*** 16th IFIP International Conference on eGovernment (IFIP EGOV 2017) and 9th IFIP International Conference on eParticipation (IFIP ePart 2017) *** 4 -7 September 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2017/egov-2017 General eParticipation Track - Call for Papers The General eParticipation track aims to present the best of recent developments in the multidisciplinary field of electronic Participation (eParticipation), covering a wide range of technical, political and social areas in this expanding discipline. The track will focus on, but is not limited to, the following topics: * Foundations of eParticipation research including theories, methods, models and approaches; * The role of social and mobile media and Web 2.0 in eParticipation; * Transparency and open access for eParticipation; * Design and co-creation of participatory public services; bottom-up initiatives; * Privacy, security and ethical considerations in eParticipation; * Advances in eParticipation Domains: Online deliberation and discourse, participatory budgeting, eConsultation, ePolling, and eLegislation, eElectioneering, eCampaigning and eVoting * Advances in participatory policy making using policy modelling, simulation, impact assessment and visualisation methods and tools; * eParticipation and big data; * The role of eParticipation in national and global crisis situations; * Comparative analyses of eParticipation practices; * Impact assessment and public value considerations of eParticipation on real world decision making; * Digital literacy and its consequences for eParticipation; * eParticipation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and impact Submission types * Completed research papers (up to 12 pages, published in LCNS Springer). Papers in this category deal with completed research. They will be peer reviewed for rigour, relevance, originality and clarity of presentation. * Ongoing research and innovative projects papers (up to 8 pages, published by IOS Press). These papers can describe novel concepts, works-in-progress, or other ideas and issues that are not currently suitable for a completed research paper. They will also be peer reviewed but the emphasis is on relevance more than scientific rigour. * Workshops and panels on pertinent issues (2 pages, published by IOS Press). Proposals for workshops and panels should include rationale, objectives, expected outcomes and approach to audience participation. * Poster proposals (2 pages, published by IOS Press). Authors of accepted submissions are expected to bring their posters which will be displayed to the conference audience. Posters proposals will not be blind reviewed. * PhD colloquium submissions (up to 8 pages, published by IOS Press). A PhD student colloquium will be held prior to the conference. Papers of accepted submissions will be included in the proceedings. Proceedings All accepted completed research papers will be published by Springer Verlag (LNCS). Accepted submissions in all other categories will be published by IOS Press. Important Dates 15 February 2017: Submission of papers 15 March 2017: Submission of workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions 1 April 2017: Notification of decisions for papers/workshops/panels/posters/PhD colloquium contributions 20 May 2017: Camera-ready papers of accepted completed research/ongoing research/workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions Track chairs Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK Oystein Saebo, University of Agder, Norway