INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on eGOVERNMENT & eGOVERNANCE

CALL FOR PAPERS (TRACKS / THEMES)

The conference will especially focus on presentations that address the key segments for implementing eGovernment and eGovernance including the implementation experience, best practices, and case studies. Contributions will be evaluated on their originality, clarity and relevance. Both submissions from all scientific areas and from people with practical experience in industry or government are welcome.

Individual Submissions

All  researchers, practitioners and academics across the globe are welcome to submit an abstract in the field of eGovernment and eGovernance.

Call for Organizing Special Sessions

Researchers, practitioners and all other interested persons are welcome to submit a proposal to organize a special session on eGovernment and eGovernance. Each special session will have at least 4 paper. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, etc. 

Proposals to organize a special session should include the following information: name and address, e-mail, title of session, an about 50-100 word description of the topic of the session. Usually, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer.  Session organizers are expected to send all abstracts to the following e-mail address:

icegov@sobiad.org

The efforts of the organizers of the special sessions will be recognized as follows:

Both flight and accommodation spending will be covered by the Conference Organizers and the registration fee of the session organizer will be waived if at least 4 authors of invited papers register at the conference.

Scope

A2C - Authority-to-Citizen EGovernment:
Online procurement of public goods and services

C2A - Citizen-to-Authority EGovernment:
Online participation of citizens in Government

A2A - Authority-to-Authority EGovernment:
Co-operation among governmental departments and among governments.

B2A - Business-to-Authority EGovernment:
Government departments as customers

A2M - Authority-to-Market EGovernment:
Regulation and governmental stimulation of electronic markets

Topic Areas

The conference invites new and original submissions in the eGovernment and

eGovernance area including (but not limited to) the following topics:

Topics in general

eGovernment  foundations and methods

eGovernment research and education 
eGovernment environment
Assessment of eGovernment 
Conceptual design and frameworks for eGovernment  
Emerging technologies in eGovernment   
eGovernment : case studies and best practices
eGovernment development
New topics in eGovernment

eGovernment  organization and management

eGovernment strategies and implementation

eGovernment issues in government-to-citizens relationships 

e-service delivery - government to citizen

eGovernment issues in government-to-businesses relationships 

eGovernment : Intergovernmental issues

eGovernment : Legal and political issues  

Social, technical, and economical aspects of eGovernment

eGovernment services and information
ICT & innovation in public sector

eGovernment  information security, privacy and trust

eProcurement

Applications of eGovernment

Measuring eGovernment performance

mGovernment

eGovernance
eParticipation and eCitizenship
eDemocracy

eVoting

mGovernance

and all other topics related directly or indirectly with eGovernment and eGovernance

eGovernment: research and education, foundations and methods

Research directions and foundations for eGovernment

Methodological issues in eGovernment research
Inter- versus multi-disciplinary eGovernment research
Epistemologies in eGovernment research
Critical Management Studies and eGovernment research
Organization theory and eGovernment theory
Social studies of ICT and eGovernment research

New public management and e-Government

Teaching eGovernment

Strategies and frameworks, motivators, and contexts

Assessment, evaluation and benefit models for ICT investments

Mobile Government research and applications

Information quality

Education, training courses, and curricula

The eGovernment environment and assessment

Frameworks and guidelines for eGovernment
eGovernment policies, strategies and implementation    
Legal, societal and cultural aspects of eGovernment   

Stakeholders of eGovernment

Economic, political, social, cultural environment and eGovernment
Methods and tools for assessment
Analysis of values for eGovernment stakeholders
Public value generation through eGovernment
 

Conceptual design and frameworks for eGovernment   

Administrative process of eGovernment design and change

Knowledge management

Information systems

Change management (reengineering and reinventing eGovernment)

Transforming eGovernment

Emerging technologies in eGovernment   

Mobile technologies
Media integration, e.g. integration of VoIP and mobile phones with eGov services
Web services
Semantic web technologies
eGov ontologies
 

eGovernment : case studies and best practices

International, regional, national projects

Case studies

Comparative analyses of current practices

Best practices  

International cooperation

eGovernment development
 

Customizing and localizing eGovernment solutions
Formal engineering techniques for eGovernment

Licensing models for eGovernment
Development through contracts
Collaborative development
Aligning software and organizational development
Quality assurance for eGovernment development
Risk assessment for eGovernment

Semantic technologies for eGovernment
Rapid development of electronic public services
Standards for electronic public service development
Multi-channel delivery of electronic public services

Domain modeling and engineering
Model-driven development
Use of architecture patterns
Development for accessibility and usability

 

New topics in eGovernment

Agendas for eGovernment research
New research methodologies for the study of eGovernment
Inter- and multidisciplinary research designs in eGovernment
Mobile Government: challenges, opportunities, standards
mGovernment
Government's role in open-source
IT, government, and an aging population
Ethical issues in eGovernment

eGovernment  organization and management
 
Organization and management theory and eGovernment

Strategies for development, implementation, maintenance
Change management of online services in public sector
Knowledge management of online services in public sector

System design and requirements engineering for eGovernment
eGovernment strategies
eGovernment control
Innovation management and trend monitoring

 

eGovernment services and information

Citizens' desires and needs on eGovernment services
Challenges and opportunities of eGovernment service delivery  
Business process analysis, value-chain analysis for eGovernment services
Development and maintenance issues of government portals
Identification, authentication, and trust in eGovernment services
Access to governmental documents and records including legal, policy, and technical implications
IT-based procedures, workflow support, protocols, and schemes used for government services
Electronic record management and archiving
Digital preservation of government records
Aspects of outsourcing process chains in e-services provision

e-Inclusion

Web accessibility issues
WCAG 1.0. and 2.0 applications
Combatting digital divide
Disadvantaged groups in the society and e-gov
Handicapped persons and e-gov issues
 

ICT & innovation in public sector

e-Innovation strategy, policies, programmes, practice in public sector

Successful  models for the planning and implementation of innovation in public sector

Evaluating and benchmarking innovation in the public sector  

Diffusion and adoption of innovation in the public sector

Innovation and transformation of eGovernment

eGovernment:  information security, privacy and trust

Protection of critical infrastructures
Information assurance
Security related ınformation sharing
Information warfare
Privacy and freedom of information
Government roles in securing cyberspace
Case studies of information security, privacy and trust

Best practices of information security, privacy and trust

Data privacy, data protection, and digital delegation of rights

Digital identity cards, one stop government, and mobile access

Cyber terrorism

Hacking

Viruses

Identity theft

Data retention policies and legislations

Data sharing

Security of infrastructure

Social networks and politics

Privacy enhancing technologies

Anonymity vs. digital fingertip

eProcurement

Public eProcurement

Public eProcurement processes

Evaluation of public eProcurement processes and tools

Innovative approaches to public eProcurement design

Success factors for implementing public eProcurement

Case studies of eProcurement

Best practices of eProcurement

Applications of eGovernment

e-services in the administrative, health-care, education, judicial, executive, defense, etc. branches of the pubic sector

Online health-care services in public sector

Online education services in public sector

Online judicial services in public sector

Electronic payments

eTax administration

Public record archives

Electronic waste

Measuring eGovernment performance

eGovernment performance indicators

eGovernment performance measurement

Evaluating eGovernment

Benchmarking indicators

Striking the costs-benefits balance

Agile metrics

eGovernment parameters

Website evaluation and ranking

mGovernment

The transition from eGovernment to mGovernment

eGovernment and m-government integration

Evaluation of mGovernment in the context of eGovernment
mGovernment technologies as the infrastructure

Evolution of mobile internet technologies
Mobile standards and protocols
Mobile government integration
mGovernment portals 

mGovernment applications and services

Mobile government field force
m-payment applications - bill, loan, fine charges

m-government’s impact on government organizations

m-government and transforming public management

security and privacy issues
legal issues and m-government

 

eGovernance
 

Theoretical and analytical studies of eParticipation and e-Citizenship

Empirical studies of eParticipation and e-Citizenship

Case studies of eParticipation and e-Citizenship

e-Participation applications

Analyses of impacts and adoption of eGovernment, e-Democracy, and e-Participation systems
Experience and involvement of the "e-Citizen"
Studies of citizens and democratic processes in virtual worlds

e-democracy

Online rule-making

freedom of information

e-moderation

e-Voting

Risks and advantages from e-Voting

Touch screen voting

Local e-Participation

mGovernance

Mobile Politics
m-democracy
m-Voting

m-government and development

m-Government and mCities

m-governance : case studies

m-governance : best practices

The future and the potential of m-governance