CFP: Digital Adoption, Diffusion and Innovation in the Augmented and Digital Society

The physical and real world are blending, in which all kinds of technology will augment the real world. The objective of the IFIP WG8.6 group is “to foster understanding and improve research in practice, methods, and techniques in the transfer and diffusion of information technology within systems that are developed, and in the development process”. Since the inception of the IFIP WG8.6 group, the WG focuses on the transfer, diffusion, and implementation of Information Technology at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.

Most digital technologies have strong interconnections and enable large data collection, processing, and use. There are many examples out there with diverse positive and negative impacts and companies are under pressure to innovate and take advantage of innovative IT. Accounting practices, fighting corruption, decision-making, and other practices are changing under the pressure of these changes. These augmented and new capabilities and the wider diffusion and adoption of next-generation digital technologies at the individual, organizational, and societal levels result in many research challenges. These capabilities are no longer limited to digital technologies but are rapidly changing and shaping the digital society. Rapid and timely auditing and evaluation are needed to avoid unintended and harmful impacts on individuals, organizations, and society. Furthermore, societal, organizational, and individual needs should be starting points for shaping an augmented and digital society.

This working conference will focus on understanding the transfer, diffusion, and adoption of current and new digital technologies and systems (e.g., metaverse, augmented/virtual reality, blockchain, artificial intelligence, Generative AI, LLMs, Internet of Things, social media among other digital technologies), These technologies are slowly or quickly arising in our world and can have a significant impact on our society in which the individual and organizational impact can be diverse. Regulation, accounting and behavior are changing, and financial and digital literacy are becoming more important. Public values like inclusions, fraud, fairness, transparency, and accountability will severely impact the use of these technologies and influence adoptions and how our society will be shaped.

The conference encourages emerging and full research in the broad field of transfer, innovation, adoption, and diffusion of IT. The transfer and diffusion of IT innovations depend on numerous stakeholders, and they have to deal with the inherent diversity, complexity, and uncertainty impacting the digital landscape. There is a need for methods, theories, and practices to understand and shape our digital society. More diverse sources of data, information, and knowledge must converge to create new value in practice and theoretical insight.

The conference welcomes any contribution within the general fit of the IFIP 8.6 Working Group, as well as contributions that specifically tackle the conference theme. The conference is intended to be a forum for scientists, practitioners, and doctoral students to exchange ideas and collaborate with members of the IFIP community around the topic of transfer, diffusion, and innovation of IT.