International Workshop on Government Interoperability in HICSS 2010

Within the 43th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2010), a half-day workshop session on "eGovernment Infrastructures and Interoperability" hosted presentations of international research achievements and in concluded in interesting results for administations and the industry. The session was co-organised by: - Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology - Yannis Charalabidis, Greek Interoperability Centre, NTUA - Apitep Saekow, Stamford International University The workshop included presentations of high quality research papers and discussion. Interesting results and conclusions where noted, in the areas of: - New scientific approaches on interoperability - The virtualisation of organisations in public sector - Multi-national dimensions and practices - Interoperability infrastructures in the cloud - Social participation networks - Decision making and IT planning in local administration The presentations made are as following: Construction of a Complex Adaptive Systems Pattern as an Epistemological Lens for E-Government Systems by Adrian Krolczyk, Christian Senf, and Nils Cordes (DE) Attitudinal and Behavioural Determinants Influencing Top Managementís Decision Making Process for Adopting Integration Technologies Vital for e-Enabling Local Government: A Strategic Perspective by Muhammad Kamal, Vishanth Weerakkody, and Zahir Irani (UK) Extending Virtual Organizations in the Public Sector: Lessons from CSCW, STS, and Organization Science by Radaphat Chongthammakun and Steven J. Jackson (US) Multinational E-Government Collaboration, Information Sharing, and Interoperability: An Integrative Model by Celene Navarrete, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Sehl Mellouli, Theresa Pardo, and Jochen Scholl (US, Mexico) Implementing Federated Interoperability Infrastructures: Issues and Challenges from the Citizens’ Base Registry in Greece by Fenareti Lampathaki, Nikos Kroustalias, Sotiris Koussouris, Yannis Charalabidis, and John Psarras (GR) eGovernment Ontologies: Social Participation in Building and Evolution Alessia Barbagallo,Antonio De Nicola, and Michele Missikoff (IT) For more information, on this year eGov Interoperability session and HICSS 2011 Minitrack on Interoperability and Cloud Infrastructures please contact yannisx@epu.ntua.gr and m.f.w.h.a.janssen@tudelft.nl