[Air-l] HICSS-37 ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY CFP

[Eric W. Welch]

           CALL FOR PAPERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY MINITRACK
               Part of the Electronic Government Cluster
                      at the Thirty-seventh Annual
          HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
                      on the Big Island of Hawaii
                          January 5 - 8, 2004

                   Additional detail on the web site:
        http://www2.ctg.albany.edu/conference/hicss/infomgmt.html

ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY MINITRACK
The Internet and other information technologies promise to invigorate
democratic processes by facilitating public discourse among citizens and
between government and all stakeholders. However, these technologies can
also foster anti-democratic outcomes such as limited access, reduced
privacy, increased control, and reduced interaction. Moreover, it is
unclear whether or how electronic democracy might invigorate democracy
more broadly. Electronic voting, access equity, online interaction for
public policy decision making, information reliability, political
coordination among multiple stakeholders, and public monitoring of and
communication with elected officials are a few of many the areas of
research. This minitrack seeks research that investigates whether and
how information technologies contribute to democratic processes and
outcomes. It also invites papers that investigate the conditions under
which technologies best encourage democratic processes and outcomes.
Research from a variety of perspectives; citizen, government,
stakeholder; and comparative analyses are welcome.

Topics and Research Areas include (but are not limited to)

     • Models and methods of IT-enabled public discourse
     • Use of IT to enhance public participation in the rule-making
process
     • Communications tools for elected officials
     • IT and civic engagement
     • Electronic voter registration and voting
     • Use of IT and communications technologies in election campaigns
     • Public opinion polling
     • IT-enabled advocacy and activism
     • Democratic implications of the digital divide

If you have further questions regarding the electronic democracy
minitrack, please contact Eric Welch: ewwelch at uic.edu





MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS
Eric Welch: ewwelch at uic.edu
Sharon S. Dawes:  sdawes at ctg.albany.edu
Michael Gisler: michael.gisler at bit.admin.ch

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
March 31, 2003         Abstracts submitted for guidance and indication
of appropriate content.
June 1, 2003              Full papers submitted to Minitrack Chairs.
                                  Contact minitrack chairs for
submission instructions.
August 31, 2003         Notice of accepted papers sent to Authors.
October 1, 2003        Accepted manuscripts sent electronically to the
publisher.
                                  Authors must be registered for the
conference by this date.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
1. Manuscripts should be 22-26 double-spaced pages, including diagrams,
in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format. The final paper will be 10
pages, double-column, single-spaced.

2. Each paper must have a title page that includes the title of the
paper, full name of all authors, and complete addresses
including affiliation(s), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es).

3. The first page of the manuscript should include the title and a
300-word abstract of the paper.

4. Papers should contain original material and not be previously
published, or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere.

5. Do not submit the same manuscript to more than one Minitrack.

6. Papers should be submitted by email, to Eric Welch <ewwelch at uic.edu>
by the deadline noted above.

TRACKS AT HICSS-37
* Collaboration Systems; Co-Chair: Jay Nunamaker; E-mail:
nunamaker at cmi.arizona.edu
    Co-Chair: Robert O. Briggs; E-mail: bob at GroupSystems.com
* Complex Systems; Chair: Robert Thomas; E-mail: rjt1 at cornell.edu
* Decision Tech. for Management; Chair: Dan Dolk; E-mail:
drdolk at nps.navy.mil
* Digital Documents; Chair: Michael Shepherd; E-mail: shepherd at cs.cal.ca

* Emerging Technologies; Chair: Ralph H. Sprague; E-mail:
sprague at hawaii.edu
* Information Technology in Health Care; Chair: William Chismar
     E-mail: chismar at cba.hawaii.edu
* Internet & the Digital Economy; Co-Chair: David King; E-mail:
dave at comshare.com
     Co-Chair: Alan Dennis; E-mail: ardennis at indiana.edu
* Organizational Systems & Tech.; Chair: Hugh Watson; Email:
hwatson at terry.uga.edu
* Software Technology; Gul Agha; E-mail: agha at cs.uiuc.edu

HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer,
and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and
practice.   Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or
descriptive in nature.  Submissions undergo a peer referee process and
those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference
Proceedings.  Submissions must not have been previously published.

CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION:
Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair: sprague at hawaii.edu
Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator: hicss at hawaii.edu
Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator: eidennis at indiana.edu

For the latest information; visit the HICSS web site at:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu

2004 CONFERENCE VENUE:
Hilton Waikoloa Village (on the Big Island of Hawaii)
425 Waikoloa Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
Tel: 1-808-886-1234
Fax: 1-808-886-2900
http://www.hilton.com/hotels/KOAHWHH/index.html?show=all

NOTE:  December 1 is the deadline to guarantee hotel room reservation at
conference rate.
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