Smart City India World Conference
SMART CITY INDIA WORLD CONFERENCE
CMAI is organizing a “Smart City India World Conference” slated to be held at Vigyan
Bhavan, New Delhi on 3rd/4th week of December, 2014
The population across globe is increasing and more and more people are migrating to cities.
The industrial revolution hundreds year before and lack of importance on agriculture and
rural economy worldwide is responsible for this migration. The UN study conducted in 2011
estimated that 70% of population will live in cities by 2050.
The 21st Century is facing major challenges for humanity and cities. There is need for more
cities. Due to population growth the resources are under constant threats and always falling
short of needs and demands. This has resulted into need for smart cities, where resources
can be effectively shared and good governance achieved for smooth citizen
empowerments. Cities have challenges role to address various issues such as ICT, Urban
planning, climate change, environmental matters, non-renewable resources, social and
economic development, increasing populations, city infrastructures, Governance & Funding
etc. Greater emphasis on cities needs cities to think independently for economic growth
and sustainability of various infrastructures.
Smart City India World Conference, 2014 would be first major conference in India to
address these issues and discussions among all the Stakeholders such as Government,
NGOs, Private and Public Initiatives, Builders, Infrastructure providers, entrepreneurs,
venture capitalists to suggest strategies and implementation plans for development of
Smart Cities in India.
Govt. of India has planned to phase out National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) and
plans to launch "100 Smart Cities" in India. In the Union Budget 2014-15 GOI has allocated
US$ 1.5 billion (INR 76 billion) for development of 100 smart cities. It has sought help from
France and Singapore to build Smart Cities in India. GOI is planning to develop 100 smart
cities as satellite towns of larger cities by modernizing and developing the existing mid-sized
cities. It is imperative to develop new cities to accommodate the burgeoning population;
the existing cities with limited infrastructure and land would soon turn unlivable. Since it
takes 20-30 years to build a new city it is important to begin the work immediately.
IBM has taken lead for Smart Cities. According to them, Smart City are cities of the future
where computing technology using improved efficiency of infrastructure and public
services. Future cities will run completely on technology— be it for electricity, water,
sanitation or recycling; ensuring 24/7 water supply, traffic and transport systems that use
data analytics to provide efficient solutions to ease commuting, automated building security
and surveillance systems, requiring minimal human intervention, and Wi-Fi-powered open
spaces and houses that ensure always-on, high-speed connectivity.
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A smart city's basic premise is information technology, a network of sensors, cameras,
wireless devices, data centres form the key to providing essential services. Smart cities are
environment friendly and use sustainable materials for building facilities and reduce energy
consumption.
The concept of smart city is influenced by the idea of developing the urban hubs that run on
technology to provide better electricity and water supply, improve sanitation & recycling
and manage traffic & transportation systems. Smart cities are expected to improve
economic efficiency, provide better quality of life and promote sustainable urban
development.
VENUE
The event is planned at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 3rd/4th week of December, 2014
REASON OF THE CALL FOR PAPERS
The reason call for papers is looking for the most appropriate contributions and innovative
initiatives for Smart Cities.
TOPICS COVERED
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Utilities,
Electricity and Energy
Transportation
Housing
Education
Sports and Entertainment
Connectivity, IT, Mobility
Citizen Services and E Governance
Smart City Technologies
Green Concepts
Roads
ORGANIZER
CMAI Association of India
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Authors including academicians, researchers, social activists and policymakers, smart city
technology providers, environment specialist, infrastructure provider, energy solutions
provider etc are cordially invited to present, show-case, and discuss their experiences and
challenges in the field of booming sector in Smart Cities and related fields.
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
Authors should electronically submit full paper in
MS WORD document, 5 pages (2000 - 2200 words maximum) only
Speaker's bio
Submission title
Brief description of the paper
The manuscript should be accompanied by a cover page comprising title of the article,
authors’ name and affiliation, mailing address, phone, fax and email address.
In case of multiple authors, the cover page should also indicate the author to whom
correspondence should be addressed. This information should be centred in the middle of
the title page. The name of the author(s) should not appear anywhere else in the
manuscript.
The manuscript should have a margin of 1 inch on all four sides (with the margin on the left
side flush at 1 inch, and the right margin “ragged”), and the entire paper should be set to
double-space. The first line of each paragraph should be indented one-half inch.
Tables and charts presented in the text should be in black and white only.
Wherever necessary, the title should be indicated at the top and sources should be at the
bottom. They should be serially numbered and this number match with the references to
them cited in the text. The tables, figures and charts need not appear in separate document
files.
References should be given separately at the end of the paper and the entries should be
arranged alphabetically.
ENTRY DEADLINE
The Call for papers will be open until 15th November, 2014
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Speakers are selected based on the topic significance and innovation of their submission, in
addition to their proven ability in the proposed topic and overall prominence in the
industry/sector/field of expertise.
The following criteria will be followed:
Significance of the subject
Originality of the projected paper
Newsworthiness of the projected paper
Quality and level of the speaker
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Power of the references offered
EVALUATION PROCESS
The organization will conduct a first evaluation to check whether the projected paper is in
accordance with the requirements.
Paper selection
A technical committee of experts will evaluate and select the papers :
Papers for presentation
Papers for short presentation
Declined papers
SELECTED PAPERS CATEGORIES
If the paper's evaluation were to be successful, they would then be eligible for one of the
following categories:
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Papers selected for presentation
These presentation slots will be of 10-12 minutes in a running panel session that will be
accommodated according to the Itenary
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Papers selected for short presentation
This will be a short 4-5 minutes presentation within a running session.
QUERIES AND SUGGESTIONS
If you have any queries or suggestions, please email to: president_cmai@cmai.asia