Partnerships for Public Innovation
Hilton Bonaventure Hotel
Montreal, Canada – May 18-21, 2008
Home Page: http://www.dgo2008.org
General Inquiries: dgo2008@easychair.org
Submission web site: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2008
The 9th annual dg.o international conference is a forum for presentation and discussion of interdisciplinary digital government research and practice and its applications in diverse domains. The conference is presented by the Digital Government Society of North America (DGSNA), with major support from the US National Science Foundation.
The conference theme, Partnerships for Public Innovation, focuses on information-intensive innovations in the public sector that involve linkages among government, universities, NGOs, and businesses. This theme emphasizes the importance of sharing practical issues, policy perspectives, research insights, and expert advice, in order to reach higher levels of performance in diverse public enterprises. Each year the conference combines:
* Presentations of effective partnerships among government professionals, university researchers, relevant businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the practice of digital government.
* Research on digital government as an interdisciplinary domain that lies at the intersections of computing research, social and behavioral science research, and the problems and missions of government.
Interested participants are invited to submit management or policy papers, research papers, or student research papers, as well as proposals for panels; industry, government, and research prototype demonstrations; posters, Birds-of-a-Feather discussions, and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. The Conference Committee particularly encourages submissions on interdisciplinary and crosscutting topics addressing broad government challenges. Topics include, but are not limited, to the following:
* Digital Government Application Domains: such as courts, crisis management, education, emergency response; international initiatives and cooperation, health and human services, law enforcement and criminal justice; legislative systems, natural resources management, grants administration, government statistics, regulation and rulemaking; security; tax administration; transportation systems, and urban planning.
* IT-enabled Government Management and Operations: such as digital government organization and management strategies, decision-making processes; information technology adoption and diffusion; program planning; IT and service architectures, cross-boundary information sharing and integration, long-term preservation and archiving of government information, information assurance, service integration, as well as technology transition and transfer.
* Information Values and Policies: such as accessibility, digital democracy and governance, digital divide, openness, privacy, public participation in democratic processes, security, transparency, trust, and universal access to information and services.
* Information Technology and Tools to Support Government: such as collaboration tools; cyberinfrastructure for digital government domains; digital libraries and knowledge management; geographic information systems; grid computing; human-computer interaction; information integration; interoperable data, networks and architectures; large scale data and information acquisition and management; mobile government; national and international infrastructures for information and communication, multiple modalities and multimedia; service-oriented architectures; semantic web; social networking, software engineering for large-scale government projects.
We are pleased to announce three luminaries who have made significant contributions in the field of digital government as daily keynote speakers for the dg.o 2008 conference!
* Daniel J. Chenok is the Vice President & Director at the SRA Touchstone Consulting Group. He works in the Civil Sector and helps to lead the Consulting Group in three areas: business strategy and growth, integration of consulting work with other SRA businesses and activities, and senior level client engagement.
* Edwin Lau is head of the E-Government Project at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He helped create the project in 2001 and it currently supports a network of senior E-Government officials in the OECD countries (www.oecd.org/gov/egov/).
* Andy Stein is Director of Information Technology at the City of Newport News, Virginia. The City of Newport News has developed a strategy to replace legacy applications through a collaborative ecosystem with public entities and through public-private partnerships often using Open Source as a model for collaborative development.
(More details on the keynote speakers can be found on the conference website.)
IMPORTANT DATES
* November 1, 2007 – Conference submission website becomes available. The submission site is located at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2008.
* December 1, 2007 – Submission deadline for all papers and panel sessions
* February 1, 2008 – Submission deadline for pre-conference tutorials and workshops
* February 1, 2008 – Acceptance notifications for all papers and panel sessions
* February 15, 2008 – Submission deadline for Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions, posters, and system demonstrations
* March 1, 2008 – Acceptance notification for pre-conference tutorials, workshops, posters, system demonstrations, and BOF sessions
* March 15, 2008 – All camera ready versions are due
SUBMISSIONS TYPES AND FORMATS
* Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Management, Case Study, or Policy Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Student Research Papers (maximum of 10 pages)
* Panels (maximum of 5 pages)
* Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
* System Demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages)
* Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum of 2 pages)
* Pre-conference Workshops (maximum of 2 pages)
Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for each type of submission. Please use no page numbers. Paper titles should be incorporated onto the first page of text, rather than on a separate cover page. Papers will be reviewed through a double blind review process. Therefore, author names and contact information must be omitted from all submissions. Authors must identify the topic(s) being addressed by the paper to assist the program committee in the review process.
Research papers (maximum 10 pages)
These submissions report innovative digital government research results in the form of a formal scholarly paper. Papers on any digital government topic and all research methodologies are welcome. Relevance to digital government problems, goals, or policies must be explicit. Submissions should be in camera-ready format – following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors’ names and contact information.
Management, case study, or policy papers (maximum 10 pages)
These submissions describe and evaluate practical digital government projects or initiatives, discuss major policy themes, or present and evaluate management approaches to digital government initiatives and programs. Papers in this section will also be double blind reviewed, with special focus on relevance to practice, transferability, and lessons learned. Submissions should be in camera-ready format – following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors’ names and contact information.
Student research papers (maximum 10 pages)
Digital government research papers authored solely by students should be submitted to this track. Student papers will also receive a double blind review organized and administered by the student program committee. Submissions should be in camera-ready format – following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should not include authors’ names and contact information.
Panels (maximum 5 pages)
Proposals should include the theme and goals of the panel, a summary of the digital government issues or questions that the panel will address, statements about the value of the discussion to conference attendees and how well suited the topic is to a panel discussion. In addition, the proposal should include information about the expertise of the moderator and panelists in the selected issues. Please include names, institutional affiliations, addresses, email, and phone contact numbers of the contact person, moderator, and presenter(s).
Posters (maximum of 2 pages)
The poster session, held in conjunction with the system demonstrations, allows presenters to discuss research in progress, application projects, or government policies and program initiatives in one-to-one conversations with other participants at the conference. The 2-page summaries should outline the nature of the research, policy, or project and describe why the work will be of interest to dg.o attendees. Submissions should be in camera-ready format – following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should include authors’ names and contact information according to that format. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and authors are expected to present their work at the poster/demo session at the conference. Posters prepared for the conference should measure approximately 36″ x 48.” Each poster station is provided a table and an easel. Selected poster submissions may be asked
to give an oral presentation in the conference sessions.
System Demonstrations (maximum 2 pages)
System demonstrations are held concurrently with the poster session to the accompaniment of good food and professional fellowship. The 2-page summaries should outline the nature of the system and describe why the demonstration is likely to be of interest to dg.o attendees. Demonstrations of interest include systems under development or in active use in research or practice domains. Submissions should be in camera-ready format – following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. Submissions should include authors’ names and contact information according to that format. All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings, and authors are expected to present their work at the poster/demo session at the conference. Each station is provided a table, an easel, and Internet access. Monitors will be available for rent. Selected demo submissions may be asked to give an oral presentation in the conference sessions.
Birds-of-a-Feather Discussion Sessions (maximum 2 pages)
Birds-of-a-Feather discussions provide an opportunity for participants to connect around selected topics. Proposals should identify the conveners, the intended participants, and key discussion questions. These conversations generally take place during lunch on one of the conference days.
Pre-conference Tutorials (maximum 5 pages)
dg.o tutorials are half- or full-day presentations offering deeper insight into the scientific and government domains, research topics or methods, technologies or field experience of veteran digital government researchers and practitioners. Each conference registration includes one full-day or two half-day tutorials or workshops.
Pre-conference Research or Management Workshops (maximum 5 pages)
We invite workshop proposals on any digital government research or management topic. Individuals proposing workshops will assume the responsibility of identifying and selecting participants for the workshop and for conducting workshop activities. Each conference registration includes one full-day or two half-day tutorials or workshops.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
All accepted management or policy papers, research papers, student papers, panels, posters, and system demonstrations will be published in the printed proceedings and included in the ACM digital library. Selected papers may be invited for a journal special issue. Outstanding achievement awards will be presented in the categories research papers, management and policy papers, posters, and systems demonstrations. In addition, to reflect the theme of the conference, we plan to select an outstanding cross-boundary partnership. Selection criteria include the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of the work, its contribution to and balance between theory (rigor) and practice (relevance), the importance and reach of the topic, and the quality of the writing for communicating to a broad audience.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Conference Co-Chairs
Monique Charbonneau, CEFRIO, Quebec
Lester Diamond, US Social Security Administration
Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh
Program Co-Chairs
Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York
J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Mexico
System Demonstration and Poster Session Co-Chairs
Andrew Philpot, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Peter Bruck, Research Studios Austria
Irak Lopez Davila, INFOTEC, Mexico
Student Chair
Jaime Arguello, Carnegie Mellon University
Tutorial and Workshop Chairs
Laura Steinberg, Southern Methodist University
Communications Chairs
Javed Mostafa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Muhlberger, Texas Tech University
Local Arrangement Chairs
Paul-Andre Robitaille, CEFRIO
Priscilla Rasmussen, ARCS
Sponsorship Chair
Theresa Pardo, University of Albany
Finance Chair
Yigal Arens, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
DGO Society Liaison
Eduard Hovy, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Government Liaison
Lawrence Brandt, National Science Foundation
Program Committee
Josune Arcelus, INFOTEC, Mexico
Nabil Adam, Rutgers University
Peggy Agouris, George Mason University
Jose Luis Ambite, University of Southern California
Kim V. Andersen, Copenhagen Business School
Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland
Yigal Arens, USC/ISI
Jaime Arguello, Carnegie Mellon University
Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University
Chaitanya Baru, UC San Diego
Peter Baumann, Jacobs University Bremen
Wolf-Gideon Bleek, University of Hamburg
Alan Borning, University of Washington
Laura Bright, Thetus Corporation
Athman Bouguettaya, Virginia Tech
Shawn Bowers, UC Davis Genome Center
Jamie Callan, Carnegie Mellon University
Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona
Leslie Cheung, USC
Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Terry Cooper, University of Southern California
Anthony M. Cresswell, University at Albany-SUNY
Judith Bayard Cushing, The Evergreen State College
Sharon Dawes, University at Albany-SUNY
Jose Fortes, University of Florida
Jagdish S. Gangolly, State University of New York at Albany
Ake Gronlund, Umea University, Sweden
Francisco Ramon Hernandez Tella, Universidad Autonoma del Estado, Mexico
Chris Hinnant, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Tom Horan, Claremont Graduate University
Eduard Hovy, USC/ISI
Norman J. Jacknis, Westchester County, NY
Vandana Janeja, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bernhard Katzy, Center for Technology and Innovation Management
Jay Kesan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert Krimmer, Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation
Travis Kriplean, University of Washington
Gloria Lau, Stanford University
Man-Sze Li, IC Focus Ltd
Irak Lopez-Davila, INFOTEC, Mexico
Luis Luna-Reyes, Universidad de las Americas, Mexico
Ann Macintosh, The University of Leeds, UK
Bob Maslyn, GSA Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer
Javed Mostafa, University of Indiana
Juliet Musso, University of Southern California
Theresa Pardo, University at Albany
Doncho Petkov, Eastern Connecticut State University
Rimantas Petrauskas, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
Andrew Philpot, University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
Barbara Russo, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy
Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca, Mexico
Alexander Schellong, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington
Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology
Basit Shafiq, Rutgers University
Rajiv Shah, University of Chicago
Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh
Laura Steinberg, Southern Methodist University
Giancarlo Succi, Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
Yao-Hua Tan Hua, Vrije University Amsterdam
Efthimios Tambouris, CERTH/ITI and University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Giri Kumar Tayi, SUNY at Albany
Janice Warner, Georgian Court University.
Nancy Wiegand, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz, Germany
Alexander Xenakis, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
Hui Xiong, Rutgers University
Government Outreach Chairs
Canada – Susan Phillips, Carlton University
China – Yuan Fu Jiang China National School of Administration
India – Shalini R. Urs University of Mysore
Italy – Enrico Ferro Istituto Superiore Mario Boella
Mexico – Luis F. Luna Reyes Universidad de las Americas, Mexico
The Netherlands – Albert Meijer Utrecht School of Governance
Portugal – Pedro Ferraz de Abreu MIT
Slovena – Mirko Vintar University of Ljubljana
South Korea – Jae Moon – Yonsei University
Sweden – Madeleine Siosteen-Thiel VINNOVA
Turkey – Mete Yildiz Hacettepe University
United States – Kevin Novak, Library of Congress