The second edition of the “NEW METROPOLITAN PERSPECTIVES” International Symposium will be specifically dedicated to the main topic: “Strategic planning, spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools. Contributions for a multidisciplinary integrated approach, through the implementation of Horizon/Europe2020” (ISTH2020).

1. 1. Urban Regeneration - Community-led Practices And Ppp.

   Transforming, Participating, Consultation, Negotiating, Cooperating, New Governance, Marginal areas, Social Housing.
   

2. 2. Inland And Urban Areas In Territorial Cohesion Strategies.

   Competitiveness, Intersect orality, Cohesion, Value Chains, Local Production Systems. 
   

3. 3. Mobility, Accessibility, Logistics, Infrastructure.

   Domestic and International Transport, Inter-modality, Management Plan, Smart Mobility.
   

4. 4. Heritage And Identity As Driver For Sustainable Local Development.

   Preservation, Conservation, Enhancement, Management, Tangible and Intangible Heritage, Tourism. 
   

5. 5. Risk Management - Increasing Resilience To Human/natural Hazards

   Seismicity, Hydrogeological Imbalance, Soil Protection, Pollution, Hazard, Vulnerability, Exposure. 
   

6. 5. Future Smart Cities
7. 6. Envinronment And Energy.

   Green and Blue Economy, Consumption and Energy Saving, Renewable Sources, Climate Change, Waste Management. 
   

8. 7. Ict E Smart City

   Decision Support System, Mobile Systems, Social Networking, Big Data, Municipal Resource Planning.
   

9. 8. Other

   OTHER
   

Once an abstract is submitted, it will be sent to the reviewers' committee to go through the revision process:

• Elementary Review:

Once an abstract has been submitted to our website, it is assigned for review by the reviewers using the abstract review sheet and validation of publication. This is based on four criteria:

· Accepted for publication (with minor editing changes).

· Conditionally accepted for publication (with revisions provided to authors).

· Rejected but encouraged for re-submission with major modifications.

· Rejected as inappropriate or unworthy of publication in this certain conference.

The criteria for accepting abstracts for the conference are as follows; a relevant topic of the conference should be proposed with clear writing, aims, and objectives of the study clearly presented, as well as a sound literature and methodology of the work.

• First Acceptance:

Authors will receive a notification message to know the feedback of the reviewers' committee. If an author receives the acceptance of his or her abstract, he or she has to continue writing the full-length paper using the requested templates.

• Uploading Full-Length Paper:

Authors who are allowed to upload their full-length paper(s) should use the same account details to upload their full paper(s).

• Second Acceptance:

The final paper will proceed to the primary revision to be checked if it meets the conference proceedings standards. Once it gets accepted, the author of the paper will be informed to pay the fees so that it could be sent for the final revision by the scientific committee.

• Payment:

In this step, and to proceed paper(s) that passed to the final revision process and to get the final approval, authors have to pay the requested fees. Otherwise, the final revision process will not be considered for their papers.

• Inspections and Final Approval of Full Papers:

Those with full papers and who have paid the requested fees will get finally inspected, either scientifically or linguistically. There will be a rigorous review process of full papers following the previous process according to the following criteria:

(1) Is the topic relevant to the conference?

(2) Is the writing and structure clear?

(3) Are graphics, photos, illustrations used where needed?

(4) Are the aims of the study clearly stated?

(5) Are the objectives of the study achieved?

(6) Is the literature review relevant and adequate?

(7) Has the author used an appropriate methodology and has it been clearly explained?

(8) Has the author interpreted the findings correctly?

(9) Is the paper a significant contribution to the field?

These are the registration and revision procedures for publication that all authors should follow.

Download writing template from Here!

Please, use .doc or .docx format to save your paper, and submit it, according to the call for papers deadline (preliminary abstract submission is not needed due to the close deadline).

Note:

Final acceptance will be based on the full-length paper, Full-text paper (the total length of the published paper should be between 4 and 6 pages including figure, legends, tables, and references). For publication, the accepted papers must be presented at the conference. Papers with less than 4 pages will be automatically rejected.

Please note that the registration fee includes the publication of one accepted paper of up to 6 pages in the symposium proceeding. For each additional sheet, there’s a charge of € 40, 00, maximum of pages: 8.

Please, make sure your paper has a file name, as “(Topic field) Paper title.doc” before submission.

For Authors;

-If for any personal reason, you will not be attending the conference, you’ll be asked to provide a presentation and contact one of our scientific committee members for an extra fee, in order to present your work instead of you.

-If your visa got rejected, or if you weren’t able to get a security clearance for travel, kindly provide us with the rejection letter from the embassy/consulate or the office responsible for security clearances, and we will assign a member of the scientific committee for free to present your paper, after you’ve completed a PowerPoint presentation, only if a co-author will not be able to provide a presentation in your place, where in order for the co-author to present he will be required to pay the co-author fees as well.

-Once a visa letter and an acceptance letter has been issued, a refund will not be possible.

For Co-Authors, Audience, and Workshop attendees;

-Refund before the event with a duration of 45 days will be allowed in full, only deducted the fees for the transaction.

-Refund after the given duration of 45 days will only occur in case of Visa rejection, proof of rejection must be submitted, and according to the rejection reason refund amount will be determined as the following;

• If the rejection reason stated that the rejection was the applicant's fault for not submitting the required papers for the visa, a refund will occur with administrative fees deducted from the total amount ONLY if, before the event’s date, no refunds after the event’s date will occur.

• If the rejection reason was decided for reasons that the Applicant can’t be accounted for, a refund will occur with transaction fees deducted.