Detailed preliminary program and information about the conference can be found here: Link to detailed preliminary program EGOV2024
Pre-conference activities
| Sunday 1 September – PhD Colloquium – Onsite for invited participants only |
| Chairs: Gabriela Viale Pereira, J. Ramon Gil-Garcia & Ida Lindgren
Location: Faculty Boardroom, Campus Tweekerken, Ghent University (Tweekerkenstraat 2, Ghent) |
| Monday 2 September – Junior Faculty School – Onsite for invited participants only. |
| Chairs: Ida Lindgren, Gabriela Viale Pereira, & J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
Location: Faculty Boardroom, Campus Tweekerken, Ghent University (Tweekerkenstraat 2, Ghent) |
EGOV-CeDEM-ePART Conference Sessions
Tuesday 3 September
| 08:30- | REGISTRATION at the Thermotechnisch Instituut, KU Leuven | |||
| 09.00- 10.30 | Welcome and Opening
Keynote Speech: Andrea Halmos, Deputy Head of the Interoperable Europe Unit, DG DIGIT, European Commission Andrea Halmos is the deputy Head of Unit of the Interoperable Europe Unit of DG Informatics. As a cheerful and seasoned European Commission official, she very much likes to work in the European context, as it brings her the most joy regarding sense of purpose and impact on people’s lives. In addition, her affiliation with interoperability was never far away, as digital transformation of the public sector has always been her favourite topic. |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break | |||
| 11.00-12.30 | Session 1: Artificial Intelligence | Session 2: Digital Society | Session 3: Policy and legislation | Session 4: WORKSHOP1 |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch | |||
| 13.30-15.00 | Session 5: Artificial Intelligence | Session 6: Digital Society | Session 7: Policy and legislation | Session 8: Circular economy and data sharing |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee break | |||
| 15.30-17.00 | Session 9: AI in Society | Session 10: Inclusion & participation | Session 11: Theory development | Session 12: Practice |
| 17.15-18.15 | IFIP 8.5 Business meeting | |||
| TBA | Welcome Reception | |||
Wednesday 4 September
| 08:30- | REGISTRATION | |||
| 09.00-10.30 | Keynote Speech: Stefan De Smet, CIO of the City of Ghent and CEO of District09
Stefan De Smet is the CIO of the City of Ghent and the CEO of District09, the ICT partner of the City of Ghent and its partner organizations. The City of Ghent won the UserCentriCities award for its proactive services. The UserCentriCities award is presented to European cities for their achievements in user-friendly services. Best Paper Award |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break | |||
| 11.00-12.30 | Session 13: Artificial Intelligence | Session 14: Emerging technologies | Session 15: Open data | Session 16: WORKSHOP 2 |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch + Poster session | |||
| 14.00-15.30 | Session 17: Artificial Intelligence | Session 18: Emerging technologies | Session 19: Open data | Session 20: Digital strategies |
| 15.30-16.00 | Coffee break | |||
| 16.00-17.30 | Session 21: Automation of work | Session 22: Smart cities | Session 23: Open data | Session 24: E-government |
| 19.00-23.00 | Conference Dinner – Faculty Club, Groot Begijnhof 14, Leuven | |||
Thursday 5 September
| 08:30- | REGISTRATION | |||
| 09.00-10.30 | Session 25: eParticipation | Session 26: Smart cities | Session 27: Digital transformation | Session 28: Sustainability |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break | |||
| 11.00-12.30 | Session 29: Citizen engagement | Session 30: Citizen centricity | Session 31: Governance | Session 32: WORKSHOP 3 |
| 12.30-13.45 | Lunch | |||
| 13.45-14.45 | Session 33: Data exchange | Session 34: Data use | Session 35: eParticipation | Session 36: AI & open data |
| 14.45-15.15 | Coffee break | |||
| 15.15-16.30 | Closing
Keynote Speech: Lieven De Marez, Scientific Director Societal Innovation imec AI&Data, Research director at the research group for Media&ICT, Ghent University. Lieven De Marez is a professor ‘Media, Technology & Innovation’ & ‘User-centric innovation research’ at the department of communication sciences at Ghent University. At the department, he is heading the multidisciplinary research group for Media, Innovation & Communication Technologies (mict), affiliated to imec, the world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technologies.
Keynote Speech: Marijn Janssen, Full Professor in ICT and Governance at TU Delft. Marijn Janssen is Full Professor in “ICT and Governance” and head of the ESS (Engineering Systems and Services) department of the Technology, Policy and Management Faculty of Delft University of Technology. Marijn has received more than 15 best paper awards. In a survey published in 2009 in 2014 and in 216 Marijn is ranked as one of the leading researchers in e-government. He was rank by Apolitical as one of the 100 most influential people in the Digital Government https://apolitical.co/lists/digital-government-world100 in 2018 and 2019. in 2022 he received the Digital Government Society (DGS) Fellow award. |
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| 20.00 | Social activity | |||