International Conference on Electronic Government, Open Government, and Electronic Participation (IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart) 2026

The International Conference on Electronic Government, Open Government, and Electronic Participation (IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2026) is scheduled to take place in Athens from 30 August to 3 September 2026. The event is hosted by Harokopio University of Athens in co-operation with the University of the Aegean. It is organised under the auspices of the IFIP Working Group 8.5 (Information Systems in Public Administration) and associated with the Digital Government Society (DGS).

The IFIP EGOV 2026 is a scientific conference that is dedicated to the broader areas of e-Government and e-Democracy, which include facets like Digital Government, e-Participation, Open Government,  Smart Government, AI government, GovTech, Algoritmic Governance, and related topics to digitalization and government.

The conference represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM).

Several different types of submissions can be made, such as completed research, but also ongoing research, reflections  & viewpoints, posters, workshops. The conference organizes a PhD Colloquium and offers a limited number of PhD bursaries. The day prior to the main conference, there is also a Junior Faculty School for PhD students, postdocs, and junior faculty.