Important: Each presenter is allotted 15 minutes for presenting, followed by 5 minutes for a discussion moderated by a chairperson. All presentations MUST be in English.
Monday, June 24 08h00 - 08h50 Registration Desk Room: Hall Auditorium 1.24 08h50 - 09h00 ICEDEG 2024 Conference Opening Prof. Dr. Matthes Fleck 09h00 - 10h00 Keynote 1: Artificial Intelligence in eHealth Prof. Dr. Nevine Makram Labib Room: Auditorium 1.24 10h00 - 10h10 Break Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Sandra Sánchez Session Chair: Dr. Jhonny Pincay 10h10 - 10h30 Title: Optimizing Geolocation Insights in Latin American Social Networks through Machine Learning Strategies (53). Author: Angel Fiallos. Title: Addressing web accessibility challenges with generative artificial intelligence tools for inclusive education (38). Authors: Patricia Acosta-Vargas, Gloria Acosta-Vargas, Belén Salvador-Acosta and Janio Jadán-Guerrero. 10h30 - 10h50 Title: The Influence of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Marketing (59). Authors: Anthony David Bucheli Mendoza and Leticia Vaca. Title: Trends of machine learning techniques for enhancing court decision making (62). Authors: Jaime Meza, Marcedes Carolina Navarro Cejas, Monica Vaca, María Linzan and Juan Carlos Morales. 10h50 - 11h10 Title: Online Political Participation in Smart Cities: (70). Authors: José Carlos Vaz. Title: Theoretical Framework of Digital Ethics Concerns for Public Services: Use Case Electronic Voting (7). Authors: Narek Andreasyan, Daniele Buson, Jasmin Rüst, Luis Teran and Edy Portmann. 11h10 - 11h40 Coffee Break Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Sandra Sánchez Session Chair: Dr. Jhonny Pincay 11h40 - 12h00 Title: Calculation model for correlating quantitative and qualitative peer assessment using fuzzy logic and generating individual and collective scores with measures of central tendency adjustment (26). Authors: Maricela Pinargote-Ortega, Lorena Bowen-Mendoza, Jaime Meza and Sebastián Ventura. Title: Evaluation of Accessibility on the PAR Platform from the Perspective of Physicians (55). Authors: Patricia Acosta-Vargas, Gloria Acosta-Vargas, Marco Santórum, Mayra Carrión-Toro, Manuel Ayala-Chauvin, Verónica Maldonado-Garcés and Mario Gonzalez-Rodriguez. 12h00 - 12h20 Title: Exploring Local Challenges Through the Lens of e-Government in Manabí, Ecuador (3). Authors: Ignacio Loor and Lucia Rivadeneira Title: Documenting and Analyzing Business- and Operational Risks (51). Authors: Taivo Kangilaski and Jaanus Kaugerand 12h20 - 12h40 Title: Opportunities of fuzzy voting in decision-making and negotiation techniques in municipal and regional contexts (5). Authors: Benjamin Emmenegger, Georgiana Bigea and Edy Portmann. Title: Cognitive model for epidemiological surveillance in the public space. The case of Chone, Ecuador (60). Authors: Jaime Meza, Pedro Jimenez, Karina Mendoza and Leticia Vaca. 12h40 - 14h00 Lunch Break Restaurant 5th floor 14h00 - 15h00 Keynote 2: Digital Governance Trends Prof. Dr. Mete Yıldız Room: Auditorium 1.24 15h00 - 15h20 Coffee Break Session Chair: Jame León Session Chair: José Mancera 15h20 - 15h40 Title: The Co-shaping of e-Government and of Information Infrastructures (15). Authors: Alain Sandoz and Léa Stiefel. Title: The evolution of e-voting and its application on electoral process abroad (72). Authors: Tatiana Saltos-Hidalgo, Alex Fabián Mejía-Sandoval and Anthony Gaon-Cajamarca. 15h40 - 16h00 Title: Factors influencing trust in e-government services: A meta-analytic review (39). Authors: Parul Gupta and Sumedha Chauhan. Title: All We Need is Voter Feedback: a New Paradigm to Realize Politics without Politicians Using AI Models Aligned with Voter Inputs (73). Authors: Nour Diallo, Dana Alsagheer, Lei Xu, Yang Lu, Rabimba Karanjai, Weidong Shi and Mohammad Kamal. 16h00 - 16h20 Title: Development of a fuzzy algorithm for rubric selection (36). Authors: Lorena Bowen-Mendoza, Maricela Pinargote-Ortega, Jaime Meza and Sebastián Ventura. Title: Effects of fuzzy voting on citizen participation: Empirical evidence from Switzerland (13). Authors: Daniel Schwarz, Benjamin Emmenegger, Jan Fivaz, Miroslav Hudec and Edy Portmann. 16h20 - 16h40 Coffee Break Ongoing Research Session Session Chair: PD Dr. Luis Terán 16h40 - 17h00 Title: Public Opinion Making and Discussion using Fuzzy Methods Author: Benjamin Emmenegger 17h00 - 17h20 Title: Towards data sovereignty with digital cooperatives: mobility data sharing in the city of Lucerne. Author: David Huser 17h20 - 17h40 Title: Predictive Maintenance and Data Augmentation in Solar Systems Author: Remo Kälin Tuesday, June 25 08h00 - 09h00 Registration Desk Room: Hall Auditorium 1.24 09h00 - 10h00 Keynote 3: Value-based Engineering for Ethical AI Design Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann Room: Auditorium 1.24 10h00 - 10h10 Break Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Patricia Acosta Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Leticia Vaca 10h10 - 10h30 Title: Decision-making in digital ethics at the crossroads between reflective equilibrium and discourse ethics (67). Authors: Gordon Millar and Bruno Frischherz. Title: Stress Detection among Higher Education Students: A Comprehensive Systematic Review of Machine Learning Approaches (25). Authors: Enrique Javier Macias-Arias, Jorge Parraga-Alava and David Zambrano-Montenegro. 10h30 - 10h50 Title: Digitally-led systemic future-dreaming to inform decision making in healthcare (12). Authors: Jan Ferrer i Picó, Michelle Catta-Preta, Alex Trejo Omeñaca, Tino Martí and Josep Maria Monguet i Fierro. Title: Sentiment Analysis of Peer Feedback with Deep Learning and Semantic Enrichment (35). Authors: Maricela Pinargote-Ortega, Lorena Bowen-Mendoza, Jaime Meza and Sebastián Ventura. 10h50 - 11h10 Title: Tablets as pedagogical devices: Primary teachers’ perspectives (18). Authors: Tereza Cahlikova. Title: Comparative and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) of Cybersecurity Risks in the Use of HTTP or HTTPS Protocols for Web Portals. Case Study: District Municipalities of Metropolitan Lima (4). Authors: Angie Centeno, Mariuxi Bruzza and Manuel Tupia 11h10 - 11h40 Coffee Break Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Patricia Acosta Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Leticia Vaca 11h40 - 12h00 Title: Cholo, Indio, Mono: Ecuador and the linguistic context of hate speech on Twitter (41). Authors: Jose Gabriel Suntaxi, Lorena Recalde, Edison Loza-Aguirre and Diana Martinez-Mosquera. Title: Exploring Spanish Languange Patent Classification: A Case Study within the Subclasses of the International Patent Classification System (11). Authors: Daniel Atiencia and Jhonny Pincay. 12h00 - 12h20 Title: Immersive virtual reality for the preservation of cultural heritage (64). Authors: Jorge Luis Veloz Zambrano, Jean Carlos Palma Escobar, Ader Frederich Suárez Mera and Andrea Katherine Alcívar Cedeño. Title: Identifying citizen interests during the COVID-19 pandemic using context change in Twitter conversations (54). Authors: Juan Carlos García, Xavier Figueroa, Carmen Vaca, Denisse Orozco, Gabriela Baquerizo-Neira, Priscilla Jimenez-Pazmino and Carlos Orellana Fantoni. 12h20 - 12h40 Title: Accessibility and Inclusion in Online National Population Censuses (9). Authors: Sandra Sanchez-Gordon, Hugo Arias-Flores and Mary Sánchez-Gordón. Title: Advances and Challenges in Global Democratic Transformation: A Perspective on the Accessibility of Electronic Voting (56). Authors: Edy Cocón-Marroquin, Luis Pusey-Alvarado, Janio Jadán-Guerrero, and Javier Ferrer-Morales 12h40 - 14h00 Lunch Break Restaurant 5th floor 14h00 - 15h00 Keynote 4: Inclusion and e-Participation in rural areas Prof. Dr. Harekrishna Misra Room: Main Auditorium 15h00 - 15h30 Coffee Break Session Chair: Prof. Tatiana Saltos-Hidalgo Session Chair: Prof. Alex Fabián Mejía 15h30 - 15h50 Title: User Characterization Strategies in GDPR-Compliant Environments: Beekeeper AG Case Study (14). Authors: José Alberto Mancera Andrade, Luis Terán and Edy Portmann. Title: Data Consent Management: A Blockchain Solution for User Empowerment and Trust (71). Authors: Carlos Ayala-Tipan, Gabriela Suntaxi, Boris Caiza-Jimenez, Adan Guzman-Castillo and Denys A. Flores. 15h50 - 16h10 Title: A Method to Evaluate User-Centered Self-Adaptive Systems for Smart Environments (16). Authors: Marcelo Avila-Fajardo, Christian Quito-Arevalo, Paul Cardenas, Wilson Valdez and Priscila Cedillo. Title: Digital Inclusion and Culture: Training LLaMA-2 to Empower Kichwa Communities (65). Authors: James León, Daniel Riofrio, Felipe Grijalva and Kuymi Tambaco. 16h10 - 16h30 TTitle: The Assessment of Generation Z's Acceptance of Technology-Enhanced Public Bicycle-Sharing System In The Construction of Smart Mobility Through Student-Centricity Solutions In NCKU Campus In Response To Tainan Urban District Railway Underground Project (66). Title: Theoretical Connotation and Improvement Path of Government Digital Resilience –A Case Study Based on the Practice of Urban Emergency Management Digital Transformation in China (68). Authors: Yichen Zhang and Fang Wang. 16h30 - 17h00 Coffee Break Town Hall Session Session Chair: Dr. Saleem Zougbi 17h00 - 18h00 Issues of Townhall Discussion: 18h00 - 18h40 Closing Cocktail and Sneak Peek at ICEDEG 2025 18h40 - 22h00 Conference tour and dinner by boat: Start from the conference venue and walk to the harbor. The boat departs from the harbor at 19h12 (you can get on the boat from 18h45). Wednesday, June 26 08h00 - 09h00 Registration Desk In front of Room 3.08 Room: 3.08 Room: 3.12 Room: 3.14 09h00 - 10h30 Tutorial 1A Title: Voting Advice Applications: Design, Implementation, and Impact. Instructors: Robin Bartlett Rissi, Luis Terán, José Mancera, and Carine Hunziker. Tutorial 3A Title: Imagining Governance in 2050 Instructors: Jan Ferrer i Picó, Josep Maria Monguet i Fierro, Michelle Catta-Preta, and Alex Trejo Omeñaca 10h30 - 11h00 Coffee Break 11h00 - 12h30 Tutorial 1B Continued: Tutorial 1A Tutorial 3B Continued: Tutorial 3A 12h30 - 14h00 Lunch Break Restaurant 5th floor 14h00 - 15h30 Tutorial 4A Title: Trust in Digital Government Services Revisited: Will PKI and Blockchain Incorporate in the Zero-Trust Era. Instructors: Mohamed Hamdi and Manel Abdelkader. Tutorial 5A Title: Embracing the Future: Implementing Self-Sovereign Identity and Switzerland’s New Digital Identity Law. Instructors: Tim Weingartner, Rolf Rauschenbach, Daniel Säuberli, and Vasily Suvorov 15h30 - 16h00 Coffee Break 16h00 - 17h30 Tutorial 4B Continued: Tutorial 4A Tutorial 5B Continued: Tutorial 5A
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Authors: Li-Chun Chiang, Wen-Tung Lin, Kuang-Ting Tai,
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ICEDEG 2026
8 - 10 July 2026
Lisbon, Portugal
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