9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on 'URBAN e-PLANNING'
IJEPR 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
[ VIRTUAL / ONLINE ]
Lisbon, Portugal, 5 - 7 May 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS
The International Conference on Urban e-Planning is the main annual meeting of the 'Urban e-Planning Research Network' (UEPNET). It will have its 9th edition in 2025. These conferences have been promoted in articulation with the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) and were hosted at the U. Lisbon from 2016 to 2024.
It is a multi- and interdisciplinary forum for the exploration, presentation, and discussion of innovative theoretical and empirical research on Urban e-Planning. It seeks both theoretical works and empirical research on ground-breaking approaches, innovative methods and new digital tools in the field of Urban e-Planning. The Conference also welcomes short presentations with a more practical orientation.
The 9th International Conference on Urban e-Planning, organized by the UEPNET in articulation with the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research' (IJEPR), will be held in virtual / online format, on 5 - 7 May 2025.
Following the successful Conferences held from 2016 to 2024, the 9th IJEPR International Conference on Urban e-Planning, as the previous eight, aims to explore how the current digital transformation in the field of urban planning can serve the common good.
The growing number of digital innovations creates numerous opportunities and challenges for urban and regional planners around the world.
We seek papers that address issues related to the current digital revolution, including the introduction of AI, and its impact on urban planning and on key urban development issues.
In this context, the 9th International Conference on 'Urban e-Planning' aims to explore the governance and planning of smart cities; the impact of Artificial Inteligence in urban e-governance; new developments in citizen e-participation in planning; the link between urban e-planning and key social, economic and environmental dimensions, namely the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss and the virtual economy; the need to decolonize urban e-planning and the challenges ahead concerning the education of future generations of urban planners.
We invite thus theoretical and empirical contributions addressing, but not limited to, the following themes (see details here >):
Track 1 - Smart Urban Governance and e-Planning
Track 2 - Artificial Intelligence in Urban Governance
Track 3 - Citizens e-Participation in Urban Governance
Track 4 – Urban e-Planning and the Social Dimension
Track 5 - Urban e-Planning, Biodiversity and Climate Emergency
Track 6 - Planning for a Virtual Economy and Nomad Workforce
Track 7 - Digital Platform Urbanism and the Sharing Economy
Track 8 - Decolonising Smart Cities: Towards Plural and Just Digital Futures
Track 9 - The Education of Urban e-Planners and Planning Ethics
PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE & SELECTION CRITERIA
● Participation in the conference requires the presentation of a paper
● Participants are expected to attend the entire conference
● Submissions are double-blind peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee for content and appropriateness to this conference
● The working language of the conference is English.
REGISTRATION
● Participation requires presentation of a paper
● Participation in the 9th Conference (Virtual Sessions) is free of charge
● Registration (online): 1 - 10 April 2025
PANEL ORGANIZATION
● The conference is organized in panels according to tracks, themes and issues
● Each panel has 4 - 5 papers
● Oral presentation: 15 min (including discussion)
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
● Deadline for abstract submission: 15 February 2025 (2nd Call: 25 March 2025)
● Submit the abstract, no more than 250 words, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
Convenor of the 9th Conference on Urban e-Planning
Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com
● Download 'Abstract Submission Form' here >>
PUBLICATION
● It is expected that a selection of the conference papers will be published in the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), which is since January 2021 a Gold Open Access journal.
● The selected papers will undergo the IJEPR standard double-blind peer-review process.
● More information on the Conference website ('Publication').
NETWORKING
● The 2025 Conference is an opportunity for networking and for informal contacts among members of the Urban E-Planning Research Network (UEP-NET).
IMPORTANT DATES
● Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2025 (2nd Call: 25 March 2025)
● Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 March 2025 (first call)
● Registration (online form): 1 - 10 April 2025
● PowerPoint presentation (PPT file): during the conference. It will be published / posted in the Conference website after the Conference
● Full paper for publication in the IJEPR: until end of August 2025 (see page 'Publication' for more information)
CONFERENCE CONVENOR & ORGANIZATION
● Carlos Nunes Silva
Urban e-Planning Research Network (UEPNET)
Editor-in-chief of the 'International Journal of E-Planning Research' (IJEPR)
Lisbon, Portugal
Web >>
CONFERENCE VENUE
● Virtual Session
FURTHER INFORMATION
● All inquiries, expressions of interests, and abstracts should be sent, by e-mail, to:
Carlos Nunes Silva
Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: cnsulisboa@gmail.com
Conference e-mail: ijepr.conference@gmail.com