Digital Technologies for Future Cities
Scope of the papers
The specific special session aims at highlighting the common architectural and technological developments that facilitate the digital transformation of South-Eastern European Cities. Specifically, it will look into all the digital infrastructures components, network technologies and common frameworks capitalizing on newly developed digital technologies that can facilitate the transition of cities to future intelligent cities.
The invited speakers will present the technological developments that can catalyze the evolution of urban ecosystems, the methodology for shaping R&I Strategies in order to help the cities become safe, sustainable and inclusive based on the benefits and by these technologies. Some indicative technologies that may be presented:
- Data models and data spaces
- Use cases for smart mobility and smart urban planning
- Digital twins and metaverse technologies for future cities
- Citiverse and digital infrastructures
- Simulation tools for cities and regions
- Network architectures and technologies for future cities
- Visualization technologies
- IoT platforms for smart citiesn
- 6G networks and trials for smart cities
Submission Guidelines
Full Papers: Submissions should present original research that has not been published or is not under review elsewhere. Papers must not exceed five pages. Accepted full papers will be published in IEEE Xplore.
Short Papers and Extended Abstracts: These submissions should be no longer than two pages and should demonstrate the potential for engaging discussions and valuable insights. Short papers and abstracts will NOT be included in the conference proceedings but will be part of the conference discussions.
Important Dates
- Paper submission deadline: April 24, 2025
- Notification of acceptance: May 5, 2025
- Camera-ready papers due: May 12, 2025
Organizers and Chairs
- Asterios Leonidis, ICS Forth, Greece
- Constantine Stefanides, ICS Forth, Greece
- Spyros Denazis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece and METACITIES Excellence Hub
- Tanya Politi, University of Patras, Patras, Greece and METACITIES Excellence Hub
METACITIES, is a project that aims to create an Excellence Hub for future cities in Southeastern Europe, based on Digital Twins and Metaverse technologies. A key pillar of the project is cross-border cooperation focused on innovation and involving all categories of quadruple helix actors. It also aims to orchestrate and strengthen local ecosystems to accelerate their digital transformation and to maximize the impact and adoption of the METACITIES approach by many cities but also highlight the requirement for a common open digital twin framework in order to accelerate the DT adaptation. In this context, the specific workshop entitled: Digital technologies and infrastructures for Future Cities , will look into all those technologies that accelerate the uptake of digital twins. The Connected Smart Cities for Greece 2.0 (Greece 2.0 NATIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE FUND) is a Flagship Action which aims to create a common conceptual service description model and data model for all Smart Cities in Greece.
