[EGOV LIST] CFP Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-58), Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, January 7-10, 2025

[Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar via eGov-list]

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-58), Hilton Waikoloa Village, Big Island, January 7-10, 2025 https://hicss.hawaii.edu/

 Digital Government Track

 Smart and Connected Cities and Communities Mini-track

Cities and communities worldwide are undergoing major changes due to the increasing use of constantly evolving smart technologies. Challenges related to climate emergency, pandemic or refugee crises visibly increased the pace of ICT implementation in our living environments. The growing popularity of technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensing technologies, metaverse, chatbots, open data, big data, blockchain, and so on, have opened new avenues for smart governance in the urban and communities’ contexts, which requires continuous research in this area. Consequently, various stakeholders need to adjust to these new circumstances and embrace technological advancements to stay relevant in evolving local regimes. This shift towards digitalization, now a top priority for many cities and smaller local governments, holds the promise of enhancing citizens well-being and increase service efficiency, but also presents significant challenges at the complex intersection of technology and society.
A smart and connected community can be described as one that seamlessly integrates advanced technologies with the natural and built environments, including infrastructure, to enhance the social, economic, and environmental welfare of residents, workers, and visitors. Building on the idea of community informatics, smart communities are seen as facilitating citizen empowerment and enabling both individual and collective pursuits of well-being. As many point out, the technological development should not be a goal, but a tool to achieve better conditions for everybody, with citizens’ needs and preferences as driving values. The minitrack aim is to understand how new technologies can shape the wellbeing of urban citizens and governance processes within our cities to ensure they develop according to principles of democracy, equality, and social justice.
Although the literature is rich in references to smart cities and communities, the concept remains multidimensional and goes beyond the mere use of technology and infrastructure. Therefore, the ICT solutions should not be the only aspect taken into account when analyzing digital developments in our communities. Increased number of studies indicate that emerging technologies have a huge influence on social life, catalyzing new needs of citizens and transforming the way they are addressed, influencing people’s ability to exercise their “right to the city/community” and affecting social as well as environmental sustainability. City administration and community management, information integration, data quality, privacy and security, institutional arrangements, and citizen participation are therefore some of the issues that need greater attention to plan human-centered smart solutions and monitor social consequences of their implementation. Digital divide must be addressed as well, recognizing the existing mechanisms and affordances that result in an unequal access to smart city benefits.
This minitrack aims at exploring current developments in the field of smart development, paying particular attention to the social challenges faced during implementation of new technological solutions as well as to the community impact of these initiatives. Through this minitrack contributions we also strive to understand how new technologies can shape the decision-making processes, livability of local communities, and the well-being of its residents. Some of the topics we are particularly interested include:
Impact of smart technologies on citizens and local communities
Digital transformation as an opportunity or threat to the democratic processes
Citizens’ rights to the smart city/community
Typologies of smart cities and communities – different models of being smart
Cases, rankings, comparisons, and critical success factors for smart cities, communities and regions
Theory and practice of smart citizenship – technological competences vs. user experience
Emerging technologies in smart cities and communities – artificial intelligence, big data, open data, sensing technologies, social media and networks, digital twins, metaverse, chatbots, etc.
Expected and unexpected outcomes of implementing smart policies in cities and communities
Elements, prerequisites, and principles of smart governance as the foundation to creating smart urban and regional spaces
Smart cities and smart government – focal areas, current practices, cases, and potential pitfalls
Impact of smart governance models on urban resilience and quality of life
Management of smart cities and communities – theory and practice
Smart partnerships (triple/quadruple/quintuple helix, public-private partnerships, and citizen participation)
The role of digital technologies in the context of community livability, social sustainability and cohesion
Developments in the field of smart services
Urban-rural gaps in smart communities
Building knowledge societies for smart cities and communities
Smart cities and communities and their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
 Important dates (https://hicss.hawaii.edu/):

 June 15, 2024: Papers due

August 17, 2024: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection

September 22, 2024: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication

October 1, 2024: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for the conference

January 7-10, 2025: HICSS Conference

Mini-track Co-Chairs:
Anna Domaradzka-Widla (primary contact), University of Warsaw, Poland (anna.domaradzka at uw.edu.pl <mailto:anna.domaradzka at uw.edu.pl>)

Gabriela Viale Pereira, Danube University Krems, Austria (gabriela.viale-pereira at donau-uni.ac.at <mailto:gabriela.viale-pereira at donau-uni.ac.at>) 

Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, University of Granada, Spain (manuelp at ugr.es <mailto:manuelp at ugr.es>)



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Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
Full Professor of Accounting
University of Granada

Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business Studies, C/ Campus Universitario de Cartuja, s/n   | 18071, Granada (Spain)
Phone No. +34958242881   fax +34958246249

 | email: manuelp at ugr.es
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