Preface
These proceedings represent the work of authors at the 13th European Conference on e‐Government ( ECEG 2013 ). The Conference this year is hosted by the University of Insubria in Como , Italy . The Conference Chair is Professor Walter Castelnovo and the Programme Chair is Professor Elena Ferrari , both are from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences and the Research Center “ Knowledge and Service Management for Business Applications “ at the University of Insubria .
The opening keynote address is given by Dr Gianluca Misuraca from the European Commission , Joint Research Centre , Institute for Prospective Technological Studies , Seville , Spain and Gianluca is addressing the topic “ eGovernment : Past , Present & Future : A policy‐research perspective for renewing governance in the digital age ”. The second day of the conference is opened by Dr Antoinio Cordella from the London School of Economics , London , UK , who will talk about “ Public value creation : the new challenge for e‐government policies ”.
ECEG brings together , researchers , Government officials and practitioners in the area of e‐Government from around the world . Participants are able to share their research findings and explore the latest developments and trends in the field which can then be disseminated to the wider community .
With an initial submission of 153 abstracts , after the double blind , peer review process there are 81 papers published in these Conference Proceedings . These papers represent research from 40 countries including Australia , Austria , Belgium , Brazil , Canada , China , Costa Rica , Croatia , Denmark , Eygpt , Germany , Greece , India , Iran , Iraq , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malaysia , Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Pakistan , Poland , Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Serbia , Slovenia , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Taiwan , Thailand , Turkey , UK and USA . This will ensure a very interesting two days .
Selected papers will be published in special issues of the Electronic Journal of e‐Government ( www . ejeg . com ) and the Journal of E‐Government Studies and Best Practices . We hope that you have an stimulating conference , and enjoy your time in Como .
Walter Castelnovo Elena Ferrari June 2013
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