[EGOV LIST] Call for Papers EGOV‑CeDEM‑ePart 2026 Conference Track 6: 'AI, Data Analytics & Automated Decision Making Track'

[Mohsan Ali [AEGEAN] via eGov-list]

*Call for Papers EGOV‑CeDEM‑ePart 2026 Conference (IFIP EGOV 2026)*
*Track 6: 'AI, Data Analytics & Automated Decision Making Track'*
August 30 – September 3, 2026 | Athens, Greece

We are delighted to invite researchers and practitioners to contribute to
Track 6: 'AI, Data Analytics & Automated Decision Making Track' at the IFIP
EGOV 2026 conference. The EGOV‑CeDEM‑ePart community brings together
scholars and professionals from around the world to explore the future of
e‑Government and e‑Democracy, including Digital Government,
e-Participation, Open Government,  Smart Government, AI government,
GovTech, Algoritmic Governance, and related topics to digitalization and
government.

This track welcomes contributions that help us deepen our understanding
of the use of artificial intelligence, data analytics and automated
decision making in government. We encourage submissions from all
disciplines and methodological traditions.

*Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):*


   - AI and evidence-based policy making
   - Robotic Process Automation in the public sector
   - Predictive analytics and machine learning in the public sector
   - Trustworthiness, fairness and explainability of AI applications
   - eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in the public sector
   - Federated Learning and Edge AI in the public sector
   - Natural Language Processing and Understanding applications in the
   public sector
   - Transforming Public Services using Generative AI
   - Large Language Models for effective Governance
   - Generative AI for enhancing and preserving Democratic Processes
   - Large Language Models and Large Language Model-based systems for
   - Transparency and accountability in automated decision-making
   - Legal and ethical aspects of AI in the public sector
   - AI-enabled smart cities and IoT applications
   - Analysis and evaluation of Dynamic Open Government Data (including
   environmental, traffic, satellite, meteorological, and sensor generated
   data)
   - AI in government and discriminatory bias
   - Machine Learning Operationalization management (MLOps) in the public
   sector
   - Co-creation via AI and big data analytics
   - Co-creation of AI-enabled public services
   - Consequential decisions and AI in government
   - AI adoption by and diffusion in the public sector
   - Digital transformation of the public sector via AI
   - Benefits and public value generation from AI use in the public sector
   - Impact of AI on social cohesion


*Important Dates*

   - Paper submission deadline: March 16, 2026
   - Notification of acceptance: May 5, 2026
   - Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: June 15, 2026
   - Conference dates: August 30 – September 3, 2026


In addition to completed research papers, the conference also welcomes
ongoing research papers, reflections and viewpoints, practitioner
submissions, and practitioner-, workshop- and poster submissions.

*Submission*
Submit via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2026
Full conference details: https://dgsociety.org/egov-2026/

*Track Chairs*
Evangelos Kalampokis (lead), University of Macedonia, Greece
Habin Lee, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Euripidis Loukis, University of Aegean, Greece