11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM), 16 - 18 June 2009, Hong Kong
www.hku.hk/cupum2009
Second Call for Papers
Deadline for submission of paper abstracts - 15 December 2008
For close to 20 years, CUPUM has been one of the premier international conferences for the exchange of ideas and applications of computer technologies to address a range of different social and environmental problems. First held in 1989 in Hong Kong, CUPUM has been held in many great cities around the world including Oxford (1991), Atlanta (1993), Melbourne (1995), Mumbai (1997), Venice (1999), Honolulu (2001), Sendai (2003), London (2005) and Igaussu Fall (2007). Selected papers of the conferences have been published in special issues of Environment and Planning B and Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. We are very pleased to announce that the Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning of the University of Hong Kong will be organizing the 11th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) from 16-18 June 2009 to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
The CUPUM conference covers a wide range of topics related to state-of-the-art computer technologies and applications in urban planning, architecture, engineering, environmental science, public administration, urban management, and other fields.
Any researcher interested in presenting a paper is invited to submit a paper abstract on-line before 15 December 2008. Abstracts should contain a title, a short description of the proposed paper topic, sources of data, methods, and a discussion of the implications of the research for urban planning and urban management. They should also contain keywords to identify the area of research. Abstracts should be accompanied by the name, affiliation, address, telephone number, fax, and email address of each author.
Accepted paper abstract will need to submit a full paper for review by the Scientific and Programme Committee before 15 February 2009.
Selected papers may be published as special issues in international journals. For more details, please visit the CUPUM 2009 conference homepage www.hku.hk/cupum2009.
Key Dates :
15 December 2008 - Deadline for submission of paper abstracts
31 December 2008 - Notification of acceptance or rejection of paper abstracts
15 February 2009 - Deadline for submission of full papers for review
31 March 2009 - Notification of acceptance/rejection of papers and revisions, if any
15 May 2009 - Deadline for submission of final papers
15 May 2009 - Deadline for early registration of at least one author
15 May 2009 Deadline for early bird registration and hotel booking
16-18 June 2009 - CUPUM 2009 Hong Kong
18-19 June 2009 - Optional Technical Visit to Shenzhen and Guangzhou
The registration fee is USD280 for early bird registration (on or
before 15 May 2009) and USD350 for normal registration (after 15 May 2009).
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Anthony Yeh
Chairman
Organizing Committee
CUPUM 2009 Hong Kong
Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning
The University of Hong Kong