Summary

About

The 9th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2016) took place under the high patronage of the Presidency of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 1 to 3 March 2016.

It was co-organized by the Agency for Electronic Government and Information Society of Uruguay (AGESIC) and the United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) in collaboration with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

ICEGOV2016 featured a rich academic, capacity-building and network-building program of keynote lectures, plenary discussions, thematic sessions, invited sessions, a poster exhibition, and a doctoral colloquium, all built from submitted or invited contributions by researchers, experts, policymakers and practitioners from around the world. The conference engaged authors, reviewers, committee members and resource persons from 64 countries and economies.

Statistics

Attendance: 

• Total participants: 253
• Local participants: 167
• International participants: 86
• Total countries: 34
• Developed countries: 19
• Emerging countries: 15
• Participants from developed countries: 216
• Participants from emerging countries: 37
• Participants from academia: 77
• Participants from government: 136
• Participants from industry: 24
• Participants from international organisations / NGOs: 11
• Participants from civil society / other: 5

Papers and Authors

• Papers submitted: 150
• Papers published: 119
• Authors: 362

UNU-EGOV Scholarships

• Scholarships awarded: 45
• Gender balance (M/F): 25/20
• Awarded to students: 9
• Awarded to non-students: 36
• Awarded to people from developed countries: 8
• Awarded to people from emerging countries: 37