-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Workshop on eParticipation : Real Demonstrations Datum: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 14:28:19 -0400 Von: Yannis Charalabidis yannisx@epu.ntua.gr Antwort an: Yannis Charalabidis yannisx@epu.ntua.gr An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

WORKSHOP eParticipation Research Projects: From Theory to Practice

SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL EGOV CONFERENCE 2008 Torino, Italy, August 31 - September 5, 2008

The workshop aims at bringing together eParticipation researchers and stimulating discussion among representatives of Enterprises, Governments and European Commission on the practical achievements and current challenges of electronic participation research. To achieve the above goal, central part in the workshop will be given to real-life demonstrations and cases analysis, accompanied by additional relevant contributions from other international research projects in the domain. A number of research projects currently being implemented in Europe and internationally have already been targeted, including: � MOMENTUM Project (European eParticipation Coordination Action) � FEED Project � DEMOS@WORK Project � LEXIS Project � WEB.DEP Project

Topics of the Workshop

Aiming at demonstrating solid research results and accumulated implementation experience, going beyond theoretical approaches, the workshop topics include the following:

� Electronic participation systems at local, national, regional or international level � Stakeholders engagement processes � Approaches enhancing participation of minorities in the decision process � Legislation-oriented eParticipation systems, involving NGO's and representative bodies � Technologies for eParticipation � Tools and Platforms for eParticipation � Argument visualisation and semantic annotation techniques � New channels of interaction for eParticipation systems � Applications of eParticipation systems in areas of digital divide � Applications of electronic democracy in countries or regions with diverse e-capacities � Legal and ethical issues affecting the adoption of eParticipation systems � Novel standardisation approaches in eParticipation � Impact assessment models and reusable case reports on eParticipation � Project, Quality and Risk Management Issues

Call for Contributions and Participation Contributions are welcome, in the form of short papers, presentations and especially real demonstrations of practical, result-oriented approaches on eParticipation. Title, Author information and abstract (200 words) has to be sent to the Workshop Chair, by 1st of July, 2008. Selection of contributions will be performed by the Workshop Programme Committee, based on relevance, maturity of the results and overall impact.

Workshop Organisation Corresponding WS chair Dr. Yannis Charalabidis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210 7723555 e-mail: yannisx@epu.ntua.gr

Co-chairs Rob Peters, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Workshop Program Committee Julia Glidden, 21c, UK Fraser Henderson, ICELE, UK Catherine Howe, PUBLIC-I LtD, UK Jiri Hrebicek, Mazaryk University, Czech Republic Vassilis Koulolias, GOV2U, Greece Euripides Loukis, Aegean University, Greece Maria Perez Ortega, GFI, Belgium Ella Smith, Napier ITC, UK Anna Triantafyllou, ATC SA, Greece Daniel Van Leberghe, Politech Institute, Belgium

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