[AISWorld] CfP dgo2021 (extended deadline) - Track 3 Digital Sovereignty in the Era of Smart Cities

[Distel, Bettina]

===The submission deadline has been extended until January 27th ===

Call for Papers/Proposals

dg.o 2021: 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research

Digital Innovations for Public Values: Inclusive Collaboration and Community

Conference Website: http://dgsociety.org/dgo-2021/

Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dgo2021

The Digital Government Society (DGS) will hold the 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research - dg.o 2021, with a special focus on the theme " Digital Innovations for Public Values: Inclusive Collaboration and Community".  the Digital Governance and Analytics Lab, the School of Public Administration, the Center for Public Affairs Research, and the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska on June 9-11, 2021.  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 rigor of theory and relevance of practice, their focus on important and timely topics and the quality of their writing.

THEME & TRACK TOPICS:

The 22nd Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2021) will feature the main theme of "Digital Innovations for Public Values: Inclusive Collaboration and Community." Public values - such as efficiency, equity, transparency, privacy, security, trust, etc. - serve as the compass and goals for the development and implementation of digital innovations for public service. Recent developments in digital innovations - such as artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, social networking platforms, 5G, etc.- offer strategic opportunities for public value creation. These digital innovations are tools for us to solve monumental challenges facing our society such as pandemics, climate change, and sustainable development. More importantly, there is a return to focus on societal needs and values to guide digital innovations and to move away from technology push only for the sake of innovations.

Specifically, the conference aims to advance research and practice of public value creation via digital innovations by leveraging collaboration and community-oriented solutions in an inclusive manner. Collaboration can span the boundaries of individuals, organizations, sectors (public, private, and voluntary), and national borders in such forms as data and technology collaboratives, public-private partnership, and regional or global technology standards and policies. Communities can take on a virtual, physical, or blended form with a local, national, or global reach such as people's local communities and our global community of the Digital Government Society (DGS). Community is also about taking a holistic (community-as-a-whole) approach to integrating digital innovations such as smart city and intelligent government. Inclusivity is about bridging socioeconomic and digital divides in governance such as inclusive civic engagement and e-participation. Inclusivity also entails openness, transparency, and leveraging digital means to engage community members for public value creation.
TRACK 3. Digital Sovereignty in the Era of Smart Cities
Track chairs: Bettina Distel, Robert Krimmer, and Hendrik Scholta
In the digital age, the transformation of a city to a smart city is in great motion. Governments around the world are investing in the interconnection of virtual and non-virtual spaces, services are being increasingly provided digitally and proactively, and internal processes are often executed automatically. While advocates of these developments highlight positive effects on public value creation, the fast developments call critics to the scene. The pace with which new possibilities are evaluated and oftentimes put into practice, casts shadows on the idea of smart cities, sometimes turning it into dark dystopian image. The creation of a smart city hence risks becoming a technocratic frenzy where a citizen can lose what we call digital sovereignty-citizen's authority and control over personal data. The divulgence of personal data to private companies and public institutions increases convenience and efficiency, but opens space for controversies. Meanwhile, a sacrifice in digital sovereignty is inherent to implementing a smart city. The balancing of creating public value through digital innovation on the one hand and the protection and strengthening of citizens' digital sovereignty on the other hand thus becomes a major challenge for both researchers and practitioners.


IMPORTANT DATES

  *   January 20, 2021: Papers, workshops, tutorials, and panels are due
  *   March 1, 2021: Application deadline for doctoral colloquium
  *   March 31, 2021: Author notifications (papers, workshops, tutorials, panels)
  *   April 1, 2021: Doctoral colloquium notification
  *   April 15, 2021: Posters and demo proposals due
  *   April 24, 2021: Poster/demo author notifications
  *   April 25, 2021: Final version of manuscripts due in EasyChair
  *   May 1, 2021: Early registration begins
  *   May 20, 2021: Early registration closes