E-LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2012 - The First E-Leadership Conference on Sustainability in E-Government and E-Business Innovations in Africa

DATE: 4th to 5th October, 2012, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

THE FIRST E-LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY OF E-GOVERNMENT AND E-BUSINESS INNOVATIONS IN AFRICA

1.0 CONFRENCE THEME: “SUSTAINABLE E-LEADERSIP IN E-GOVERNMENT AND E-BUSINESS INNOVATIONS”

2.0 BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
The strategic use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in government and business is now instrumental in the attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to “Good Governance” and development of a “Global Partnership for Development”. There are many examples of innovative use of ICTs in the public sector (through e-government projects) and in businesses (through e-business projects). Therefore, the importance of e-governance and e-business for good governance and development cannot be underestimated. An aspect of the strategic use of ICT in both the public and private sector that is rarely explored, at least in the African context, is how e-leadership is related to the sustainability of e-government and e-business innovations. E-Leadership is used to describe relationships of influence within virtual networks of an emerging global IT-enabled era. E-Government and E-Business are a direct result of the virtual nature of relationships enabled by ICT. Such relationships now influence billions of people, changing their attitudes, behaviour, decisions and organizational performance across the globe.
The forum is aimed at assessing how e-leadership influences Digital Strategy (e-government and e-business strategies); management in a digital era (E-Management) and how technology enables e-transformation (E-Transformation) and the sustainability of digital innovations from the perspective of ICT4D (E-Sustainability). The themes in the four tracks are highlighted below:
CONFERENCE THEMES
I. DIGITAL STRATEGY
? Models of E-Leadership
? E-Education Strategy and Management
? Social, Political and Legal Frameworks for Transformational Government
? Social, Political and Legal Frameworks for E-Business
? Case Studies on Development E-Business and E-Government Strategies
? Change Management
II. E-MANAGEMENT
? Virtual Project Leadership
? E-Management Models
? Adapting Business Process for E-Management
? IT Governance for E-Commerce
? E-Business Risk Management
? Managing the Transition to Digital Broadcasting
? Performance Management in E-Business and E-Government
III. E-TRANSFORMATION
? E-Commerce Trends and Issues
? Social Networking in Organizations
? Business Intelligence and Web Analytics
? E-Business and E-Government Infrastructure Development
? Technology Solutions for Integrating Inter-Firm and Inter-Governmental Processes
? E-Tendering
? E-Procurement
? IT Diffusion in Developing Regions
? Mobile Applications in Developing Regions
? Mobile Money
? Cloud Computing
? ICT4D
IV. E-SUSTAINABILITY
? Sustainability Frameworks for E-Business and E-Government
? E-Business Sustainability in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
? Realizing E-Participation for E-Governance
? Value Chain Management for E-Business and E-Government Innovations
? Modelling Online User Behaviour
? Sustaining Transformational Government

Important dates
? Full Paper Submission deadline: 15th July 2012
? Notification of paper acceptance: 15th August 2012 (with any requested changes)
? Final paper submission (with changes): 15th September 2012
? Early bird registration closes: 15th August 2012
? Final author/delegate registration date: 15th September 2012

Paper Submissions:

All paper submissions to be e-mailed to the editor:

Dr. Nixon Muganda Ochara
Department of Informatics
University of Pretoria

E-Mail: nixon.muganda-AT-up.ac.za