CFP

NGGS '21: Next Generation Government Symposium

Mektory (Raja 15)

Tallinn, Estonia, September 14-15, 2021

Conference website	https://egov.ee/projects/ngss-2021/#
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nggs21
Submission deadline	June 15, 2021
Notification of acceptance under condition of revision:	July 26, 2021
Camera-ready submission	August 9, 2021

Topics: digital society cyber security big data transformation of government services

The conference aims to bring together stakeholders from academia, government, and the private sector to help better understand next generation government issues from interdisciplinary perspectives in information sciences, social sciences, law and public administration. Collaborative vision for the next generation of technology and architecture ensures that the public sector’s delivery of e-services engage citizens, increase efficiency and foster innovation within the state. The NGGS is open for submissions by Masters students and PhD researchers in topics related but not limited to:

Topics of Interest

Big Data
- Data management
- Event-driven architecture
- Real-time analytics and decision-making
- Data system design for big data
- Unstructured/structured data management at-scale
- Big data application (smart-city, smart healthcare, smart manufacturing)
- Data exploration and visualization for Big Data
- Linked and open Big Data
AI and Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing/understanding
- General Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Explainability in Artificial intelligence
- Virtual agents
- Predictive analysis
- Artificial neural networks
Open Digital Society
- Building smart cities
- Silver economy
- Participatory e-budgeting
- e-Participation
- Social media
- Participatory process of society
- Future democracy (liquid democracy, direct democracy)
- Citizen assemblies and initiatives
Cybersecurity
- Risk Assessment/analysis
- Novel cryptographical methods
- Preparing for quantum computing
- Network and operating systems vulnerabilities
- Cyber-physical security
- Offensive technology
- Cyber-hygiene & awarness training methods
Blockchain Technologies
- Public sector implementation
- Security and Privacy Management of e-Governance Systems
- e-Voting
- Self-Aware Contracts as well as AI and Smart Contracts
- Open and Big Data with blockchain technology
Digital Competencies and Culture
- Digital literacy & information literacy
- Change of digital culture in context (company/group/teams/community)
- Participation, Remediation, Bricolage
- Surveillance Capitalism
- Transparency represented for contextual /situated learning
- Cultural data analytics
- Repurposing cultural data in the Society
Digital Transformation of Government Services
- Proactive e-services
- Public sector capabilities in the digital age
- Public values and digital transformation
- Emerging public sector governance models in the digital era
- Cross-border interoperability
- eIDAS
- e-Voting
- Collaborative service design
- Cross border functionality of eID
- Change management
- E-service use-cases
- e-Justice

Submission Guidelines

Academic citation/paper format styles accepted: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS)

The top long paper submissions will be considered for an ETIS 1.1 classification special issue: Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

It is planned to publish the proceedings with Springer in their Communications in Computer and Information Science series (final approval pending) 3.1 ETIS Classification

For LaTex template, please see: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj#.WtR5Hy5ua71

Word template: ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/word/splnproc1703.zip

We invite three types of contributions (all page limits include references):

Extended Abstracts/Research Proposals: up to 4 pages (pages of around 400 words each)
Short Papers: 6-8+ pages (pages of around 400 words each)
Long Papers: 12-15+ pages (pages of around 400 words each)

All papers will be reviewed by the editing committee and is single-blind.

Presenting submitted work at the NGGS is required.

NB! When submitting, please add relevent research track and topic name to keyword section

Committees

Organizing Committee

Ingrid Pappel (TalTech University)
Merja Bauters (Tallinn University)
Eric Jackson (TalTech University)
Riccardo Tommasini (Tartu University)

Program Committee

Gert Jervan (TalTech University)
Peeter Normak (Tallinn University)
Regina Erlernheim (TalTech University)
Tobias Ley (Tallinn University)
Sadok Ben Yaha (TalTech University)
Merja Bauters (Tallinn University)
Viktoria Pammer-Schindler (Gratz University of Technology)
Riccardo Tommasini (Tartu University)
Nuno Correia (University of Greenwich)
Koray Tahiroğlu (Alto University)
Irene-Angelica Chounta (‎University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Ahmed Awad (Tartu University)
Feras Awayshesh (Tartu University)
Radwa ElShawi (Tartu University)

Editing Committee

Regina Erlernheim (TalTech University)
Alex Norta (TalTech University)
Rain Ottis (TalTech University)
Sadok Ben Yaha (TalTech University)
Tobias Ley (Tallinn University)
James Sunney Quaicoe (Tallinn University)
Abiodun Ogunyemi (Tallinn University)
Kai Pata (Tallinn University)
Mart Laanpere (Tallinn University)
Arto Lanamäki (Tallinn University)
Riccardo Tommasini (Tartu University)

Invited Speakers

Siim Sikkut, CIO of the government of Estonia
Anett Linno, Citizen OS
Minna Ruckenstein, University of Helsinki
Päivi Kousa, University of Helsinki
Petteri Kivimäki, Nordic Institute for Interoperable Solutions

Publication

Long paper submissions will be evaluated for ETIS 1.1 classification special issue: Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Venue

Mektory, Raja 15,

Tallinn, Estonia

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to eric.jackson@taltech.ee