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ICEGOV2009

3rd International Conference on
Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

10 - 13 November 2009, Bogota, Colombia

The 3rd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, ICEGOV2009, will take place in Bogota, Colombia during 10-13 November 2009. The conference is organized under the patronage of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Government of Colombia, by: (1) Electronic Governance Programme at United Nations University - International Institute for Software Technology, (2) Observatorio de Sociedad, Gobierno y Tecnologías de Información, Universidad Externado de Colombia, and (3) Programa Gobierno en Línea, Government of Colombia.

As ICEGOV2007 in Macao and ICEGOV2008 in Cairo, ICEGOV2009 aims to further strengthen the ICEGOV conference series as global, multi-stakeholder, networking, research and practice, capacity building, development and UN conferences.

Specifically, ICEGOV2009 attracted contributions in both research and practice of Electronic Governance from 39 countries, with strong representation from developing and transition countries. ICEGOV2009 will offer a strong capacity-building, network-building and consensus-building program with invited talks, invited sessions, tutorials, workshops, panel discussions, round-table discussions, papers sessions, and the demo and poster session. For the first time, the conference will feature invited sessions to present experiences and lessons learnt in Electronic Governance development by various government organizations responsible for such development at the national or sub-national levels, as well as three round-table discussions aimed at consensus-building.

The attached Call for Participation provides detailed information on the various events of the conference, registration process and other important information for attending the conference, while the program is provided at www.icegov.org under the Program menu option.

We look forward to seeing you soon in Bogota.

Many regards,

ICEGOV2009 Team