-- We kindly apologize for multiple postings -- ================================== Sixth International EGOV Conference 2007 (EGOV-7) within the DEXA conference cluster <http://www.dexa.org> Regensburg (Germany), September 3 - 7, 2007 Call for Papers For more details please see the website of the European EGOV Society: http://www.egov-society.org -> / -> Conferences -> EGVO 07 The international EGOV conference series gives annual state of the art overviews in eGovernment and eGovernance research, implementation and application. Thereby, the conferences provide important guidance for research and development in this fast-moving domain of study. The annual EGOV 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 2006 conference attracted about 130 participants from 28 countries all over the world including developing countries, with 30 contributions in outstanding research, 30 contributions in ongoing research, 15 projects contributions and 5 workshops. 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 (distinguished between completed research and ongoing research); project presentations, and workshops. These formats encourage scientific rigor and discussions of state of the art in the study domain, but also welcome innovative research work in progress, and studies of practical eGovernment projects and systems implementation. The conference also includes a PhD student colloquium providing doctoral students with an international forum for presenting their work, networking opportunities and cross-disciplinary inspiration. Over the years, organizational and user-related issues long discussed among researchers have finally gained influence on practice. Conversely, eGovernment practice has influenced and inspired eGovernment research. A wide range of topics has received scholarly attention over the years. In recent years, the assessment of eGovernment efforts, the prospects of eGovernment as a research discipline, and the role of information and communication technology for development rank among the top topics on the research agenda. For the sixth series of EGOV conferences, hence, the list of topics includes the following: * Strategies and frameworks, motivators, contextual biases - Frameworks and guidelines for eGovernment and eGovernance - eGovernment policies, strategies and implementation - Legal, societal and cultural aspects of eGovernment - Public awareness of eServices availability * eDemocracy and eParticipation challenges - Research challenges and frameworks - eParticipation and eVoting tools and technologies - eParticipation socio-technical research concepts and solutions - Applications and cases of eParticipation solutions - Social networking and communities to foster political debates - The role of local communities in eParticipation * Assessment of eGovernment and eParticipation - Methods and tools for assessment - Experiences from assessment trials - Analysis of values for eGovernment stakeholders - Public value generation through eGovernment - Cross-national comparative studies * eGovernment and development (ICT4D) - Transnational eGovernment - International and regional projects, case studies and best practice - International dimensions: cooperation, comparisons, networks - The role of eGovenment in development (ICT4D) * eGovernment research - Methods and tools of eGovernment research - Inter- and multidisciplinary research ­ issues and examples - Bridging single discipline research towards multidisciplinarity - Issues distinguishing the eGov domain of study. * Training courses and teaching eGovernment - Teaching eGovernment - eSkills development: training courses and eLearning solutions for public sector employees - eSkills development: how to train the citizens? - Syllabus for teaching and training eGovernment and eParticipation * Conceptual design and frames - Administrative process design and change, collaborative activities, legal interpretation - Knowledge management, public information, decision process support - eGovernment ontologies - Change management and new organisational arrangements: public-private- partnerships, virtual teams - Enterprise architectures and other whole-government approaches * Implementation aspects - One-stop government, electronic service delivery, mobile services - Interoperability and standards, semantic standardisation - Trust and security: provisions and instruments * mGovernment and emerging technologies for eGovernment and eParticipation - Mobile technologies - Mobile fieldwork in government: Challenges and promises - Media integration, media convergence, e.g. integration of VoIP and mobile phones with eGov services - Digital TV as a means to reach the citizen? - Semantic web technologies Submissions may qualify as follows: * Completed research papers * Ongoing research, projects, and general development issues * Workshops and panels on pertinent issues * PhD colloquium submissions We seek for innovative and rigorous contributions. Further details are available at the conference website: http://www.egov-society.org/ --------------------- Third PhD Colloquium General The 3rd EGOV PhD student colloquium will be held on 2nd and 3rd September in conjunction with the annual EGOV conference. The objective of the Colloquium is to bring together Ph.D. students working on any aspect of eGovernment (technical, organizational, informational, societal, socio- technical, research foundations, tools, and applications, or any combination) from a theoretical or empirical perspective and give them an opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive, and international atmosphere. The Colloquium will particularly provide an opportunity for student participants to interact with leading researchers in the field and with the eGovernment community as a whole. Both the diversity of research avenues and the interactive setting will provide a unique learning opportunity for all participants of the colloquium. A committee of PhD students guided by advice from two international faculty members will organize the PhD Colloquium. Submission guidelines Submissions to the PhD Colloquium should be sent to the PhD program chairs <http://www.uni-koblenz.de/%7Eegov/egov-s/egov2007/organising> by email. Paper submission shall follow the same guidelines as those for general EGOV07 research paper submissions. However, PhD Colloquium submissions should be marked as such. We will group the PhD submissions in a way that early-stage and close-to-defense contributions are grouped separately for presentation and discussion. This will allow for very focused discussion, comments, and support, which will meet the particular needs of the individual study phase. Plenary parts will also be organized to support networking among all students. PhD papers should be single-authored and should indicate the name and affiliation of proposer, abstract (max. 300 words), 3-5 keywords, introduction, research aim, theory, method, results achieved and/or prospective results, references. Since the number of participants is limited, the proposals will be critically reviewed by the organising committee for rigor, quality and relevance. Students may come from any discipline relevant to eGovernment research and practice. There will be a best contribution award. For further details please see : http://www.egov-society.org/ ----------------- Deadlines Submission of research papers, ongoing research, project and case papers): February 15, 2007 Submission of workshop/panel proposals: April 15, 2007 (to be sent to the organising committee via email) Submissions to PhD colloquium: April 15, 2007 (to be sent to the organising committee via email) Notification of acceptance for papers: April 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/PhD submissions: May 15, 2007 Camera-ready copies due: Papers in LNCS proceedings: May 31, 2007 Papers in Trauner Druck proceedings: June 15, 2007 General information for the EGOV conference can be found at www.egov-society.org <http://www.egov-society.org/> ; Info on the location and for further conferences at the DEXA conference cluster: see www.dexa.org Organising chairs of the conference * Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz- Landau (DE) <wimmer@uni-koblenz.de> * Ake Grönlund, Orebro University (SE) <ake.gronlund@esi.oru.se> * Jochen Scholl, University of Washington (USA) <jscholl@u.washington.edu> Organising chairs of the PhD Colloquium * Kim V. Andersen Copenhagen Business School (DK) <kva.inf@cbs.dk> * Jochen Scholl, University of Washington (USA)<jscholl@u.washington.edu>