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

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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