---> Extended deadline expires on June 6 (FIRM)
GoodIT 2021: ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good
http://www.grc.upv.es/goodit2021/
9-11 September 2021, Rome, Italy
## SPECIAL ISSUES
All accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library. Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to the following special issues:
+ MDPI "Sensors", Special Issue on: "Application of Information Technology (IT) to Social Good"
- 3 papers free of charge and 2 more with a 50% discount.
+ Springer "Multimedia Tools and Applications", Special Issue on "Information Technology for Social Good [1223]"
## MOTIVATION AND RATIONALE
The conference will focus on the application of IT technologies to social good. Social good is typically defined as an action that provides some sort of benefit to the general public. In this case, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create positive societal impact.
## TOPICS
* IT for education
* Data Science
* Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage
* Data sensing, processing, and persistency
* Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications
* Health and social care
* IT for development
* Privacy and trust issues and solutions
* Sustainable cities and transportation
* Smart governance and e-administration
* IT for smart living
* Technology addressing the digital divide
* IT for automotive
* Frugal solutions for IT
* Ethical computing
* Decentralized approaches to IT
* Citizen science
* Socially responsible IT solutions
* Sustainable IT
* Social informatics
* Civic intelligence
## IMPORTANT DATES
* Submission deadline: June 6, 2021 (extended - FIRM)
* Notification of acceptance: June 22, 2021
* Camera Ready: July 10, 2021
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Please consider submitting a paper to ACM GoodIT 2021
(Information Technology for Social Good)
http://www.grc.upv.es/goodit2021/
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