Worldwide, governments are wrestling with a wide range of social and political challenges and are looking to innovations in technology, in the institutions of government, and in the interactions between government and citizens to help them meet these challenges. ICEGOV calls attention to the role of openness in fostering transparency, participation, accountability and smarter government. In addition, ICEGOV encourages participants to push the thinking on measurement and evaluation beyond current models and techniques and to pay particular attention to the ways research and practice can effectively align Electronic Governance initiatives with major policy programs to ultimately provide value to citizens.

ICEGOV2012 will be organized by the Center for Technology in Government , University at Albany, SUNY, in collaboration with the United Nations University - IIST Center for Electronic Governance as the founder and coordinator of the ICEGOV conference series. It will be held in Albany, NY on October 22-25, 2012.