[EGOV LIST] CFP: SDG for City and location technologies Mini-track : HICSS-57

[Sehl Mellouli]

*CALL FOR PAPERS *

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-57), Hilton 
Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beah Resort, January 3-6, 2024 
https://hicss.hawaii.edu

*Location intelligence special track**
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*SDG for City and location technologies Mini-track *

Following the Millennium Goals, the United Nations have adopted in 2015, 
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), brought together under the 
umbrella of the 2030 Agenda. Based on 1,691 common targets, to be 
achieved by 2030, the SDGs address the major planetary challenges: 
eradicating all forms of poverty, in all countries; protecting the 
planet; and, ensuring prosperity for all (three pillars of sustainable 
development). SDGs have been designed essentially to be used at 
macro-scale level. Looking for ways to apply them locally at different 
geographic scales, in local government, departments and agencies, 
organizations and businesses, municipalities and cities, local 
communities… remain very challenging, despite the recent deployment, by 
the UN, of a series of simple actions, of a mobile application and even 
of a Chat Bot for the general public.

Implementing and monitoring the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 
at the city scale is indeed not trivial. It requires dedicated research, 
specific methods, and tools. Even the SDG 11 “Sustainable cities and 
communities” does not provide “turnkey” or “one size fits” all solution. 
Smart cities approach, Smart technologies (sensors networks and IoT, 
urban Artificial Intelligence, geospatial intelligence technologies and 
data…) should be considered as a way of addressing implementation 
processes, indicators design and feeding and, SDSs\targets monitoring 
issues. This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers 
and practitioners to present new research and developments in the 
following area. Areas of interest for this minitrack include, but are 
not limited to, the following topics:

  * Using geospatial data and place–based technologies to build
    indicators for urban SDG monitoring,
  * Developing urban SDG strategies based on smart city platform,
  * Educating and engaging citizens and local communities in urban SDG
    strategies,
  * Feeding urban SDG monitoring system with location technologies,
  * Integrating SDG in smart city projects,
  * SDG and urban digital transition,

The minitrack welcomes Original Research, Dialogues, Brief Research 
Report, Community Case Study, Conceptual Analysis, Research Statement 
and Perspectives.

*Important dates* (https://hicss.hawaii.edu/):
April 15, 2022: Paper submission system reopened for HICSS-56
June 15, 2023: Papers due
August 17, 2023: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2023: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for 
Publication
October 1, 2023: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to 
register for the conference
January 3-6, 2024: HICSS Conference

*Mini-track Co-Chairs: *

Stéphane Roche (Primary Contact)
Laval University
stephane.roche at scg.ulaval.ca

Sehl Mellouli
Laval University
Sehl.Mellouli at fsa.ulaval.ca

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Sehl Mellouli, professeur titulaire/full professor
  
Vice-Recteur Adjoint aux services à l’enseignement et à la formation tout au long de la vie/
Deputy Vice-Rector Education and Lifelong Learning
  
Universite Laval
  
G1V 0A6, Quebec, Quebec, Canada