HICSS - 53 Digital Government Track
53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
January 7-10, 2020 - Grand Wailea, Maui, HI, USA

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Minitrack Leaders

Mila Gascó holds a MBA and a Ph. D. in public policy evaluation. She is the Associate Research Director of the CTG UAlbany as well as a Research Associate Professor at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, both at the University at Albany – SUNY. Before joining SUNY, Dr. Gascó served as a senior researcher at the Institute of Governance and Public Management (currently known as ESADEgov - Center for Public Governance) and the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, both at ESADE Business & Law School in Spain. Her areas of research are mainly related to information and technology in government and, among other, they include electronic and open government, e-governance, public sector innovation, smart cities, and public policy evaluation. In addition, she has worked for a wide variety of organizations such as the United Nations Development Program, the Mayor’s Office in Valencia (Venezuela), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, the City Council and the Provincial Council of Barcelona, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the Latin American Centre on Management for Development, the World E-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments, the Inter-American Development Bank, or Google.

Theresa A.Pardo, PhD is Director of CTG UAlbany at the University at Albany, State University of New York, where she is also a full research professor in Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Dr. Pardo serves as OpenNY Adviser to New York State’s Governor Cuomo and is chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Committee. She is founder of the Smart Cities, Smart Government Research-Practice Global Consortium and a Past-President of the Digital Government Society. She serves on the User Working Group of the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), the Business and Operations Advisory Committee of the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Steering Committee of the North East Big Data Innovation Hub. Dr. Pardo is one of the top five most cited authors in digital government, and in 2018, was selected as one of top 100 most influential people in digital government globally.

Taewoo Nam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Graduate School of Governance at Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. He is also a Research Fellow at the Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, State University of New York. As an advisor in the performance evaluation board of the Korean national government, he helps the government evaluate the performance of national reform initiatives and programs. His research interests comprise government innovation, open government, citizen participation, and digital government. Recent publications appear in various journals such as Government Information Quarterly, Telematics and Informatics, Social Science Computer Review, Computers in Human Behavior, International Review of Administrative Sciences, International Review of Public Administration, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Urban Technology, Journal of Information Technology and Politics, and Information Polity.