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

[Ioannis Nikolaou via eGov-list]

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/ |
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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