eGovWorld 2008 Call for Papers

eGovWorld 2008 offers an opportunity for e-Government stakeholders  and practitioners interested in the issues related to the themes of the tracks of the conference .  This Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or practice. The conference committee welcomes both academic and practitioner papers on a wide range of topics and a wide range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods.  Action research, case studies and research in practice are welcomed approaches. Work-in-progress, panel discussion, proposals for workshops and tutorials are also welcome. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• Public Private Partnership Models for e-Government
• Mobile Government - Revisioning public services for third millennium information society
  
• Global Government transformation - Role of legislative wing
  
• Models for Sociel Impact Assessment of e-Government projects
  
• Open Solutions for Public Administration
• Health Friendly Governance - e-Health initiatives
  

Selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in “Government@24/7”, a global online fortnightly publication on ICT enabled public sector.

Paper Submission Details

Abstract Submission : The Abstract should be a minimum of 700 and no more than 1000 words including keywords. Abstracts have to include the proposed title for the paper, the full names, addresses and email addresses of all authors and a Mobile  number of at least one contact author.

Full paper: Only required after acceptance of abstract and not to be more than 5,000 words including abstract, keywords and references.

Important Information

The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all abstracts received by the submission deadline to ensure that the proposed paper is relevant to the Conference.  The authors of abstracts that describe a relevant paper will receive a notification of abstract acceptance. All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the conference committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the proposed subject of their abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, the standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced. Papers that are accepted will be published in the conference proceedings Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present one paper.

Time Lines

• Last date for Abstract Submission: 31 August 2008
• Full Paper Submission Deadline:    25 October 2008

The papers may be submitted to kvijay@nic.in