The EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020 represents the of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM). The conference is held annually, and will be hosted 31 August - 2 September 2020 in Linköping at the Linköping University in Sweden.

The conference focuses on e-Government, Open Government, eParticipation and e-Democracy, and related topics like social media, digital transformation in society, artificial intelligence, policy information, smart cities, and social innovation. Several types of submissions are possible including completed research, ongoing research, reflections & viewpoints, posters, and workshops.

The conference organises a PhD Colloquium and offers a limited number of PhD bursaries. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the conference topics and a variety of research approaches (conceptual, case study, survey, mixed or other suitable methods).

The conference is organized by the IFIP 8.5 Working group in collaboration with the Digital Government Society (DGS). The aim of WG 8.5 is to improve the quality of e-government information systems at international, national, regional and local levels. The Working Group’s special emphasis lays on interdisciplinary approaches towards information systems in public administration. DGS is a global, multi-disciplinary organization of scholars and practitioners interested in the development and impacts of digital government.

• (Hard) deadline for submissions: 17 March 2020
• Notification of acceptance: 30 April 2020
• Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready) 10 May 2020
• Poster acceptance 25 May 2020
• Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 1 June 2020
• Conference: 31 August -2 September 2020
• PhD Colloquium: 30 August 2020