SPACE International Conference 2021 on City Planning and Urban Design

The 3rd International Conference on “City Planning and Urban Design” addresses all the aspects of planning and urban studies aiming to discuss the related subjects from different perspectives and research areas. The meeting attracts a substantial number of participants from all over the world. Thus, the Conference establishes an ideal platform for recent advances and research results in architecture, planning, urban design and all interdisciplinary areas such as education, interior architecture, technology, business, gender studies, politics, social sciences and so forth. The scientific quality of the Conference provided by the SPACE International Advisory Board and the variety of the topics are the most important reasons behind this success of the series.

Call for Papers

SPACE Studies of Planning and Architecture invites researchers, policymakers and social partners to share their knowledge from their fields of expertise according to the topics of the Conference.

TOPICS

Urban Design

City Planning

Cities in Transformation

Transportation and Urban Design

Planning Visions: Past and Present

Civic Participation and Governance

Public Health and Cities

Sustainability and Urban Design

Arts, Culture and Placemaking

Politics and City Planning

Water and Resource Management

Squatters / Slums and Cities

Planning and Sustainable Development

Economy, Industry and Planning

Politics, Social Change and Urban Design

Transformation of Residential Areas

New Ideas in Urban Design

Equality, Inequality and Urban Design

Social Policy and Urban Design

Planning and Instruments of NGOs

Globalisation and Urban Design

Race, Gender, Ethnicity and Urban Issues

Industry, Economy, and Urban Design

Planning History

Call for Intensives

SPACE’s “Call for Intensives” is an opportunity to contribute to the conferences that incorporate a spectrum of possibilities, including but not limited to the presentation of a concept/notion, research in progress, or incomplete research demanding a start for potential future collaborations. The formats for the intensives are as follows.

  • Format 1: Poster and PowerPoint presentation
  • Format 2: PowerPoint presentation.

We aim to create opportunities for developing the research that has yet to be completed but needs external networking support for its full accomplishments. Intensives’ presentations are not separated from other presentations at the conferences. They perform as part of sessions to introduce and discuss these projects with the academics and professionals of various disciplines.

Requirements:

1. The initial submission should include an abstract of a maximum of 250 words. This short abstract would need to be fully presented in any of the two selected formats mentioned above. It is necessary to clearly state the main concern or question under investigation and the potential outcome(s) of the research. It is also recommended to include describing the research stage and your expectations, such as asking for advice, looking for potential collaborators or academic partners to develop the research, requiring suggestions on helpful references, etc.

2. Upon approval of the short abstract, the presenter should submit an extended abstract of up to 1000 words elaborating on further details. The extended abstract (and poster if you have one) will be published in the annual SPACE Conferences abstract book; thus, applying a minimum of 5 references is highly recommended.

Notes:

1- In the case of selecting the mode of “Poster and PowerPoint Presentation”, it is suggested to apply the presentation sizes “50x70cm” or “70x100cm” with the conference name and SPACE Logo on it and their place depending on your design. Other preferred sizes are unfortunately not acceptable as they will be placed on the conference webpage. Please remember that as our conferences are hybrid in terms of attendance (unless otherwise announced), we do not hang the posters at the conference venue, and you will need to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to present your work at the conference for a 15-20-minute time slot.

2- Intensive submissions for both on-site and virtual attendance should be registered from the Oral Presentation Category.

 

Submission and Guidelines

The SPACE International Journal of Conference Proceedings will publish full papers. It is an interdisciplinary, international academic, refereed journal designed to publish conference papers mainly presented at SPACE International Journal of Conference Proceedings. It is an online journal published twice a year by SPACE Studies Publications. All articles submitted to the SPACE International Conferences have undergone rigorous double-blind peer review by two referees based on initial editor’s screening.

Guidelines for the papers that will be submitted to the SPACE International Conferences are explained in detail on the Instructions for Authors page as part of the Journal specifically designed to publish the conference papers presented at our Conferences. These guidelines form the layout of the paper and involve a title, abstract (maximum of 250 words), keywords, sections and headings, tables, figures, equations, acknowledgements, references, figures, tables, and references. Please read the instructions, which detail everything you need to submit your conference paper to this Journal, and please follow them closely in order to ensure your paper matches all the requirements of the Journal.

You will not submit your full paper if you consider attending the Conference from the Oral Presentation Category. All the abstracts from the SPACE International Conferences are published in the Annual Conference Abstracts book at the end of each year. Your abstract will be published in the abstract book. If you prefer to publish an extended abstract and/or your poster, please email your preference to space@spacestudies.co.uk and upload the related document simply to the submission system.

The abstracts will be submitted via the website. The process will be as follows:

  • Click the “Submit your abstract” button below.
  • If you haven’t signed up yet, you must sign up to submit your abstract to the conference. So, when you click the “Submit your paper” button, the system will enable you to sign up.
  • Once you log in, please go to the conference page you want to submit your paper and click “Submit your paper”. This will lead you to the submission page.
  • Click “+ New Paper” to submit your abstract.
  • Enter your title.
  • You can directly text your abstract into the space given by deleting the instructions written for authors, or you can copy and paste your abstract to this area.
  • A maximum of 250 words abstract is required and the space is limited to the required word count.
  • The abstract should include the purpose of the research, research method, principal results and major conclusions.
  • You need to add your keywords in the “Abstract Information” section. There must be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 keywords.
  • Select the topic you submit your abstract to on right-hand side of the page.
  • Accept “Terms and Conditions”.
  • Click the submit button.

The conference evaluation process covers abstract evaluation, so please do not attach any additional documents unless you are resubmitting your abstract or extended abstract and poster. Please do not include your or your co-author’s names either.

Once you are accepted, you may or may not need to resubmit, depending on the reviewer’s comments.

  • If you choose to register from an oral presentation category, your full paper will not be published (but your abstract will be published), so if you have any comments that suggest that improvements are needed, that means that you still need to re-submit your abstract. 
  • If you choose to make a poster+PowerPoint Presentation, your abstract and poster will be published, so you must upload your poster even if there are no improvement suggestions advised by the reviewers. 
  • If you choose to be an author or virtual presenter, you must upload your full paper. Please submit your paper to the SPACE Studies Journal of International Conference Proceedings at this stage. Please be sure that you have all you need, which is listed on the Checklist before Submission section on the Instructions for Author page before submitting your paper. Once you are ready to submit, please use the submit button on the Journal’s pages and upload your documents as described.

If you are an oral presenter, after receiving the acceptance letter, you will submit your revised abstract (if needed), or extended abstract (depending on your preference but subject to reviewing and editing) and/or poster by logging in to the website.

  • Click “+ New Paper” to submit your revised abstract.
  • Enter your title and add “-Revised” to your title.
  • You can directly text your abstract into the space given by deleting the instructions written for authors, or you can copy and paste your abstract to this area.
  • You need to add your keywords in the “Abstract Information” section. There must be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 keywords.
  • Select the topic from the right-hand side of the page.
  • Accept “Terms and Conditions”.
  • Click the submit button.
  • If you prefer to publish an extended abstract, please upload it before you submit your revised abstract.

Important Dates

Call for Papers

29 June 2020

Abstract Submission Deadline

21 June 2021

Notification of Acceptance

25 June 2021

Early-Bird Registration Deadline

19 May 2021

Full-Paper Submission Deadline

5 July 2021

Late Registration Deadline

5 July 2021

Presentation Submission Deadline (For Virtual Presentation Category)

5 July 2021

Conference Dates

9-10 July 2021

Programme

Keynote Speakers

Gregory Cowan PHD RIBA

Architects’ Coach, Researcher, Lecturer, Tutor (Pt 1,2,3) and Doctoral Supervisor UWTSD

Gregory works as a freelance academic, and is also currently developing programmes for The Architects Coach, based on more than thirty years of international experience in practice, undergraduate and postgraduate education, and continuing professional development education for architects. He supervises doctoral research and teaches at the University of Wales Trinity St David, Institute of Inner City Learning. An Australian Londoner, he lives in a small Kennington flat, and sometimes on his canal narrowboat, and performs carnival music. He has worked in architecture practice and office space analysis in Germany and UK, and has completed specialist courses on subjects including Italian stone in Verona, Swiss ceramics in Laufen and Austrian building electronics in Graz. During the recent pandemic, he completed a six month Diploma in Transformational Life Coaching and a 50 day course on positive intelligence. His PhD research investigated the roles of diverse street occupations in inner city station areas in London and Frankfurt. His thesis at the University of Westminster in London is “Occupying Streets: Street Design in Railway Station Areas in London and Frankfurt” (2015). In short, his research analyses diverse placemaking aspects of streets, balancing motorised transport uses with pedestrian conviviality interests in design and planning, distinctiveness and the urban noir.

Venue & Accommodation

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom and the increase in COVID-19 cases in various parts of the world, SPACE International Conferences which will be held in July 2021 including SPACE International Conference 2021 on City Planning and Urban Design.

We use Zoom Webinar platform to actualise our conferences. Before the conference each presenter will get an invitation email via Zoom as a panelist. So, please be sure that you have a zoom account that will enables you to register to the Zoom webinar.

Please note that Zoom webinar invitation emails will be sent to the participants who have already registered to the conference via our website or manually.

Registration

 Early-Bird Registration FeesLate Registration Fees
Authors (Students)£225£250
Authors (Regular)£450£500
Oral Presentation Only (Students) – On site & Virtual£150£175
Oral Presentation Only (Regular) – On site & Virtual£300£350
Virtual Presentation (Students)£195£220
Virtual Presentation (Regular)£350£375
Listeners (Students)£110£135
Listeners (Regular)£225£275
Accompanying Person£300£350
Additional Page£30£30
Additional Paper (Students)£150£150
Additional Paper (Regular)£300£300
E-Proceeding£15£15
Paperback Proceeding£40£40
Dinner for Listeners£30£30
NOTES FOR CATEGORIES

Authors’ category: In this category, the author should send her/his full paper before the related deadline and present his/her study personally at the conference. Category includes access to all sessions and session discussions, paper presentation (oral), conference e-proceedings, presentation certificate, coffee breaks, lunches and dinner (network gala dinner), conference bag and accessories.

Oral presentation category: In this category, the author present his/her study personally at the conference but will not send full-paper of his/her work as only the abstract of the study will be published in conference proceedings. Therefore, author may choose to publish her/his abstract or may upload an extended abstract of maximum 1000 words. Poster presentations and intensives should register from this category as well. Category includes access to all sessions and session discussions, paper presentation (oral & poster), conference e-proceedings, presentation certificate, coffee breaks, lunches and dinner (network gala dinner), conference bag and accessories.

Virtual presentation category: In this category, the author should send her/his full paper before the related deadline and present his/her study virtually at the conference. The information for preparation of virtual presentations are given directly to the ones registered from this category. Category includes conference e-proceedings, and virtual presenter certificate.

Listeners’ category includes access to all sessions and session discussions, listener certificate, coffee breaks and lunch/es.

 Early-Bird Registration FeesLate Registration Fees
Authors (Students)£155£175
Authors (Regular)£315£350
Oral Presentation Only (Students) – On site & Virtual£105£120
Oral Presentation Only (Regular) – On site & Virtual£210£245
Virtual Presentation (Student)£125£145
Virtual Presentation (Regular)£245£265
Listeners (Students)£75£90
Listeners (Regular)£155£190
Accompanying Person£275£300
Additional Page£20£20
Additional Paper (Student)£120£120
Additional Paper (Regular)£210£210
E-Proceeding£12.75£12.75
Paperback Proceeding£34£34
Dinner for Listeners£30£30
NOTES FOR CATEGORIES

Authors’ category: In this category, the author should send her/his full paper before the related deadline and present his/her study personally at the conference. Category includes access to all sessions and session discussions, paper presentation (oral), conference e-proceedings, presentation certificate, coffee breaks, lunches and dinner (network gala dinner), conference bag and accessories.

Oral presentation category: In this category, the author present his/her study personally at the conference but will not send full-paper of his/her work as only the abstract of the study will be published in conference proceedings. Therefore, author may choose to publish his/her abstract or may upload an extended abstract of maximum 1000 words. Poster presentations and intensives should register from this category as well. Category includes access to all sessions and session discussions, paper presentation (oral & poster), conference e-proceedings, presentation certificate, coffee breaks, lunches and dinner (network gala dinner), conference bag and accessories.

Virtual presentation category: In this category, the author should send her/his full paper before the related deadline and present his/her study virtually at the conference. The information for preparation of virtual presentations are given directly to the ones registered from this category. Category includes conference e-proceedings, and virtual presenter certificate.

Listeners’ category includes access to all sessions and session discussions, listener certificate, coffee breaks and lunch/es.

CANCELLATION
CANCELLATION TIMEREFUNDING PERCENTAGE
60 days before the conference75% of the registration fee (additional pages and papers included)
Less than 60 but more than 30 days before the conference50% of the registration fee (additional pages and papers included)
less than 30 days before the conferencenone

Please, note that all the transaction costs are taken from the canceler’s refund balance and refund is done after the conference.

 
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION
  • One regular registration with one or more additional papers has only one conference e-proceedings if its category includes.
  • If the paper has more than one authors, all the authors attending to the conference should register to the conference by paying the related category fee.
  • All poster presentations should be registered in Oral Presentation Category.
  • Invitation letters will only be issued once participant’s registration and payment have been completed.
  • Invitation letters will be sent by e-mail.
  • All full-papers should be written on the given full-paper template within the 10 pages limit. In the contrary case, the full-papers will taken into the template format and additional pages generated due to the full-paper template will be charged to the participant at the Conference Registration Desk during the conference. It is the responsibility of the author to comply with the writing rules.
  • Conference e-proceedings and virtual presenter certificate will be sent to Virtual Presenters after the conference.
  • Listeners can register and pay their registration fee at the conference registration desk during the conference.
  • For any other questions please write to space@spacestudies.co.uk
 
MANUAL REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT VIA BANK TRANSFER

In order to do registration and pay the registration fee via bank transfer please follow the instructions given below.

  • Please fill the Registration Form and send a copy of the remittance to architecturalspacestudies@gmail.com. If you are a student please remember to add supporting documents stating your studentship. The document should be taken from the related university authority so please note that student IDs are not accepted.
  • Please deposit your conference registration fee to the following bank account. If you want to be a member and register to the conference as a member, then you can pay conference and membership fees at once. Note that without this guarantee your registration isn’t recognized:


Bank Account Information
Account Holder: SPACE STUDIES OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE LTD.
Bank Name: METRO BANK
Sort Code: 23-05-80
Account No: 28021415
SWIFTBIC: MYMBGB2L
IBAN: GB58 MYMB 2305 8028 0214 15

  • After payment of registration fees by Bank Transaction you have to send the receipt of the Bank to our e-mail.
  • Please mention your Name, Surname, SPACE Conference and/or membership registration in the explanation part of the Bank Receipt.
  • Please remember that your date of payment states Early Bird or Late Registration, not the date Registration form filled.
  • The invoices will be sent by mail.
  • The conference secretariat has to receive the exact amount of registration fees. If not, the participant has to pay the balance due at the registration desk. Therefore, the participant has to add some Stirling Pounds for the international transaction cost. Any addition received will be reimbursed at the Registration Desk.