Samos, Greece

International Summer School on Digital Government

when 26 June 2023 - 30 June 2023
language English
duration 1 week
credits 3 EC
fee EUR 350

The 10th International Summer School (26-20 Jun 2023) focusing on Technologies and Applications for Government 3.0, a really growing and offering great challenges domain, is taking place on the beautiful island of Samos.

The Summer School on Government 3.0 is organized by the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering, University of the Aegean and provides a unique opportunity for participants to interact with internationally acclaimed scientists and researchers in the domain of ICT-enabled Governance, to develop their skills in the areas of policy modelling, information management, social media in governance and more. opengov2023) may be of interest to the following:

PhD Students interested in open government, data-driven governance, and data-driven research;
Professionals and researchers working on open government and advanced democracy research and interested in new disruptive ICTs in e-government; open data research or open data initiatives; topics related to public values, including transparency and privacy in a governmental context; policy modeling and data-intensive decision making.
Senior administrators, policy advisors, government officials, or agency members, who are interested in how ICTs change governments and how ICTs can be used in public administrations.


Samos 2023 Summit on ICT-enabled Governance

In parallel with opengov2022 Summer School, the 13th Samos Summit on ICT-enabled Governance will take place the same week. The opengov2022 participants have full access to the programme of the Samos 2023 Summit which is synchronised with the Summer School's one for the first 3 days in order to provide a unique opportunity to meet and discuss with the business and scientific leaders on the domain of e-government.

Course leader

Yannis Charalampidis

Target group

PhD Students interested in open government, data-driven governance, and data-driven research;
Professionals and researchers working on open government and advanced democracy research and interested in new disruptive ICTs in e-government; open data research or open data initiatives; topics related to public values, including transparency and privacy in a governmental context; policy modeling and data-intensive decision making.
Senior administrators, policy advisors, government officials, or agency members, who are interested in how ICTs change governments and how ICTs can be used in public administrations.

Course aim

The aim of the opengov2023 Summer School is to enable participants' involvement in Open and
Collaborative Governance issues and their accompanied technologies with hands-on workshops and discussions around the most prominent technologies of the domain (such as big and open linked data, blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, crowdsourcing mechanisms, policy modelling and simulation, opinion mining and sentiment extraction and visualization), and offer appropriate additional skills towards shaping a successful researcher, a competitive employee and a well-informed public servant.

The topics addressed by the OpenGov2023 Summer School include a wide span of information and
communication technologies and social science issues, covering the whole cycle of decision making under thefollowing thematic areas:

Big and Open Linked Data applications and technologies
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tools and techniques
Global Systems Science approaches for evidence-based decision making and policy support
Citizens’ opinion mining and sentiment analysis
Social media and web 2.0 platforms and services for governance
Policy modelling and electronic policy deliberation (e-participation)
Mobile and cloud technologies for open and collaborative governance scenarios
Interoperable infrastructures: Technical, semantic and organisational interoperability
Blockchain technologies and case studies for security and trust issues in open governance

Credits info

3 EC
Total 67,50 hours, 3 ECTS units

Fee info

EUR 350: Summer School Participant

includes access to the venue, welcome reception, lunches and coffee for six days, two dinners, electronic proceedings, certificate of attendance, school bag, badge.

Cancelation policy

Refunding before April 30th: 90% of Registration Fee minus bank charges
Refunding between May 1st and June 15th: 50% of Registration Fee minus bank charges
After June 20th: No refund
EUR 500: Summer School Participant with Stay

includes access to the conference venue, welcome reception, lunches and coffee for six days, two dinners, electronic proceedings, certificate of attendance, school bag, badge, six nights at the students' dormitory / private single room with bathroom.

Cancelation policy

Refunding before April 30th: 90% of Registration Fee minus bank charges
Refunding between May 1st and June 15th: 50% of Registration Fee minus bank charges
After June 20th: No refund