The 8th Samos 2018 Summit On ICT-enabled Governance : 
“Government 3.0″

 2 – 4 July 2018, Samos, Greece

in conjunction with

The 5th International Summer School On Open and Collaborative Governance

2 – 7 July 2018, Samos, Greece

Scope and Objectives

The 8th Samos Summit on ICT-enabled Governance offers an unprecedented opportunity to see, interact with and influence cutting-edge Information and Communication Technologies research projects and initiatives. Attended by high caliber experts from research, administrations and enterprises worldwide, the Samos 2018 Summit focuses on the newest developments of ICT applications in the areas of digital governance, under the main headline.

Government 3.0 

Defining the next-generation of ICT-enabled governance

Specific focus in this year’s summit will be given to the following areas of ICT-enabled governance, aiming at delivering high level insights on the new roadmap for research and practice:

• New technological evolutions in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Distibuted Ledger Technologies, Bots and Agents, Data Mining, Internet of Services and Things, and more.

• New models and tools for advanced decision support in public policy making,  based on Big Open Data acquisition and processing, combining multiple forms of information

• Smart Governance examples from all levels of public administration, especially combining societal citizens’ knowledge and effort with information systems

• New epistemological approaches for the main elements of Government 3.0, such as ontological resources and definitions, neighboring scientific domains, taxonomies of research topics, training curricula, future roadmaps and foresights

Agenda

The following Sessions and Workshops are already a part of the Samos 2018 Summit Agenda:

Session I: Government 3.0 – positions, ideas, projects, methods and tools

Session II: New research proposals for ICT-enabled Government

Workshop I: On Government 3.0 areas and topics

Workshop II: A Training Curriculum for Government 3.0

Workshop III: Government 3.0 – Research Roadmap

Call for contributions

You may state your idea or intention to take part in one or more of the following ways:

• A complete, unpublished research paper, on one or more of the key subjects of the Summit, (typically 8000-10000 words). Academic papers will undergo a review process and form a Special Issue in a well established Journal (SCI Indexed)

• An on-site presentation on one the subjects of the Summit (typically 20 minutes, via slides). Usually a presentation based on a new approach, an innovative project or a research outcome.

• A presentation via skype (10 minutes, slides), as above.  Skype presentations are limited to one per session.

• A position statement at a workshop (5 minutes, talk/slide), in any of the workshops that are in the agenda.

• Organisation of a new workshop (45 or 90 minutes), on one of the key topics.

• A hands-on session or tutorial at the summer school (60 minutes, slides/systems). Expect classes of 10-15 students, each with laptop and mobile device.

You may send your initial ideas (typically 1/2 a page, stating your intention / contribution type, title and abstract), to yannisx @ aegean.gr / cc alexopoulos @ aegean.gr

More info: http://samos-summit.blogspot.gr/