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Dear colleagues,
IFIP EGOV2022 - Joint conference EGOV-CeDEM-EPart2022 Linköping,
Sweden, 6-8 September 2022 The IFIP EGOV2022 represents the
merging 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 held annually and will be hosted 6-8 September 2022
in Linköping by the University of Linköping in Sweden. The
conference will be organized as an onsite conference, however,
there will be one online event for ongoing papers and panels only.
The conference fee for onsite and online participation will be the
same to encourage onsite participation. If circumstances are not
favorable, there will only be an online event. See
https://dgsociety.org/egov-2022/
<https://dgsociety.org/egov-2022/>.
Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions)
Track
Urban growth and natural and health disasters have introduced
important challenges in the urban context, pushing cities towards
a mandatory digital transition to a smart environment. In short,
the transformation of these communities has become a top priority
for city governments and communities and offers great promise for
improved wellbeing and prosperity. However, significant challenges
have also arisen at the complex intersection of technology and
society. Prior research has demonstrated that cities with greater
digital maturity allow them to develop more resilient service
management systems and supply chains, resulting in the emergence
of cities that are more agile and adaptable.
In addition, smart communities, smart districts, smart cities, and
regions are needed to be proactive in adopting a citizen-centric
lens to serve the needs of their residents and improve city
resilience and wellbeing of denizens. Although the literature is
rich in references to smart cities and communities, it is less
developed on the topic of why smart districts and regions need to
become smart. Further, the existing literature is fragmented and
dispersed among several areas of knowledge, resulting in a lack of
a multi-domain holistic view and a lack of critical analysis about
the strategies that different cities, districts, and communities
follow to become smarter.
Although there is not a one-size-fits-all solution to become smart
because it is context-dependent, mainly due to different levels of
pressures exerted on housing, energy, transportation,
infrastructure, and healthcare due to rapid urbanisation and
ageing populations, having a holistic and common approach for
achieving could be considered fundamental to guide decision-makers
in the digital transformation of societies.
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 city sustainability and
resilience. All of them are being integrated into city
administration and community management, information integration,
data quality, privacy and security, institutional arrangements,
and citizen participation - which are just some of the issues that
need greater attention to make a community smarter today and in
the near future. Smart services can also make our cities better,
but as digital technology and transformation evolve there are
challenges as well as opportunities for both citizens and
stakeholders. At the same time, these new technologies also bring
big challenges with their adoption such as the digital divide,
privacy, and security issues.
This track aims at exploring these issues, paying particular
attention to the challenges faced by smart cities, smart
districts, and smart communities as well as to the impact of these
initiatives on sustainable living. It also aims at focusing 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.
As a result, areas of focus and interest to this track include,
but are not limited, to the following topics:
Smart governance as the foundation to creating smart urban and
regional spaces (elements, prerequisites, and principles of smart
governance)
Smart government (focal areas, current practices, cases, and
potential pitfalls)
Smart partnerships and smart communities (triple/quadruple helix,
public-private partnerships, and citizen participation)
Smart cities, smart districts, smart communities, and regions
(cases, indicators, assessment, rankings, comparisons, and
critical success factors)
Collective intelligence for smart cities and communities (smart
ideas and solutions for smart cities)
Emerging and disruptive technologies in smart communities (big
data, open data, data analytics, social media, and networks,
Blockchain technologies, etc.)
AI and IoT as an enabler for Smart Communities/Smart Cities
(infrastructure, transportation, citizen participation, education,
governance, environment, health care, safety, security, and
energy)
AI in smart city design, urban planning, and intelligent
infrastructure operation
Integrative research that addresses the technological and social
dimensions of smart and connected communities
Smart homes, intelligent home automation systems, domotics pros
and cons
Smart grids, smart energy distribution systems, intelligent energy
monitoring, implications for climate change
Smart environment, traffic management, and transportation
(carbonless and clean individual and public mobility)
Smart law enforcement theory and practice
Smart devices and their novel use in public management and public
service delivery
Smart (technology-facilitated) practices such as payment systems,
identification systems, etc.
New cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities in smart technologies
SMART as a public-sector planning and management principle
(Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Results-based, and
Time-bound)
Smart university, smart classrooms, and smart delivery of
education-related services
Quality of life issues in smart cities and smart communities
Urban-rural gaps in smart communities, digital divides, and
socio-economic disparities
Citizen participation in smart cities using new technologies as
chatbots or blockchain.
Innovation and creativity in smart society development
Emerging technologies implementation in cities to face and manage
natural disasters and health pandemics.
IMPORTANT DATES
• 18 March 2022: (Hard) deadline for submissions
• 30 April 2022: Notification of acceptance
• 1 May 2022: PhD Colloquium deadline for submissions
• 15 May 2022: Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera
ready)
• 31 May 2022: Poster acceptance
• 1 June 2022: Camera-ready paper submission and author
registration
• 1 June 2022: PhD Colloquium notification of acceptance
• Monday 5 September 2022: PhD Colloquium
• 6– 8 September 2022: Conference
HOW TO SUBMIT
Submissions can be made here:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2022
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=egov2022>
TRACK CHAIRS
Prof. Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar (lead), University of
Granada, Spain.
Dr. Shefali Virkar, Donau-Universität Krems, Austria
Prof. Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven, Belgium