The closing date for abstract submissions to The International Conference on
e-Government (ICEG 2005) which is being held on 27-28 October 2005 at the
Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, Canada is 25 May.
The advisory group for ICEG 2005 invites submissions of papers on both the
theory and practice in respect of the conference themes outlined below, from
academics, government departments and practitioners in the public and
private sector. The conference is also seeking case studies and reports of
work-in-progress. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
Applications of e-Government
New ideas for improving Public Service efficiency and effectiveness
The case for e-Government - health, education, homeland security,
etc.
e-Democracy and e-Voting
How technology can improve the democratic process
ICT and the case of deliberative democracy
Citizenship
How can e-Voting be made to work
Risks and advantages from e-Voting
Measuring e-Government performance
Economics of e-Government
Can benchmarking indicators be effective
What are the benefits of e-Government and how can these be measured
Innovative Organisational Change
Citizen to Government relationships, including citizen-centric
services
Interoperability frameworks (National, Transnational)
Private-public partnerships
Identity management - including authentication, trust and privacy
Cyber-security
Organisational culture
Skills development and leadership models
Community engagement and economic development
Entrepreneurship and/or business applications
In addition, the conference welcomes submissions for inclusion in four
mini-tracks on the subjects of e-Government adoption: Connecting with
citizens and business; Evaluating e-Government; Open source software in
e-Government and The Semantic Web.
Only abstracts are required in the first instance - closing date for
submissions is 25 May 2005. The authors of abstracts that describe a
relevant paper will receive a notification of abstract selection. All full
papers received by the submission deadline of 20 July 2005 will be
double-blind reviewed by members of the conference committee to ensure an
adequate standard, that the proposed subject of the originally submitted
abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, that the
standard of English is adequate and that the paper is appropriately
referenced using the Harvard referencing rules.
A full call for papers and further information about the conference can be
found at
http://www.academic-conferences.org/iceg2005/iceg2005-call-papers.htm
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