Apologies for cross-postings. Please distribute freely. ****CALL FOR PAPERS & ****Announcement of joint EGOV and Demo-net PhD Colloquium & ****Change of submission deadline for research papers* *EGOV06* *Fifth EGOV conference* Krakow (Poland), September 4 - 8, 2006 The EGOV Conference Series assesses the state of the art in e-Government and e-Governance and provides guidance for research and development in this fast-moving field. The annual conferences bring together leading researchers and professionals from all over the globe and from many disciplines. Over the years, the interest has increased tremendously: the 2005 conference saw more than one hundred accepted contributions and over 150 participants coming from more than 30 countries, also including several developing countries. Hence, the EGOV Conferences have become a reunion for academics and professionals as well as an important ground for networking. The EGOV Conference Series hosts four distinct formats of contributions: Scientific papers, project presentations, workshops, and panel discussions. These formats have been found attractive for both researchers and practitioners. They encourage scientific rigor and discussions of state of the art in the field, but also welcome innovative research work in progress, and studies of practical eGovernment projects and systems implementation. Following the success of last year¹s pilot, the series also includes a PhD student colloquium, which provides doctoral students with a forum for presenting their work, with networking opportunities as well as with cross-disciplinary inspiration. Over the years, the organizers have witnessed that organisational and user-related issues long discussed among researchers have finally gained importance in practice. Also, while many topics have maintained high attention and relevancy over the years, nowadays also the issues of assessment of eGov efforts , the role of eGov, and ICT in general, for development have made it to the top of the agenda. However, these new topics have not yet been thoroughly researched. For the fourth EGOV conference, hence, the list of topics includes the following: *The eGovernment environment* * Frameworks and guidelines for eGovernment and eGovernance * eGovernment policies, strategies and implementation ** * Legal, societal and cultural aspects of eGovernment** *eGovernment implementation* * Participation, eDemocracy and eVoting * One-stop government, electronic service delivery, mobile services * Interoperability and standards, semantic standardisation * Trust and security: provisions and instruments** *Conceptual design and frameworks for eGovernment * * Administrative process design and change, collaborative activities, legal interpretation * Knowledge management, public information, decision process support * Change management and new organisational arrangements: public-private-partnerships, virtual teams * Enterprise architectures and other whole-government approaches *Assessment of eGovernment* * Methods and tools for assessment * Experiences from assessment trials * Analysis of values for eGovernment stakeholders * Public value generation through 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 and development* * International and regional projects, case studies and best practice * International dimensions: cooperation, comparisons, networks * The role of eGovenment in development (ICT4D) *eGovernment research and education* * Teaching eGovernment * Methods and tools for eGovernment research * Exemplars of inter- and multidisciplinary research Submission information Submissions may qualify as follows: * Research papers * Communication of ongoing research, projects, and general development issues * Workshops and panels on pertinent issues * PhD colloquium submissions Section 1 EGOV research papers The* Research section *invites both empirical, theoretical and conceptual work. While there is a strong focus on scientific rigor, relevance for eGovernment development is equally important. Papers in this section may be max 12 pages. ** Papers in this section will be double blind reviewed by 3 reviewers for rigor, relevance, originality and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" (LNCS). Section 2 eGovernment Communications The* Communications section *invites* * * Ongoing research max 8 pages in traditional scientific paper format * Project and case descriptions max 8 pages project descriptions and discussion of ongoing or completed projects. Papers in this section will also be double blind reviewed, but focus is more on relevance than scientific rigor. Accepted papers will be published by Trauner Druck. Section 3 Workshops and panels The *Workshop & panels section* invites ** * Proposals for workshops/panels max 3 pages abstracts. Workshops and panels on topics pertinent to eGov issues or developments. Proposals will be reviewed for quality and relevance by at least two members of the organising committee (*not* blind review). Proposals should be max 3 pages and they should indicate the intended participants of the workshop/panel discussants. PhD student colloquium The PhD student colloquium, held in conjunction with the DEXA conference (either before or after the conference days) and in cooperation with the Demo-net project, invites students to submit their PhD project and thesis proposals which will be reviewed and discussed by other PhD students and senior eGov researchers. This is useful for bringing PhD students who are scattered across countries and disciplines more together. Contributions will be published by Alcatel in a PhD colloquium brochure. Among the PhD students, the senior eGov researchers and EGOV organising committee will award a PhD students prize based on the quality of the submitted paper, presentation and the underlying research project. Proposals will be reviewed by the organising committee for rigor and relevance. Students may come from any discipline relevant to eGovernment research and practice. Papers must be max 7 pages. Important dates For submission details, review criteria, paper registration and electronic submission see http://www.dexa.org starting from the *first week of December 2005*. Submission of research papers and communications: March 1, 2006- - extended!!! Submission of workshop/panel proposals: April 15, 2006 Submissions to PhD colloquium April 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance for papers April 15, 2006 Notification of acceptance for Workshops/panels/PhD submissions May 15, 2006 Camera-ready copies due May 31, 2006 Organsing Team / inquiries *General chair:* Roland Traunmüller *Program chairs: * Ake Grönlund, Sweden Maria Wimmer, Germany Kim Viborg Andersen, Denmark Hans Jochen Scholl, USA Further information on the EGOV conference is available under: http://www.uni-koblenz.de/FB4/Institutes/IWVI/AGVInf/Conferences/egov2006/, and on the DEXA conference cluster in general: http://www.dexa.org.