DC 2013 - International Workshop Digital Cities 8

Digital Cities 8 (DC8) is the 8th installment of the academic workshop series that has followed the intertwined development of cities and digital technologies. Earlier years have seen papers presented at DC to appear as the basis of key anthologies within the field of urban computing and smart cities.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Digital Cities workshop invites contributions within the general domain of digital city development, especially ones focusing on this year's theme: "From Services to Partnerships".
The motivation for this focus comes from the challenges we see when current organizations -- be it communities, municipalities, companies -- meet the "networked" reality of the increasingly digital city. The dual challenge in making systems work towards whatever ends they are supposed to, while at the same time de facto facilitating a network of relationships, is complex.
This can be envisioned as a shift from a service-oriented paradigm to a partnership-oriented paradigm. Not that this is in itself a new idea, but the technological realities of the networked systems change the qualitative nature of many of the systems we would normally see.
This paradigm-shift could be linked to many trends, e.g. crowd-sourcing, participatory design, open government, bring-your-own-device, knowledge commons. But at the core is an interest in understanding how systems can facilitate a somewhat symmetric dialog between stakeholders rather than just providing a service to a user from a service provider.
Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcomed.
We prioritize papers that address this overall theme, but works connecting to adjacent themes may also come into consideration. Contact the DC8 chair if you want to discuss before submitting.
Relevant topics include but are not limited to:
- devices and techniques
- systems and infrastructures
- applications and case studies
- methodologies and tools
- theories and models.