Call for papers: Smart And Sustainable Cities conference
The societal, digital and environmental transitions and the possible and desirable futures in the field of smart and sustainable cities.
October 27-28, 2022 at Lille Catholic University, France
Smart and sustainable cities can optimize the use of resources and space, improve traffic and ecological footprint, increase the quality and variety of services in health, education, employment, culture or links within the community. The Smart and Sustainable Cities conference aims to advance research to make the most of what sciences and technologies can bring to our societies.
On behalf of the SSC-2022 scientific and organizing committees, you are cordially invited to attend the fourth conference on Smart & Sustainable Cities.
This 4th edition of the interdisciplinary conference Smart and Sustainable Cities will take place on 27 and 28 October 2022. It aims to gather academics, experts and professionals from the private, public and associative sectors in one place. This conference will focus on societal, digital and environmental transitions and the possible and desirable futures in the field of smart and sustainable cities. Authors are invited to submit papers or posters in French or English in all fields as long as they contribute to this reflection.
The conference aims to provide an international overview of the latest advancements of the aspects of Smart-Cities, including smart health, smart mobility, social innovation, new inclusive and green business models, urban ecology, resilient sustainable buildings, energy efficiency and clean energy deployment. This conference will be the place to debate and exchange ideas.
Featured speakers
Carlos Moreno will give a keynote lecture on October 27th. He is an associate professor at IAE Paris-Université Paris Sorbonne and a world-known expert in smart cities.
Main topics covered by the conference
SSC-2022 warmly welcomes research contributions from various fields, including economics, environmental & social sciences, management, urban & regional planning, computer science, engineering and energy-related studies, as well as from the professional community. You are invited to submit both theoretical and empirical papers in all areas of Smart-Cities for presentation at the SSC-2022 Conference.
Contributions to SSC-2022 are expected to cover a wide range of topics related to Smart and Sustainable Cities, namely but not exclusively:
- Economic, social and environmental value of Smart-Cities
- International perspective on Smart Cities
- Trends and future prospects on Smart Cities
- Foresight exercises and energy transition scenarios
- Drivers for Smart-Green-Inclusive Cities development
- Biodiversity in urban areas
- Intelligent Systems in smart and sustainable cities
- Modeling and simulation for smart and sustainable cities
- Artificial Intelligence and Security Issues
- Circular economy in Smart Cities
- Biomimicry in societies
- ICT diffusion & Social changes
- Social and environmental sustainability
- Energy, urban innovation & Smart-Cities
- Building energy efficiency and sobriety
- Smart Cities & entrepreneurial opportunities
- Resilience and sustainability
- Regional energy supply and security
- Sustainable value chain creation and enhancements
- Legal issues of smart cities
- New Business Models for a fair and clean future
- Smart systems for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
- Social Innovation at the Service of the Smart Cities
- Job and value creation in Smart Cities
- Social sustainability & Smart mobility
- Smart Health
Conference chair & organizing commitee
Conference co-chairs and organizers
- Sadia Benamrouz-Vanneste ; Véronique Flambard ; Abir Karami
Scientific commitee
- Maurizio Baussola, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italie
- Frederik Claeye, ICHEC, Brussels Management School, Belgique
- Laura Carraresi, Nofima, Norvège
- Quentin David, Université de Lille, France
- Anthony Fleury, Ecole des Mines de Douai, France
- Mouez Fodha, Paris School of Economics, France.
- Moez Kilani, Université du Littoral, Côte d’Opale, France
- Claire Lobet-Marris, Université de Namur, Belgique
- Elisabetta Magnaghi, FGES, Université Catholique de Lille, France.
- Daniela Mancini, Università di Teramo, Italie
- Pierre Mohnen, UNU-Merit, Hollande
- Benoît Robyns, Junia, France
- Anne Rousseau, ICHEC, Brussels Management School, Belgique
- Isam Shahrour, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille, Polytech’Lille, France
- Anthony Simonofski, Université de Namur, Belgique
- Nicolas Vaillant, Université Catholique de Lille, France.
- Emanuele Vendramini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italie
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!! Submission and important conference dates !!
- Full paper or long abstract submission due date: July 8, 2022
- Acceptance notification date: Septembrer 1, 2022.
- Conference Date : October 27-28, 2022
!!!! Please submit your proposal to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssc20220
Organize a session
Sessions in all areas of societal, digital and environmental transitions in the field of smart and sustainable cities are welcome.
Sessions organizers have to take charge of all the details including the quality of the presented papers.
!! Please notify us of your intent to organize a session as soon as possible so that we are able to plan for the necessary space! Email: FGES.Smart.Cities@univ-catholille.fr
Publications opportunities
The best papers will be considered for publication in a Special Issue “Current Trends and Future Prospects on Smart and Sustainable Cities”:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/smartcities/special_issues/trends_prospects_smart_sustainable_cities
Registration fees
There are no registration fees.
Conférence venue
Université Catholique de Lille, 60 Boulevard Vauban, 59000, Lille
Travel and accomadation
Taxis or Airport Shuttle is available at Lille Lesquin Airport
List of recommended hotels (request University tariffication):
Close to the University
Close to the train station
Further informations
For additional information regarding Smart & Sustainable Cities Conference 2022, please contact: Véronique Flambard or the organizing committee at FGES.Smart.Cities@univ-catholille.fr
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We look forward meeting you in Lille 🙂