11 Oct AAG2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco (California): Call for Abstracts/Call for Papers due to 25th October on ‘Anticipatory AI Governance’

🌐 Call for Abstracts: AAG 2026 Annual Meeting – San Francisco, California

Session: Anticipatory AI Governance in Public Administrations Worldwide: Digital Inclusion, Territorial Innovation, and Datafied Democracies
📅 Deadline: October 25, 2025
📍 Event: AAG Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA (17–21 March 2026)
🔗 AAG2026

Organizers & Chairs:

• Prof. Igor Calzada, University of the Basque Country & Basque Foundation for Science (Basque Country, Spain)
• Dr. Itziar Eizaguirre, Gipuzkoa Province Council (Basque Country, Spain)

Across the world, public administrations are reimagining their functions in the age of AI. This session explores anticipatory AI governance as an emerging paradigm that links digital inclusion, AI economics, and territorial innovation. We invite contributions that critically examine how governments develop foresight capacities, ethical frameworks, and innovation strategies to ensure that AI deployment reinforces democracy, equality, and regional cohesion.

Topics of interest include:

• Anticipatory governance frameworks for AI in public administrations
• Digital inclusion strategies and civic participation in AI adoption
• AI economics, innovation systems, and public value creation
• Territorial and mission-oriented approaches to AI governance
• Comparative analyses of AI preparedness at local, regional, or national scales
• Participatory, foresight, and action research methodologies in digital governance

Submit your 200-word abstract by October 25, 2025 to:
📧 igor.calzada@ehu.eus
📧 ieizaguirre01@gipuzkoa.eus

🗓️ AAG official deadline: October 30, 2025
🔗 Session link: https://www.aag.org/events/aag2026/