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Call for papers
SmartGov2020 is the 2nd edition of the conference Smart Governance
for
Sustainable Smart Cities, organised by UNU-EGOV, the United
Nations
University Operating Unit on Electronic Governance. It will be
held on
December 2-3, in Viana Do Castelo, Portugal, with an option for
remote
participation.
Smart government is both a response to and the product of rapid
change in
the ways that cities and settlements have to be managed. Rapid
urbanisation
and social change drives local governments to seek out new ways to
deliver
services and manage cities and drives innovation in processes and
policies.
At the same time, emerging digital technologies offer new ways for
local
government to understand and monitor the dynamics of the city,
respond to
the state of the city, carry out administrative tasks and
streamline
procedures.
The complexity of smart cities and settlements means that roles
and
responsibilities have to shift to allow a greater range of
stakeholders to
contribute to the design and delivery of smart services. This
means that
local government needs to find new ways to interact with business,
thought-leaders, suppliers, residents and visitors. Greater
transparency
and frequent, two-way communication are expected with the
co-creation of
public services allowing for greater innovation.
Advances in data science allow relevant, real-time data to be
transformed
into useful information to understand urban behaviour and
infrastructure
needs. This can support evidence-based decision making, automated
responses
and autonomously managed procedures. Realising this potential,
however,
raises concerns about privacy and security issues, the resilience
of
critical information infrastructures, and the unintended
consequences as
social expectations and behaviours are shaped by algorithms.
SmartGov 2020 provides an opportunity for researchers and
practitioners to
meet and share ideas, experiences and results related to all
aspects and
dimensions of smart governance, and the design, implementation and
monitoring of smart cities and settlements, including, but not
restricted
to:
• Smart governance foundations, models, frameworks and principles
• Smart governance practices, dynamics, challenges and trade-offs
• Alignment of city policies with social and environmental
sustainability goals
• Governance of transformation processes
• Measurement and monitoring of smart governance process and
outcomes
• Smart governance-related case-studies and experience reports
• Citizen-centricity and citizen driven solutions for smart cities
• Co-production and collaborative forms of service design and
delivery
• Open governance, participatory decision making and
accountability
• Social media and urban awareness
• Urban innovation, new business models, legal and normative
frameworks
• Data and evidence-based policymaking.
• Urban big data from heterogeneous sources
• Impact of emerging technologies (e.g. AI, machine learning,
blockchain, sensor networks, intelligent transportation systems)
• Challenges of privacy and security
Submissions are invited for full papers (completed research) and
short
papers (research in progress or industry cases). Deadline for
submissions:
22 June 2020
Further details at:
https://smart-governance.org/
Contact: Judy Backhouse:
backhouse@unu.edu
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Judy Backhouse
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