The Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI) and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in collaboration with Al-Medina Al-Munawarah Municipality, is organizing the 3rd international symposium on “Knowledge Cities”. The symposium will be held in Istanbul city - Turkey during 17-19 November 2008.
The symposium is intended to raise the awareness of mayors and senior officials in concerned agencies about key knowledge Cities issues, and to find out the applicable steps needed for transition into Knowledge-based Economy. It is also intended to highlight key challenges and difficulties faces cities in their endeavor to depend on Knowledge-based Economy, and to share knowledge and best practices among participants.
The scientific committee invites the experts, researchers and specialized persons to actively participate in this symposium by submitting their abstracts of papers and experiences, in coherence to the attached model. The abstract should not exceed two (A4 size) pages. All abstracts received by the committee will be assessed according to the scientific criteria of AUDI.
Important Dates:
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Last date for submitting the abstracts |
01.06.2008 |
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Notification on abstract assessment |
15.06.2008 |
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Last date to submit full papers for revision |
15.08.2008 |
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Notification on full papers acceptance and suggested amendments |
15.09.2008 |
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Submitting full papers with amendments included if any. |
30.09.2008 |
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Scientific Participation:
To participate with a paper or experience an abstract (in coherence to the attached model) should be sent along with the participation form to (AUDI): e-mail: info@araburban.org or Fax # 00966 1 480 2 666