dg.o 2007

Building a Sustainable International Digital Government Research Community

Moderator

Valerie Gregg, Assistant Director for Development, Digital Government Research Center, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California (703-975-4777)

Confirmed Panelists

Sharon Dawes, Director, Center for Technology in Government, Albany

Peter Shane, U.S. Chair, Online Consultation and Public Policy Making Working Group, and, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies, Ohio State University

Paul Waddell, U.S. Chair, An Open Platform for Urban Simulation Working Group, and, Professor of Public Affairs and of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington

Theresa Pardo, U.S. Chair, A Comparative and Transnational Research Agenda in North America Working Group, and, Deputy Director, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany

G.P. Patil, U.S. Chair, Digital Governance and Hotspot Geoinformatics for Monitoring, Etiology, Early Warning, and Management Working Group, and, Director, Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics, Pennsylvania State University

The panel will discuss several aspects of building a sustainable international digital government community.  The discussion will start with the findings of a reconnaissance study that summarizes the current state of international digital government research and plans for launching an annual international institute for doctoral students.  This will be followed by an introduction to four recently organized international digital or e-government working groups that will come together for several years to craft and carry out joint research agendas around comparative and transnational research questions.  Each of the four working groups, represented here by its U.S. co-chair, will present its strategic goals and objectives, early experiences, and prospects for further development.  The session will conclude with an open dialogue between the panelists and dg.o 2007 participants about strategies, problems, and lessons learned in carrying out international research collaborations.