Coastal Cities 2019 - Call for Papers

3rd International Conference on Coastal Cities and their Sustainable Future

11 - 13 September 2019

Rome, Italy

Introduction

The International Conference on Coastal Cities and their Sustainable Future was held for the first time in 2015 in the New Forest, home of the Wessex Institute. Following its success, it was decided to reconvene the event after the second conference being held in Cadiz, Spain in 2017.
The growth of world population and the preference for living in coastal areas has resulted in their ever-increasing development.
Coastal areas are the most common destination, which brings in economic growth but implies additional urban development and increases the need for resources, infrastructure and services.
The strategic location of coastal cities for instance, facilitates transportation and the development of related activities, but this requires the existence of large ports, with the corresponding increase in maritime and road traffic and all its inherent negative effects.
The above-mentioned activities and others common to coastal cities require the development of well-planned and managed urban environments, not only for reasons of efficiency and economics, but also to avoid inflicting environmental degradation that causes the deterioration of natural resources, quality of life and human health.
To mitigate these problems it is necessary to consider coastal cities as dynamic complex systems which need energy, water, food and other resources in order to work and generate diverse activities, with the aim of offering a better socio-economic climate and quality of life.
As a consequence, the integrated management and sustainable development of coastal cities is essential, with science, technology, architecture, socio-economics and planning, all contributing to provide support to decision makers.

Conference Topics

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Coastal Cities 2019. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.

• The coastal city and its environments
• Landscape and urban planning
• Infrastructures and eco-architecture
• City heritage and regeneration
• Urban transport and communications
• Commercial ports, fishing and sports harbours
• City/Waterfront interaction
• Coastal city beaches
• Marine industries
• Energy systems
• Water resources management
• Quality of life and city leisure
• Tourism and the city
• Water pollution
• Air pollution
• City waste management
• Acoustical and thermal pollution
• Coastal risk assessment
• Coastal flooding
• Coastal processes
• Landslides
• Emergency plans
• Health services management
• Intercity issues
• Socio-economic issues
• Legal aspects
• Ports accessibility
• Urban logistic
• Smart cities and IT applications
• Ships supply management
• Services for crews

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Maritime Transport 2019 - Call for Papers

1st International Conference on Maritime Transport

10-12 September 2019

Rome, Italy

Introduction

The first International Conference on Maritime Transport is to be held in Rome, organised by Sapienza University of Rome and the Wessex Institute, UK, to discuss new developments and advanced technologies in a wide variety of topics covered by the meeting.
The substantial growth of maritime shipping has resulted in large quantities of good and products being transported around the world, creating a demand for innovative solutions for infrastructure and fleets. A further increase in the scale and the size of container carriers and passenger cruisers also requires special facilities. These developments have presented a challenge for different types of technologies, as well as operational systems.
Maritime transportation ought to be integrated with other services such as railways, roadways and airports and, in some cases, river and canal traffic in order to achieve maximum efficiency. It also needs to respond rapidly to the economic and political circumstances in different parts of the world. These challenges often require extreme performances in terms of capacity, speed of delivery, energy consumption, environmental sustainability, as well as social and economic aspects.
Therefore, the study of Maritime Transport requires an interdisciplinary approach in order to respond efficiently to the interaction between diverse agents.
The Conference will focus on multidisciplinary research and development, as well as operational experiences, which require new approaches.

Conference Topics

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Maritime Transport 2019. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.

• Navigation and ship operations
• Ports and their operation
• Port infrastructure
• Safety and security
• Emergency response
• Pollution and the protection of the marine environment
• Marine geodesy and cartography
• Marine applications of geomatics and GIS
• Satellite navigation
• Routes planning and monitoring
• Risk management
• Naval technology
• Freight handling
• Multimode transport
• Planning and management of ship traffic
• Control and command systems
• Human factors in navigation
• Systems modelling and simulation
• Management of coastal regions
• Bulk shipping
• Cruise shipping
• Ro-ro and motorways of the sea
• Meteorology and oceanography issues
• Standardisation of maritime technology
• Maritime education and training
• Global socio-economic implications of maritime activities
• Maritime policy and governance
• International standards and regulations
• Economic efforts of maritime transport
• RAMS in maritime transport components
• Arctic Climate and Transportation Issues

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Energy and Sustainability 2019 - Call for Papers

8^th International conference on Energy and Sustainability

3 - 5 July 2019

Coimbra, Portugal

Introduction

Energy and Sustainability 2019 is the 8^th International Conference in a very successful series which started in the New Forest, UK, home of the Wessex Institute in 2007; followed by meetings in Bologna (2009); Alicante (2011); Budapest (2013); Kuala Lumpur (2014); Medellin, Colombia (2015); and Seville (2017).
The world’s economy is fuelled by energy.  Depletion of resources and severe environmental effects resulting from the continuous use of fossil fuels has motivated an increasing amount of interest in renewable energy resources and the search for sustainable energy policies.
The changes required to progress from an economy mainly focussed on hydrocarbons to one taking advantage of sustainable renewable energy resources require considerable scientific research, as well as the development of new engineering systems.  Energy policies and management are of primary importance to achieve the development of sustainability and need to be consistent with recent advances in energy production and distribution.
In many cases, the challenges lie as much in the conversion from renewable energies (wind, solar etc) to useful forms (electricity, heat, fuel) at an acceptable cost including damage to the environment as in the integration of these resources into the existing infrastructure.
The diverse topics covered by the Conference involve collaboration between different disciplines in order to arrive at optimum solutions, including studies of materials, energy networks, new energy resources, storage solutions, waste to energy systems, smart grids and many others.

Conference Topics

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Energy and Sustainability 2019. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.

• Energy policies
• Renewable energy resources
• Sustainable energy production
• Environmental risk management
• Sustainable buildings
• Energy storage and distribution
• Energy management
• Biomass and biofuels
• Waste to energy
• Processing of oil and gas
• CO2 capturing and management
• Pipelines
• Energy efficiency
• Smart grids
• Energy and transport
• Sustainable energy from hydrocarbons
• Energy sustainability by process and design optimisation
• Energy sustainability by system integration
• Energy and the circular economy
• Case studies

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BEM/MRM 42 - Call for Papers

42nd International Conference on Boundary Elements and other Mesh Reduction Methods

2 – 4 July 2019

Coimbra, Portugal

Introduction

The annual conference on Boundary Elements and other Mesh Reduction Methods (BEM/MRM) which started in 1978, now in its 42nd version, is to take place in Coimbra, Portugal.
The meetings since 1978 have produced a collection of edited volumes in which the major developments in the field have been represented. This valuable series has been offered in digital form since 1993, with all papers available Open Access in the Wessex Institute’s eLibrary website (www.witpress.com/elibrary), where they can be easily accessed and downloaded for free.
Since starting in 1978 the Conference has attracted high quality papers that report further advances in techniques that reduce or eliminate the type of meshes associated with finite elements or finite differences, for instance.
Theoretical advances and new foundations have been reported at the Conference for more than 40 years, helping to expand the range of applications as well as the type of materials in response to industrial and professional requirements. This ability to evolve is reflected in the history of the Conference which has ensured the success of the meetings as well as the establishment of a community of stakeholders.
As design, analysis and manufacture become more integrated the chances are that the users will be less aware of the capabilities of the analytical techniques that are at the core of the process. This reinforces the need to retain expertise in certain specialised areas of numerical methods, such as BEM/MRM, to ensure that all new tools perform satisfactorily in the integrated process.
The maturity of BEM since 1978 has resulted in a substantial number of industrial applications which demonstrate the accuracy, robustness and easy use of the technique. Their range still needs to be widened, taking into account the potentialities of the Mesh Reduction techniques in general.
This well-established conference acts as a forum to discuss new ideas and critically compare results before the solution and tools are released to end users.
The meeting welcomes all stakeholders interested in the methods and particularly the participation of young researchers. Their new contributions have been the principal reason why the conference has continued to evolve.

Conference Topics

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at BEM/MRM 42. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.

• Advanced formulations
• Hybrid foundations
• Advanced meshless and mesh reduction methods
• Structural mechanics applications
• Solid mechanics
• Heat and mass transfer
• Electrical engineering and electromagnetics
• Computational methods
• Fluid flow modelling
• Damage mechanics and fracture
• Dynamics and vibrations
• Engineering applications
• Interfacing with other methods
• Coupling with design and manufacturing
• Solution of large systems of equations
• Fast multipole BEM
• H-matrices and wavelets
• Multiscale problems
• Green functions for advanced materials and structures
• Analytical solutions for microscale or nanoscale phenomena
• Analytical fundamental solutions for multi-phase materials

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Air Pollution 2019 - Call for Papers

27th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution

26 – 28 June 2019

Aveiro, Portugal

Introduction

Air Pollution 2019 is the 27th Annual Meeting in the successful series of international conferences organised by the Wessex Institute dealing with Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution.
The meetings in this series have discussed and considered many important air pollution issues and the international nature of the attendees has ensured that the conference findings and conclusions enjoy a wide and rapid dissemination amongst the air pollution science and policy communities. Air pollution issues remain one of the most challenging problems facing the international community. The series has demonstrated the wide-spread nature of the air pollution phenomena and has explored in depth their impacts on human health and the environment.
The scientific knowledge derived from well-designed studies needs to be allied with further technical and economic studies in order to ensure cost effective and efficient mitigation. In turn, the science, technology and economic outcomes are necessary but not sufficient. Increasingly, the conference has recognised that the outcome of such research needs to be contextualised within well-formulated communication strategies that help policy makers and citizens to understand and appreciate the risks and rewards arising from air pollution management. Consequently, the series has enjoyed a wide range of high quality papers that develop the fundamental science of air pollution and an equally impressive range of presentations that places these new developments within the frame of mitigation and management of air pollution.
This important conference brings together contributions from scientists from around the world to present recent work on various aspects of air pollution phenomena. Notable in each of the conferences in this series has been the opportunity to foster scientific exchange between participants. Each meeting has provided a further opportunity for identifying new areas of air pollution science demanding collaborative investigation.
These meetings have attracted outstanding contributions from leading researchers. The papers selected for presentation and included in the Conference Proceedings have been permanently stored in the WIT eLibrary (www.witpress.com/elibrary) from where they can be freely downloaded. These collected papers provide an invaluable record of the development of science and policy pertaining to air pollution.
The series started in Mexico (1993) and continued in Barcelona (1994); Halkidiki (1995); Toulouse (1996); Bologna (1997); Genova (1998); San Francisco (1999); Cambridge, UK (2000); Ancona (2001); Segovia (2002); Catania (2003); Rhodes (2004); Cordoba (2005); New Forest (2006); Algarve (2007); Skiathos (2008); Tallinn (2009); Kos (2010); Malta (2011); A Coruna (2012); Siena (2013); Split (2014); Valencia (2015); Crete (2016); Cadiz (2017) and Naples (2018).

Conference Topics

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Air Pollution 2019. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.

• Air pollution modelling
• Aerosols and particles
• Emission studies
• Health effects
• Indoor air pollution
• Air quality data
• Monitoring and measuring
• Air pollution control technologies
• Industrial air pollution
• Global, regional and local studies
• Climate change effects
• Emerging pollutants
• Air pollution management, policy and legislation
• Socio economic issues
• Public engagement
• Emerging technologies
• Case studies

Find out more on the conference webpage.