[Air-L] Call for Papers EGOV2019 - Joint conference EGOV-CeDEM-EPart 2019 - deadline 17 March 2019

[Noella Edelmann]

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EGOV2019 - Joint conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2019
San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy
2-4 September 2019

Call for Papers
https://easychair.org/cfp/egovcedemepart2019 

The EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2019 represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5
Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic
Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open
Government Conference (CeDEM). The conference is held annually and will
be hosted 2-4 September 2019 in San Benedetto del Tronto by the
University of Camerino, Italy.

The conference focuses on e-Government, Open Government, eParticipation
and e-Democracy, but on several other related topics too, such as the
role of social media, digital transformation in society, Artificial
Intelligence, policy informatics, smart governance and social
innovation. Several different types of submissions can be made, such as
completed research, but also ongoing research, reflections & viewpoints,
posters, workshops. The conference organises a PhD Colloquium and offers
a limited number of PhD bursaries.

We invite individuals from academic and applied backgrounds as well as
from business, public authorities, NGOs, NPOs and education institutions
to submit their research papers, reflections, posters as well as
practitioner papers, panel or workshop proposals to the topics addressed
in the tracks. We also welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the
conference topics.

Important Dates
  *   (Hard) deadline for submissions: 17 March 2019
  *   Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2019
  *   Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready) 15 May
2019
  *   Poster acceptance 1 June 2019
  *   Camera-ready paper submission and author registration:  1 June
2019
  *   Conference: 2-4 September 2019
  *   PhD Colloquium: 1 September 2019

Conference Chairs
  *   Olivier Glassey, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  *   Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  *   Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden
  *   Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK
  *   Peter Parycek, Danube University Krems, Austria
  *   Andrea Polini, University of Camerino, Italy
  *   Barbara Re, University of Camerino, Italy
  *   Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA
  *   Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece
  *   Shefali Virkar, Danube University Krems, Austria

Local Host Chair
  *   Flavio Corradini, University of Camerino, Italy

Tracks at EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2019
General E-Government & Open Government Track: all e-government-related
topics except the special-topics tracks. In particular, it also covers
emerging and special topics in e-government research
  *   Ida Lindgren (lead), Linköping University, Sweden
  *   Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA
  *   Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems, Austria
General E-Democracy & eParticipation Track: all eParticipation-related
topics except the special-topic tracks. This track aims to present the
best of recent developments in electronic participation and electronic
democracy as they cover a wide range of technical, political and social
areas
   *   Panos Panagiotopoulos (lead), Queen Mary University of London,
United Kingdom
   *   Robert Krimmer, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
   *   Peter Parycek, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany / Danube-University
Krems, Austria
Smart Cities (Government, Communities & Regions) Track: all aspects of
smart governance, including frameworks, policies, and the use of
technology
     *   Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar (lead), University of Granada,
Spain
     *   Karin Axelsson, Linköping University, Sweden
     *   Nuno Lopes, DTx: Digital Transformation Colab, Portugal
AI, Data Analytics, & Automated Decision Making Track: welcomes
research examining the potential, adoption, use, and impacts of various
data analytics methods ranging from visualisations and descriptive
statistical analyses to machine learning and AI methods in the public
sector.
     *   Habin Lee (lead), Brunel University London, United Kingdom
     *   Euripidis Loukis, University of Aegean, Greece
     *   Tomasz Janowski, Gdansk University, Poland
Social Media Track: Digital networking and information sharing
applications, interfaces between governments and their respective
publics, digital collaborations within public organizations and across
governance networks, studies that draw on conceptual, case study,
survey, mixed or other suitable methods.
     *   Noella Edelmann (lead), Danube University Krems, Austria
     *   Sarah Hoffmann (University Bremen)
     *   Marius Rohde Johannessen (University of South-Eastern Norway)
Social Innovation Track: focuses on the intersection between research,
practice, and policy related to social innovation.
     *   Gianluca Misuraca (lead), European Commission, Spain
     *   Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
     *   Csaba Csaki, Corvinus Business School, Hungary
Open Data: Social and Technical Aspects Track: focuses on open
government data, public big data sharing and use, data for improving
public value and transparency as well as data analytics capitalizing on
Linked Open Data and other Technologies.
     *   Efthimios Tambouris (lead), University of Macedonia, Greece
     *   Anneke Zuiderwijk, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
     *   Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, USA
Digital Society: focuses on the relationship between all kinds of
stakeholders adopting and integrating all kinds of technologies at home,
education and recreation.
     *   Thomas Lampoltshammer (lead), Danube University Krems,
Austria
     *   David Osimo, The Lisbon Council, Spain
     *   Martijn Hartog, Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands
Practitioners* Track: practitioners are encouraged to provide long
abstracts of forthcoming papers, summaries of workshop proceedings,
descriptions of project outputs, work experiences, inspiring case
studies and best practice examples
     *   Peter Reichstädter (lead), Austrian Parliament, Austria
     *   Morten Meyerhoff Nielsen, United Nations University, Portugal
     *   Francesco Mureddu, The Lisbon Council, Belgium
     *   Francesco Molinari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
PhD Colloquium: The overall aim of the PhD colloquium is to connect PhD
students to the e-government research community. During the colloquium,
you will meet other PhD students, younger researchers that have just
finished their PhDs, and more experienced scholars. Submitted proposals
will not be submitted.
     *   Gabriela Viale Pereira (lead), Danube University Krems,
Austria
     *   Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, USA
     *   Ida Lindgren, Linköping University, Sweden
     *   Anneke Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands
     *   Evangelos Kalampokis, University of Macedonia, Greece

Types of Publications
Accepted full research papers (max. 12 pages) will be published in the
Springer LNCS IFIP EGOV or IFIP EPART proceedings. The EGOV proceedings
covers the general E-Government & Open Government, Smart Cities, AI and
Automated Decision Making, and Open Data tracks; whereas the EPART
proceedings will cover the general E-Democracy & eParticipation, Social
Media, Social Innovation Track, and Digital Society tracks.
Papers in the categories of Ongoing Research (max. 8 pages),
Reflections and Viewpoints (max. 6 pages), Practitioner Papers (max. 6
pages), projects (max. 8 pages), workshops (max. 2 pages), panel
proposals (max. 2 pages), and posters (max. 2 pages) can be published
(but do not need to be) in a special conference issue of the eJournal of
eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM). Please note that PhD colloquium
papers will not be published.

Conference venue
The conference will be held at the premises of University of Camerino
in San Benedetto Del Tronto. The city is located at the Adriatic coast
and there are many hotels on walking distance.

Further details
  *   Contact: egovcedemepart2019 at easychair.org
  *   Submission website:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egovcedemepart2019 


Look forward to seeing you there!
Noella 

Noella Edelmann
PhD
Senior Researcher
 
Danube University Krems Department for E-Governance and Administration
Center for E-Government
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
A-3500 Krems 
Austria
Tel. +43 (0)2732 893 2303
www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov