[EGOV LIST] dg.o 2026: TRACK 19. Smart Cities for Public Value Creation

[Ioannis Nikolaou via eGov-list]

Dear colleague,

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

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CALL FOR PAPERS - dg.o 2026: TRACK 19. Smart Cities for Public Value
Creation

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



dg.o 2026: 27th Annual International Conference on Digital Government
Research

Theme: Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
June 01-04, 2026
https://dgsociety.org/dgo-20256/



https://dgsociety.org/dgo-2026 and
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=dgo26

X handle: #dgo2026


The Digital Government Society (DGS) announces the 27th Annual
International Conference on Digital Government Research - dg.o 2026, under
the theme Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation.
The dg.o 2026 will be hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha,
Nebraska, USA June 1-4, 2026. 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 19. Smart Cities for Public Value Creation

Track chairs:

Leonidas Anthopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece

Panos Papagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK

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 deal with recent and future challenges. Additionally, new types of
business appear, while emerging technologies like AI and the co-existence
of autonomous things and people generate challenges that cities have
started phasing. 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 Cities which become enablers for public value creation via
transparent and personalized public services, communication without
censorship, data sovereignty, participation and co-creation spaces and
platforms, place-based innovation, well-being functioning, principles for
equity and equality, and the ability of citizens and the community to keep
on functioning and prospering despite the challenges that can face (i.e.,
cyber-threats, poverty, violence, environmental threats etc.).


IMPORTANT DATES

- January 31, 2026: Papers due

- March 31, 2026: Notifications of acceptance

- April 14, 2026: Camera-ready manuscripts due

- April 20, 2026: 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-2026/call-for-papers/ under "submission
guidelines".


Submission Site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo26