The International Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government Asia 2014 (CeDEM Asia 2014) aims to bring together researchers, policy-makers, industry professionals, and civil society activists to discuss the role of social and mobile media in the future of citizenship and governance, and analyze current research, best practices, and emerging topics that are shaping the future of e-government, e-democracy and open government in Asia and around the world.
CeDEM Asia 2014 will be hosted by the Department of Media and Communication and the Department of Public Policy at the City University of Hong Kong, and will be held on December 4-5th, 2014. The submitted papers will be subjected to a double-blind peer-review and accepted papers will be published in the open access conference proceedings. CeDEM Asia is a spin-off event of the renowned international conference series on e-democracy and open government taking place every year since 2007 at the Centre for E-Governance at the Danube University Krems, Austria.
Call for Papers
Following six successful conferences at the Danube University of Krems and the inaugural CeDEM Asia 2012 in Singapore, we are looking to open a new forum in Hong Kong S.A.R. for exchange of ideas, networking, and collaboration on the topics of e-democracy, internet freedom, open government, cyber-security, citizen participation, and other emerging topics. CeDEM Asia 2014 seeks to critically analyze present and future developments in the field, with a special focus on the following themes:
Social media and citizen participation
- Social media, citizen mobilization & engagement
- Sustainability of e-participation
- Social movements and citizen networks
- Online campaigning and elections
E-government and open government
- ICTs and their use for governmental transformation
- Open data, transparency, participation and collaboration in government
- Cultures of governance, access and openness, crowdsourcing for government
- Roles of policy-makers, industry professionals, and civil society activists in facilitating open governance
- Electronic identity
- Cross-border interoperability of e-government artefacts – approaches and standards
Digital rights and Internet freedom
- Internet governance
- Internet freedom and censorship
- Surveillance, privacy, and cyber-security
- Digital divide and literacy
Future and emerging topics
- Smart cities, citizen science and urban informatics
- Internet of things and government transformation
- Social media-enabled crisis and disaster management
Conference Chairs
Marko M. Skoric (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.)
Nojin Kwak (University of Michigan, USA)
Peter Parycek (Danube University Krems, Austria)
Program Committee
Antonio Cordella, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Alois Paulin, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Carol Soon, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Debbie Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Fei ‘Chris’ Shen, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Jonathan Zhu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Kai Khiun Liew, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Karine Nahon, University of Washington, USA
Leonidas Anthopoulos, TEI Larissa, Greece
Michael Sachs, Donau-Universität Krems, Austria
Natalie Pang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Randy Kluver, Texas A&M University, USA
Richard M. Walker, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Rob van Kranenburg, Sociotal: Smart Cities, Belgium
Robert Davison, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R
Scott Robertson, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Wan-Ying Lin, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Weiyu Zhang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yannis Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Young Min Baek, Yonsei University, South Korea
Local Organizing Committee
Fei ‘Chris’ Shen, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Jan Servaes, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Marko M. Skoric ,City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Richard M. Walker, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Submission Guidelines
- Research papers, case studies and policy papers should be 12 pages maximum and will be double-blind peer-reviewed.
- Reflection papers should 6 pages maximum and will be selected by the chairs.
- Workshop proposals should be no more than 2 pages and will be selected by the chairs.
Publications
The conference proceedings will be published (ISBN) and made available online under the Creative Commons License. In addition, a selection of best papers and case studies from CeDEM Asia 2014 will be published as a special issue of a journal or as an edited volume in 2015.
Important Dates
Submission deadline for full papers and workshop proposals: July 1st, 2014
Notification of acceptance: September 14th, 2014
Camera-ready paper submission: October 14th, 2014
Conference dates & location: December 4-5th, 2014, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Further Information and contact:
Marko M. Skoric: mskoric@cityu.edu.hk
Peter Parycek: peter.parycek@donau-uni.ac.at