government processes. Blockchain technology enables distributed power and embedded security. As such, Blockchain is regarded as an innovative, general purpose technology, offering new ways of organization in many domains, including e-government for transactions and information exchange. However, due to its very characteristics of peer to peer information exchange, its distributed nature, the still developing technology, the involvement of new actors, roles, etc., the implementation of blockchain applications raise issues that need governance attention.

BC initiatives have implications for citizen trust, privacy, inclusion and participation. Governmental organizations need a thorough understanding of the BC design principles, the possible applications in the domain of e-government and the exploration of governance mechanisms to deal with the limitations and challenges of the BC technology when used in a myriad of sectors, ranging from the financial and business sector to the social domains of healthcare and education.

This track seeks research that explores the impact of block chain technology on all levels of government and effects or applications in society that raise governance issues. We welcome a diversity in research designs, approaches and methodologies.

*KEYWORDS*

Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Distributed Computing, Peer-to-Peer Information Exchange

*IMPORTANT DATES*

January 15, 2019: Papers are due

January 20, 2019: Workshops, tutorials, and panel proposals due

March 1, 2019: Application deadline for 2019 doctoral colloquium

March 1, 2019: Notifications of acceptance

March 15, 2019: Posters and demo proposals due

April 5, 2019: Poster/demo author notifications

April 1-, 2019: Camera-ready manuscripts due

May 10, 2019: Early registration closes!

*SUBMISSION TYPES AND FORMATS*Research papers (maximum of 10 pages)

Management, Case Study, or Policy papers (maximum of 6 pages)

Panel descriptions (maximum of 4 pages)

Posters (maximum of 2 pages)

System demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)

Pre-Conference tutorial proposals (maximum of 2 pages)

Pre-Conference workshop proposals (maximum of 2 pages)

Doctoral colloquium application (maximum of 10 pages)

Submission Site: https://easychair.org/cfp/dgo2019

Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for each type of submission in camera-ready ACM Proceedings format (double column, single spaced pages). Please do not use page numbers. Paper titles should be on the first page of text, rather than on a separate cover page.

Research, Management, Case Study, and Policy papers will be reviewed through a *double-blind review* process. Therefore, author names and contact information must be omitted from all submissions. Authors must identify the topic(s) being addressed in the paper to assist the program committee in the review process.

All other submissions should follow the same ACM proceedings camera-ready format, but include author names.

All accepted submissions require at least one author to be registered for the conference before the camera-ready copy is due for it to be included in the conference proceedings. The authors of more than two papers can register for and present at most two co-authored papers. Third paper on, some other co-author registration and presentation are required.

At least one author is expected to attend the conference to present the work _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org