------ Apologies if you receive multiple copies Call for Papers Mobile Internet Services --------------------------------- A Special Session at the MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES and EXHIBITIONS -- mSOCIETY 2008 -- The 1st International Conference on Mobile Society -- EURO mGOV 2008 -- The 3rd European Conference on Mobile Government 15 -19 September 2008, Sheraton Voyager, Antalya, Turkey http://www.mgovernment.org/events/index.html mlife@mgovernment.org Chair: --------- Gianluca Misuraca Founder & CEO, KITE International UK LLP Research Associate, Chair Corporate Strategy & Innovation, College of Management of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, EPFL The purpose of this session is to explore the promises of Mobile Internet Services for next generation e-Government. Mobile Internet, in fact, is a relatively new phenomenon (actually yet to be effectively deployed) whose potential is largely unknown and unexplored but is already considered by many to be a key element in support of Government strategies and initiatives in the future. But what are the conditions and key enabling factors for this to become a reality? Indeed, mobile services and technologies have rapidly evolved. However, the use of these technologies in specific areas, such as public services for example, is still in its infancy and remains to be further researched and documented. Discussing some cases and innovative experiments of Mobile Internet Services, the session intends to point out a number of possible areas of application and promising technologies to be further elaborated, identifying the potential benefits, as well as the risks -and barriers- connected to their implementation, and the expected impacts on society. Moreover, the mix of mobile and web 2.0 technologies into a Mobile Internet paradigm, is potentially leading to new forms of participation pushed by enhancement of social awareness, as well as capacity of users. This is more and more the case in emerging markets, where demographic growth is exponential and education is also increasing, just as the availability of a large population of young and skilled people to use the latest device and readiness to be part of what someone called the “ubiquitous society” (mobility of content coupled with mobile access). In practice, the session will explore future scenarios with service- and knowledge-intensive perspectives, as more promising objectives than (or even to some extent, opposite to) a simple (and risky) information-intensive society evolution. In this regard, it is important to outline a key question around which the session is built: what kind of changes will take place in society in the next 10-20 years? And what will be the role of ICTs and mobile technologies in particular, in government operations? Please refer to http://www.mgovernment.org/events/specialSessions.html for further description on this special session call. Submissions ------------------ Submissions in the form of research papers (max 10 pages) and practice talks (max 1 page) are solicited via the conferences online submission system at the http://www.mgovernment.org/confadmin/ confadmin.php Further information on submissions and all about the conference can be found at http://www.mgovernment.org/events/mgov2008/home.html We are soliciting special sessions, panels or tutorials in your area of expertise.. please write to mlife@mgovernment.org if you are willing to so. This is greta opportunity to promote significant/emerging topics and your area of expertise, and a way to receive a complimentary registration to the conference. Contacts ------------- For all enquiries please write to the session chair: gianluca.misuraca@epfl.ch or the conference secretariat mlife@mgovernment.org indicating the name of the special sessions in the email. ------ IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik@mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 == please visit mLife events www.mgovernment.org/events/