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<p><font face="ArialMT">Dear Colleagues,</font><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Hope this email finds you
well. We cordially invite you to submit your current work to our
forthcoming track, Smart Cities (Government, Districts,
Communities & Regions), organised under the aegis of
EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2025 that will be held in Krems, Austria from
August 31-September 4, 2025.</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Urban growth, natural
disasters and health emergencies have introduced several
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.</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">The Smart Cities track at
EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2025 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.</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">A full description of the
track and potential topics of interest may be found at: </span><a
href="https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/conference-tracks/"
style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/conference-tracks/</a><span
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">IMPORTANT DATES</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• (Hard) deadline for
submissions: 17 March 2025</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• Notification of acceptance:
2 May 2025</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• PhD Colloquium deadline for
submissions: 2 May 2025</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• Poster submission deadline
(non-anonymous-camera ready): 15 May 2025</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• Poster acceptance: 2 June
2025</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• Camera-ready paper
submission and author registration: 12 June 2025</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• PhD Colloquium notification
of acceptance: 2 June 2025</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• PhD Colloquium final
version: 31 July 2025</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• PhD Colloquium: 31 August
2025</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• Junior Faculty School: 1
September 2025</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">• Conference Sessions: 2-4
September 2025</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Submissions can be made here: </span><a
href="https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/submission-guidelines-2025/"
style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://dgsociety.org/egov-2025/submission-guidelines-2025/</a><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">We look forward immensely to
your contribution!</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<br style="font-family: ArialMT;">
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">The Track Chairs,</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Prof. Manuel Pedro Rodríguez
Bolívar, University of Granada, Spain</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Dr. Shefali Virkar, WU Vienna
University of Economics and Business, Austria</span><br
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Prof. Joep Crompvoets, KU
Leuven, Belgium</span></p>
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