This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Digital
Transformation and Global Society DTGS 2016 held in St. Petersburg Russia in June 2016. The
43 revised full papers and 15 revised short papers presented together with 3 poster papers and
an invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 157 submissions. The papers are
organized in topical sections on eSociety: New Social Media Studies eSociety: eGovernment and
eParticipation: Perspectives on ICTs in Public Administration and Democracy eKnowledge: ICTs
in Learning and Education Management eCity: ICTs for Better Urban (Rural) Planning and Living
eHealth: ICTs in Healthcare eScience: Big Data Complex Calculations.
