Dg.o 2025 – Legacy of Participatory Urban Governance (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
From one of our Travel Grant Awardees: “The last paper [out of three] was awarded Best Paper in the new “Digital Government Ecosystem Cases: Collaboration for Enhancing Transformative Innovation and Overcoming Challenges” track, underscoring its impact on the field. Choosing Porto Alegre as the host city for DG.O 2025 propelled Latin America to the forefront of digital-government innovation, highlighting resilient cities, a longstanding legacy of participatory urban governance, and a strong commitment to academic inclusion. Ramon Chaves’s award-winning research emphasizes how AI and Govtechs like Lemobs redefine public-sector innovation while illustrating the Digital Government Society’s concrete support for early-career scholars.”