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--></style></head><body lang=en-IT link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>ACM GOODIT Conference Call for Special Tracks Proposals</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:150pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>4-6 September 2024, Bremen, Germany</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/" title="https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#0078D7'>https://blogs.uni-bremen.de/goodit2024/</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT",serif;color:black'>Scope<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>GoodIT 2024 will feature special tracks whose aim is to focus on a specific topic of interest related to the overall scope of the conference.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>We solicit proposals for special tracks to be held within the main conference and whose publications will be included in conference proceedings. Tracks proposals can focus on any contemporary themes that highlight social good aspects in the design, implementation, deployment, securing, and evaluation of IT technologies.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Special Track Proposal Format<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>A special track proposal must contain the following information:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start: 2.5em;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>Title of the special track<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>The names of the organizers (indicatively, two) with affiliations, contact information, and a single paragraph of a brief bio.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>A short description of the scope and topics of the track (max 1/2 page) and a brief explanation of: (1) why the topic is timely and important; (2) why the topic is related to the conference’s main theme; (3) why the track may attract a significant number of submissions of good quality.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>Indication if a journal special issue is associated with the track, possibly with information on the process of selecting papers.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>The plan to disseminate the call for papers of the special track for achieving a reasonable number of paper submissions (a list of emailing lists will help).<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>An outline of the foreseen reviewing process to ensure the scientific quality of the accepted papers including a tentative list of program committee members.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>A draft call for papers (max 1 page).<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p style='margin-left:36.0pt;background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Selection of Special Tracks<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Accepted Special Tracks will be curated by the Special Track Chairs, possibly involving other members of the conference’s organizing committee, and possibly discussing details with the Track Proposers.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Publication<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Papers submitted to each particular track have to satisfy the same criteria as for the main conference. They must be original works and must not have been previously published. They have to be peer-reviewed by the track’s Program Committee (at least three reviews per submitted paper are required). The final version of papers must follow the formatting instructions of the main conference. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference on site; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in ACM Digital Library. The special track may provide an option for publishing the extended versions of selected papers in a special issue of a journal.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Special Track Proposal Submission Guidelines<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>The proposal should be submitted as a single PDF file to the special track chairs (see below) via email to:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=IT style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:#0F54CC'><a href="mailto:ombretta.gaggi@unipd.it" title="mailto:ombretta.gaggi@unipd.it"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0078D7'>ombretta.gaggi@unipd.it</span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:#0F54CC'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>and</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:#666666'> </span></span><span lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:#0C47BC'><a href="mailto:jochen.meyer@offis.de" title="mailto:jochen.meyer@offis.de"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0078D7'>jochen.meyer@offis.de</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:#666666'>.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>The subject of the e-mail must be: “GoodIT 2024 – special track proposal”. The special tracks chairs may ask proposers for supplying additional information during the review period.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=IT style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:#333333'>Important Dates<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start: 2.5em;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>Proposal Submission Deadline</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>: March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>Notification of Selection</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>: March 8<sup>th</sup>, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>Paper submission deadlines<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif'>must be the same as for the main conference (indicative: submission May 19th; NoA July 7th; camera-ready July 21st)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=IT style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Contact (Special Tracks Chairs)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm;padding-inline-start: 2.5em;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Ombretta Gaggi (University of Padua, Italy) –<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:#666666'><a href="mailto:ombretta.gaggi@unipd.it" title="mailto:ombretta.gaggi@unipd.it"><span style='color:#0078D7'>ombretta.gaggi@unipd.it</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212121;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Catamaran",serif;color:black'>Jochen Meyer (OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology, Germany) –<span class=apple-converted-space> <a href="mailto:jochen.meyer@offis.de" title="mailto:jochen.meyer@offis.de"><span style='color:#0078D7'>jochen.meyer@offis.de</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ol></div></body></html>