Conference Description:

The 3rd International Conference on SMART CITY Innovation is supported by USAID and SHERA, providing opportunities to exchange new ideas and application experiences in the fields of smart cities. This conference is held annually.

Development is not democratic, and those cities that become hard-wired fastest also have the economic advantage as well, attracting a new ‘creative class’ of intellectuals, artists, business people, and professionals who then support a plethora of new urban spaces. As a resolution to the above problems, the smart city is therefore not merely a neutral technological fix. It is infused with problems that need to be interrogated if a more humane as opposed to a more efficient environment is to emerge. As we might expect, the smart city is frequently lauded as a panacea for all ills. To test this idea, this conference will provide space for all forms of critique and debate in order to test the reality of the smart city in theory and practice, and as a viable strategy for future urbanization. In doing so, we embrace the following four themes and extended topics:

1. Energy & environment:
(a) Sustainable energy storage system for urban built environment;
(b) Urban energy system, security and sustainability
2. Infrastructure:
(a) Sustainable urban mobility;
(b) Sustainable urban water management;
(c) Sustainable regional development
3. Information and communication technologies/ICT and mobility:
(a) Extending urban healthcare services to rural areas;
(b) Internet of things/IoT;
4. Quality of life:
(a) Urban housing infrastructure, policy & technology;
(b) Live-able urban environment;
(c) Urban healthcare services