[AISWorld] Call for Papers: Smart Cities (Government, Districts, Communities & Regions) Track

[Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar]

Dear colleague, 

Urban growth, natural disasters and health emergencies have introduced a number of important issues in the urban context, pushing cities towards a
mandatory digital transition to a smart environment. The digital transformation of these communities has become a top priority for city governments and communities and offers great promise for improved wellbeing and prosperity. 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 citizen engagement, public service provision, city sustainability and resilience. However, significant challenges have also arisen at the complex intersection of technology and society.

The Smart Cities track at EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2023 aims to critically explore these issues, and research contributions that pay particular attention to topics related to the opportunities and challenges faced by smart cities, smart districts, and smart communities, as well as to the impact of these
initiatives on sustainable living and governance, are therefore sought. Submissions that focus 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 are also welcome. Research papers submitted may cover both organizational and
technical aspects and could seek to combine theory and practice. Submissions taking interdisciplinary approaches and covering a multitude of aspects are
strongly encouraged.

A full description of the track and potential topics of interest may be
found in  https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dgsociety.org/egov-2023/conference-tracks/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!QRYLXHjyMm3JbfRmNvXSnu8l0xkBTAnOKMI89MNQ0vcWmSL40GWIxe3nZN_b_gTmo2N2Wj0DSIvV4Ufejg$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dgsociety.org/egov-2023/conference-tracks/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!QRYLXHjyMm3JbfRmNvXSnu8l0xkBTAnOKMI89MNQ0vcWmSL40GWIxe3nZN_b_gTmo2N2Wj0DSIvV4Ufejg$>  

IMPORTANT DATES

• (Hard) deadline for submissions: 31 March 2023

• Notification of acceptance: 15 May 2023

• PhD Colloquium deadline for submissions: 1 May 2023

• Poster submission deadline (non-anonymous-camera ready): 20 May 2023

• Poster acceptance: 31 May 2023

• Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 15 June 2023

• PhD Colloquium notification of acceptance: 15 June 2023

• PhD Colloquium final version: 15 July 2023

• PhD Colloquium: 4 September 2023

• Conference: 5-7 September 2023

HOW TO SUBMIT

Submissions can be made here:
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TRACK CHAIRS

Dr. Shefali Virkar, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
(lead)

Prof. Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, University of Granada, Spain

Prof. Joep Crompvoets, KU Leuven, Belgium