Call for Papers
This is the official call for papers for Govtech 2008.
Submissions are invited from industry, government, academic
institutions and the public sector.
The 2008 theme – collaborate, innovate and deliver – continues
last year’s exploration of transformation through technology,
but shifts the emphasis to innovation and collaboration in the
delivery of “citizen-centered” services.
As such, Govtech 2008 seeks to facilitate the discovery and
adoption of technologies that ensure exceptional service
delivery and provide insight into successful initiatives that
have been undertaken across the public sector. It will look at
innovative technologies used to serve citizens better, address
specific issues and challenges, and present new, practical
solutions to solve the technological challenges of the public
sector.
But above all, Govtech 2008 aims to explore critical issues,
challenge traditional paradigms and ask probing questions. We
want to know exactly how information and communications
technologies are enabling government operations. We want to
better understand the main challenges of citizen centricity and
customer service that government faces and what IT should do
about them.
What is driving government business and service delivery
transformation? How can technology provide flexibility in
delivering services and enhancing public perceptions? What are
the capacity gaps that need to be addressed? Where does the
citizen stand as we approach 2010 – as an active participant or
a recipient of what departments can manage to accomplish?
At Govtech 2008, we will thrash out and deliberate these and
other issues, as well as exploring a wide range of current and
emerging technologies impacting government transformation.
Submission Requirements
The private sector is encouraged to submit
speaker proposal for consideration, however, all submissions
should be presented in a vendor-neutral context.
Presentations on the features and benefits of a specific product
or services suite are not appropriate and will not be accepted.
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
28 March 2008 |
You are invited to submit a speaker proposal for consideration
under one or more of the following categories AND focusing on one
or more of the topics and/or technologies for discussion
as listed below.
World Class
Service Delivery |
Next Generation Infrastructure
& Solutions |
Trends, Technologies
& Innovation |
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E-government Innovation and Transformation |
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Technology Enabled Government
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New, Innovative Technologies |
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Connecting Government and Citizens |
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Next Generation Service Delivery |
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Emerging Technologies |
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Maximising Public Service Efficiency |
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Applying Technology |
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Global & Local Trends |
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Preference in the selection of sessions will be given to those
speaker proposals which focus upon the issues that have been
identified as key topics for discussion and/or the relevant
technology focus areas as listed below.
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Key topics for discussion |
Technologies to be explored |
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Transforming the business of government through collaboration &
innovation |
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Infrastructure solutions for health and
education |
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Leveraging
public-private sector partnerships to enhance service delivery |
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Infrastructure solutions for safety &
security, customs and taxation |
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International perspectives of e-government developments: challenges and
solutions |
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Information management, information integration and
information sharing |
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Successful
implementation of citizen-centric e-services |
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Information security: data security, internet security,
identity management and privacy |
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Transforming the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery |
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Compliance, content management and records management |
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Shared
services, managed services & transversal services |
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Communications infrastructure, networking and wireless |
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Developing the local government
services market |
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Storage, recovery, disaster management contingency planning |
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Using IT to
address challenges of interoperability in delivering ICT services |
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Disaster recovery, management & planning |
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Multi-channel delivery of
integrated services |
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Green data centres |
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E-government strategies,
implementation policies and best practices |
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Enterprise architecture, service-oriented architecture & web
services |
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Strategies for information
sharing across all spheres of government |
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Broadband technologies and mobile telephony |
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Modernising public administration
using ICT |
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Geographic information systems |
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Meeting the e-skills challenge
through partnerships & collaboration |
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Software as a Service |
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Public sector innovations
and innovators |
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Virtualisation |
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Governance, risk and compliance
in government |
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Nanotechnology |
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Innovative ways to reduce the
digital divide |
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Open source |
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Regulation and convergence |
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Web 2.0
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Guidelines |
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A concise presentation summary is
critical in the evaluation of the proposal, and special care should be
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All submissions should take a
strong “solutions orientation” and/or focus on a specific services
application (i.e. applying a solution to a government program, or a
government case study on a successful implementation of a new
innovation). |
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The case study approach,
illustrating a public sector solution which is relevant for national,
provincial, municipal, or regional levels of government, is the most
preferred type of presentation. Refer to the Case Studies Guidelines
section to assist you in making your submission. |
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Alternatively, a presentation
format which offers various objective perspectives on a specific topic
or issue will also be given priority. |
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All submissions should be
presented in a vendor-neutral context. |
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Presentations on the features and
benefits of a specific product or services suite are not appropriate and
will not be accepted. |
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As a general rule, session
presentations are restricted to 30 minutes and keynote presentations to
between 40-50 minutes. |
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No submissions sent by email will
be accepted. All submissions are to be made online. |
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The deadline for receipt of
submissions for the Govtech 2008 conference is 28 March 2008 |
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Guidelines |
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Case study presentations are particularly helpful to delegates who need
to understand the value of innovation or service being presented. The
following questions are designed to help you structure your case study: |
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Provide business context for the case study. What was
the business problem which led to the development of the project or
initiative? |
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Show innovation: Discuss the innovative nature of the
project or project leader. What makes this so special? |
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Be citizen-centered: What was the bottom-line benefit of
the project or innovation to the citizen? |
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Demonstrate results: What were the tangible measures of
the success of the project beyond the lessons your team has learned. |
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Give advice: How can other levels of government
implement the case or apply its learning to existing and future
initiatives. |
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