Detailed conference program available HERE.
Program overview
Sunday 31 August 2025
PhD Colloquium – Onsite for invited participants only.
Chairs: Gabriela Viale Pereira, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Lieselot Danneels & Michael Koddebusch
Monday 1 September 2025
Junior Faculty School – Onsite for invited participants only.
Chairs: Gabriela Viale Pereira, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Lieselot Danneels, Ida Lindgren
Tuesday 2 September
| 08:30- |
REGISTRATION at the Campus Hall (416) |
| 9.00- 10.30 |
| Welcome and Opening – Viktoria Weber, Rector of the University for Continuing Education Krems, Ida Lindgren, Gabriela Viale Pereira and Peter Parycek
Chair: Peter Parycek
Keynote Speech: “Digital Austria, from Strategy to Service” by Wolfgang Ebner, Chief Digital Officer of the Austrian Federal Government.
Panelists: Gianluca Carlo Misuraca, Founder and Vice President, Inspiring Futures / Scientific Director, AI4Gov-X and Gabriela Viale Pereira, Associate Professor at University for Continuing Education Krems
Location: Campus Hall |
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| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break
Foyer |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Session 1
U.0.37 |
Session 2
U.0.24 |
Session 3
U.0.22a |
Session 4
U.0.22b |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch
Foyer |
| 13.30-15.00 |
Session 5
U.0.37 |
Session 6
U.0.24 |
Session 7
U.0.22a |
Session 8
U.0.22b |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Coffee break
Foyer |
| 15.30-17.00 |
Session 9
U.0.37 |
Session 10
U.0.24 |
Session 11
U.0.22a |
Session 12
U.0.22b |
| 17.15-18.15 |
IFIP 8.5 Business meeting
Location: Campus Hall |
| 18.30 |
| Evening reception at the Filmbar in Kesselhaus – Campus Krems
The reception will start at 18:30 and is expected to last until approximately 20:00. Please make your own dinner arrangements. |
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Wednesday 3 September
| 08:30- |
REGISTRATION at Campus Hall (416) |
| 9.00-10.30 |
| Keynote Speech: “Transforming Through AI – From Vision to Reality in Higher Education” by Theresa Pardo, Associate Vice President for Research at the University at Albany
Panelist: Marko Skoric, Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong
Chair: Ida Lindgren
Best Paper Award: Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
Location: Campus Hall |
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| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break
Foyer |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Session 13
U.0.37 |
Session 14
U.0.24 |
Session 15
U.0.22a |
Session 16
U.0.22b |
| 12.30-14.00 |
| Lunch, including Poster session
Chair: Panos Panagiotopoulos
Location: Campus Hall |
|
| 14.00-15.30 |
Session 17
U.0.37 |
Session 18
U.0.24 |
Session 19
U.0.22a |
Session 20
U.0.22b |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Coffee break
Foyer |
| 16.00-17.30 |
Workshop 1
U.0.37 |
Workshop 2
U.0.24 |
Workshop 3
U.0.22a |
Practitioner session 1
U.0.22b |
| 18.30-23.00 |
| Conference dinner: at Restaurant Loibnerhof, Unterloiben 7, 3601 Dürnstein
Transportation will be provided from the university in Krems to the restaurant in Unterloiben.
Bus times:
18:30 departure from University for Continuing Education Krems (meeting point in front of the 2Stein restaurant) to Restaurant Loibnerhof
21:30 and 22:30 departure from Restaurant Loibnerhof to University for Continuing Education Krems (drop off in front of the 2Stein restaurant) |
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Thursday 4 September
| 08:30- |
REGISTRATION at the Campus Hall (416) |
| 9.00-10.30 |
Session 21
U.0.37 |
Session 22
U.0.24 |
Session 23
U.0.22a |
Session 24
U.0.22b |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break
Foyer |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Session 25
U.0.37 |
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Session 26
U.0.22a |
Session 27
U.0.22b |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch
Foyer |
| 13.30-15.00 |
Workshop 4
U.0.37 |
Workshop 5
U.0.24 |
Workshop 6
U.0.22a |
Practitioner session 2
U.0.22b |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Coffee break
Foyer |
| 15.30-16.30 |
| Keynote Panel: “EGOV 2025, so what? – societal implications and policy recommendations” Moderated by European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Sven Schade and Paula Rodriguez Müller
Panelists: Maria A. Wimmer, Professor for eGovernment at University of Koblenz, Germany; Wim De Kinderen, Programme Director European Affairs at Brainport Development, the Netherlands, and President of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL); Dipl.-Ing. Peter Reichstädter, CIO / Head of the ICT Strategy Department of the Austrian Parliament; Rodolphe Doite, Senior Innovation Policy Expert at FARI – AI for Common Good Institute (ULB/VUB) Belgium
Closing and introduction of EGOV 2026: Ida Lindgren
Location: Campus Hall |
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| 17.15 -20.30 |
| Social activity: Winery tour and wine tasting at the Loisium, Loisium-Allee 2, 3550 Langenlois.
Transportation will be provided from the university in Krems to the winery in Langenlois.
Bus times:
17:15 departure from University for Continuing Education Krems (meeting point in front of the 2Stein restaurant) to Loisium Langenlois
20:30 departure from Loisium Langenlois to University for Continuing Education Krems (drop off in front of the 2Stein restaurant) |
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