[AISWorld] [External] 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022): Third Call for Contributions
Fred Niederman
fred.niederman at slu.edu
Mon Apr 4 10:05:50 EDT 2022
Special Issue — Call for Papers: Digital Innovation for Social Development and Environmental Action
Special Issue Guest Editors
Jacqueline Corbett
Université Laval
Denis Dennehy
Swansea University
Lemuria Carter
University of New South Wales
Abstract:
This is a call for papers on inclusive and sustainable social development and environmental sustainability.
Keywords: Digital innovation, Social development, Environmental action, Sustainable development goals.
Call for Papers
The Information Systems (IS) community has the opportunity to advance inclusive and sustainable social development and to transform human behaviors and business practices that have become environmentally unsustainable (Corbett & Mellouli, 2017; Walsham et al., 2007; Watson et al., 2021). However, affecting such positive change is a ‘wicked problem’ with many interacting components, many uncertainties and equivocalities, and many views on methods, even where there is agreement on the end goal. These are grand global challenges (Hovorka & Corbett, 2012; Sahay et al., 2017) that are complex, multi-layered, transdisciplinary, and socio-technical in the sense of fundamentally involving humans and how we do things.
The United Nations (UN) has provided a framework for measuring progress through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which comprise 17 goals and 169 targets. The UN, diverse organizations, and governments have done significant work to collect data and build indicators for measuring progress. The 2021 Sustainable Development Goals Report (United Nations, 2021) suggests that progress towards achievement of the SDGs, already off track before the pandemic, has been further complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to undo years of development gains. The SDGs are part of a universal program that applies to all governments and societal actors at all levels. However, without diminishing the importance of the work toward sustainable development at the international level, the global nature of the SDGs leaves local communities and businesses in a bit of a quandary of how they can align their activities to make a meaningful positive impact on social development and environmental sustainability.
The adage of ‘think globally, act locally’ may sound trite, but carries significant truth. Success of the UN’s 2030 agenda for sustainable development depends on mobilization of all actors, particularly at a local level (Tremblay et al., 2021). Localization is required to instantiate the process of “defining, implementing, and monitoring strategies at the local level for achieving global, national and subnational sustainable development goals and targets” (United Nations Development Programme, 2014). There remains a knowledge gap regarding how to best implement SDGs at the local level (Tremblay et al., 2021). Localization efforts can relate to government efforts to contextualize their approach to their own specific environmental, economic, social, political and cultural conditions (Corbett & Mellouli, 2017; Pan et al., 2022; Tremblay et al., 2021), but can also apply to other individuals, organizations and businesses that seek to translate the SDGs to their own realities.
Much of the management literature has focused on corporate sustainability, with the underlying assumption that an organization’s incremental improvements in environmental performance will contribute to global planetary improvements. However, this assumption does not always hold true (Haffar & Searcy, 2018). From afar, organizational changes may look like sustainability gains, but they can actually mask unsustainable performance. At the extreme are cases of greenwashing (Szabo & Webster, 2021). The IS discipline is perhaps not much different. There is a need to link organizational IS initiatives more closely to science-based, explicit objectives that can be measured and monitored over time. There is an inconsistent match between community, organizational or individual-level priorities and global priorities because of the practical challenge of translating complex, interconnected and systems-wide objectives to the company level (Haffar & Searcy, 2018). Besides reorienting organizational priorities, there is also the opportunity for digital innovation and entrepreneurship for sustainable development, which involves the “discovery, creation, and exploitation of opportunities for (future) goods and services that simultaneously sustain the natural and social environment and provide economic and non-economic gain for others” (Johnson & Schaltegger, 2020).
Recognizing that the IS community must move from discussion to action, the goal of this special issue is the construction and dissemination of applicable knowledge within the IS community in relation to the SDGs related to social development and the natural environment. We encourage solution-oriented submissions that can make immediate contributions to the sustainable practices adopted by organizations, societies, and individuals: preference will be given to papers that include measurable sustainability outcomes that link to one or more of the SDGs. The special issue is also open to ’dependent variables’ and more general outcomes that pertain to the issues at hand such as reduction of pollution in the air or water, access to nutritious food or stable housing (Dwivedi et al., 2022) as well as the traditional IS measures of use, user satisfaction, and success. We are primarily interested in how the research has or can affect these global problems, but we also want to see the role and influence of information systems and digital technology as a component of the study to provide connection to and grounding with our AIS community.
There is also an interest in the design of IS related projects that facilitate ‘citizen science’ (Levy & Germonprez, 2017) and empower communities to address these global issues (Dennehy et al., 2021). Such projects often involve processes of mutual learning regarding requirements and tuning of information systems to solve real problems. We encourage research that goes beyond the proof-of-concept stage to proof of value and proof of use (Nunamaker et al., 2015). No methods or approaches are unwelcome, though we anticipate case studies, design-oriented research, and action research to be prominently included (Nishant et al., 2020). No particular philosophical position is privileged over others, though we lean toward pluralist pragmatist perspectives. While respecting the existing journal guidelines for papers, we particularly welcome short papers (around 8000 words) that concisely present a focused research problem. The papers should be open to a wide range of audiences. Findings do not have to be universal or generalizable, though showing how others can apply or extend them is encouraged. Issues and solutions from anywhere in the world are welcome in keeping with CAIS as a publication with global readership.
Submission Requirements
All manuscripts submitted to CAIS should be submitted in Microsoft Word format. Authors are encouraged to follow CAIS style guide (available on the CAIS website https://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/format.html) and use the CAIS author template for submissions of their manuscripts. Submissions must be made to the CAIS ScholarOne site (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cais). If you do not have an account already, you will need to create one. Once you have logged in, and you begin the submission process, you will have the opportunity to submit the manuscript to the special issue ("SS" designation).
Important Dates
* Submission deadline: October 31, 2022
* First round notification: December 31, 2022
* Invited revisions deadline: March 31, 2023
* Second/final editorial decision: May 15, 2023
* Projected Publication: September/October 2023
Advisory Board
* Yogesh Dwivedi, Swansea University
* Katina Michael, Arizona State University
* Shan Pan, University of New South Wales
* Rick Watson, The University of Georgia
* Jane Webster, Queen's University
Editorial Board
Roba Abbas, University of Wollongong
Sultana Lubna Alam, Deakin University
Ransome Bawack, ICN Business School
Soumaya Ben Dhaou, United Nations University
Pratyush Bharati, University of Massachusetts Boston
Sarah Cherki El Idrissi, University of Toronto Mississauga
Jason Dedrick, Syracuse University
Amany Elbanna, Royal Holloway University of London
Gilbert Fridgen, University of Luxembourg
Roya Gholami, University of Illinois
Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany, SUNY
Manjul Gupta, Florida International University
Samrat Gupta, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Antoine Harfouche, University Paris Nanterre
Laurie Hughes, Swansea University
Anne Ixmeier, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Vikas Jain, University of Tampa
Dapeng Liu, University of New South Wales
Luis Luna-Reyes, University at Albany, SUNY
Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku
Silvia Masiero, University of Oslo
Mohammad Merhi, Indiana University South Bend
Rohit Nishant, Université Laval
Adegboyega Ojo, Maynooth University
Amizan Omar, Bradford University
Divinus Oppong-Tawiah, York University
Paidi O'Reilly, University College Cork
Ilias Pappas, University of Agder
Shahrzad Roohy Gohar, University of Queensland
Tony Savarimuthu, University of Otago
Eusebio Scornavacca, Arizona State University
Rens Scheepers, Deakin University
Sandeep Mysore Seshadrinath, University of New South Wales
Delfina Soares, United Nations University
Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics
Konstantina Spanaki, Audencia Business School
Mary Tate, Victoria University of Wellington
Yenni Tim, University of New South Wales
Janet Toland, Victoria University of Wellington
Jolien Ubacht, Delft University of Technology
Heinz Roland Weistroffer, Virginia Commonwealth University
Efpraxia Zamani, University of Sheffield
References
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Dennehy, D., Pappas, I., Fossa Wamba S. & Michael, K. (2021). Socially responsible information systems development: The role of AI and business analytics. Information Technology & People, 34(6), 1541-1550.
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*** Third Call for Contributions ***
8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022)
"Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities
for a Green New Era"
September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus
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The Call-for-Contributions for the 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference
(ISC2 2022) is OPEN!
The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently
accepting papers for the 8th edition of the IEEE International Smart Cities
Conference.
This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in
Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and
towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.”
The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities
Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations.
Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to
submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application
and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems.
The technical areas include, but are not limited to:
• Smart city theory, modelling and simulation
• Intelligent infrastructure
• Sensors and actuators
• Open data and big data analytics
• AI powered smart cities services
• Safety and security systems
• Smart healthcare
• Smart emergency management
• IoT and Smart X services
• Data security and privacy
• Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• Smart mobility and transportation
• Smart energy systems
• Smart buildings and Smart grid
• Digital city and smart growth
• Smart traffic system operations
• Environmental monitoring technologies
The complete list of technical areas can be found here:
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Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate
to contact us at: isc22022 at easychair.org .
Paper Submission Guidelines
Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers
via the EasyChair submission site at https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022__;!!K543PA!dMMkz1NJjlxv7mTFB3iVCQqTTVO4FxEgipIrhspUAxj740WRjn8Vd6CgkKcJs04$ .
Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results
and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages,
should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and
visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions.
All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for
publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE
Template ( https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html__;!!K543PA!dMMkz1NJjlxv7mTFB3iVCQqTTVO4FxEgipIrhspUAxj740WRjn8Vd6CgJQrzJNA$ ).
Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If
accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference
proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues
with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference
web site (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/__;!!K543PA!dMMkz1NJjlxv7mTFB3iVCQqTTVO4FxEgipIrhspUAxj740WRjn8Vd6CgJwQ_sBM$ ).
The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best
Student Paper Award contests.
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Special Sessions Proposals
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Workshops Proposals
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Tutorials Proposals
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Sponsorship Opportunities
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Important Dates
• Conference Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2022
• Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022
• Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022
• Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022
• Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Selection: April 21, 2022
• Tutorial Proposals Submission Deadline: May 27, 2022
• Tutorial Proposals Selection: June 3, 2022
• Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022
Organizing Committee
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Special Track Chairs Committee
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IEEE Smart Cities
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