The conference provides a ground for researchers of distinct disciplines to come together and discuss advances of eParticipation research from distinct disciplinary angles. ePart follows the traditions of high-level scientific conferences. It is organized by key experts in the field and will be supported by a multidisciplinary program committee.
ePart 2012 is sponsored by IFIP.
As with the previous ePart Conferences, the IFIP WG 8.5 group will once again organize the International ePart Conference 2012. As always, ePart will be co-located with EGOV, the IFIP e-government conference 2012 thus, providing additional benefits to participants.
Location: Kristiansand, Norway
Dates: 3 – 6 September 2012
News
Peter Dahlgren, Professor of Media and Communication Studies in Lund University will be a keynote speaker in ePart2012. The topic of his key note speeach will be announced soon.
This year, for the first time, a ‘Best Paper’ award will be made. The best paper will be selected from the accepted research papers by an international committee and will be announced at the conference.
The conference chairs plan to organise a special issue on eParticipation within a prestigeous journal. The authors of ePart2012 best papers will be encouranged to submit extended versions of their papers for consideration.