From egov-list at u.washington.edu Sat Jan 4 07:00:49 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (ZIOZIAS CHRISTOS via eGov-list) Date: Sat Jan 4 15:44:49 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] dg.o 2025: TRACK 18. Smart Cities for Social Cohesion Message-ID: <20250104170049.Horde.V8mVHe-eRSmx1WQAC5dKQNY@webmail.uth.gr> 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? ----------------------------- 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 From egov-list at u.washington.edu Sun Jan 5 03:25:18 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (alois paulin via eGov-list) Date: Mon Jan 6 13:02:47 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] last call: Beyond Bureaucracy @ dg.o 2025 - Porto Alegre, Brazil Message-ID: Dear colleague, are you researching on topics such as Liquid Democracy? e-Anarchy? Non-Bureaucracy Government?, or other PROGRESSIVE e-Gov / e-Dem topics? ////////////////// DG.O 2025 BEYOND BUREAUCRACY TRACK: The DG.O 2025 Conference seeks submissions for the Beyond Bureaucracy track, which aims to outline and discuss challenges along the boundaries of society, technology, and governance, which reach beyond established e-governance and e-democracy research paths and priorities. Where well-established e-government / e-governance research ambitions focus on providing and/or studying technology that supports the work and mission of government agencies and governmental agents (incremental innovation), Beyond Bureaucracy addresses the question how radical technological innovation transforms the power of citizens and the conceptual sovereign body to actively control (rather than passively observe and follow) government agencies and governmental agents. The Beyond Bureaucracy track invites contributions that discuss pending technological (design science) challenges, promotes the economic potentials of disruptive new technological ecosystems, and serves as a platform for pro/con deliberations on Beyond Bureaucracy thought and knowledge. Track Chairs: * Alois Paulin, HVF Ludwigsburg, Germany * Robert M?ller-T?r?k, HVF Ludwigsburg, Germany * Zach Bastick, Harvard (US) & University of Oxford (UK) * https://www.beyondbureaucracy.org/bb25/ ////////////////// CONF INFO * Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre City, Brazil * June 9-12, 2025 (Mon ? Thu) * Submissions at https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/ * Deadline: Jan 24, 2025 ////////////////// GUIDING CHALLENGES: * Can dislocated (potentially very large) groups of people make decisions about common assets or common matters, which do not need to be interpreted by institutions? * Is it unavoidable to delegate decision-making to institutions (like parliaments, government agencies, ...)? * How can a society self-organize its common budget (taxes etc.)? * Are institutions to collect, govern, and redistribute public assets absolutely necessary or can exaction be done self-organized? * Can core public-domain institutions be realized without central institutions? * How can a society dynamically self-organize its public sector institutions / projects / programmes and bind them directly to collaborative decision making? * What are the challenges of the electronic identity? How can we overcome them to reach a system that will provide sustainable global identification for centuries to come? * Increased computerization of societal interactions comes with significant computing challenges. Can these be sufficiently addressed with classical computing approaches? * What would be the architecture and organization of such a government? ////////////////// RECOMMENDED TOPICS: * e-Anarchy * Participatory Budgeting & Bottom-Up Excise * Non-Bureaucratic Government * Governance Informatization * Disruptive Models of Societal Governance * Liquid Democratic Collaborative Decision-Making * Crowd-Sourced Taxation, Quantum Budget * Ethics of new Governance models * Historical Lessons of Self-Organization * Ethical concerns in technology application * Bureaucratic Morality * The philosophy of technology * Peer Production, Self-Organized Virtual Communities * Hopes & Limits of E-Democracy * Pro/Contra discussions on above topics * Technologies that enable above topics ////////////////// RECOMMENDED LITERATURE: * A. Paulin. Smart City Governance. Elsevier, 2018. * A. Paulin, L. Anthopoulos, and C. G. Reddick, Eds., Beyond Bureaucracy: Towards Sustainable Governance Informatisation, vol. 25. Springer, 2017. * Paulin, Alois. ?Ten years of liquid democracy research: An overview?. Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days 338 (16. Juli 2020): 455?66. https://doi.org/10.24989/ocg.338.36. * Blum, Christian, und Christina Isabel Zuber. ?Liquid Democracy: Potentials, Problems, and Perspectives: Liquid Democracy?. Journal of Political Philosophy 24, Nr. 2 (Juni 2016): 162?82. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12065. * Valsangiacomo, Chiara. ?Clarifying and Defining the Concept of Liquid Democracy?. Swiss Political Science Review, 25. Oktober 2021, spsr.12486. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12486. * Z. Bastick, ?Digital Limits of Government: The Failure of E-Democracy?, in Beyond Bureaucracy, vol. 25, A. A. Paulin, L. G. Anthopoulos, and C. G. Reddick, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp. 3?14. * F. Bannister, ?In Defence of Bureaucracy: Governance and Public Values in a Digital Age?, in Beyond Bureaucracy, vol. 25, A. A. Paulin, L. G. Anthopoulos, and C. G. Reddick, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp. 27?47. * C. Velikanov and A. Prosser, ?Mass online deliberation within participatory policy-making?, in Beyond Bureaucracy, vol. 25, A. Paulin, L. Anthopoulos, and C. G. Reddick, Eds. Springer, 2017. * A. Downs, Inside bureaucracy. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, 1967. * L. Lessig, Code 2.0. New York: Basic Books, 2006. * E. S. Raymond, The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary. O?Reilly Media, 1999. * Franssen, Maarten, Gert-Jan Lokhorst, and Ibo Van de Poel. Philosophy of technology. 2009 - - - - - - - - - - - - Prof. Dr. Alois PAULIN Professor of Digital Innovation and Transformation in Public Administration University of Public Administration and Finance Ludwigsburg Reuteallee 36, 71634 Ludwigsburg Germany From egov-list at u.washington.edu Mon Jan 6 08:52:00 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Ioannis Nikolaou via eGov-list) Date: Mon Jan 6 13:02:47 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] =?utf-8?q?CfP_WebAndTheCity=3A_11th_International_Sma?= =?utf-8?q?rt_City_Workshop_=E2=80=93_Responsible_Smart_Cities?= Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posts) ----------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ? DEADLINE EXTENSION WebAndTheCity: 11th International Smart City Workshop ? The Responsible Web and AI for Smart Cities In conjunction with The Web Conference (WWW?25): 35th World Wide Web International Conference, Sydney, April 28 - May 2, 2025 http://webandthecity.home.blog/ Important Dates ? Submissions due: Feb 02, 2025 (23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone) ? Notification of Acceptance: Feb. 14, 2025 ? Camera-ready version due: Feb. 28, 2025 ? Workshop authors? early registration: March 31, 2025 ? Workshop day: April 28, 2025 Workshop Objective This is the 11th edition of the workshop series with the label ?Web Applications and Smart Cities? (previous name: AW4City), which started in Florence in 2015 and kept on taking place every year in conjunction with the WWW conference series. Last year the workshop was held in Singapore, in conjunction with ?The Web Conference 2024?. The workshop series aim to investigate the role of the Web and of Web applications in smart city growth. This year, the workshop focuses on the Responsible web and Responsible AI in cities and communities. In the era of digital twinning, AI, augmented reality, and the metaverse (so-called citiverse for cities), and under the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable growth and resilience, cities are being transformed into virtual spaces that enable service automation and value generation to their communities and enterprises. Moreover, AI and web intelligence generate new types of automated transactions in these virtual spaces, while they can utilize data spaces and standardization for optimal data flow. Ethical issues are raised by questions like what happens to property in virtual space? Who can decide to allow you to enter or leave these spaces? Who is responsible for safety and security in virtual space? Automation must preserve human-perceived consequences, fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics. This workshop aims to focus on how the Web transforms cities into responsibly intelligent virtual environments. Theoretical concepts, empirical evidence and selected case studies from leading scholars and practitioners in the field showing the ?big picture? of smart cities and urban areas will be examined in this workshop. WebAndTheCity is timely since SC?s are being transformed into digital ecosystems, where data flows, digital twinning and metaverse create local dataspaces and virtual worlds that generate new types of value, digital experiences, and transactions. Communities can utilize this new form of SC for its prosperity (i.e., new types of business, new digital products and services, AI-based service automation etc.), economic growth and living. We target researchers from industry, academia, and government to join forces in this exciting area. We intend to discuss the recent and significant developments in the general areas of SC and the WWW dynamics and to promote cross-fertilization of techniques. To address the above-mentioned aspects, we solicit the following topics (but not limited to): ? Highlight responsible intelligence viewpoints in cities and communities ? Meet the intelligence and metaverse expectations for cities (human centricity and protection, new value creation, immersive experiences for users etc.) ? Explore city digital twinning ? Enhance community living with the web (services, Apps and intelligence); ? Apps and services that support community engagement in governance, circularity, climate change adaptation, mobility, sharing, crowd-sourcing etc.; ? Smart City platforms (e.g. consultation; openness; parking; traffic management; environment etc.); ? Smart and Self evolving services (e.g. self-threat analysis; self-responsive government services etc.); ? Practices of Web applications, Apps and AI in smart cities; ? Theoretical foundations on Smart City applications and standards; ? Creative partnerships, creative industries and industry 4.0 in Smart City with a focus on application development and AI (Internet Economics and Monetization); ? Pervasive Web for Smart City emerging topics (i.e., user behavior analytics, energy, water, waste, transportation etc.) ? The role of city stakeholders for smart city applications development and standardization (i.e., promotion push, start-ups, open data); ? Web Infrastructure and AI service standardization; ? The role of standards on smart city data mining; ? Smart city information quality and evolution in social content; ? Ensuring security and privacy in Smart Environment: the role of web applications and Apps. Submission We welcome full research papers, research in progress, and discussion papers. Full papers should be up to 12 pages long (maximum 8 pages for the main paper content + maximum 2 pages for appendixes + maximum 2 pages for references). Discussion papers may be short (up to 6 pages) but should clearly and distinctly address one or more issues pertinent to Smart City research including research methods and quality as well as focus of studies. Papers should be designed to support in-depth discussions of one of these issues during the workshop. Although it is a half-day event, the workshop papers will be clustered, and each session will discuss a small set of papers focusing on similar or related issues. Accepted refereed papers, must be presented at the conference by an author who is registered to attend. Please be aware that The Web Conference's organizers will require at least one registration per paper published in either the main Proceedings or in the Companion volume. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. We strongly encourage at least one author of every paper to register by the early-bird deadline so that session chairs can make plans for its presentation. Please submit your papers via the Easychair ( https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=webandthecity2025). Details of the program will be made available online. Although it is a half-day event, the workshop papers will be clustered, and each session will discuss a small set of papers focusing on similar or related issues. Submission Guidelines The accepted papers will be included in the companion volume of The Web Conference's proceedings, which will be published by ACM and included in the ACM Digital Library. All submitted papers must be: ? written in English ? contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses ? be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template ( https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) ? be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform) and formatted for US Letter size. Files in Postscript (ps) or any other format will not be accepted. Authors should submit a .doc/.docx too to the workshop?s chairs. Occupy no more than 12 pages (maximum 8 pages for the main paper content + maximum 2 pages for appendixes + maximum 2 pages for references) It is the author?s responsibility to ensure that their submissions adhere strictly to the required format. Submissions that do not comply with the above guidelines may be rejected without review. All submissions must be entered into the reviewing system, and they will follow a blind peer-review process by the workshop co-chairs and at least one external reviewer. More details regarding WWW2025 conference can be found on https://www2025.thewebconf.org/ Extended versions of accepted articles are possible to be selected and included in a special issue with relevant theme of International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR), ACM DGov or others. Accepted refereed papers, must be presented at the conference by an author who is registered to attend. Please be aware that the WWW organizers will require at least one registration per paper published in either the main Proceedings or in the Companion volume. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. We strongly encourage at least one author of every paper to register by the early-bird deadline so that session chairs can make plans for its presentation. Please submit your papers via Easychair ( https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=webandthecity2025). Details of the program will be made available online. For any questions, please contact the Workshop chairs: ? Leonidas ANTHOPOULOS, Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece, lanthopo@uth.gr ? Marijn JANSSEN, Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, M.F.W.H.A.Janssen@tudelft.nl ? Vishanth WEERAKKODY, Professor, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, v.weerakkody@bradford.ac.uk Program Committee Members (tentative) ? Toru Ishida, Department of Social Informatics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong ? Soon Ae Choon, Professor, City of University of New York, U.S.A. ? Carl Erik Moe, Professor, University of Agder, Norway ? Sofia Toufic Shwayri, Independent Scholar, U.S.A. ? Nicolas Douay, MCF Paris 7 / UMR G?ographie-Cit?s / LabEx DynamiTe ? Beth Coleman, University of Waterloo, Director of City as Platform ? Markus Rittenbruch, Queensland University of Technology, Australia ? Alois Paulin, HVF Ludwigsburg, Germany ? Zohreh Pourzolfaghar, Maynooth University, Ireland ? Kristina Lemmer, University of Lunenburg, Germany From egov-list at u.washington.edu Wed Jan 8 23:17:15 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Fadi Salem via eGov-list) Date: Thu Jan 9 04:04:32 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] Generative Artificial Intelligence in Government - Final Call for Papers (dg.o 2025 - Track 11) Message-ID: Are you exploring the implications of Generative AI for governments and policymaking? Final call to submit your paper to the "Generative AI in Government" track (TRACK 11) in the Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.o 2025) [*Papers Due: January 24, 2025*] *Call for Papers* *Generative Artificial Intelligence in Government* *Track 11 of dg.o 2025: The 26th Annual International* *Conference on Digital Government Research* *Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul* *Porto Alegre City, Brazil* *June 9-12, 2025* *https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/ * *Submissions: https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/submission/ * *Papers Due: January 24, 2025* *Travel Grants available for researchers from **medium and low HDI countries **(details below)* The rapid rise of Generative AI (GAI) across government ecosystems calls for deeper examination by the global digital government research community. It is our pleasure to chair (Fadi Salem, Theresa Pardo and Gianluca Misuraca) a research track focusing on the Generative Artificial Intelligence for Government (Track 11), in the 26th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.o 2025). We invite you to submit pioneering research papers, specifically focused on GAI. The DG.o 2025 will take place on 9 ? 12 June 2025 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. More info on the conference website: https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/ We are looking for papers that critically examine the adoption and impact of Generative AI in government functions, policies, and public engagement in three pillars: 1) Generative AI?s Potential Beneficial Use Cases for Government 2) Generative AI's Risks and Threats for Public Governance 3) Global Governance of Generative AI Suggested paper themes sought for this track include (among others): 1. Demystifying GAI in Public Governance: Map and conceptualize the operational mechanics of GAI in public governance, its applications, and its impact on government operations, policy, and service delivery. 2. Generative AI in Public Services: Explore the implications of utilizing GAI in public service delivery and citizen-centric interactions through autonomous agents. 3. Policy and Regulation: Examine the emerging policy ecosystem for GAI and assess the robustness of standards and regulations to ensure the responsible use of GAI in governmental settings. 4. Data Governance and GAI Ecosystems: Explore questions related to data governance within GAI ecosystems across government contexts. 5. Practical Applications of GAI in Government: Present case studies of GAI implementation in government settings including analysis of the successes and failures of those implementations and lessons learned. 6. GAI and Citizen-Government Interaction: Assess the role of GAI in facilitating electronic participation, citizen engagement, transparency, and participation in governance. 7. Ethical and Regulatory Considerations: Evaluate the potential risks, ethical concerns, and regulatory implications of using GAI in government. 8. Readiness and Capacity Building in Government: Examine the need for and challenges to building new understanding about the use, development, deployment and management of GAI. 9. Public Trust and Security: Explore GAI?s emerging implications for data privacy, cybersecurity, and public trust. *SUBMIT YOUR PAPER HERE: https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/submission/ * *Papers Due: January 24, 2025* Track chairs: - Fadi Salem (MBR School of Government, UAE) - Theresa A. Pardo (University at Albany, SUNY, USA) - Gianluca Misuraca (Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid, Spain) *Important Note: Travel grants are available for **researchers (PhD students and faculty) from medium and low HDI countries (adjusted for inequality). Grants may be used for travel and accommodation. In addition, awardees will have their conference registration fee, which includes participation in all sessions and all meals, waived.* Looking forward to receiving your original contributions and seeing you in Brazil at DG.o2025! *Fadi Salem* *Director of Policy Research Department* Senior Fellow of Digital Governance and Technology Policy MBR School of Government (formerly Dubai School of Government)*|* *http://www.mbrsg.ae * From egov-list at u.washington.edu Fri Jan 10 12:16:35 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?utf-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Sat Jan 11 08:03:46 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] CALL FOR PAPERS: TRACK 21. Sustainable and Open Data Ecosystems for inclusive and innovative Digital Government [26th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research - DG.o 2025] Message-ID: <7B6CF2B4-0B5A-4237-A72D-5D5179DD58C1@ugr.es> Dear all, Are you examining exploring Sustainable and Open Data Ecosystems?. Final call to submit your paper to the ?Sustainable and Open Data Ecosystems for inclusive and innovative Digital Government" track (TRACK 21) in the Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DG.o 2025) [Papers Due: January 24, 2025] Call for Papers Generative Artificial Intelligence in Government Track 11 of dg.o 2025: The 26th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre City, Brazil June 9-12, 2025 Submission information: https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/submission/ Public and open data ecosystems promise the transformation of government data-driven actions, the fostering of public sector innovations and the collaborative smartification of cities, society and life, triggering value-adding sustainable development goals-compliant smart living and society 5.0. New research is needed to help public managers and politicians for (1) implementing emerging technologies and technological innovations, (2) improving the achievement of sustainable development goals for increasing transparency, participation, and cooperation, and (3) meeting the stakeholders? expectations, needs, regulations and demands. This track welcomes contributions covering, but not limited to: The concepts of theoretical approaches toward Public Data ecosystems, Open Data ecosystems, Data Spaces, and Data Marketplaces; Infrastructures supporting Public and Open Data Ecosystems; The role of emerging technologies in Public and Open Data ecosystems (incl. but not limited to AI, Generative AI, LLM, NLP, cloud computing, green computing, Metaverse etc.); Data architectures and data governance mechanisms; Institutional aspects of implementing sustainable Public and Open Data Ecosystems; Other sustainability dimensions of Public and Open Data Ecosystems; Stakeholder-centric dimensions of Public and Open Data Ecosystems; Human-Computer Interaction between users and systems (platforms); Case studies of Public and Open Data Ecosystems, incl. but not limited to Local Government Level Data Ecosystems, e.g., Smart Cities Data Ecosystems; The impact of Public and Open Data Ecosystems on Individuals, Organizations and Society. SUBMIT YOUR PAPER HERE: https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2025/submission/ Papers Due: January 24, 2025 Track chairs: Anastasija Nikiforova (University of Tartu, Estonia), Anthony Simonofski (Universit? de Namur ASBL, Belgium), Anneke Zuiderwijk (Delft University, The Netherlands), Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var (University of Granada, Spain) Looking forward to receiving your original contributions and seeing you in Brazil at DG.o2025! -- Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var 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@ugr.es ================================================================================================================== Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario y puede contener informaci?n privilegiada o confidencial. 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Wimmer via eGov-list) Date: Thu Jan 16 09:41:27 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] Call for Papers I EGOV2025 (Krems Austria, Aug 31 - Sep 4 2025) - Managing E-Government Projects Track Message-ID: <6b614b5c-758e-4040-bd65-6f767ca7adb0@uni-koblenz.de> *Call for papers: EGOV2025 - Managing E-Government Projects Track* *EGOV2025 ? IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2025* *31 August - 4?September?2025* University for Continuing Education Krems,?Austria http://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/ EGOV2025 is a scientific conference dedicated to the broader areas of e-Government, e-Democracy, and e-Participation which include facets like Digital Government, Open Government, Smart Government, AI Governance, GovTech, Algorithmic Governance, and other topics related to digitalization in the public sector. We are delighted to invite you to submit your latest research to the Managing E-Government Projects track at EGOV2025. This track focuses explicitly on the internal challenges and key factors influencing the implementation and management of e-government projects, e.g., organizational change management, participatory design methods, strategic stakeholder management, and innovative project organization. Authors are encouraged to contemplate various aspects of managing the digital transformation process. Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: * Internal organizational change and strategic realignment within public organizations * Critical factors influencing the organizational adoption and integration of new technological advancements in e-government projects in public administrations * Leadership competences within public administrations to strategically drive the transformation * Innovative approaches to e-government project management * The necessity of participative and co-creative stakeholder engagement in organizational change processes driven by technology innovations * Assessment and advancement of internal E-Government maturity models * ICT-driven organizational transformation and innovation * Developing dynamic capabilities tailored to the needs of public sector organizations * Sustainable transformation through effective knowledge management practices * Theory driven approaches to strengthen e-government project management in public administrations from private sector counterparts * Enhancing operational and managerial competencies within the workforce for successful digital transformation and e-government project implementation * Risks affiliated with the dependency on external competencies to successfully lead internal digital transformation in public administrations *Important Dates* Paper submissions: * Deadline for submissions (anonymous, in template): 17 March 2025 * Notification of acceptance: 2 May 2025 * Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 12 June 2025 Access the detailed CFP (submission guidelines etc.) at: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/ We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions and hope to welcome you to Krems, Austria! Kind regards, The track co-chairs: Vera Spitzer, Michael Koddebusch, Ulrik B.U. R?hl, and Maria A. Wimmer From egov-list at u.washington.edu Fri Jan 17 01:16:17 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Marijn Janssen via eGov-list) Date: Fri Jan 17 04:50:49 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] =?windows-1252?q?Call_for_Papers_EGOV2025_=96_e-Gover?= =?windows-1252?q?nment=2C_e-Democracy=2C_and_e-Participation?= In-Reply-To: <1FC3B6B1-6192-471B-B856-61565BBCC076@liu.se> References: <6377D077-9E51-4E23-849D-8A3F3F8B536D@liu.se> <654EAFE7-93C9-412E-B4B9-BAEB7388C20E@liu.se> <1FC3B6B1-6192-471B-B856-61565BBCC076@liu.se> Message-ID: EGOV2025 ? e-Government, e-Democracy, and e-Participation August 31 ? September 4, 2025 University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria http://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/ CALL FOR PAPERS EGOV2025 is a scientific conference dedicated to the broader areas of e-Government, e-Democracy, and e-Participation which include facets like Digital Government, Open Government, Smart Government, AI Governance, GovTech, Algorithmic Governance, and other topics related to digitalization in the public sector. Several types of submissions are possible, including completed research, ongoing research, reflections & viewpoints, posters, panels, and workshops. These submission types follow different review processes and have different publication outlets. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches to the conference topics and a variety of research approaches (conceptual, case study, survey, mixed or other suitable methods). Conference sessions will be hosted 2-4 September in Krems, Austria, by the University for Continuing Education Krems. As part of the conference, we host a PhD colloquium and a Junior Faculty School. The PhD Colloquium is a full day event on 31 August, open only for those who are admitted and offers a limited number of PhD bursaries. The Junior Faculty School is a full day event on 1 September, for sharing experiences to advance the career of young researchers interested in digitalization and government (see conference website for more information). EGOV2025 ? also called EGOV-CeDEM-ePART ? represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM). The conference is organized by the IFIP 8.5 Working group on Information Systems in Public Administration (IFIP WG 8.5) and the Digital Government Society (DGS). The aim of WG 8.5 is to improve the quality of e-government information systems at international, national, regional and local levels. The emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches for researching information systems in public administration. DGS is a global, multi-disciplinary organization of scholars and practitioners interested in the development and impacts of digital government. CONFERENCE VENUE The EGOV 2025 conference is hosted by the University for Continuing Education Krems: https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en.html CONTACT Email: egov2025 (at) easychair.org Website: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/ Submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2025 IMPORTANT DATES Paper submissions: * Deadline for submissions (anonymous, in template): 17 March 2025 * Notification of acceptance: 2 May 2025 * Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 12 June 2025 Workshops and posters submissions: * Workshop and poster submission deadline: 15 May 2025 * Notification of acceptance: 2 June 2025 PhD colloquium application: * PhD Colloquium deadline for submissions: May 2, 2025 * PhD Colloquium notification of acceptance: June 2, 2025 * PhD Colloquium revised version: July 31, 2025 Junior Faculty School application: * Junior Faculty School deadline for application: 3 June, 2025 * Junior Faculty School date of acceptance: 15 June, 2025 Conference dates: * PhD Colloquium: 31 August 2025 * Junior Faculty School: 1 September 2025 * Conference Sessions: 2-4 September 2025 CONFERENCE CHAIRS * Ida Lindgren, Link?ping University, Sweden * Peter Parycek, University for Continuing Education, Austria * Lieselot Danneels, Ghent University, Belgium * Roel Dobbe, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands * Sara Hofmann, University of Agder, Norway * Euripidis Loukis, University of Aegean, Greece * Francesco Mureddu, The Lisbon Council, Belgium * Anna-Sophie Novak, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria * Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK * Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var, University of Granada, Spain * Gerhard Schwabe, University of Zurich, Switzerland * Anthony Simonofski, University of Namur, Belgium * Vera Spitzer, University Koblenz, Germany * Jolien Ubacht, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Gabriela Viale Pereira, University for Continuing Education, Austria * Anneke Zuiderwijk, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands TRACKS AT EGOV2025 General eGovernment & Open Government Track: covers all eGovernment-related topics except for the special-topics tracks. * Ida Lindgren (lead), Link?ping University, Sweden * Gabriela Viale Pereira, University for Continuing Education, Austria * Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands General eDemocracy & eParticipation Track: covers all eParticipation-related topics except for the special-topic tracks. This track aims to present the best of recent developments in electronic participation and electronic democracy as they cover a wide range of technical, political and social areas. * Sara Hofmann (lead), University of Agder, Norway * Noella Edelmann, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria * David Duenas-Cid, Kozminski University, Poland * Marius Rohde Johannessen, University of South-Eastern Norway Digital Technologies & Sustainability Development Track: focuses on research related to sustainability goals. * Jolien Ubacht (lead), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * Iryna Susha, Utrecht University, The Netherlands * Gianluca Misuraca, Universidad Polit?cnica de Madrid, Spain * Ren? Reich, KU Leuven, Belgium Digital Society Track: focuses on citizen-centric governance in the public sector, including digital ecosystems, digital skills and education, digital public health, digital sovereignty, as well as digital society, culture, and democracy. * Lieselot Danneels (lead), Ghent University, Belgium * Thomas Lampoltshammer, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria * Leif Sundberg, Mid Sweden University, Sweden Emerging Issues and Innovations Track: focuses on innovation and emerging applications driven by technologies and institutional changes at all levels of government, e.g., metaverse, decentralized autonomous organizations, smart contracts, blockchain and quantum computing. * Francesco Mureddu (lead), The Lisbon Council, Belgium * A. Paula Rodriguez M?ller, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Spain * Anastasija Nikiforova, Tartu University, Estonia AI, Data Analytics, & Automated Decision Making Track: focuses on adoption, use, and impacts of various data analytics and AI methods ranging from visualisations and descriptive statistical analyses to machine learning and other AI methods in the public sector. * Euripidis Loukis (lead), University of Aegean, Greece * Evangelos Kalampokis, University of Macedonia, Greece * Habin Lee, Brunel University London, United Kingdom AI Governance and its Societal Challenges Track: focuses on the understanding of the impact of AI on society and the role of the public sector in influencing related changes, as well as the regulation and global governance of AI itself. * Roel Dobbe (lead), Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands * Csaba Cs?ki, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary * Gregor Eibl, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions) Track: covers all aspects of smart cities and smart governance, including frameworks, policies, and the use of technology. * Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var (lead), University of Granada, Spain * Shefali Virkar, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria * Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven, Belgium Open Data: Social and Technical Aspects Track: focuses on open government data, public big data sharing and use, data for improving public value including transparency, as well as data analytics capitalizing on Linked Open Data and other technologies. * Anneke Zuiderwijk (lead), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands * J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA * Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece Governance, Digital Legislation, and Policy Track: focuses on digital governance, digital legislation, regulatory reforms, and policies that shape our increasingly interconnected world, e.g., digital sovereignty, data ownership, digitization projects within government administrations, and the legal challenges that emerge. * Anna-Sophie Novak (lead), University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria * Peter Parycek, Fraunhofer Fokus, Germany * Edimara Mezzomo Luciano, Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Managing E-Government Projects Track: This track focuses explicitly on the internal challenges and key factors influencing the implementation and management of e-government projects, e.g., organizational change management, participatory design methods, strategic stakeholder management, and innovative project organization. * Vera Spitzer (lead), University Koblenz, Germany * Michael Koddebusch, ERCIS, University M?nster, Germany * Ulrik Bisgaard Ulsrod R?hl, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark * Maria A. Wimmer, University Koblenz, Germany Practitioners - Researchers Collaboration Track: This is a track entirely devoted to presenting future or ongoing initiatives to foster collaboration between practitioners and researchers in eGovernment. * Anthony Simonofski (lead), University of Namur, Belgium * Ulf Melin, Link?ping University, Sweden * Lucy Temple, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria PhD Colloquium: The overall aim of the PhD colloquium is to connect PhD students to the eGovernment, eDemocracy, and eParticipation research community. During the colloquium, you will meet other PhD students, younger researchers that have just finished their PhDs, and more experienced scholars. Submitted proposals will not be published. Application is required (see conference website). * Gabriela Viale Pereira (lead), University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria * Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, USA Junior Faculty School: The overall aim of the Junior Faculty School is to exchange experiences and build connections between young and experienced scholars interested in digitalization in the public sector. The activity is directed towards PhD students, postdoctoral-, and young researchers who are registered for the full conference. Application is required (see conference website). * Gabriela Viale Pereira (lead), University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria * Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, USA * Ida Lindgren, Link?ping University, Sweden Workshops and Poster Session: You can apply for organizing a 90 minutes workshop during the conference. We will also organize a poster session during the conference. Workshops and posters on all topics of the tracks above are welcome. Workshop and poster abstracts need to be submitted for consideration. * Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS By making a submission to the EGOV2025 conference you agree that your paper will not be submitted elsewhere and if accepted that the conference fee will be paid and the consent to publish will be signed. All papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind reviewing process and the submission should not include author identifiers. Please note that all accepted submissions to the EGOV2025 conference will be screened for possible plagiarism. Accepted Full Research papers (max. 16 pages) will be published in the Springer LNCS IFIP EGOV or IFIP EPART proceedings. The EGOV proceeding?s covers the general e-Government & Open Government, Emerging Issues and Innovations, Smart Cities, AI, Data Analytics and Automated Decision Making, and Open Data tracks, whereas the EPART proceedings will cover the general E-Democracy & e-Participation, ICT & Sustainable development goals, Legal Informatics, and Digital Society tracks. The Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) is a series of computer science books published by Springer Science+Business Media (formerly Springer-Verlag) since 1973. The LNCS proceedings are always well-downloaded and read. Accepted papers in the categories of Ongoing Research (max. 12 pages), and Reflections and Viewpoints (max. 8 pages), Workshops (max. 2 pages), and Poster descriptions (max. 2 pages) will be published (but, if desired, can be excluded) by in the CEUR-WS proceedings series (http://ceur-ws.org/). The CEUR Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org) is a free open-access publication service at Sun SITE Central Europe operated under the umbrella of RWTH Aachen University. CEUR-WS.org is a recognized ISSN publication series. Please note that Practitioner abstracts and PhD colloquium papers will not be published. CONFERENCE SPECIAL ISSUE A special issue from conference papers is planned by the eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (JeDEM) among other journals. JeDEM is published online under open access and provides researchers and practitioners the opportunity to advance the practice and understanding of eDemocracy, eGovernment, and eParticipation. Final decisions on papers will be made by the special issue guest editor based on the results of the peer review process. BEST PAPER AWARD There are three different best paper awards. The best paper winners will be invited to submit their revised papers to GIQ, the premier journal in e-government field, following a fast-track reviewing process, runners up will be invited to submit to a JeDEM special issue. * Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bolivar, University of Granada, Spain * Noella Edelmann, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel obliged to reply to my email outside of your normal working hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof.dr.ir. Marijn Janssen Full Professor in ICT & Governance Head of the Engineerng Systems & Services (ESS) department Innovating the government at ?De DigiCampus? https://digicampus.tech/ Delft University of Technology Building 31 Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Room A3.180 PO Box 5015 2600 GA DELFT Jaffalaan 5 2628 BX DELFT the Netherlands Tel.: +31 (15) 278 1140 Fax: +31 (15) 278 3741 EMAIL |WEB | TWITTER | GOOGLE SCHOLAR | SCOPUS | ISI From egov-list at u.washington.edu Wed Jan 22 10:41:00 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Gianluca Miscione via eGov-list) Date: Wed Jan 22 13:44:27 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] FW: Ad Astra Faculty Posts 2025 Advertised In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ***Apologies for cross-posting*** Please distribute as you see fit. Thanks, Gianluca Gianluca Miscione University College Dublin https://people.ucd.ie/gianluca.miscione *From: *Management Information Systems on behalf of Michael O'Neill *Date: *Wednesday, 22 January 2025 at 14:19 *To: *MIS-UCD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE *Subject: *Ad Astra Faculty Posts 2025 Advertised Colleagues, The advertising campaign for the latest round of Ad Astra's has just gone live. MIS has at least one post where "we are seeking candidates with interests in the area of Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and Data, Digital Transformation". The closing date for applications is 21 Feb 2025 (12 noon). The Ad Astra process this year was more closely managed at the centre of the University, and each College had to make a bid/proposal for posts, where all posts have to be tightly linked to the new UCD Breaking Boundaries strategy. Thankfully AI and Analytics is something that MIS can speak to. The job description is attached for your convenience. Please circulate widely amongst your networks. Many thanks, Mike -- *Any personal data provided to University College Dublin, National University of Ireland (?UCD?) will be processed by UCD as data controller in accordance with data protection law. For further information on how UCD uses your personal data and for information on your data protection rights and how to exercise them, please see the **UCD Data Protection Policy* *.* *Confidentiality Notice:** The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) stated above. If you are not an addressee, any use, dissemination, distribution, publication, or copying of the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. * From egov-list at u.washington.edu Sat Feb 8 04:08:06 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Marijn Janssen via eGov-list) Date: Sat Feb 8 06:14:44 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] CFP- IFIP WG8.6: Digital Adoption, Diffusion and Innovation - Indonesia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: IFIP WG8.6 Working Conference: Digital Adoption, Diffusion and Innovation in the Augmented and Digital Society The physical and real world are increasingly blending, with various technologies augmenting our real world. The objective of the IFIP WG8.6 group is to foster understanding and enhance research in practice, methods, and techniques in the transfer and diffusion of information technology during and after the development process. Since its inception, the IFIP WG8.6 group has focused on the transfer, diffusion, and implementation of Information Technology at the individual, organizational, and societal levels and welcomes all types of research methods. The increasing interconnection of digital technologies, enabling extensive data collection, processing, and utilization have diverse positive and negative impacts. It compels all types of organizations to innovate, leverage, and manage the risks of new IT solutions. Organisational dynamics, management and decision-making practices, professional practices, accounting and anti-corruption efforts are evolving under this pressure. The adoption and diffusion of next-generation digital technologies at various levels present numerous research challenges. Societal, organizational, and individual needs and benefits should guide the shaping of an augmented and digital society and research has a significant role to play in this regard. This working conference will focus on understanding the transfer, diffusion, and adoption of emerging digital technologies and systems (e.g., metaverse, augmented/virtual reality, blockchain, artificial intelligence, Generative AI, LLMs, Internet of Things, social media among other digital technologies), These technologies are emerging at different paces and have significant impact on individuals, organisations and society. Regulations, business practices, professions and markets are changing, and financial and digital literacy are becoming more important. Public values such as inclusion, fraud prevention, fairness, transparency, and accountability should influence the adoption and use of these technologies and the ways our society will be shaped. The conference encourages research in the broad field of transfer, innovation, adoption, and diffusion of IT. The transfer and diffusion of IT innovations involves numerous stakeholders who need to navigate the inherent diversity, complexity, and uncertainty of the digital landscape. There is a need for methods, theories, and practices to understand and shape our digital society. More diverse sources of data, information, and knowledge must converge to create new value in practice and theoretical insight. The conference aims to be a forum for academics, practitioners, and doctoral students to exchange ideas and collaborate with members of the IFIP community on the topic of IT transfer, diffusion, and innovation. Contributions are within the scope of the IFIP 8.6 Working Group, as well as those addressing the conference theme. Topics may include, but are not limited to: * Appropriation of emerging technologies including smart and mobile devices, cloud computing, AI, Blockchain, data analytics, drones in homes, cars and transportation systems, government, cities and different organisations. * Diffusion, transfer, and implementation of both mature and immature smart information technologies and systems in organizations and among organizations, sectors, and countries. * Adoption of Virtual worlds, metaverse, gamification, Internet of Things (IoT) in different organisations, sectors, professions and countries. * Transfer of technology to be incorporated in systems for customers and clients and in different developing and developed countries. * Development of frameworks, models, and terminology for information technology transfer and diffusion in different contexts and different types of technology. * Identification of risk factors and barriers to success in emerging technology adoption and strategies for addressing them. * Conditions or scenarios under which specific transfer and diffusion techniques are applicable. * Methods to evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, and value of technology transfer programs and approaches, including time and effort estimators and metrics. * Organization design and process issues related to technology transfer and diffusion. * Case studies of technology transfer and diffusion to provide instances to guide research, development, and practice. * Standards and intellectual property issues that inhibit or facilitate information technology transfer. * Ethics in the adoption of emerging technologies including AI, Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, wearables and mobile technology. Location and Host: Location: Binus University campus Alam Sutera branch, Indonesia Host University: Binus University, Jakarta, Indonesia Important dates: Submission deadline: 1 May 2025 Author notification: 15 June 2025 Final paper submission: 15 July 2025 Registration deadline for authors with papers: 30 July 2025 Conference dates: 2-4 September 2025 Submissions: Authors are invited to submit their original and unpublished research. All submissions will be double-blind reviewed. All submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the Springer Template. Please check the website for the template. The conference accepts full papers, short papers and industrial reports. Full research paper is 6000 words while short paper & industrial reports are 3000 words. All words count excludes abstract, keywords and references. Download the paper template and link to the submission system by visiting the conference website. Publications: All accepted papers will be included in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIP AICT) proceedings subject to approval by Springer. Best papers will be selected for fast tracked rigorous review in a special issue in an academic journals, details to be announced. Honorary Chairs Nelly, S. Kom., Binus University, Indonesia Juneman Abraham, Binus University, Indonesia Lim Sanny, Binus University - Alam Sutera Campus, Indonesia General chairs Kevin Deniswara, Binus University, Indonesia Jamaliah Said, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia Deborah Bunker, University of Sydney, Australia David Wastell, University of Nottingham, UK Yogesh K. Dwivedi, King Fahad University of Petroleum and Mineral, KSA Conference Chairs Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Amany Elbanna. The University of Sussex, UK Programme chairs Amany Elbanna. The University of Sussex, UK Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Anna Sigridur Islind, Reykjavik University, Iceland Darusalam Darusalam, Binus University, Indonesia Organising Chair Darusalam Darusalam, Binus University, Indonesia Tommy Andrian, Binus University, Indonesia Michael Angelus S.E., Binus University, Indonesia Archie Nathanael Mulyawan, Binus University, Indonesia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel obliged to reply to my email outside of your normal working hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof.dr.ir. Marijn Janssen Full Professor in ICT & Governance Head of the Engineerng Systems & Services (ESS) department Innovating the government at ?De DigiCampus? https://digicampus.tech/ Delft University of Technology Building 31 Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Room A3.180 PO Box 5015 2600 GA DELFT Jaffalaan 5 2628 BX DELFT the Netherlands Tel.: +31 (15) 278 1140 Fax: +31 (15) 278 3741 EMAIL |WEB | TWITTER | GOOGLE SCHOLAR | SCOPUS | ISI From egov-list at u.washington.edu Tue Feb 11 10:23:28 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?utf-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Tue Feb 11 11:26:49 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] IFIP EGOV 2025. Call for Papers: Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions) Track Message-ID: <55639A5F-32A8-4303-9027-1DB573F22C8C@ugr.es> Dear Colleagues, Hope this email finds you well. We cordially invite you to submit your current work to our forthcoming track, Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions), organised under the aegis of EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2025 that will be held in Krems, Austria from August 31-September 4, 2025. Urban growth, natural disasters and health emergencies have introduced several important issues in the urban context, pushing cities towards a mandatory digital transition to a smart environment. The digital transformation of these communities has become a top priority for city governments and communities and offers great promise for improved wellbeing and prosperity. Emergent and disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, chatbots, open data, Internet of Things, or clean technologies are opening new avenues to become smart and are at the forefront of smart projects to improve citizen engagement, public service provision, city sustainability and resilience. However, significant challenges have also arisen at the complex intersection of technology and society. The Smart Cities track at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2025 aims to critically explore these issues, and research contributions that pay particular attention to topics related to the opportunities and challenges faced by smart cities, smart districts, and smart communities, as well as to the impact of these initiatives on sustainable living and governance, are therefore sought. Submissions that focus on the orchestrated interplay and balance of smart governance practices, smart public administration, smart communities, smart districts, smart resources, and talent leverage in urban, rural, and regional spaces facilitated by novel uses of ICT and other technologies are also welcome. Research papers submitted may cover both organizational and technical aspects and could seek to combine theory and practice. Submissions taking interdisciplinary approaches and covering a multitude of aspects are strongly encouraged. A full description of the track and potential topics of interest may be found at: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/conference-tracks/. IMPORTANT DATES ? (Hard) deadline for submissions: 17 March 2025 ? Notification of acceptance: 2 May 2025 ? PhD Colloquium deadline for submissions: 2 May 2025 ? Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready): 15 May 2025 ? Poster acceptance: 2 June 2025 ? Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 12 June 2025 ? PhD Colloquium notification of acceptance: 2 June 2025 ? PhD Colloquium final version: 31 July 2025 ? PhD Colloquium: 31 August 2025 ? Junior Faculty School: 1 September 2025 ? Conference Sessions: 2-4 September 2025 Submissions can be made here: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/submission-guidelines-2025/ We look forward immensely to your contribution! The Track Chairs, Prof. Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var, University of Granada, Spain Dr. Shefali Virkar, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria Prof. Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven, Belgium From egov-list at u.washington.edu Mon Feb 17 05:34:08 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Vera Spitzer via eGov-list) Date: Mon Feb 17 05:45:04 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] =?utf-8?q?Reminder=3A_Call_for_Papers_I_EGOV2025_=28K?= =?utf-8?q?rems_Austria=2C_Aug_31_-_Sep_4_2025=29_-_Managing_E-Government_?= =?utf-8?q?Projects_Track?= Message-ID: <1924a7-67b33b00-1af-24e650c0@8181175> EGOV2025 ? e-Government, e-Democracy, and e-Participation August 31 ? September 4, 2025 University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria? http://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/? ? CALL FOR PAPERS EGOV2025 is a scientific conference dedicated to the broader areas of e-Government, e-Democracy, and e-Participation which include facets like Digital Government, Open Government,? Smart Government, AI Governance, GovTech, Algorithmic Governance, and other topics related to digitalization in the public sector. We are delighted to invite you to submit your latest research to the Managing E-Government Projects track at EGOV2025. This track focuses explicitly on the internal challenges and key factors influencing the implementation and management of e-government projects, e.g., organizational change management, participatory design methods, strategic stakeholder management, and innovative project organization. Authors are encouraged to contemplate various aspects of managing the digital transformation process. Areas of focus and interest include but are not limited to the following topics: * Internal organizational change and strategic realignment within public organizations * Critical factors influencing the organizational adoption and integration of new technological advancements in e-government projects in public administrations * Leadership competences within public administrations to strategically drive the transformation * Innovative approaches to e-government project management * The necessity of participative and co-creative stakeholder engagement in organizational change processes driven by technology innovations * Assessment and advancement of internal E-Government maturity models * ICT-driven organizational transformation and innovation * Developing dynamic capabilities tailored to the needs of public sector organizations * Sustainable transformation through effective knowledge management practices * Theory driven approaches to strengthen e-government project management in public administrations from private sector counterparts * Enhancing operational and managerial competencies within the workforce for successful digital transformation and e-government project implementation * Risks affiliated with the dependency on external competencies to successfully lead internal digital transformation in public administrations Important Dates Paper submissions: * Deadline for submissions (anonymous, in template): 17 March 2025 * Notification of acceptance: 2 May 2025 * Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 12 June 2025 Access the detailed CFP (submission guidelines etc.) at: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/ As part of the conference, we host a PhD colloquium and a Junior Faculty School. The PhD Colloquium is a full day event on 31 August, open only for those who are admitted and offers a limited number of PhD bursaries. The Junior Faculty School is a full day event on 1 September, for sharing experiences to advance the career of young researchers interested in digitalization and government (see conference website for more information). The conference is organized by the IFIP 8.5 Working group on Information Systems in Public Administration (IFIP WG 8.5) and the Digital Government Society (DGS). The aim of WG 8.5 is to improve the quality of e-government information systems at international, national, regional and local levels. The emphasis is on interdisciplinary approaches for researching information systems in public administration. DGS is a global, multi-disciplinary organization of scholars and practitioners interested in the development and impacts of digital government. We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions and hope to welcome you to Krems, Austria! ? Kind regards, The track co-chairs: Vera Spitzer, Michael Koddebusch, Ulrik B.U. R?hl, and Maria A. Wimmer --? ? Dr. Vera Spitzer University of Koblenz Research Group E-Government Universitaetsstrasse 1 D-56070 Koblenz, Germany Room: A103 Voice: +49 261/287-2554 E-Mail: vesp91@uni-koblenz.de From egov-list at u.washington.edu Sun Mar 2 23:37:50 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?UTF-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Mon Mar 3 09:10:15 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] CFP Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59), January 6-9, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Maui Message-ID: <152c643a-b820-4c85-87e5-e310daf4efe6@ugr.es> CALL FOR PAPERS Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59), January 6-9, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Mauihttps://hicss.hawaii.edu *Digital Government Track* *Smart and Connected Cities and Communities Mini-track* Digital transformation has emerged as a paramount priority for many cities and communities, with the objective of enhancing citizen well-being and the efficacy of public administration and communities, but it also poses significant challenges at the complex intersection of technology and society. Despite the extensive body of literature dedicated to smart cities and communities, the concept remains fuzzy due to its multidimensional and multifaceted nature that extends beyond the mere use of technology and infrastructure. In this regard, technology is a necessary condition for becoming a smart city or smart community, but it is not the only aspect considered when analyzing digital developments in our living environment. It should be integrated with the natural and built environments to enable and empower citizens, through individual and/or communal quests for wellbeing. In recent years, emerging technologies have undoubtedly provided many possibilities for developing smart cities and communities and also brought opportunities to solve urban and community challenges. An increased number of studies indicate that emerging technologies significantly influence social life, catalyzing new needs of citizens and transforming how they are addressed, influencing people?s ability to exercise their ?right to the city/community? and affecting social sustainability. While Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) implementation have traditionally dominated the discourse on smart cities and communities, significant challenges remain regarding the governance, digital inclusion, strategic planning, resilience, and social and cultural sustainability of these technological contexts. Issues such as city and community governance, information integration, data quality, privacy and security, institutional arrangements, resilience, inclusion, sustainability, and citizen participation require greater attention to plan human-centered smart solutions and monitor the social consequences of their implementation. The growing popularity of technologies such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, chatbots, open data, big data, blockchain, and so on, have opened new avenues for addressing these issues in the urban and communities? contexts, but they have also brought some other challenges such as ethical issues or a new wave of digital divide and/or inclusion of citizens with low-tech skills, which requires continuous research in this area. This minitrack aims to explore the aforementioned topics, with a particular focus on the social challenges faced during the implementation of smart solutions as well as on the impact these initiatives have on the community, to understand how new technologies can shape the decision-making processes, resilience, sustainability, and livability of local communities and, as a result, the wellbeing of their residents. ?As a result, areas of focus and interest to this minitrack include, but are not limited, to the following topics: -Typologies of smart cities and communities -Impact of smart technologies on citizens and local communities -Theory and practice of smart citizenship ? technological competencies vs. user experience -Emerging technologies in smart cities and communities (artificial intelligence, big data, open data, social media and networks, digital twins, metaverse, chatbots, etc.) -Elements, prerequisites, and principles of smart governance as the foundation for creating smart urban and regional spaces -Impact of smart governance models on urban resilience and quality of life -Smart cities and smart government ? focal areas, current practices, cases, and potential pitfalls -Cases, rankings, comparisons, and critical success factors for smart cities, communities, and regions -Governance models of smart cities and communities for disaster risk mitigation -The role of digital technologies in both increasing community livability and improving social sustainability and inequalities -Smart services -Urban-rural gaps in smart communities -Strategic planning patterns in implementing ICTs for enhancing resilience and sustainability capacities in smart cities and communities -Implementing ICTs to build social and cultural capacities of urban resilience and sustainability in smart cities -Building knowledge societies for smart cities and communities -Smart cities and communities and their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -Local contextual conditions that impact smart cities and communities? initiatives -The role of metropolitan areas in the development of smart cities and communities -The role of community-rooted institutions in the development of smart cities and communities -Digital inequalities and the challenge of inclusion in the smart cities and community?s contexts -Emerging technologies impact on digital divide for socially sustainable and inclusive smart cities -The inclusion of people with disabilities in the smart cities and smart communities? context *?Important dates*(https://hicss.hawaii.edu/ ): ?June 15, 2025: Papers due August 17, 2025: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 4, 2025: Deadline for authors whose papers are conditionally accepted to submit a revised manuscript September 22, 2025: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication October 1, 2025: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for the conference January 6-9, 2026: HICSS Conference ** *Mini-track Co-Chairs:* Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var (primary contact), University of Granada, Spain (manuelp@ugr.es ) Gabriela Viale Pereira, Universityfor Continuing EducationKrems, Austria (gabriela.viale-pereira@donau-uni.ac.at ) Erico Przeybilovicz, CTG UAlbany, SUNY (eprzeybilovicz@albany.edu ) From egov-list at u.washington.edu Wed Mar 5 23:51:46 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?UTF-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Thu Mar 6 02:11:55 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] Final Reminder. IFIP EGOV 2025. Call for Papers: Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions) Track Message-ID: <36c1a1a3-0f9f-4d25-ac08-84f9deb0358a@ugr.es> Dear Colleagues, Hope this email finds you well. We cordially invite you to submit your current work to our forthcoming track, Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions), organised under the aegis of EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2025 that will be held in Krems, Austria from August 31-September 4, 2025. Urban growth, natural disasters and health emergencies have introduced several important issues in the urban context, pushing cities towards a mandatory digital transition to a smart environment. The digital transformation of these communities has become a top priority for city governments and communities and offers great promise for improved wellbeing and prosperity. Emergent and disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, chatbots, open data, Internet of Things, or clean technologies are opening new avenues to become smart and are at the forefront of smart projects to improve citizen engagement, public service provision, city sustainability and resilience. However, significant challenges have also arisen at the complex intersection of technology and society. The Smart Cities track at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2025 aims to critically explore these issues, and research contributions that pay particular attention to topics related to the opportunities and challenges faced by smart cities, smart districts, and smart communities, as well as to the impact of these initiatives on sustainable living and governance, are therefore sought. Submissions that focus on the orchestrated interplay and balance of smart governance practices, smart public administration, smart communities, smart districts, smart resources, and talent leverage in urban, rural, and regional spaces facilitated by novel uses of ICT and other technologies are also welcome. Research papers submitted may cover both organizational and technical aspects and could seek to combine theory and practice. Submissions taking interdisciplinary approaches and covering a multitude of aspects are strongly encouraged. A full description of the track and potential topics of interest may be found at: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/conference-tracks/. IMPORTANT DATES ? (Hard) deadline for submissions: 17 March 2025 ? Notification of acceptance: 2 May 2025 ? PhD Colloquium deadline for submissions: 2 May 2025 ? Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready): 15 May 2025 ? Poster acceptance: 2 June 2025 ? 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Wimmer via eGov-list) Date: Wed Apr 9 08:14:30 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] Call for Contributions: AI4DPS Workshop on Generative AI for Digital Public Services Message-ID: <8bfcb795-7f1a-45ad-bf5b-4fbb14d75928@uni-koblenz.de> Dear colleagues, along the STAF (Software Technologies: Applicatins and Foundations) conference 2025, we are organizing an inaugural workshop on generative artificial intelligence for digital public services. The workshop will be held on 11th June 2025? at the University of Koblenz, in the wonderful city of Koblenz (Germany). The call for papers is available here: https://conf.researchr.org/home/staf-2025/ai4dps-2025 We welcome the submission of position papers of ca. 2 pages, with content suitable to fuel the discussion during the workshop. All submissions will undergo a light (informal) reviewing process conducted by the Organizing Committee. While every accepted submission will be given presentation time, the focus of the workshop is on discussion. Submission Guidelines ??? Submitted position papers shall include: title, motivational statement, and the intended contribution to the discussion. ??? Contributions can be in English or German. ??? Submissions must be made via EasyChair, using https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=staf2025. ??? All contributions require at least a one-day registration (as does of course attendance). ??? Workshop proceedings will be published electronically, as a collation of the submitted position papers. Deadline for submitting contribuitons: 20th April 2025 Organizing Committee: ?? Andreas Schmitz, University of Koblenz ?? Friedrich Steimann, Fernuniversit?t Hagen ?? Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions on AI4DPS, with a focus on generative AI. With best regards, Maria Wimmer From egov-list at u.washington.edu Fri Apr 11 04:19:25 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?UTF-8?Q?Peter_Browne_R=C3=B8nne?= via eGov-list) Date: Fri Apr 11 05:47:46 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] CFP E-Vote-ID 2025 Message-ID: [Apologies for cross and multiple postings] *One month to first deadline* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS E-Vote-ID 2025 Tenth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Nancy, 1-3 October 2025 www.e-vote-id.org e-vote-id-2025.inria.fr (Main Submission Date: 15 May 2025) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://e-vote-id.org/ and https://e-vote-id-2025.inria.fr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Bluesky: @evoteid.bsky.social LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/e-vote-id/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the tenth edition of the leading international event for e-voting experts from all over the world, taking place in Nancy in October 2025. One of E-Vote-ID?s major objectives is to provide a forum for inter-disciplinary and open discussion of all issues related to electronic voting (including, but not limited to, polling stations, kiosks, ballot scanners, and Internet voting). In the first nine editions, over 300 presentations were discussed, gathering more than 1400 participants. The format of the conference is an in-place three-day meeting. No parallel sessions will be held, and sufficient space will be given for informal communication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs: Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Duenas-Cid, David (Kozminski University, Poland) R?nne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Local Chairs: Gaudry, Pierrick (CNRS - Nancy, France) Debant, Alexandre (Inria - Nancy, France) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The aim of the conference is to bring together e-voting specialists working in academia, politics, government, and industry in order to discuss various aspects of all forms of electronic voting. To address the interdisciplinary character of the conference, the conference has four tracks and a PhD colloquium: Track 1: Security, Usability and Technical Issues Chairs: Blom, Michelle (The University of Melbourne, Australia) and Gaudry, Pierrick (CNRS - Nancy, France) - (Remote) Electronic voting protocols and systems: design and analysis; - New types of voter identification and authentication; - Ballot secrecy, receipt-freeness, and coercion resistance; - End-to-end verifiability; - Risk limiting audits; - Requirements and formal modelling; - Evaluation and certification, including international security standards; - Risk assessment; - Voter authentication; - Human aspects of security mechanisms in electronic voting and in particular of verifiability mechanisms; - Or any other security and Human-Computer Interface (HCI) issues relevant to (remote) electronic voting. It is important for the review process that the methodology in place is clearly described. Furthermore, it is essential that the limitations are clearly mentioned and discussed: Limitations can be that a formal proof exists only for parts of the system or for some properties, or that a mathematical proof is missing for the proposed protocol. In the context of user studies, e.g., limitations regarding the sample, the external or internal validity should be mentioned and discussed. Track 2: Governance Issues Chairs: Loeber, Leontine (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Borucki, Isabelle (Phillips University Marburg, Germany) This track is intended to cover all non-technical issues that occur during the digital transformation of elections including, but not limited to the following: - Legal, political and social issues of electronic voting implementations, ideally employing case study methodology; - Interrelationship with, and the effects of, electronic voting on democratic institutions and processes; - Cultural impact of electronic voting on institutions, behaviour, and attitudes of the Digital Era; - Administrative, legal, political and social issues of electronic voting; - Electronic voting legislation; - Public administrations and the implementation of electronic voting; - Understandability, transparency, and trust issues in electronic voting; - Data protection issues; - Public interests vs. PPP (public private partnerships). Track 3: Election and Practical Experiences Chairs: Spycher, Oliver (Swiss Federal Chancellery, Switzerland) and Past, Liisa (Independent Election Expert, Estonia) - Present real-world cases related to technology use in elections or referenda, including experiences with implementation, insights and assessments; - This can include cases of actual e-voting, but also wider technology application (e.g., voter registration, results management systems, etc.). Cases may include operation, preparation, observation, lawmaking, case law, political debate, and other relevant subjects. Contributions need not be academic papers, but should be properly grounded and evidence-based. Contributions stemming from or addressing issues in current academic research are also very welcome. Acceptance criteria include relevance for other practitioners from EMB?s, international organizations, civil society organisations (CSOs), or actors from the private sector. Track 4: Posters and Demonstrations Chair: Romanov, Bogdan (Tartu University, Estonia) and Blanchard, Enka (CNRS, France) We invite Posters depicting new ideas or approaches to open discussion with the community or summarizing papers that the submitter has published at other venues but which are important for the E-Vote-ID community to know and to discuss. A short abstract (see section on paper submission and proceedings) is requested. If it relates to already published papers, we ask you to provide the information on where to find the original publication. Further, we invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems or parts thereof. We request a short abstract describing the main properties: type of system local/remote; kind of elections the system is intended for, e.g., legally binding elections to parliament, nonpolitical elections within associations etc; support for voters with disabilities; which security properties are fulfilled (incl. verifiability, voter privacy, etc.; how to receive further information about the system, e.g., where the source code is published). Track 5: PhD Colloquium Chairs: Passanti, Cecilia (Universit? Paris Cit?, France) and Kirsten, Michael (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) The goal of the colloquium is to foster the understanding and academic quality of PhD students' contributions in collaboration with senior researchers in the field. Further, collaboration between PhD students from various disciplines working on e-voting is supported. To this end, the program allows plenty of space for discussion and initiating collaboration based on presentations by attendees. Each interested participant should ideally submit their research proposal (or alternatively ideas for papers, open problems, or other issues where feedback from colleagues would be helpful etc.) in the form of an extended draft using the conference platform. High potential master students can also submit their work to the colloquium. The PhD Colloquium takes place on the day before the formal conference begins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Guideline All submissions must be anonymous. LNCS style is used for all submissions (see the Springer guidelines at www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines, including templates for LaTeX and Microsoft Word). All papers in the conference will be open access. Paper submissions can be in the following formats: - Full papers need to contain original unpublished research. The page limit is 16 pages in LNCS format (references included). - Work-in-Progress submissions contain ongoing original research. The submission should be max. 20 pages in LNCS format or max 10,000 words. Initial submissions are format-neutral. If submissions are accepted, the authors are expected to provide a short summary of their key contributions (max. 4 pages in LNCS format). This submission route enables authors to receive feedback on work in progress without pre-empting publication in a different venue (e.g., an academic journal). - Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) Papers: to evaluate, systematize, and contextualize existing knowledge. The papers will be reviewed according to the same standards as other research papers, but the emphasis will be on value to the community rather than novel research contributions. The submission should be max 20 pages in LNCS format or max 10,000 words. - Short Papers are a maximum of 4 pages long in LNCS format all-in. In Tracks 1 and 2, such papers have a smaller contribution than a full paper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication of Proceedings Springer LNCS volume. A selection of Full papers of Tracks 1 and 2 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series of Springer. Gesellschaft f?r Informatik (GI) volume. A selection of Full and Short papers of Tracks 1, 2 and 3 will be published in the Lecture Notes in Informatik of GI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reviewing All submissions will be subject to double-blind reviews. Submissions must be anonymous (with no reference to the authors). Submissions are to be made using the EasyChair conference system at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evoteid2025 During submission, please select the appropriate track or the PhD colloquium. The track chairs reserve the right to re-assign papers to other tracks in case of better fit based on reviewer feedback and in coordination with other track chairs. When submitting, you will be asked to declare the conflicts of interest with the members of the Programme Committee in Easychair; please follow the common sense for that (e.g. because they have been co-authored a paper in the last three years, they have been in the same project, there is or was a supervision relation, or because they have the same affiliation). The members mentioned will not be involved in the review process of your paper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue E-Vote-ID 2025 will take place in Nancy, France, and will be hosted by Inria and LORIA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steering Board The Steering Board of the conference is composed of the track chairs that served in the previous two editions. It is continuosuly renewed with former chairs. The mission of the steering board is to support the current general and track chairs with the promotion of the conference and to assist with conflicts of interest emerging as a result of current chairs submitting papers to the conference. The current members of the Steering Board are: Jordi Barrat, Micha Germann, Nicole Goodman, Thomas Hofer, Robert Krimmer, Oksana Kulyk, Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz, Peter Y.A. Ryan and Iuliia Spycher-Krivonosova. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Dates for Submissions Track 1 (Security, Usability and Technical Issues) and Track 2 (Governance Issues): 15 May 2025? 23:59 (AoE, hard deadline, no extension) - Deadline for submission of papers. (It will be possible to resubmit until 18 May 2025, but no new paper will be accepted after 15 May). 23 June 2025 - Notification of Acceptance. 23 July 2025 - Deadline for Camera-ready Paper Submissions. Track 3 (Election and Practical Experiences) and Track 5 (PhD Colloquium) 10 July 2025? 23:59 (AoE, hard deadline, no extension) - Deadline for submission of papers. (It will be possible to resubmit until 13 July 2025, but no new paper will be accepted after 10 July). 14 August 2025 - Notification of Acceptance. 15 September 2025 - Deadline for Camera-ready Paper Submissions. Track 4 (Poster and Demo Session) 15 September 2025 ? Submission deadline ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evoteid2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee Track 1: Security, Usability and Technical Issues Arapinis, Myrto (The University of Edinburgh, Scotland), Araujo, Roberto (Universidade Federal do Par?, Brazil), Aranha, Diego (Aarhus University, Denmark), Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft, USA), Bernhard, Matthew (University of Michigan, USA), Budurushi, Jurlind (Baden- Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe, Germany), Clark, Jeremy (Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, USA), Collazos, C?sar (Universidad del Cauca, Colombia), Dragan, Catalin (University of Surrey, England), Ek, Alexander (Monash University, Australia), Essex, Aleksander (University of Western Ontario, Canada), Finogina, Tamara (Universitat Polit?cnica de Catalunya, Catalonia), Gibson, J Paul (Mines Telecom, France), Giustolisi, Rosario (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Gj?steen, Kristian (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Glazer, Amanda (The University of Texas at Austin, USA), Gore, Rajeev (Monash University, Australia), Grimm, Ruediger (University of Koblenz, Germany), Haenni, Rolf (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland), Haines, Thomas (The Australian National University, Australia), Jacobs, Bart (Radboud University, The Netherlands), Kirsten, Michael (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Koenig, Reto (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland), Ku?sters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, Germany), Mayer, Andreas (Hochschule Heilbronn, Germany), Naehrig, Michael (Microsoft, USA), Neumann, Stephan (Landesbank Saar, Germany), Pereira, Olivier (Universit? Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Peters, Thomas (Universit? Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Reisert, Pascal (University of Stuttgart, Germany), Rosemann, Stefan (Federal Office for Information Security, Germany), Ryan, Mark (University of Birmingham, England), Ryan, Peter Y. A. (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Schneider, Steve (University of Surrey, England), Schuermann, Carsten (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Spertus, Jacob (University of California at Berkeley, USA), Stark, Philip (University of California at Berkeley, USA), Stuckey, Peter (Monash University, Australia), Teague, Vanessa (Thinking Cybersecurity, Australia), Truderung, Tomasz (University of Trier, Germany), Vukcevic, Damjan (Monash University, Australia), Wen, Roland (The University of New South Wales, Australia), Willemson, Jan (Cybernetica, Estonia), Zagorski, Filip (University of Wroclaw, Poland). Track 2: Governance Issues Aranyossy, Marta (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary), Barrat i Esteve, Jordi (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia), Darnolf, Staffan (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA), Fern?ndez Riveira, Rosa M? (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain), Garnett, Holly Ann (Royal Military College of Canada, Canada), Germann, Micha (University of Bath, England), Goodman, Nicole (Brock University, Canada), Hall, Thad (Mercer County Elections, USA), Jonker, Hugo (Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands), Kiraz, Mehmet Sabir (De Montfort University, England), McGregor, Michael (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada), Musial-Karg, Magdalena (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland), Nurmi, Hannu (University of Turku, Finland), Pe?a-L?pez, Ismael (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Catalonia), Sasvari, Peter (National University of Public Service, Hungary), Serdu?lt, Uwe (Ritsumeikan University, Japan), Smith, Rodney (The University of Sydney, Australia), Solvak, Mikhel (University of Tartu, Estonia), Spycher, Iuliia (University of Bern, Switzerland), Trumm, Siim (University of Nottingham, England) Vinkel, Priit (E-governance Academy, Estonia), Von Nostitz, Felix-Christopher (Universit? Catholique de Lille, France). Track 3: Election and Practical Experiences Bailey, Matt (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA), Bismark, David (Votato, Sweden), Caarls, Susanne (Independent Electoral Expert Consultant, The Netherlands), Chanussot, Thomas (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA), Chaudhary, Tarun (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA), Chelleri, Riccardo (European Commission, Belgium), Driza Maurer, Ardita (Zentrum fur Demokratie Aarau, Switzerland), Erni, Barbara (State Chancellery of Thurgau, Switzerland), Giroud, Kayle (Global Cyber Alliance, Belgium), Hofer, Thomas (Objectif Securit?, Switzerland), Lecl?re, Olivier (State of Geneva, Switzerland), Levine, David (German Marshall Fund, USA), Macias, Ryan (RSM Election Solutions, USA), Martin-Rozumi?owicz, Beata (Independent Electoral Expert Consultant, England), McDermott, Ronan (Independent Electoral Expert Consultant, Switzerland), Misev, Vladimir (Independent Electoral Expert Consultant, Macedonia), Morrell, Jennifer (The Elections Group, USA), Petrov, Goran (OSCE/ODIHR, Poland), Plante, St?phanie (University of Ottawa, Canada), Thornton, Laura (German Marshall Fund, USA), Van Kerckhoven, David (Federal Public Service Home Affairs, Belgium), Vollan, K?re (Quality AS, Norway), Wenda, Gregor (BMI, Austria), Wolf, Peter (IDEA, Sweden), Yard, Michael (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA). From egov-list at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 13 23:15:52 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?UTF-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Sun Apr 13 23:52:27 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] CFP Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59), January 6-9, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Maui Message-ID: <6b75abf4-3da2-4c11-96b6-9aed2f86de8a@ugr.es> CALL FOR PAPERS: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59) Hyatt Regency Maui, Hawaii | January 6-9, 2026 http://www.hicss.org/ *Digital Government Track* *Smart and Connected Cities and Communities Mini-track* == Minitrack Description: == Digital transformation has emerged as a paramount priority for many cities and communities, with the objective of enhancing citizen well-being and the efficacy of public administration and communities, but it also poses significant challenges at the complex intersection of technology and society. Despite the extensive body of literature dedicated to smart cities and communities, the concept remains fuzzy due to its multidimensional and multifaceted nature that extends beyond the mere use of technology and infrastructure. In this regard, technology is a necessary condition for becoming a smart city or smart community, but it is not the only aspect considered when analyzing digital developments in our living environment. It should be integrated with the natural and built environments to enable and empower citizens, through individual and/or communal quests for wellbeing. In recent years, emerging technologies have undoubtedly provided many possibilities for developing smart cities and communities and also brought opportunities to solve urban and community challenges. An increased number of studies indicate that emerging technologies significantly influence social life, catalyzing new needs of citizens and transforming how they are addressed, influencing people?s ability to exercise their ?right to the city/community? and affecting social sustainability. While Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) implementation have traditionally dominated the discourse on smart cities and communities, significant challenges remain regarding the governance, digital inclusion, strategic planning, resilience, and social and cultural sustainability of these technological contexts. Issues such as city and community governance, information integration, data quality, privacy and security, institutional arrangements, resilience, inclusion, sustainability, and citizen participation require greater attention to plan human-centered smart solutions and monitor the social consequences of their implementation. The growing popularity of technologies such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, chatbots, open data, big data, blockchain, and so on, have opened new avenues for addressing these issues in the urban and communities? contexts, but they have also brought some other challenges such as ethical issues or a new wave of digital divide and/or inclusion of citizens with low-tech skills, which requires continuous research in this area. This minitrack aims to explore the aforementioned topics, with a particular focus on the social challenges faced during the implementation of smart solutions as well as on the impact these initiatives have on the community, to understand how new technologies can shape the decision-making processes, resilience, sustainability, and livability of local communities and, as a result, the wellbeing of their residents. ?As a result, areas of focus and interest to this minitrack include, but are not limited, to the following topics: -Typologies of smart cities and communities -Impact of smart technologies on citizens and local communities -Theory and practice of smart citizenship ? technological competencies vs. user experience -Emerging technologies in smart cities and communities (artificial intelligence, big data, open data, social media and networks, digital twins, metaverse, chatbots, etc.) -Elements, prerequisites, and principles of smart governance as the foundation for creating smart urban and regional spaces -Impact of smart governance models on urban resilience and quality of life -Smart cities and smart government ? focal areas, current practices, cases, and potential pitfalls -Cases, rankings, comparisons, and critical success factors for smart cities, communities, and regions -Governance models of smart cities and communities for disaster risk mitigation -The role of digital technologies in both increasing community livability and improving social sustainability and inequalities -Smart services -Urban-rural gaps in smart communities -Strategic planning patterns in implementing ICTs for enhancing resilience and sustainability capacities in smart cities and communities -Implementing ICTs to build social and cultural capacities of urban resilience and sustainability in smart cities -Building knowledge societies for smart cities and communities -Smart cities and communities and their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -Local contextual conditions that impact smart cities and communities? initiatives -The role of metropolitan areas in the development of smart cities and communities -The role of community-rooted institutions in the development of smart cities and communities -Digital inequalities and the challenge of inclusion in the smart cities and community?s contexts -Emerging technologies impact on digital divide for socially sustainable and inclusive smart cities -The inclusion of people with disabilities in the smart cities and smart communities? context *?Important dates*?(https://hicss.hawaii.edu/ ): ?June 15, 2025: Papers due August 17, 2025: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 4, 2025: Deadline for authors whose papers are conditionally accepted to submit a revised manuscript September 22, 2025: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication October 1, 2025: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for the conference January 6-9, 2026: HICSS Conference ** *Mini-track Co-Chairs:* Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var (primary contact), University of Granada, Spain (manuelp@ugr.es ) Gabriela Viale Pereira, University?for Continuing Education?Krems, Austria (gabriela.viale-pereira@donau-uni.ac.at ) Erico Przeybilovicz, CTG UAlbany, SUNY (eprzeybilovicz@albany.edu ) From egov-list at u.washington.edu Mon Apr 14 02:49:28 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?utf-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Wed Apr 16 10:29:49 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] [WSF-11] Present your work at the 11th World Sustainability Forum Message-ID: <0C8CF111-8C8D-45B2-B2C1-3F73C4B23F0B@ugr.es> Dear Researchers, We are excited to announce that WSF-11: Advancing Sustainability for Resilient Futures (https://sciforum.net/event/WSF-11) will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on 2?3 October 2025. Sponsored by MDPI, this conference will explore critical topics such as sustainability, resilience, climate change, and eco-social systems. Researchers from around the world will present their latest findings and solutions for advancing sustainability and resilience in urban and environmental landscapes. This is an excellent opportunity to share insights and collaborate with global experts. Sessions S1. Emerging technologies implementation for sustainable and resilient cities and communities S2. Sustainable reporting and communication in the private and public sector S3. Climate change and Socio-ecological systems S4. Sustainable urban landscape S5. Circular Economy S6. Renewable Energy While we are finalizing our speaker lineup, we look forward to engaging keynote addresses and thought-provoking sessions from leading figures in the field. WSF-11 is currently open for abstract submissions. You are invited to submit your abstract by 18 June 2025 through: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1299 Take advantage of early bird rates and register before 7 August 2025 to benefit from discounted fees. This is a fantastic opportunity to secure your place at this prestigious event. Register now: https://sciforum.net/event/WSF-11?subscribe§ion=#registration Don't miss out on the chance to be part of this influential conference. We look forward to welcoming you to Barcelona for WSF-11! Best regards, The WSF11 Organizing Team wsf11@mdpi.com sciforum.net/event/WSF11 From egov-list at u.washington.edu Mon Apr 14 02:49:28 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?utf-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Wed Apr 16 10:29:49 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] [WSF-11] Present your work at the 11th World Sustainability Forum Message-ID: <0C8CF111-8C8D-45B2-B2C1-3F73C4B23F0B@ugr.es> Dear Researchers, We are excited to announce that WSF-11: Advancing Sustainability for Resilient Futures (https://sciforum.net/event/WSF-11) will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on 2?3 October 2025. Sponsored by MDPI, this conference will explore critical topics such as sustainability, resilience, climate change, and eco-social systems. Researchers from around the world will present their latest findings and solutions for advancing sustainability and resilience in urban and environmental landscapes. This is an excellent opportunity to share insights and collaborate with global experts. Sessions S1. Emerging technologies implementation for sustainable and resilient cities and communities S2. Sustainable reporting and communication in the private and public sector S3. Climate change and Socio-ecological systems S4. Sustainable urban landscape S5. Circular Economy S6. Renewable Energy While we are finalizing our speaker lineup, we look forward to engaging keynote addresses and thought-provoking sessions from leading figures in the field. WSF-11 is currently open for abstract submissions. You are invited to submit your abstract by 18 June 2025 through: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1299 Take advantage of early bird rates and register before 7 August 2025 to benefit from discounted fees. This is a fantastic opportunity to secure your place at this prestigious event. Register now: https://sciforum.net/event/WSF-11?subscribe§ion=#registration Don't miss out on the chance to be part of this influential conference. We look forward to welcoming you to Barcelona for WSF-11! Best regards, The WSF11 Organizing Team wsf11@mdpi.com sciforum.net/event/WSF11 From egov-list at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 22 05:20:00 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Gianluca Miscione via eGov-list) Date: Thu Apr 24 13:43:20 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop University of Zurich, 13-14 November 2025 Message-ID: ***Apologies for cross-posting*** Please distribute this call across relevant networks Thanks, Gianluca Gianluca Miscione University College Dublin https://people.ucd.ie/gianluca.miscione Call for Papers: *6th Annual Digital Democracy WorkshopUniversity of Zurich, 13-14 November 2025* We invite paper submissions on the relationship between digital technology and democracy, broadly understood. We are particularly interested in topics such as the role of social media and AI in political communication and public opinion, e-government and public administration, AI and governance, civic tech and political participation, the regulation of tech platforms, and state repression and digital surveillance, among others. We welcome submissions using different methodological approaches to study these topics. This workshop is organized by the Democracy Community of the Digital Society Initiative (https://democracy.dsi.uzh.ch) at the University of Zurich. It aims to facilitate exchange and collaboration among scholars from different substantive fields working on these topics. Workshop attendance is free and is open to both paper presenters and non-presenters, but registration is required and subject to seat availability. The workshop will take place in Zurich from about 9:00, 13 November until about 17:00, 14 November. All presenters are expected to attend in person and make their own travel arrangements. The deadline to submit paper abstracts (up to 500 words) for the workshop is 31 May 2025. Find the submission page at this link: https://forms.gle/msXAbySJcavm2Z1e9. Acceptance notifications will be sent by 11 July 2025. Registration for non-presenters will open in September. Please note that co-authors have to register separately as non-presenters if they wish to attend the workshop. We provide a limited number of travel grants for junior scholars; more information will be provided upon acceptance. We particularly encourage early-career researchers and those belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented in the field to apply. Organizing committee: Anna Boos, Alexandre Bovet, Philip Di Salvo, Karsten Donnay, Fabrizio Gilardi, Emma Hoes, Meret Prangulaishvili, Anina Schwarzenbach, Jennifer Victoria Scurrell, Philipp Trein. We can be reached at democracy@dsi.uzh.ch. https://democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/2025/04/CfP-Digital-Democracy-Workshop-2025-2.pdf From egov-list at u.washington.edu Wed May 7 23:23:45 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Charalampos Alexopoulos via eGov-list) Date: Thu May 8 15:52:20 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] =?utf-8?q?CFP=3A_EMCIS2025_Conf=2E_Track=3A_Classical?= =?utf-8?q?_and_Emerging_Digital_Governance_=E2=80=93_The_Artificia?= =?utf-8?q?l_Intelligence_Era?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, We are inviting you to submit your recent work to our track in the 22nd European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems - EMCIS2025 Conference (Group B), which will be held on 11 ? 12 September 2025 in Paphos, Cyprus. *Important Dates* Electronic Submission Deadline: May 30, 2025 Notification of Acceptance to Authors: July 15, 2025 Camera Ready Submission Deadline: July 25, 2025 Author Registration Deadline: July25, 2025 Early bird registration Deadline: July 25, 2025 Conference Dates: September 11-12, 2025 Best regards, The Track chairs: Euripidis Loukis, eloukis[at]aegean.gr, University of Aegean, Greece, Yannis Charalabidis, yannisx[at]aegean.gr, University of Aegean, Greece Charalampos Alexopoulos, alexop[at]aegean.gr, University of Aegean, Greece *Track: Classical and Emerging Digital Governance ? The Artificial Intelligence Era * The increasing exploitation of ICTs, both traditional and emerging ones, by government agencies for improving the generation of value for the society, has led to the rapid development of Digital Governance research and practice. The first generation of it, usually referred to as Electronic (Digital) Government 1.0 aimed mainly at the exploitation of ICT for improving the efficiency and decreasing the cost of the complex processes and operations of government agencies, as well as of their transactions with citizens and firms (by developing digital transaction channels based on the Internet). However, the second generation of it, referred to as Electronic (Digital) Government 2.0, had a quite different orientation, focusing on the use of ICTs, and especially the Internet and the social media, for enhancing government transparency, as well as interaction, consultation and collaboration with the citizens and firms, and in general for promoting open and participative government. Also, the opening of government data to be used for scientific and business purposes, as well as for enhancing political debates, and making them more ?evidence-based?, was another major development of this second generation. Recently, a third generation of has emerged, referred to as Electronic (Digital) Government 3.0, aiming at the exploitation of ICT in order to improve and enhance the highest-level functions of government agencies aiming at public policy making. All these three generations initially focused on the use of ICTs for supporting existing processes and activities, but then started taking more innovative directions, aiming at the use of ICT for transforming existing processes and activities, and governance models in general, and this gave rise to the development of the transformative stages of these three generations Electronic (Digital) Governance 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 respectively, and to the gradual digital transformation of the public sector. Furthermore, all these three generations of digital governance are continuously evolving, by exploiting and incorporating some emerging ?disruptive? technologies, such as business analytics, cloud, Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain etc.). Especially artificially intelligence technologies, such as machine learning, has the potential to provide great benefits to public organizations, concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, decision making and policy making, facilitate a new generation of digital transformation of government, leading to a new ?artificial intelligence era? of government. However, its application can pose serious challenges and risks. Furthermore, the use of Internet technology in modern cities can lead to the development of smart cities providing to citizens to higher quality of life. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ? ?Classical? efficiency-oriented digital government ? Electronic (Digital) Government/Governance services ? Electronic (Digital) Democracy and Voting ? Digital Divide and e-Inclusion ? Information Society and Electronic (Digital) Government/Governance policies ? Open Government ? Transparency, Participation and Collaboration ? Open government data ? Open government data plat and evaluation ? Open government data ecosystems development ? Citizen-centric Electronic (Digital) Government/Governance ? Innovative Electronic (Digital) Services (Transparent, Anticipatory, Context-Aware, Co-Created) ? Digital Transformation of government ? Public Values and Digital (Electronic) Government/Governance ? Security, Privacy and Trust in Digital (Electronic) Government/Governance ? Benefits, barriers and risks of Electronic (Digital) Government/Governance development and adoption ? Government Process Management, Interoperability and Integration ? Social Media in Government ? Policy Modelling/Analytics ? Big data and government ? Cloud Computing in Government ? Artificial Intelligence in government ? exploitation and benefits ? Artificial Intelligence in government ? challenges and risks ? Artificial Intelligence in government ? policies and strategies ? Artificial Intelligence-based digital transformation of government ? Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in government ? Blockchain in Government ? Internet of Things in government ? Smart Cities, Smart Government and Smart Citizens ? Legal Informatics ? Mobile-Government (M-Government) ? Covid-19 and Digital Government/Governance ? Economic crises and Digital Government/Governance From egov-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 15 21:15:47 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Jochen Scholl via eGov-list) Date: Thu May 15 21:15:52 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] DIRL 7.5 (Disaster Information Reference Library) Released Message-ID: Version 7.5 is the most recent update of this reference library. It has been published as of May 15, 2025 as a semiannual update. The library now contains 5,681 references of predominantly English-language, peer-reviewed work in the study domains of disaster information and information technologies and their uses in the context of disasters. This represents an increase over the previous version of 246 references, or 4.5%. [Download] Citation: Scholl, H. J. & G. Viale Pereira (2025). The Disaster information Reference Library (DIRL). Versions 7.5?8.0. Retrieved from: http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/dirl/ Kind regards, Dr. Hans Joachim Scholl, MBA Professor UW Faculty Senator Faculty Council on Information Technology and Cybersecurity (FCITC), Member Fellow of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Fellow of the Digital Government Society Recipient of the Service Award of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Research Fellow of the Center for Technology in Government University of Washington (UW) The Information School Mary Gates Hall, Suite 370D MS 352840 Seattle, WA 98195-2840, USA Phone: (206) 616-2543 Fax: (206) 616-3152 From egov-list at u.washington.edu Thu May 29 10:18:49 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (=?UTF-8?Q?Manuel_Pedro_Rodr=C3=ADguez_Bol=C3=ADvar?= via eGov-list) Date: Thu May 29 12:26:46 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] CFP Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59), January 6-9, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Maui Message-ID: <425c7b7589a84dd64669d9e96c764975@ugr.es> CALL FOR PAPERS: Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59) Hyatt Regency Maui, Hawaii | January 6-9, 2026 http://www.hicss.org/ Digital Government Track Smart and Connected Cities and Communities Mini-track == Minitrack Description: == Digital transformation has emerged as a paramount priority for many cities and communities, with the objective of enhancing citizen well-being and the efficacy of public administration and communities, but it also poses significant challenges at the complex intersection of technology and society. Despite the extensive body of literature dedicated to smart cities and communities, the concept remains fuzzy due to its multidimensional and multifaceted nature that extends beyond the mere use of technology and infrastructure. In this regard, technology is a necessary condition for becoming a smart city or smart community, but it is not the only aspect considered when analyzing digital developments in our living environment. It should be integrated with the natural and built environments to enable and empower citizens, through individual and/or communal quests for wellbeing. In recent years, emerging technologies have undoubtedly provided many possibilities for developing smart cities and communities and also brought opportunities to solve urban and community challenges. An increased number of studies indicate that emerging technologies significantly influence social life, catalyzing new needs of citizens and transforming how they are addressed, influencing people's ability to exercise their "right to the city/community" and affecting social sustainability. While Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) implementation have traditionally dominated the discourse on smart cities and communities, significant challenges remain regarding the governance, digital inclusion, strategic planning, resilience, and social and cultural sustainability of these technological contexts. Issues such as city and community governance, information integration, data quality, privacy and security, institutional arrangements, resilience, inclusion, sustainability, and citizen participation require greater attention to plan human-centered smart solutions and monitor the social consequences of their implementation. The growing popularity of technologies such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, chatbots, open data, big data, blockchain, and so on, have opened new avenues for addressing these issues in the urban and communities' contexts, but they have also brought some other challenges such as ethical issues or a new wave of digital divide and/or inclusion of citizens with low-tech skills, which requires continuous research in this area. This minitrack aims to explore the aforementioned topics, with a particular focus on the social challenges faced during the implementation of smart solutions as well as on the impact these initiatives have on the community, to understand how new technologies can shape the decision-making processes, resilience, sustainability, and livability of local communities and, as a result, the wellbeing of their residents. As a result, areas of focus and interest to this minitrack include, but are not limited, to the following topics: - Typologies of smart cities and communities - Impact of smart technologies on citizens and local communities - Theory and practice of smart citizenship ? technological competencies vs. user experience - Emerging technologies in smart cities and communities (artificial intelligence, big data, open data, social media and networks, digital twins, metaverse, chatbots, etc.) - Elements, prerequisites, and principles of smart governance as the foundation for creating smart urban and regional spaces - Impact of smart governance models on urban resilience and quality of life - Smart cities and smart government ? focal areas, current practices, cases, and potential pitfalls - Cases, rankings, comparisons, and critical success factors for smart cities, communities, and regions - Governance models of smart cities and communities for disaster risk mitigation - The role of digital technologies in both increasing community livability and improving social sustainability and inequalities - Smart services - Urban-rural gaps in smart communities - Strategic planning patterns in implementing ICTs for enhancing resilience and sustainability capacities in smart cities and communities - Implementing ICTs to build social and cultural capacities of urban resilience and sustainability in smart cities - Building knowledge societies for smart cities and communities - Smart cities and communities and their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Local contextual conditions that impact smart cities and communities' initiatives - The role of metropolitan areas in the development of smart cities and communities - The role of community-rooted institutions in the development of smart cities and communities - Digital inequalities and the challenge of inclusion in the smart cities and community's contexts - Emerging technologies impact on digital divide for socially sustainable and inclusive smart cities - The inclusion of people with disabilities in the smart cities and smart communities' context Important dates (https://hicss.hawaii.edu/): June 15, 2025: Papers due August 17, 2025: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 4, 2025: Deadline for authors whose papers are conditionally accepted to submit a revised manuscript September 22, 2025: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication October 1, 2025: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for the conference January 6-9, 2026: HICSS Conference Mini-track Co-Chairs: Manuel Pedro Rodr?guez Bol?var (primary contact), University of Granada, Spain (manuelp@ugr.es) Gabriela Viale Pereira, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria (gabriela.viale-pereira@donau-uni.ac.at) Erico Przeybilovicz, CTG UAlbany, SUNY (eprzeybilovicz@albany.edu) From egov-list at u.washington.edu Fri May 30 23:57:02 2025 From: egov-list at u.washington.edu (Tomasz Janowski via eGov-list) Date: Sat May 31 10:26:50 2025 Subject: [EGOV LIST] Call for Papers: International and Comparative Digital Government Studies Minitrack, Digital Government Track, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59), January 6-9, 2026 Message-ID: <224701833.20250531085702@pg.edu.pl> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ? International and Comparative Digital Government Studies Minitrack https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/digital-government/#international-and-comparative-digital-government-studies-minitrack? ? Digital Government Track? https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-59/digital-government/? ? Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-59),? Hyatt Regency Maui, Hawaii | January 6-9, 2026 http://www.hicss.org/ ? DESCRIPTION ? One of the tenets in digital government research is the recognition that digital government is not an isolated technological artifact but an act of putting technology in the institutional, social, economic and political context and transforming both ? the technology and the context ? in the process. The context conveys the research problem or question, provides the data to address/answer them, and helps validate the proposed solution/answer. While the national or sub-national contexts dominate, focusing on country-, state- or city-level policies, services, institutions and citizens, international and comparative studies are taking up. The reasons include: globalization and anti-globalization of technology, the influence of international organizations and international standards, problems/questions are shared and call for coordinated solutions/answers between countries, problems/questions concern relationships between countries, solutions/answers are transferred between countries, etc. Additionally, as countries face the challenge and risk of implementing their digital policies using highly dynamic and disruptive technologies, and managing the resulting social, economic and political change, their look to learn from each other to avoid making mistakes or even skipping early development stages altogether. They also seek to coordinate their responses to the growing international influence of BigTech on the national sovereignty and the rights of countries? citizens and businesses. International and comparative digital government research is a tool in such learning and coordination. ? TOPICS This minitrack calls for the submissions of research work covering international and comparative aspects of digital government. We welcome exploratory, theoretical, empirical or applied research, originating in social, economic, political or multidisciplinary discourses. The topics include but are not limited to: 1. Comparative analysis of digital government across countries 2. Cybersecurity strategies in international relations 3. Digital authoritarianism versus democratic governance 4. Digital diplomacy and global governance frameworks 5. Digital diplomacy and international negotiations 6. Digital government and state capacity in the digital age 7. Digital government in democratic vs autocratic or authoritarian countries 8. Digital government in developing vs developed countries 9. Digital government in different socio-political cultures and environments 10. Digital government responses to climate change and other global challenges 11. Digital government responding to democratic breakup 12. Digital identity and national branding 13. Digital solutions to leverage international and humanitarian aid 14. Digital sovereignty and national control over data 15. Evaluation of cross-border digital government initiatives 16. Evaluation of cross-border digital service delivery models 17. Geopolitics of digital government 18. Impact assessment of international collaboration on digital government 19. Implementation of international digital identity systems 20. International case studies on digital government 21. International coordination on AI regulation and safety 22. International digital services to migrants and migrant communities 23. International standards for AI in government and society 24. International cloud provision enabling public sector innovation 25. International data sharing frameworks in public administration 26. International digital government measurement and benchmarking 27. International organizations shaping digital government policies 28. International standards for digital infrastructure 29. National factors influencing digital government service adoption 30. Open data policies for international collaboration 31. Political economy of digital government 32. Public diplomacy and digital storytelling IMPORTANT DATES ? June 15, 2025 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper Submission Deadline August 17, 2025 | 11:59 pm HST: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 22, 2025|11:59 pm HST: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication October 1, 2025 | 11:59 pm HST: Conference registration deadline for at least one author of each paper ? MINITRACK CO-CHAIR ? Tomasz Janowski (Primary Contact), Gda?sk University of Technology, Poland, tomasz.janowski@pg.edu.pl Elsa Estevez,?National University of the South, Argentina,?ecestevez@gmail.com Beth Noveck,?Northeastern University, USA,?noveck@thegovlab.org Adegboyega Ojo,?Carleton University, Canada,?adegboyega.ojo@carleton.ca ?