Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers, nominating a theme-related track or designating the paper as non-theme related ("Other"). Accepted papers will appear in the edited books provided that at least one author registers for and attends the conference. High quality papers will be nominated for the Best Paper award. Better papers may be selected for publication in suitable journals. The conference program will be organized into submission topics but not limited to:

Smart Societies

Civic engagement in urban development
Urban labs building better cities
Solutions for citizen’s engagement & participation
Fostering social development
Participation and the role of Green and Open Space in Cities
Guidance and tools to leverage urban development

Policy & Governance
The challenge of open governance and innovation
Improving city management to improve service provision
Public private partnerships for service provision
External Networks to foster innovation within cities
Relaunching economically our cities
Open Data Initiatives
Urban development strategies
Solutions for better governance

Smart Technologies
Integrating data as an urban service
New developments on the internet of things
Mapping urban data
Big data management
Integrating ICT with urban services infrastructures
City to city collaboration: sharing knowledge, code and standards
Developing ICT based city initiatives
Solutions connecting urban & data
City Protocol: sensing & seeing a city’s anatomy

Energy
Making renewables part of a more efficient energy mix
Redefining buildings for energy efficiency
Large scale integration of renewable energies and energy efficiency in cities
Smart energy for our cities
Developing new energy business models
Electrifying urban mobility

Mobility
Changing mind-sets towards sustainable mobility
Integrating all means of urban transportation
Urban mobility infrastructures
Sustainable urban mobility policies
ITS for urban mobility
Self driving cooperative urban vehicles

Security and Risk
Information security technologies
Information risk management
Technology, Social and Financial risk
Privacy issues in digital enablement
Social and organizational concerns
Insights for policy making
Critical infrastructure protection
Critical information assets

Sustainability
Planning challenges for resilient and equitable cities
Planning cities for urban growth
Solutions for sustainable cities
Planning sustainable cities
Liveable equitable cities
Strategic planning for metropolitan areas
Resilient city strategies
Urban environmental technology