Fourth-Generation Knowledge Districts 2024

20-21 May 2024, Campinas, SP

Forms of contribution

Contributions to the event are possible in English or Portuguese, and in four different ways: (1) scientific contributions, in the form of papers or posters; (2) urban and architectural design projects of technology parks and innovation hubs, in the form of short presentations or posters; (3) public policies, urban regulations, tax incentives and other forms of promotion of technology parks and innovation hubs, in the form of round table discussions; (4) hands-on workshops, prior to the event. The general public is also welcome to participate simply as listeners.

1.1. Scientific papers

Scientific full papers (coming from  academia, industry, public sector, 3rd sector, collectives etc.) will be subject to a reviewing process, consisting of a double-blind peer review of full-length manuscripts. The paper publication will be subject to review acceptance, compliance with submission deadlines and formatting guidelines, and to payment of the conference registration fee. However, there is no need to register before the paper's acceptance. Selected papers will be published in open-access online proceedings, with DOI and ISBN. Please kindly note that multiple submissions are subject to multiple registrations. Scientific papers may be presented online. In this case, please register as L1 category.

Submissions must be done exclusively through FGKD24's Open Conference system.

Please note: submission of the full article is done in two stages. Initially, you need to select the "Make Submission" option on the OpenConf home page, fill in all the data (including the abstract), register a password and press the "Make Submission" button at the bottom of the page. In response, the system will inform you of the paper's ID number. Then, returning to the OpenConf home page, you will need to select the "Upload File" option. On the upload page, enter the paper ID and your password, select the PDF file on your computer and press the "Upload File" button. The system will confirm that the file has been sent. To check if the file was correctly sent, use the "View file" option. You should receive a confirmation email titled [FGKD24] Submission ID # after a few minutes.

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✉️ Scientific papers coordinator: Marcela Noronha

📄Scientific paper template: Word template for conference papers

Papers submitted for review should not mention any author's names or their affiliations.

1.2. Scientific posters

Scientific posters (coming from academia, industry, public sector, 3rd sector, collectives etc.) will be subject to a double-blind reviewing process, based on an abstract. The poster abstract publication will be subject to review acceptance, compliance with submission deadlines and formatting guidelines, and to payment of the conference registration fee. Selected poster abstracts will be published in open-access online proceedings, with DOI and ISBN. Please kindly note that multiple submissions are subject to multiple registrations. 

Submissions must be done exclusively through FGKD24's Open Conference system.

When you submit your poster abstract in the OpenConference system, please mention in it that it is a poster, by starting with this line: [POSTER ABSTRACT]". You will only need to send your poster PDF after your abstract is approved.

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✉️ Scientific posters coordinator: Zahra Alinam

📄Scientific poster template: Presentation guidelines for conference posters

📄Conference logo templates for posters: Black and White 

2.1. Urban/architectural design project presentations

Urban/architectural projects presentations acceptance will be subject to evaluation by the Urban/architectural projects coordinator and the conference Scientific Committee, who will consider relevance to the conference objectives. Urban/architectural projects presentations will be also subject to compliance with submission deadlines and to payment of the conference registration fee. Please kindly note that multiple submissions are subject to multiple registrations. 

Project presentation proposals must be sent through this online form.

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✉️ Urban/architectural projects coordinator: Silvia Stuchi and Thalita Dalbelo

2.2. Urban/architectural project poster

Urban/architectural projects poster acceptance will be subject to evaluation by the Urban/architectural projects coordinator and the conference Scientific Committee, who will consider relevance to the conference objectives. Posters exhibition will be also subject to compliance with submission deadlines and formatting guidelines, and to payment of the conference registration fee. Please kindly note that multiple submissions are subject to multiple registrations. 

Poster proposals must be sent through this online form. 

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✉️ Urban/architectural projects coordinator: Silvia Stuchi and Thalita Dalbelo

3. Public policies

Government officials, public servants, 3rd sector actors and collectives are welcome to discuss urban regulations, tax incentives and other forms of promotion of technology parks and innovation hubs, in thematic round tables. Participation in the discussions will be subject to compliance with submission deadlines and formatting guidelines, and to payment of the conference registration fee. Please kindly note that multiple submissions are subject to multiple registrations. 

Proposals must include an abstract describing an interesting case and details about government level, park or district name, status of implementation and expected or observed results, and must be sent through this online form.

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✉️ Public policies coordinator: Milena Serafim and Conceição Pires

4. Hands-on workshops

Proposals of hands-on workshops on topics related to the planning and promotion of technology parks and innovation hubs are welcome. Participants offering workshops will be exempted from the conference's registration fee. Workshops may be held in-person or remotely on May 17 and/or 18/2024.

Proposals must include a 2-page description of the workshop with title, objectives, target-public, materials, method, expected results and bibliography, and must be sent through this online form.

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✉️ Workshops coordinator: Luana Cruz, Laura Carvalho and Ana Sperandio