ePart10 - eParticipation Conference, 29Aug10, Lausanne

The 2nd International conference on eParticipation (ePart) 2010

29 August – 2 September 2010; Lausanne, Switzerland

(co-organised with EGOV 2010)

www.demo-net.org/epart

Call for Papers

The scope of the ePart 2010 covers the whole range of research in eParticipation. Its principal aim is to review research advances in both social and technological scientific domains, seeking to demonstrate new concepts, methods and styles of eParticipation.

This second ePart conference focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics around eParticipation:

• The Research landscape, directions and foundations
• Research methods, method integration and techniques
• Cultural and normative differences in eParticipation
• Comparative analyses of eParticipation practices
• eParticipation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and impact
• Technologies for eParticipation, policy modelling, simulation and visualisation
• Online conversation and deliberation, eConsulation, ePoling, eLegislation, eElectioneering, eVoting, Social networking
• Education, training courses, and curricula

The conference allows for four distinct types of submissions:

• Completed research papers
• Ongoing research and innovative projects
• Workshops and panels on pertinent issues
• PhD colloquium submission.

ePart is closely aligned with EGOV 2010 - the IFIP eGovernment conference and the EGOV community. Note that this year both conferences will be located for the first time outside the DEXA cluster of conferences. ePart 2010 is sponsored by IFIP, WG8.5.

Important Dates

Submission of papers:  15 February 2010

Submission of workshop/panel proposals:  15 March 2010

Submissions to PhD colloquium:  15 March 2010

Notification of acceptance for papers:  30 March 2010

Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels:  30 April 2010

Publication

All accepted completed research papers will be published by Springer Verlag. Ongoing research and innovation projects papers will be published by Trauner Druck. Outstanding research papers from the conference might be selected for further development and publication in a special issue of a relevant journal.

Conference chairs

Ann Macintosh, The University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece

Olivier Glassey, IDHEAP- University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Program committee

Georg Aichholzer, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Kim Viborg Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Lasse Berntzen, Vestfold University College, Norway

Yannis Charalabidis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Fiorella de Cindio, University of Milan, Italy

Clelia Colombo, Generalitat of Catalonia, Spain

Simon Delakorda, Institute for Electronic Participation, Slovenia

Annelie Ekelin Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden

Olivier Glassey, Institut de Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique, Switzerland

Tomas Gordon, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communications Systems, Germany

Dimitris Gouscos, University of Athens, Greece

Mary Griffiths, University of Adelaide, Australia

Ake Grönlund, Örebro University, Sweden

Konstantinos Koskinas, Panteion University, Greece

Patrizia Lombardi, Politec di Turin, Italy

Euripides Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece

Ann Macintosh, Leeds University, United Kingdom

Ursula Maier-Rabler, Salzburg University, Austria

Peter Mambrey, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

Rony Medaglia, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Jeremy Millard, Danish Technological Institute, Denmark

David O'Donnell, Intellectual Capital Research, Institute of Ireland, Ireland

Peter Parycek, Danube University Krems, Austria

Cristian Peraboni, Universita degli Study di Milano, Italy

Vassilios Peristeras, DERI, University of Ireland, Ireland

Øystein Sæbø, University of Agder, Norway

Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece

Konstantinos Tarabanis, University of Macedonia, Greece

Ella Taylor-Smith, International Teledemocracy Center, United Kingdom

Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany

Scott Wright, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Alexandros Xenakis, Panteion University, Greece