{"id":3419,"date":"2025-02-10T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2025\/?page_id=3419"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:19:42","slug":"track-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/track-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Track 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading container\">Track 12: Early Research Track<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"container\">The conference welcomes submissions of short papers describing early research or ongoing work, presenting new project ideas, initial results, open questions, and development plans, among others. The paper should address emerging challenges, innovative methodologies, or critical gaps in Digital Governance research and practice. Papers accepted for this Track will be presented at Paper Sessions and published in the conference proceedings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"container\">Additionally, the authors will be invited to develop an A1-sized poster to be displayed permanently during the conference for all participants. This will stimulate discussion, create connections between research and practice, and research and policy, provide feedback to the authors, and nourish opportunities for international, multidisciplinary, and cross-sectoral collaboration. Submissions presenting pilot studies, initial empirical findings, or early real-world applications are particularly welcome, as they can help stimulate discussion and support collaboration across disciplines and sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:0px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:600px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Track Chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-bottom:36px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n    <a class=\"link_no_decoration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/person\/yogesh-k-dwivedi\/\">\n        <div class=\"avatar vertical round\">\n            <div class=\"placeholder\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/02\/Yogesh.png\">\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"main_description\">\n                                <h4>Yogesh K. 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The paper should address emerging challenges, innovative methodologies, or critical gaps in Digital Governance research and practice. 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