CFP - EDem2008 CFP - EDem2008 � Conference for E-Democracy - Austria 29-30 Sep 2008 - Submissions May 15
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Post: CFP - EDem2008 - Conference for E-Democracy - Austria 29-30 Sep 2008 -
Submissions May 15
Join me in Austria next September at the EDem2008 conference.
In addition to speaking, I hope to use this as an opportunity to have an
informal conversation with researchers interested helping design a proposal for
a multi-city European comparative research project on *citizen-based* local
e-democracy projects (including a mix of community and neighbourhood Issue
Forums with E-Democracy.Org).
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org and DoWire.Org
EDem2008 � Conference for E-Democracy
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem
Krems (Austria), 29-30 September 2008
"E-Democracy" has managed the jump from trendy "e-word? to reality. Following
recommendations issued by the European Council, studies and projects conducted
in Europe are starting to provide initial findings and results. There are a
number of E-Democracy applications, ranging from providing information to
discussion, deliberation, decision-making and voting, thus encompassing the
entire democratic process. The technical devices have become a means to an end,
and there are other questions that now need to be raised and answered:
* To what extent can E-Democracy support and enrich our democracy?
* What and where are the interfaces, what methods can be used to integrate
E-participation in present politics public administration processes?
* How can we ensure that the greatest number of people are reached and are able
to use the means of participation?
* How can the modern media support political education?
* How can the Internet increase participation in political discussion?
* What are the limitations and the risks of E-Democracy?
The EDem2008 conference presents the opportunity to look into these questions
and discuss the answers. During the conference experiences will be collected,
examples good and bad practice analysed, the State-of-the-Art and future
scenarios will be presented and discussed.
We are looking for contributions on all areas and levels of electronic
democracy and participation systems, precedence will be given to those
contributions which include national and/or international experiences. Concrete
projects can also be submitted, and, if accepted, would be presented as
examples of "hands-on? demonstrations of E-Democracy and E-Participation.
Papers and projects can be submitted in English or German, the tracks in German
and English language will be held parallel.
We invite individuals from academic and practical backgrounds as well as public
administration offices, public bodies, NGOs, education institutions and
independent organisations, to submit their contributions.
Important dates
15. May 2008
Deadline for paper submission (max. 10 pages)
15. May 2008
Deadline for project presentations
(if the project is not submitted with a paper please provide 2-3 pages
describing the project and the a link)
30. May 2008
Notification of acceptance/rejection
15. June 2008
Final (camera-ready) papers submission
29-30. September 2008
Conference: Danube University Krems, Austria
Submission
Please submit your paper in a pdf or MS Word format to:
<email obscured>
or
<email obscured>
Reviewing is applied for all the materials submitted.
All papers are refereed through a ?double blind� peer review process. Please
submit the text of the paper, including text, acknowledgments, references and
notes, tables, figure captions, figures, but with the names of authors or their
biographical notes on a separate page.
Please use the following format for accepted papers:
http://www.ocg.at/publikationen/books/files/paper2.dot
If your paper is accepted, please fill out the author agreement:
http://www.ocg.at/publikationen/books/files/copyright.pdf
Cost: EUR 95,- including proceedings
Further information: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem
In cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Administration.
The Proceedings will be published by the OCG (�sterreichische Computer
Gesellschaft)
Keynote Speakers
Steven Clift (Ashoka Fellow, E-Democracy.Org, USA)
Ann Macintosh (Professor of Digital Governance, University of Leeds, UK)
Matt Poelmans (Director, Citizenlink, The Hague, NL)
Conference Chairs
Peter Parycek (Danube University Krems)
Alexander Prosser (Vienna University of Economics, A)
Programme Committee
Georg Aichholzer (Austrian Academy of Sciences � Institute of Technology
Assessment, A)
Sylvia Archmann (European Institute of Public Administration EIPA)
Lasse Berntzen (Vestfold University College, NOR)
Thomas Buchsbaum (Austrian Foreign Ministry, A)
G�nther Burkert-Dottolo (Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, A)
Alessandro de Carlo (Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, A)
Matjaz Gams (Jozef Stefan Institute, University of Ljubljana, SLO)
Thomas Gordon (Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, D)
Marijan Gusev (Cyril and Methodius University Skopje, FYROM)
Bozidar Klicek (University Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics
Varazdin, HR)
Zlatko Lagumdzija (University of Sarajevo, Management and Information
Technology Centre, BiH)
Ann Macintosh (University of Leeds, UK)
�lle Madise (estnische Parlamentsdirektion, EST)
Ursula Maier-Rabler (University of Salzburg, A)
Josef Makolm (Federal Ministry of Finance, A)
Peter Mambrey (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, D)
Oliver M�rker (Zebralog, D)
Veljko Milutinovic (University of Belgrade, Faculty for Computer Engineering
,SRB)
Robert M�ller-T�r�k (INTECO, D)
Arvo Ott (e-Governance Academy, EST)
Rob Peters (ZENC, NL)
Carl-Markus Piswanger (Austrian Federal Computing Centre, A)
Guenther Schefbeck (Parlament, A)
Erich Schweighofer (Universit�t Wien, A)
Rita Trattnigg (Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
and Water, A)
Roland Traunm�ller (Universit�t Linz, A)
Frank Wilson (Interaction Design, UK)
Maria Wimmer (University of Koblenz, D)
Melanie Volkamer (University Passau, D)
Helle Zinner Henriksen (Copenhagen Business School, DK)
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