[EGOV LIST] dg.o 2025: TRACK 18. Smart Cities for Social Cohesion

[Leonidas Anthopoulos via eGov-list]

dg.o 2025: TRACK 18. Smart Cities for Social Cohesion 

Dear colleague, 

are you researching on topics such as smart city? inclusive city?
coherence? people-centricity? sustainability? smart
government/governance? smart city management? city and open/big data?
urban innovation? 

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CALL FOR PAPERS - dg.o 2025: TRACK 18. Smart Cities for Social Cohesion 

(https://smartcitytrack.wordpress.com/ |
https://www.facebook.com/SmartCityTrack/) 

dg.o 2025: 26th Annual International Conference on Digital Government
Research 

Theme: Digital government fostering social cohesion for reducing
inequalities 
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul 
Porto Alegre City, Brazil
June 09-12, 2025
https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/ 

https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025 and
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2025 

X handle: #dgo2025 

The Digital Government Society (DGS) announces the 26th Annual
International Conference on Digital Government Research - dg.o 2025,
under the theme Digital government fostering social cohesion for
reducing inequalities. The dg.o 2025 will be hosted by the Pontifical
Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre City, Brazil,
June 9-12, 2025. The dg.o conferences are an established forum for
presentation, discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary
research on digital government, civic engagement, technology innovation,
and related applications and practice. Each year, the conference brings
together scholars recognized for the interdisciplinary and innovative
nature of their work, their contributions to theory and practice, their
focus on relevant and timely topics, and the quality of their research
and writing. 

TRACK 18. Smart Cities for Social Cohesion 

Track chairs: 

Leonidas Anthopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece 

Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York 

In the era of cities and under the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable
growth, cities aim to secure social sustainability and coherence (e.g.,
deal with affordable energy, poverty, hunger, equal opportunities in
education, jobs, and health, etc.) and enhance their performance to
become friendlier and able to host their increasing populations.
Additionally, new types of business appear, while the co-existence of
autonomous things and people generate another challenge that cities have
started phasing. Smart Cities are enablers for smart growth, social
coherence, and industrial transformation of cities by adopting cutting
edge technologies (i.e., IoT, AI, Blockchain etc.). The goals of smart
cities are to generate opportunities that engage, upskill and enhance
equity in their communities. This track invites research and practices
in smart cities that describes smart cities development strategies,
policy models, citizen engagement, and technology innovations. This
year's theme calls for research and practices on the Smart and Inclusive
Cities which emphasize on participation, access to technology and the
ability of citizens and the community to keep on functioning and
prospering despite the challenges that can face (i.e., inequity,
poverty, violence, environmental threats etc.). 

IMPORTANT DATES 

- January 24, 2025: Papers due 

- March 26, 2025: Notifications of acceptance 

- April 14, 2025: Camera-ready manuscripts due 

- April 18, 2025: Early registration closes! 

SUBMISSION TYPES AND FORMATS 

Submissions need to follow the guidelines established for the dg.o
conference. Detailed instruction and ACM conference proceedings template
are available on the conference website
https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/call-for-papers/ under "submission
guidelines". 

Submission Site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2025