Lesego Tshegofatso Ditibane I am a Masters student at North West University( NWU), currently doing a research on systems development methodologies and the development of e‐Government systems. I have a good communication and interpersonal skill, a fast leaner and a team player.
Andrey Elizondo, Eng. Is a consultant / researcher for INCAE Business School. He is interested in understanding the implications of the Internet for society and challenges associated with its governance. Master in International Business from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, Master in European Business from ESCP‐EUROPE, and Computer Sciences Engineer from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology.
Kaja Fietkiewicz( 23) from Poland, has been living in Germany since 2008 in order to study at the Heinrich‐Heine‐University Düsseldorf. Since 2011 she has been studying Information Science and Language Technology on Master’ s Degree and Law for state examination. Her main field of interest is the Informational Cities, especially the Japanese cities and information law.
Dr. Panos Fitsilis is a Professor at TEI Larissa, Greece, Head of School of Business and Economics. He has extensive project management experience with the development and deployment of large IT systems. He worked, as business unit manager at large software development companies. His research interests include: Project Management, Software Engineering, Business Process Reengineering, etc.
Dr. J. V. Fonou Dombeu received a PhD in Computer Science in 2012 and MSc. in Computer Science in 2008. His is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Software Studies at The Vaal University of Technology. Dr. Fonou‐Dombeu’ s research interests are in Semantic Web, Ontology, and Semantic Knowledge representation and development in e‐Government.
Muriel Foulonneau specializes on semantic interoperability of digital resources, semantic data quality, and personalization. She has worked in particular in the eGoverrment domain in the scope of the European project SPOCS. She is involved in the SEMIC working groups to create core vocabularies to support the interoperability of eGovernment applications.
Mariagrazia Fugini is Professor of Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. She holds a Ph. D. in Computer Engineering. Her interests are in information system security and development methods and tools, environmental risk management, E‐ science, power grids, and Green IT. She participated in several EU Projects. She has been a Visiting Professor at University of Maryland, Technical University of Vienna, Technical University of Stuttgart, and UPC Barcelona.
Olivier Glassey assistant professor at Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration( IDHEAP) is in charge of research and teaching unit " Digital Governance ". Within the Swiss Public Administration Network( SPAN), teaches public management, quantitative research methods, and management of information systems. Current research topics are public registers ' harmonization and data governance of population registers, identity and privacy management, open access and transparency, and more generally eGovernement and eParticipation.
Piotr Goetzen, PhD, CCNP is the director of Operating Systems and Computer Networks Department at University of Management( Lodz, Poland). He is also Cisco Certified Academic Instructor. IT systems, their security and interoperability are his main scientific interests. He is also the Clark University teacher at European campus and the owner of Network of IT Experts( NOITE) company.
Dr. Anastasia Golubeva PhD, Senior Lecturer( Public Administration Department), Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University. Engaged in research for over 10 years on e‐government development in Russia, participated as expert and consultant in number of international projects. Teaches various courses on modern approaches to public management and government‐society interaction( including course on e‐government). Research focuses on innovations in public administration, e‐government and public e‐services.
Kenneth Griggs is a Professor of Information Systems at the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. His current research interests focus on electronic commerce, emerging technologies, collaboration systems, information systems audit and control, and the use of social media networks to optimize knowledge management within organizations.
Kerstin Grundén is senior lecturer in informatics at the West University of Sweden. She has also a background as a sociologist. She was participating in the research project Innoveta funded by Vinnova for the study of customer centres implementation within municipalities in Sweden 2009 – 2011. Her main field of research is e‐Government and e‐Learning.
Luisita Guanlao is a Lead Information Officer, Rapid Application Development, Innovation and ICT Directorate, World Bank Group. Experience in IT sector supporting software architecture / development, project planning, management / IT management, business development / solution support. Focus includes enterprise architecture, information management, data management, business intelligence, identity and access management. Technical assistance to government institutions ensuring
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