-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [WI] CfP dg.o 2020: TRACK 3. Smart Cities: Intelligent Innovation and Transformation Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:34:28 +0200 From: Leonidas ANTHOPOULOS lanthopo@uth.gr Reply-To: Leonidas ANTHOPOULOS lanthopo@uth.gr To: wi@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de

Dear colleague,

are you researching on topics such as smart city? smart transformation? smart government/governance? smart city management? city and open/big data? urban innovation? industry 4.0?

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CALL FOR PAPERS - dg.o 2020: TRACK 3. Smart Cities: Intelligent Innovation and Transformation (

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

dg.o 2020: 21st Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research

Theme: Intelligent Government in the Intelligent Information Society

Graduate School of Public Administration

Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, June 17-19, 2020

http://dgsoc.org/dgo-2020/ and https://easychair.org/cfp/dgo2020

Email: dgo2020@easychair.orgmailto:dgo2020@easychair.org

Twitter handle: #dgo2020

The Digital Government Society (DGS) announces the 21st Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research – dg.o 2020, with a theme “Intelligent Government in the Intelligent Information Society”. dg.o 2020 will be hosted by the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea on June 17-19, 2020. The dg.o conferences are an established forum for presentation, discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary research on digital government, political participation, civic engagement, technology innovation, applications, and practice. Each year the conference brings together scholars recognized for the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of their work, their contributions to theory (rigor) and practice (relevance), their focus on important and timely topics and the quality of their writing.

TRACK 3. Smart Cities: Intelligent Innovation and Transformation

Track chairs:

Leonidas Anthopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece

Wookjoon Sung, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York

Data and technologies drive cities to innovate and transform not only the economic productions and activities, but also citizen expectations in terms of information, services, governance participation. The cities around the globe are adopting cutting edge technologies in their attempts to enhance their efficiency, their competitiveness and the local quality of life. Industry 4.0 technologies, IoT, AI, 5G-readiness and big open data are only some of the key infrastructure that cities deploy, while digital skills and extensive collaboration among the city stakeholders are key-elements that are being utilized for the digital transformation and for the smart governance of the local digital ecosystem.

This track invites research and practices in smart cities that describes smart cities development strategies, policy models, citizen engagement, and technology innovations. Topics include but not limited to industry 4.0 technologies for smart cities, mobility, energy, health, education, public safety, structures, natural environment, and business, as well as related issues of cybersecurity and privacy, community-based infrastructure resilience, urban informatics and governance. Specific interest areas include smart governance and smart city governance, smart city infrastructure and standards, applications and collaborations based on the "internet of things"; Smart sensors; Big data analytics; The Civic Technology Movement, and Intercity and intergovernmental collaborations; International cooperation and the spread of smart cities; Machine learning, AI, Blockchain and Robotics for cities and governments.

Recommended Topics:

- smart city platforms, - smart city implementation strategies and success indicators; - smart government; - smart city service innovations and impacts; - smart digital citizen identity; - citizen’s behavior modeling; - citizen engagement, industry 4.0 technologies; - digital transformation, smart and connected communities; - governance and policy issues of intelligent machines and man-machine interactions; - security, ethics and privacy issues; - novel sharing and interactions in intelligent cities; - smart city infrastructure and standards; applications and collaborations based on the IoT and, smart sensors; - Big Data analytics; - civic technology movement, and intercity and intergovernmental collaborations; - Machine learning, Deep Learning, AI, Blockchain, AR/VR and Robotics for cities and governments

IMPORTANT DATES

January 15, 2020: Papers are due

March 1, 2020: Notifications of acceptance

April 5, 2020: Camera-ready manuscripts due

May 5, 2020: Early registration closes!

SUBMISSION TYPES AND FORMATS

Papers/posters/manuscripts can be submitted using the “2019 ACM Master Submission Template (single-column)”. Submissions should not exceed the maximum number of pages specified for each type of submission in ACM format Please do not use page numbers. Paper titles should be on the first page of text, rather than on a separate cover page.

Submission Site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2020