The 6th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2020) will be held as a virtual conference, during September 28 – October 1, 2020. The worldwide governmental restrictions on travel, gatherings, and meetings, imposed to limit and slow the spread of the novel corona-virus, make it impossible to organize the conference in the traditional format. However, we are confident that the changes induced by the virus to our everyday lives, and the responses given to these new challenges by smart city researchers and practitioners, city policymakers and administrators, critical infrastructure operators and industry representatives, economists and sociologists will generate exciting and edifying presentations and discussions, both as part of our keynote addresses, panel debates, workshops or research talks. After all, one of the main reasons for cities becoming smart should be to safely and efficiently support us, citizens, in such difficult times. The theme of the conference this year will thus be: Smart Cities Solutions for New Challenges, Including a Pandemic.



IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, a coalition of six IEEE technical societies and organizations. Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems. The technical areas include, but are not limited to:



Community & Governance

Citizen participation

Healthcare

Emergency management

Smart environment & ecosystems

Policy development

Mobility and transportation

Digital city and smart growth

Sustainability and energy efficiency

Education



Infrastructure & Technology

Smart buildings and smart grids

Transportation and traffic systems

Smart city theory, modeling, and simulation

Manufacturing and logistics

Energy systems

Sensors and actuators

Intelligent infrastructure

Vehicle-to-infrastructure integration



Data, Privacy, & Security

Computational intelligence

Open data and big data analytics

Internet of things (IoT)

Pattern recognition

(Cyber) security and regulations

Networks and communications

Data security and privacy

Data collection and visualization



Submission guidelines:



Prospective authors are encouraged to contribute high-quality original full (8 pages max) or short (4 pages max) papers to this conference. All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for publication. The papers should be written in English and formatted according to IEEE Template. For detailed submission instructions visit the conference website at http://ieee-isc2.org. All accepted and presented papers will appear in the conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore, the conference being a virtual event will have no effect on the publication of results.



Best papers to journals:



Exceptional quality papers will be recommended to several journals including IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, Springer Journal of Network and Systems Management for publication. Authors will be asked to extend and revise their papers according to the standards of journals, which will be subjected to the journals’ review process.



Important dates:



Workshop and Tutorial Proposal Deadline – June 15

Conference Paper Submission Deadline – July 1

Workshop Paper Submission Deadline – July 30

Conference Acceptance Notification – August 15

Workshop Acceptance Notification – August 22

Conference/Workshop Camera Ready Deadline – September 10

Conference Dates – September 28 – October 1