The Digital Government Society (DGS) conferences are an established forum for presentation, discussion, and demonstration of interdisciplinary research on digital government, political participation, civic engagement, technology innovation, applications, and practice. Each year the conference brings together scholars recognized for the interdisciplinary and innovative nature of their work, their contributions to theory (rigor) and practice (relevance), their focus on important and timely topics and the quality of their writing. The conference program combines:

Keynote and track presentations and discussions on new research on digital government at the intersections of information technology research, social and behavioral science research, and the challenges and missions of government.
Presentations of effective partnerships and collaborations among government professionals and agencies, university researchers, relevant businesses, and NGOs, as well as grassroots citizen groups, to advance the practice of digital government.
A showcase of digital government projects, implementations, and initiatives that bring together the research and practitioner communities, demonstrate the effectiveness and/or challenges of digital government and offer best practices.

THEMES AND TRACK TOPICS:
TRACK 1. Social Media and Government
TRACK 2. Organizational Factors, Adoption Issues and Digital Government Impacts
TRACK 3. Open government: data infrastructures, strategies, and governance
TRACK 4. Engagement in Government: For Better or For Worse?
TRACK 5. Maturity and Sustainability of Open Governmental Data
TRACK 6. Artificial intelligence in the public sector
TRACK 7. Smart Cities: Models and Platforms
TRACK 8. Beyond Bureaucracy, Co-Producing Governance & New Models of Governance
TRACK 9. Public value creation and innovation in governmen
TRACK 10. Participatory Democracy
TRACK 11. Proactive Transparency and Knowledge Discovery from Open Government Data
TRACK. 12 Data Sharing and Analytics to Address Societal Challenges
TRACK 13. Open and Big Data Analytics in Government: Pathways from Insights to Public Value
TRACK 14. Public Governance and Policy in the Sharing Era
Track 15. Data for good – disaster response and resilience
TRACK 16. BlockChain and Transformational Government

Registration: http://dgo2018.dgsociety.org/content/registration