4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
The fast pace of technological innovation is contributing to major changes in governments, societies, and the world economy. Innovations like web 2.0 and semantic web, cloud and grid computing, pervasive broadband access and ubiquitous services, software as service, global digital identity and others have reached a level of impact that goes well beyond the use of computers and the Internet. In particular, the impact of technological innovation on government has been profound, with increased collaboration between agencies to deliver seamless services, increased participation of citizens in policy- and decision-making, delivery of location-aware public services, and new paradigms like connected governance, ubiquitous and ambient public services, knowledge-based administration, participatory budgeting, government chief information officers, and local electronic governance, among others.
The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) series focuses on the use of technology to transform relationships between government and citizens, businesses, civil society and other arms of government (Electronic Governance). The Series looks beyond the traditional focus on technology-enabled transformation in government (Electronic Government), towards establishing foundations for good governance and for sustainable national development.
The Series, established by the Electronic Governance Programme at UNU-IIST in 2007, aims to bring together practitioners, developers and researchers from government, academia, industry, non-governmental organizations and UN organizations to share the latest in theory and practice of Electronic Governance. Following its first three editions in Macao (ICEGOV2007), Cairo (ICEGOV2008) and Bogota (ICEGOV2009), ICEGOV established its identity as:
1) A Global Conference - ICEGOV consistently attracts submissions from more than 45 countries, including over 60% representation from developing and transition countries.
2) A Multi-Stakeholder Conference - ICEGOV is well attended by all major stakeholders of technology-enabled innovation in government: government, academia, industry and NGOs.
3) A Networking Conference - ICEGOV brings participation from across thematic, national, and development borders, with common interests in transformational use of technology in government.
4) A Research and Practice Conference - ICEGOV includes a healthy balance of research-, practice- and solution-related work - looking at technology, at the processes surrounding its implementation and management, or at the wider context of Electronic Governance.
5) A Capacity Building Conference - ICEGOV features a rich program of invited talks, invited sessions, tutorials, workshops, panel discussions, posters, demos, etc. all taught, moderated or organized by leading researchers and practitioners in the area.
6) An International Development Conference - The focus on Electronic Governance helps consider how government investments in technology, resulting in expected social and economic benefits, contribute to the fulfillment of the national development goals.
7) A UN Conference - With international development focus, with the Electronic Governance Programme at UNU-IIST as the founder and the main force behind its editions, and with several UN organizations being actively involved, ICEGOV exhibits a strong UN character.
In addition, ICEGOV promotes close interactions between government, academia, industry and NGO stakeholders so that each group can contribute to as well as benefit from the interactions with others:
The stakeholders from government can share the knowledge of concrete initiatives as well as lessons learnt and challenges faced when carrying them out. In return, they can learn about the latest research results, and how they are implemented by industry, non-governmental organizations and other governments to address the challenges they face.
The stakeholders from academia can share the models, theories and frameworks which extend the understanding of Electronic Governance and upon which concrete solutions can be built. In return, they can learn about concrete challenges faced by governments, gain access to concrete cases, and identify opportunities to implement and deploy research prototypes.
The stakeholders from industry and NGOs can share technological and socio-organizational solutions to be used in government practice. In return, they can learn about the challenges faced by governments, and the latest research findings available for developing solutions.
2. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2010) will take place in Beijing, China, during 25 - 28 October 2010, under the patronage of the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and National School of Administration, PeopleÂ’s Republic of China, co-organized by: e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR; e-Government Research Center, National School of Administration, China; Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, USA; School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, China; Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK; and State Information Center, China.
The ICEGOV2010 Program Committee invites submissions of unpublished, original work - completed or ongoing - in the form of papers, case studies, demonstrations and posters:
1) Papers - Describing mature work in one or more of the research, practice or solution aspects of Electronic Governance, with proven or potential capacity to advance the state-of-the-art in the field.
2) Case Studies - Analyzing Electronic Governance initiatives, whether research, practice or solutions, to identify critical factors contributing to their success or failure.
3) Demonstrations - Demonstrating how solutions, possibly obtained through research, are being applied in the practice of Electronic Governance, consequently giving rise to new research.
4) Posters - Presenting new ideas and ongoing work related to research, practice or solutions for Electronic Governance, with proven or potential capacity for bridging two or more dimensions.
The contributions can originate from: (1) Government - experiences, case studies and lessons learnt while planning, developing, executing and evaluating Electronic Governance initiatives; (2) Academia - foundations of Electronic Governance, including development, validation and implementation of relevant theories, models and specifications; or (3) Industry and NGOs - technologies, methods and tools upon which Electronic Governance solutions - systems, processes, services and organizations - can be built.
ICEGOV2010 particularly welcomes: (a) cross-sector contributions that aim to establish connections between research, solutions and practice of Electronic Governance, and succeed in effectively communicating their findings from researchers to solution providers, from solution providers to public managers, from public managers to researchers; (b) contributions that cross the borders of the relevant disciplines - Information Technology, Computing, Public Administration and Policy, Political Science, Information Science, Linguistics, Law, Economics, Sociology, Business Administration and others; and (c) contributions on one or more of the practice, solutions or research aspects of Electronic Governance.
3. TOPICS
Possible topics cover the foundations - models and frameworks, capacity building, evaluation, knowledge management, communities of practice, future trends, etc. as well as the whole lifecycle of Electronic Governance initiatives from planning, through architecture and implementation, to operations:
PLANNING
Law and regulations Funding arrangements Readiness assessment Policy development Strategy development Action plans Partner management Stakeholders Leadership Coordination Reform and alignment
ARCHITECTURE
Interoperability Enterprise architectures Standards Best practices Agency collaboration Information-sharing One-stop government Connected governance Agile government Multi-channel delivery Innovation systems
IMPLEMENTATION
Acquisition Procurement Technical infrastructure Electronic public services Service middleware Services and applications Negotiation and contracts New technology adoption Project management Program management Organizational change
OPERATIONS
Service agreements Monitoring Software maintenance Adoption and scale-up Access and accessibility Digital content Digital rights Digital divide Benefits management Risk management Performance management
4. SUBMISSION PROCESS
All submissions should conform to the following process:
1) Preparation - All contributions should be written in English and prepared using the Word template http://www.icegov.org/resources/word-template.doc with page limits of: Papers - 10 pages, Case Studies - 6 pages, Demonstrations - 2 pages and Posters - 2 pages.
2) Submission - All contributions should be submitted through the conference submission website at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icegov2010 by the First Submission Deadline.
3) Review - All submitted contributions will undergo a double-blind review by the Program Committee and the authors will be notified about acceptance or rejection decisions by the Notification Deadline.
4) Revision - Accepted contributions must be revised to address reviewer comments and resubmitted using http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icegov2010 by the Final Submission Deadline together with the signed copyright form http://www.icegov.org/resources/copyright-form.doc.
All accepted contributions will appear in the conference proceedings on the condition that at least one author registers before the Author Registration Deadline and presents the contribution at the conference.
5. PUBLICATION
As for ICEGOV2007, ICEGOV2008 and ICEGOV2009, the proceedings of ICEGOV2010 will be published by ACM Press in the International Conference Proceedings Series, ISBN 978-1-4503-0058-2, available in hardcopy and electronically in the ACM Digital Library during the conference. Selected contributions will also appear in a special issue of Government Information Quarterly, published by Elsevier.
6. AWARDS
Best Submission Awards will be selected in three categories:
Theory - The submission that makes the best contribution to building Electronic Governance theory.
Practice - The submission that presents the most innovative Electronic Governance initiative.
Theory and Practice - The submission that best links Electronic Governance theory and practice.
7. SPONSORSHIP
Authors of accepted submissions will be able to apply for sponsorship to partially cover the costs of attending the conference (registration, hotel or both), with preference given to the authors from developing countries. At most one application will be accepted per submission.
8. PROGRAM
Besides presentations of submitted contributions - Papers, Case Studies, Demonstrations and Posters, the program will include five types of submissions by-invitation: Keynotes, Tutorials, Workshops, Thematic Sessions and Round-Table Discussions. The program will also include a Doctoral Colloquium and series of social events for networking and community building.
9. COMMITTEES
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Co-Chair - Peter HADDAWY - UNU-IIST, Macao SAR General Co-Chair - HONG Yi - National School of Administration, China General Co-Chair - Theresa PARDO - Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, USA Program Co-Chair - Jim DAVIES, Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK Program Co-Chair - Tomasz JANOWSKI, e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Organization Co-Chair - Elsa ESTEVEZ, e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Organization Co-Chair - JIANG Yuanfu, e-Government Research Center, NSA, China Organization Co-Chair - Lei ZHENG, Department of Public Administration, Fudan University, China Financial Chair - Wendy HOI, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Publicity Co-Chair - Adeboyega OJO, e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Publicity Co-Chair - SHEN Zhiqin, e-Government Research Center, NSA, China Sponsorship Chair - Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, USA Session Co-Chair - Steve HARRIS, Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK Session Co-Chair - Shuhua LIU, Department of Public Administration, Fudan University, China Community Co-Chair - Zamira DZHUSUPOVA, e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Community Co-Chair - YU Shiyang, State Information Center, China
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
John Carlo BERTOT, University of Maryland, USA Wojciech CELLARY, Poznan University of Economics, Poland Sharon DAWES, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, USA R.K. SHYAMASUNDAR, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India TOU Chi Man, Macao SAR Government, Macao SAR XU Xiaoping, National School of Administration, China WANG Changsheng, State Information Center, China ZHU Qianwei, Fudan University, China
AWARDS COMMITTEE
Marijn JANSSEN, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands KIM Seang-Tae, National Information Society Agency, Republic of Korea Christine LEITNER, Danube University Krems, Austria Maria Isabel MEJIA JARAMILLO, Programa Gobierno en Linea, Colombia Saleem ZOUGHBI, UNESCWA, Lebanon
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Gbenga ADEBUSUYI, National e-Government Strategies (NeGST), Nigeria Hamideh AFSARMANESH, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jean-Pierre AUFFRET, International Academy of CIO, USA Johanna Ekua AWOTWI, Center for e-Governance, Ghana Majed AYYAD, NextLevel Technology Systems, Palestinian Territory Mesfin BELACHEW, ICT Development Agency, Ethiopia Deepak BHATIA, World Bank, USA Nikolaj BJORNER, Microsoft Corporation, USA Luis CAMARINHA-MATOS, UNINOVA, Portugal Alejandra CECHICH, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina Antonio CERONE, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Yannis CHARALABIDIS, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Gaston CONCHA, Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile Flavio CORRADINI, University of Camerino, Italy Canada Rowena CULLEN, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Jim DAVIES, Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK (PC Co-Chair) Rahul DE, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India Elsa ESTEVEZ, e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Pablo FILLOTRANI, National University of the South, Argentina Matthias FINGER, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland Kokichi FUTATSUGI, Japan Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Japan Helani GALPAYA, LIRNEasia, Sri Lanka Jose Ramon GIL-GARCIA, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico Jeremy GIBBONS, Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK GONG Zhiguo, University of Macau, Macao SAR Steve HARRIS, Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK Tomasz JANOWSKI, e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR (PC Co-Chair) Marijn JANSSEN, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Luiz Antonio JOIA, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Brazil Atreyi KANKANHALLI, National University of Singapore, Singapore Hannes KARKOWSKI, GTZ, Germany Andrea KAVANAUGH, Community Information Systems, Virginia Tech, USA Jay KESAN, University of Illinois, USA Ralf KLISCHEWSKI, German University in Cairo, Egypt Padmanabhan KRISHNAN, Bond University, Australia Miriam LIPS, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Shuhua LIU, Fudan University, China Ann MACINTOSH, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Peter MAMBREY, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Aimal MARJAN, Ministry of ICT, Afghanistan Sehl MELLOULI, University of Laval, Canada Vassilis MENEKLIS, University of Piraeus, Greece Hrushikesha MOHANTY, University of Hyderabad, India Steve MUTKOSKI, Microsoft Corporation, USA Toshio OBI, Waseda University, Japan Adegboyega OJO, e-Governance Programme, UNU-IIST, Macao SAR Arvo OTT, eGovernance Academy, Estonia Marco PERES USECHE, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colombia Vasillios PERISTERAS, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Ireland Miguel PORRUA, Organization of American States, USA Scott ROBERTSON, University of Hawaii, USA Ritobaan ROY, GTZ, India Pallab SAHA, National University of Singapore, Singapore Charles SCHWEIK, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA Maddalena SORRENTINO, University of Milan, Italy Evgeny STYRIN, Moscow State University, Russia Ivar TALLO, eGovernance Academy, Estonia Pauline TAN, Government Chief Information Office, Singapore Giri Kumar TAYI, Information Systems, University at Albany, USA Maurice TCHUENTE, University Yaounde I, Cameroon Roland TRAUNMULLER, University of Linz, Austria Shu-Fen TSENG, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan Faaig UMAR, National Center for IT, Maldives Maria WIMMER, University of Koblenz, Germany Lei ZHENG, Fudan University, China CONTACT
Email: icegov@icegov.org