Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- The abstract has not been previously submitted to another conference, nor is it before a journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The abstract is up to 350 words
- The abstract is in the scope of the Conference topics
- The submission responds to at least one of the Conference 'meta'-themes.
Cities and infrastructure
Abstracts related to developing engineering solutions for planning and management to make cities more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive. Including, but not limtied to, the following:
- Urban systems - design, planning and management
- Sustainable and resilient infrastructure
- Connected infrastructure
- Ecology, ecosystmes and biodiversity
- Climate change resilience
- Post Covid-19 future pathways
Energy technologies
Abstracts related to engineering pathways for reliable and affordable sources of renewable energy to maximise use of renewable resources. Including, but not limited to, the following:
- Decarbonisation of cities
- Microgeneration and energy storage
- Heating and cooling systems in cities
- Energy efficiency and buildings
- Building refurbishment and retrofit
- Economic, social and environmental consideration
Smart cities and data
Abstracts related to the state of the art in smart cities and data analytics, understanding of the impact of artificial intelligence on the smartness of cities. Including, but not limited to, the following:
- State of the art in smart cities
- Understanding the impact of AU in energy and urban systems
- Advances in data analytics
- Internet of things: barriers and opportunities
- City observatories
Cities, wellbeing and behaviour
Abstracts related to the human and social aspects of the transition to net-zero. Including, but not limited to, the following:
- Urban design and wellbeing
- Inequalities and inclusivity
- Net-zero and social practices
- Lifecycle assessment
- Public and private partnerships
- Civic engagement and net-zero
- Collaboration for innovation
Sustainability in Business
Abstracts addressing the relationships between sustainable and resilient business and aspects of evolving cities. Including, but not limited to, the following:
- Appropriate scale in the context of sustainable business
- Facilitating the growth of small enterprises for net-zero
- Net-zero: productivity versus social and ecological value
- Funding the ‘green’ business lifecycle
- Attracting investment for delivering net-zero
- Designing infrastructure for sustainable and resilient business
Low carbon comfort
Abstracts to be submitted on low carbon comfort. Including, but not limited to, the following:
- Adaptive comfort: thermal, lighting, acoustics
- Air quality in buildings
- Turbulent flows
- Data-driven model
- Digital-twin
- Citizen-centric AI systems
- Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering
- Sequential Decision Making with Uncertainty
Future mobility in cities
Abstracts addresing the design and provision of mobility within the urban environment, including but not limited to, the following:
- Innovation in e-mobility services
- Chargin infrastructure and impacts on electricity networks
- Infrastructure for multi-modal use
- Automation and the use of artificial intelligence
- Space allocation, (perceptions of) safety, desirablity and user experience
- Mobility-as-a-service
- Multi-modal mobility
Addressing crises and resilience in cities
Abstracts relating to addressing crises and resilience in cities, including but not limited to, the following:
- Urban resilience planning and frameworks
- Climate resilience
- Energy resilience
- Digital resilience
- Economic resilience
- Water resilience
- Indicators of resilience
Copyright Notice
Copyright of submissions is transferred to ICEC at the point where the paper is accepted for the Proceedings. For full details, please see https://evolvingcities.org/publications/
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Or write to us at:
International Conference on Evolving Cities (ICEC)
Energy and Climate Change Division
Southampton Boldrewood Innovation Campus
University of Southampton
Southampton, SO16 7QF
United Kingdom
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