Apologies for Double Postings Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals Eighth international EGOV conference 2009, Linz (Austria), August 30 - September 3, 2009 The international EGOV conference annually presents the state of e-Government and e-Governance research and practice. Thereby, the conference provides important guidance in this fast-moving domain of study. http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009/call-for-papers The EGOV conference brings together leading researchers and professionals from all over the globe and from many disciplines. Over the years, the interest has increased tremendously. The 2008 conference attracted some 130 participants from more than 30 countries from all over the world including developing countries, with 32 contributions in outstanding research, 25 contributions in ongoing research, 10 projects contributions and 5 workshops. Also, 10 PhD papers were accepted and presented at the doctoral colloquium preceding the conference. Every year the EGOV Conference proves its capacity to serve as a platform for academics and professionals and as an important ground for networking in the community. Organizational and user-related issues long discussed among researchers have finally gained influence on practice. Conversely, e-Government practice has influenced and inspired e-Government research. A wide range of topics has received scholarly attention. In recent years, the assessment of e-Government efforts, the prospects of e-Government as a research discipline, and the role of information and communication technology for development rank among the top topics on the research agenda. These themes will also be well-received contributions at EGOV 2009. The eighth EGOV conference includes, but is not limited to the following topics around e-Government and e-Governance and other fields of ICT application in the public sector: - Research theories and frameworks for public sector modernization with the support of ICT - Research methods, method integration and techniques - Analyzing and assessing contemporary research in e-Government and e-Governance - Designing systems for the public sector: innovative cases and systems - Studying ICT usage, acceptance and performance of technology-supported public sector activities: methods and contemporary case analyses - Future directions in research and practice of ICT in the public sector - Innovation management, change management and complexity management in shaping public sector advancements - Transformation, customer-driven public sector reengineering and change management - Mass collaboration of stakeholders in government modernization: participative governance, simulation, animation, gaming and policy modeling - New ways of innovative developments: crowd sourcing, grid computing, social software etc. - Economics, evaluation and stakeholders - Theories, concepts and solutions to deal with specific challenging topics in the application field: complexity, system dynamics, evolution, change management, mobile technologies, information preservation, trust and privacy, information management, ICT4D, information quality, adaptability and agility, integration and interoperation, systems and enterprise architecture, domain-specific social networking cases and solutions, semantic technologies, etc. - Crises management, emergency and disaster response, public-private cooperation, transnational government - Education, training courses, and curricula The EGOV Conference Series hosts four distinct formats of contributions: Scientific papers (distinguished between completed research and ongoing research); project presentations, and workshops. These formats encourage scientific rigor and discussions of the state of the art in the study domain, but also welcome innovative research in progress, and studies of practical e-Government or e-Governance projects, as well as system implementation. We seek innovative and rigorous contributions. Accepted papers of high-quality, completed research will be published in Springer Os Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS.) Ongoing research and project papers will be published in the Trauner (Linz) proceedings. Read more in the submission guidelines and review criteria The conference will again host a PhD student colloquium providing doctoral students with an international forum for presenting their work, networking opportunities and cross-disciplinary inspiration. Read more about the PhD Colloquium ... Submission of papers: February 28, 2009 Submission of workshop/panel proposals: April 15, 2009 Submissions to PhD colloquium: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance for papers: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/PhD submissions: May 15, 2009 Camera-ready papers due: Papers in LNCS proceedings: May 31, 2009 Papers in Trauner Druck proceedings: June 15, 2009 For 2009, EGOV will be first time co-located with ePart, the new International Conference on e-Participation, which will be dedicated to topics on e-Participation and e-Democracy. ePart will be parallel to EGOV at the conference venue. To submit a paper to EGOV, please consult www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009 <http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009> . To submit a paper to ePart, please consult www.demo-net.org/epart/. The deadline for contributions in the categories completed research, ongoing research, projects and cases, and issues of general development is 28th February 2009. Workshops, panels and PhD proposals may be submitted until the 15th April 2009. We would appreciate if you could spread the word about the open calls and open submission system to your colleagues, collaborators and communities. Dr. Hans J (Jochen) Scholl, MBA Associate Professor The Information School University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Suite 310C Box 352840 Seattle, WA 98195-2840, USA Skype: jochenscholl Phone: (206) 616-2543 Fax: (206) 616-3152 Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl