[EGOV LIST] Central and Eastern European eGov and eDem Days 2022

[prosser]

Apologies for cross-postings.

Dear Colleagues,

The CEEeGov 2022 will again take place on September 22-23, 2022 at the 
Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest. Paper submission 
deadline March 31, 2022
Depending on the pandemic situation, the conference is intended to be 
physical on-site.

The conference volume will be published at the ACM digital library 
within ICPS. It will cover all aspects of public sector IT, this year's 
special topic will be fake news and hate speech and how to counter them.

More details below and at https://ceeegov2022.ocg.at
You can also follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/ceeegov

Best Wishes,
Alexander Prosser

Organisers
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Austrian Computer Society (OCG)
Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj (BBU)
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE)
Information Society Development Institute, Moldova (ISDI)
Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest (Ludovika-UPS)
University of Public Administration and Finance, Ludwigsburg (HVF)
Timeline and organisation
31 March 2022: Paper submission (max. 10 pages), double-blind full paper 
review
15 May 2022: Reviews out
30 June 2022: “Camera-ready” papers due, ACM format
15 September 2022: Volume and ACM online available
22 - 23 September 2022: Conference
Organisation and Contact
Please submit your papers to ceeegovdays at ocg.at.

Special Conference Theme
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The CEEeGov Days are dedicated to all aspects of Public Sector ICT, 
however, a special topic is chosen every year, which also dominates 
keynotes and panel discussions. This time the choices were fake news and 
hate speech, two closely inter-related topics that show their general 
relevance again in the COV-19 situation. Shady, non-scientific figures, 
sometimes with a more-than-doubtful personal track record, nevertheless 
manage to influence large portions of a country’s population not to get 
vaccinated stoking irrational fear and at times plainly ridiculous 
assertions (cf. the “Bill Gates microchip implantation” hoax). The 
internet, particularly the social media plays an important multiplier 
role and provides a stage for such personalities. This situation quickly 
combines with people not just expressing legitimate political discontent 
with the government management of the situation but venting resentment 
against identified groups or persons. This resentment can easily foster 
physical violence.

At the same time, we see governments struggling to get their statistics 
right, flip-flopping between “freedom days” and lockdowns and at times 
conveying a rather disorganised image – not least because of 
insufficient eGovernment maturity. We would like to explore these issues 
in more depth and provide analysed examples for both phenomena.

The conference addresses public sector practitioners and policy makers, 
industry professionals and academia alike. The disciplines covered are 
primarily information sciences, law and administrative science, 
political science, sociology and economics. Theoretical and empirical 
contributions are equally welcome. We especially encourage submissions 
addressing the European Union in general, the Danube Region, the Balkans 
and Eastern Europe.

Beyond the general theme, papers are solicited in all areas of applying 
ICT to the Public Sector. The conference will particularly focus on, but 
not limit itself to, the following topics:

Electronic Administration services both back office and in communication 
with the citizen and businesses,
eTools for pandemic management,
Identity management for individuals,
Privacy and data protection (including Cyber Security),
eDemocracy on all levels (e.g., new forms of citizen participation, 
internet in political campaigns, eVoting),
The role of the internet in revolutions and in transition processes,
The role of social media,
Transparency and anti-corruption,
eTools to help establish a European public space,
Open Data,
Legal aspects of eGovernment and eDemocracy,
Economic and social impact of eGovernment and eDemocracy,
Enabling the Digital Single Market
Connecting urban and rural areas into a digital inclusive society
The conference language will be English only. Papers will be subjected 
to a double-blind review process and published jointly by ACM and the 
Austrian Computer Society.

Note on CoV-19
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The conference organizers cannot foresee the state of the pandemic in 
September 2022. Therefore, several alternative arrangements are 
considered:

“Classical” presence conference, which we consider as our “target”;
Distributed conference taking place at some of the organizing 
institutions to enable at least local in-person networking by 
participants with large-screen video streaming and interactive Q&A 
between locations;
Pure video format.
Irrespective of the presentation format, we are happy to announce that 
the conference volume will appear in the International Conference 
Proceedings Series of ACM.