The fifth eParticipation and eGovernment PhD colloquium will take place in conjunction with the first ePart conference and the eighth annual EGOV conference. The colloquium will be co-organised with the DEMO_net network of excellence, the AIS SIG eGovernment and the IFIP WG 8.5 on Information Systems in the Public Sector.

The overall aim of the PhD colloquium is to bring PhD students who are scattered across countries and disciplines more together.

Pd student papers may address any pertinent topic of research on electronic government, electronic democracy and electronic participation (for guidelines see e.g. the topics addressed in current and past ePart and EGOV conferences). The colloquium is organized as a joint event among EGOV and ePart.

Students are invited to submit their PhD project and thesis proposals. To submit your proposal, make sure that your submission includes:

•  the name and affiliation of author,
•  abstract (max. 300 words),
•  3-5 keywords,
•  research aim,
•  theory, method,
•  results achieved and/or prospective results.

Each submission will be reviewed and discussed by other PhD students and senior eGovernment and eParticipation researchers. Submissions can be made via the ConfDriver submission system - please choose track 6 for the PhD project submission. Please note also, that PhD papers may only qualify as single-authored submissions (supervisors should not be co-authors!).

Links to past DEMO-net and EGOV PhD colloquia:

• Fourth PhD Colloquium in Torino, Italy in 2008

• Third PhD Colloquium in Regensburg, Germany (info and programme) and programme including presentations at the DEMO_net's PhD Student wiki in 2007

• Second PhD Colloquium in Krakow, Poland (info and programme) in 2006

Further information about past PhD colloquia are also available in the DEMO-net PhD students' corner (login required).