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International Federation for Information Processing
                          Working Group 8.5

              Information Systems in Public Administration
                          Working Conference

            The Changing Organisation in the Information Age
                          9-10 December 1996
                        University of Tasmania
                               Hobart

The Working Group 8.5 of the Information Federation for Information
Processing is holding a two day working conference on the topic The
Changing Organisation in the Information Age. This conference will be 
held on 9-10 December 1996 at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, 
Tasmania, Australia. The working conference will be held in 
conjunction with the annual Australasian Conference on Information 
Systems (ACIS'96) which will take place over 10-13 December.

Theme
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The theme for the IFIP WG8.5 Working Conference is

         The Changing Organisation in the Information Age

        o changing nature of work and of work practice
        o electronic commerce
        o electronic service delivery
        o standards on documents and electronic document interchange
        o integrated document management
        o management of change
        o issues of quality in IT project management
        o outsourcing


The aim and scope of the IFIP Working Group 8.5 are:

Aim
---
To improve the quality of information systems in public administration 
at international, national, regional and local levels. The Working 
Group's special emphasis is on the relationship between central and 
local use of information systems and the provision of citizen 
services, together with the accomplishment of social goals.

Scope

1. Analyse information processing politics in public
   administration.
2. Discuss specific applications of information systems in
   public administration.
3. Analyse the impacts of information systems on public
   administration.
4. Apply the results of other IFIP Working Groups, and
   specifically of TC 8 Working Groups, to public
   administration.


Supporting Bodies
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Bodies that are supporting this working conference include:

The Strategic Research Centre in Public Management and Policy, 
University of Tasmania

IFIP WG8.5 through its chair, Professor Roland Traunmuller, Johannes 
Kepler University of Linz, Austria

The Office of Government Information Technology, Australian Federal 
Government

The Information Strategy Unit, Tasmanian Department of Premier &
Cabinet

The Australian Computer Society, Tasmanian Branch

Format
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The format of the working conference will be:

Day 1: Plenary sessions, involving presentation of invited and 
contributed position papers.

Day 2: Papers, discussion and panel sessions addressing the above 
issues.

The size and nature of such sessions will depend on the expressions of
interest and papers received.

The presentations will contain a range of case studies and position 
papers, particularly addressing the issues associated with IT-induced 
change within public administartion.

During day 1 there will be several keynote presentations from speakers 
in public administration, industry and academia.

Call for Papers
---------------
You are invited to submit extended abstracts of papers for 
presentation at the Working Conference. These abstracts should be 250 
to 1,000 words in length and address one of the topics under the 
general theme, given above.

Authors may submit either hard copy or electronic versions of 
abstracts.

Electronic submission may be via electronic mail to 
IFIP8.5@cs.utas.edu.au, or by posting a diskette to the address of the 
Conference Secretariat shown below. Electronic abstracts should be 
submitted in one of the following formats:

        o Microsoft Word
        o WordPerfect
        o Rich Text Format (RTF)
        o ASCII text

Other formats may be acceptable. Please contact the Conference 
Secretariat if you have any queries.

The deadline for submission of extended abstracts is the 20 September 
1996.

Advice of acceptance or rejection and referees comments will be 
returned by 11 October 1996.

The deadline for submission of full papers is 8 November 1996. Final
version of papers should not exceed 12 pages in length, including
references, acknowledgments and appendices. There should not be a 
separate title page. Text should be set in 12 point Times Roman on an 
A4 size page.

All text should be formatted according to the details instructions to
authors which can be retrieved from

WWW:   http://www.cs.utas.edu.au/ifip8.5/

A copy of the detailed instructions to authors will be supplied with
notifications of acceptance.

Who should attend
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o Senior State and Federal IT and IS managers, and those working on
policies in these areas;

o Consultants and contractors with involvement in Government IT policy 
and developments;

o Exporters seeking further knowledge on IT policies and developments 
in the APEC region;

o Academics with interests in the areas of Information Systems, 
Management, Public Administration and International Communications.

Conference Committee
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Conference Chair:       Dr Chris Keen, University of Tasmania

Organising Committee:   John Lamp, University of Tasmania
                        Heather Ring, Tasmanian Department of Pemier &
                          Cabinet
                        Rob Valentine, Australian Computer Society,
                          Tasmanian Branch

Conference Secretariat
----------------------
All enquiries, correspondence and submission of papers  should be 
addressed to the IFIP WG 8.5 Working Conference Secretariat:

        IFIP WG8.5 Working Conference
        Mures Convention Management
        Victoria Dock
        Hobart
        Tasmania        7000
        Australia

Phone:  03 6234 1424 (within Aust) Fax: 03 6234 4464 (within Aust)
        +61-3-6234-1424 (intl)          +61-3-6234-4464 (intl)

E-mail: IFIP8.5@cs.utas.edu.au

WWW:    http://www.cs.utas.edu.au/ifip8.5/


Cheers
John
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Information Systems Group, Dept of Comp Science, Uni of Tasmania