About the Conference

In an increasingly computerized world, challenges of sustainable urban development have been among topics of discussion over the years. With the demand to develop existing

infrastructure, improve the quality of life, achieve energy efficiency & saving comes a need to develop smart and sustainable cities.

This conference brings together academic and industry experts, developers, company executives and stakeholders, scientists and engineers, to bridge the gap between research and

industry and address key-issues hindering efficient & Sustainable living and development. Through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), other smart

technologies and development strategies, we will be able to build smarter and sustainable cities for our citizens. The main goal of this conference is to facilitate an exchange of

ideas and knowledge between experts and policy-makers in hopes of making a change.

IEREK, in collaboration with Xiamen University Malaysia, is organizing the 2nd international conference on "Future Smart Cities to tackle one of the biggest trends today that

have been rapidly gaining momentum, this conference will

✓ Explore the breadth that is the field of Future Smart Cities.

✓ Showcase emerging scientific and technological trends in the field.

✓ Identify current research challenges, key-issues, debates and future opportunities.

✓ Pinpoint and provide direction for future planning practices.

The topics to be discussed when talking about a “Smart City” are numerous starting from the development of cities, transportation, and sustainability and computing techniques to

the anticipated impact of such major changes on the environment. This conference is calling upon researchers, academics, and students from around the world, with their innovative

ideas and thoughts to join in on our journey.

Conference Program

DAY 1: 5 November 2019 – Tuesday (Venue: Xiamen University – Sepang, Malaysia)

09:00 – 09:30 | Entrance & Registration [Location: Music Hall]

Delivery of materials & information

09:30 | Opening Ceremony Greetings and communications by the institutions

09:30 – 09:40 | Professor Zhang Ying, Assistant President, Xiamen University Malaysia.

09:40 – 09:50 | Dr. Mourad Amer, President and CEO of IEREK

Plenary Session

09:50 – 10:30 | Prof. Jonathan Li, Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada “HD Maps Navigating You in Smart cities”

10:30 – 11:10 | Prof. Matthew Fineout, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University –Director of Smart Architecture, Pittsburgh “Environmentally

Sensitive Geometries“

11:10 – 11:30 | Coffee break

11:30 – 12:10 | Prof. Javier Aguirre Contreras, Professor of the Department of the Environment, Autonomous Metropolitan University, Mexico -

“Solarquim: Dual Electric Power Generation System for a Housing”

12:10 – 12:50 | Prof. Yang Chenhui, Executive Dean, Yongtai Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Xiamen University China [TBA]

12:50 – 14:00 | Light lunch break

14:00 – 17:00 | Dr. Nabil Khelifi, Senior Publishing Editor, MENA region, Springer, Germany – “How to Successfully Prepare and Publish Your Paper”

End of Day 1

18:00 – 20:00 | Gala dinner (optional)

DAY 2: 6 November 2019 – Wednesday

Session 1: Smart Cities: The Development of

Integrated Frameworks Session 2: Smart Energy Adaptation and

Resiliency Challenges Session 3: Smarter Cities:

Efficient and Sustainable Living

Location: A2-105 A2-106 A2-111

Session Moderator:

Lim Poh

Dr. Ahmad Affandi

Dr. Alarussi Ali Saleh

Session Moderator:

Prof. Kamran Shavarebi

Dr Andi Rossi

Dr. Geetha

Session Moderator:

Dr. Siti Aida Samikon

Dr. Loh Yoong Keong

Dr. Heng Yu Ping

Dr. Liu Chia An

9:30 – 9:45

The Dilution of Peri-Urban Socio-cultural Identity:

An Insight into Policies and Strategies in Malaysia

and the European Commission

Maizura Mazlan, Nor Atiah Ismail, Faziawati

Abdul Aziz, Mohd Johari Mohd Yusof

Study on the Planning of "The Characteristic

Town Which Undertake Function Spillover of Big

Cities ": Take " Butterfly Island Outlets Town "

Program in Harbin New District as An Example

Rui Xue, Songtao Wu

Evaluating the trend of urban heat island impacted by land

use in Dhaka City : towards sustainable urban planning

Nehreen Majed, M.K. Alam

9:45 – 10:00 A Smart City Agra: Smart Developments of

Cultural Tourism and Heritage Sites

Jay Shah

The importance of green commuting – a campus

case study in Schwäbisch Hall as contribution to

responsible urbanism

Wanja Wellbrock, Ludin, D., Högele, B., Müller,

E.

Towards Environmental Sustainability: Waste

Management and Leachate Treatment Through Natural

Applications

Nehreen Majed, Tanbir Khan, Asif Reza Chowdhury,

Tanveer Ferdous Saeed

10:00 – 10:15 Are the New Towns Really Smart?

Giuseppe Marino, Lorenzo Massimiano

Achieving Energy Efficiency Performance And

Urban Connectivity Development In Saudi Arabia

through Renewable Energy Resources And

Sustainable Transportation – Case Study Asir

Province

Wael A. Aboneama

Green and blue infrastructures as a model of sustainable

urban planning – Landscape Design for Praça de Espanha

in Lisbon – Portugal

Paula Simões, Rute Sousa Matos, Catrina Patrao, Pedro

Machado Costa, Luis Ferreira Neto, Ingrid Murer,

Conceicao Castro, Pedro Tindade Ferreira

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:00 Urban Megaprojects: Disorderly, Disruptive,

Contentious Endeavors

Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría

The Impact of modifications to residential

morphologies on the outdoor micro climate in hot

dry climate cities

Ali Mohammad Salih, Steven Dudek

“The Vinci Power Nap® - Reconnect System –

Neuroarchitecture of Interior Design Creating

Environment for Regenerating Body and Mind, Helping

Inhabitants of Smart Cities and Astronauts with Stress

Reduction, Depression, PTSD, Improving Efficiency,

Sleep, Health and Quality of Life ”

Magdalena Filcek

11:00 – 11:15 Governing Sustainability in Urban Ecosystems:

Arguments for a Transdisciplinary Framework

Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría

The Interface of the Thermal Properties on the

Overall Thermal Performance of Buildings

Aiman Albatayneh, Dariusz Alterman, Adrian

Page, Behdad Moghtaderi

Evaluating the Effect of Urban Green Infrastructure on

Mitigating Temperature: A Case Study of Tehran

Farimah Sadat Jamali, Shahriar Khaledi, Mohammad

Taghi Razavian

11:15 – 11:30

Citizen Pothole Electronic Report as A Step to Use

Big Data in Planning Smart Cities in Malang City,

Indonesia

Adipandang Yudono, Achmad Istamar, Aris

Subagiyo

Sustainable urban form and dynamics of rivers in

the context of Faridpur city, Bangladesh.

Asif Ibney Basit Turza

Ecotourism as an Approach of Ecological Preservation of

the Urban Context of the Southern Areas of Aaudi Arabia

Maghferah Alsamman, Aida Nayer Ahmed

11:30 – 11:45

Integrating Resilience through Adaptability and

Transformability: Ecologically Responsive Design

Approach in the Case of South-Western Coastal

Region of Bangladesh

Simita Roy

Disaster Resilient Building: Lesson Learned from

Building Performance Evaluation of Meuraxa

Hospital in Aceh, Indonesia

Aulina Adamy

Reviewing Whole Building Design Sustainability

Challenges: Perspectives on Net Zero Energy and

Rainwater Harvesting

Stephen Poon

11:45 – 12:00

3D Spatial Development of Historic Urban

Landscape to Promote a Historic Spatial Data

System

Herry Santosa

A Study on Design’s and Planning's Impact on

People's Demand, Living Custom and Quality of

Living Environment

Tianyu Zhao, János Gyergyák

Applying sustainable principles to create new urban areas

and developing existing cities in 2030 vision of Saudi

Arabia

Wael Ahmed Aboneama

12:00 – 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 – 14:00

3D Based Visualization Tool To Analyze The

Influential Topics via Hashtags on Instagram

Platform

Raja Majid Mehmood, Guo Xinyi, Liu Cuiting,

Wang Ruisi

Potential of saving clean water for ablution in

mosques and prayer rooms in Bandung, Indonesia

Yasmin Suriansyah, Nichelle Audrey Santoso,

Helen Angelica

Understanding How Important is Harmonized Landscape

Design for Forest Education Centre in Malaysia’s

Mohd Kher Hussien, Nor Syuriaty Jaafar

14:00 – 14:15 A Conceptual Framework of Infrastructural Layers

of Smart Cities

Rose Maghsoudi, Atiyeh Asgari

Creative Tactics as form of Urban Resilience:

Surviving in the face of Adversity along the Gujjar

Nala in Karachi

Suneela Ahmed

Performance Analysis of Enhanced Delta Sampling

Algorithm for BLE Indoor Localization

Mohd Faiz Bin Mat Daud, Idawaty Ahmad, David

Chieng, Alvin Ting, SehChun Ng

14:15 – 14:30 Localizing the Globalized - How not to Fail in

Smart Cities Frameworks

Ayman Ismail, Mostafa Othman, Mohamed Awny

Village Resilience: Survival of Villages in the

Sprawl of Pearl River Delta Megacity

Zhang Xiaojun, Peter W. Ferretto

Sustainability Analysis of a Ceramic Industry to Support

Sustainable Development GoalsQazi Muhammad

Usman Jan, Muhammad Waseem, Tufail Habib, Qazi

Muhammad Yaseen

14:30 – 14:45

Colour Preferences in Interior Design Environments

for Middle Eastern Tourists in Smart Cities

Mohammad Kamal, Rahinah Ibrahim, Noranita

Mansor, Ali Rashidi

Adaptive Reuse Approach From The Perspective

of Place Attachment In Rehabilitation of

Abandoned Structures: Hunter Street Mall Case in

Newcastle, Australia

Tugce Ertan Meric, Hamit Gokay Meric

A Sustainable Building Planning, Modeling, and

Optimization within the Smart City Appraisa Mir Sayed Shah Danish, Najib Rahman Sabory,

Mohebullah Wali, Mohammed Elsayed Lotfy Elsayed,

Tomonobu Senjyu

14:45 – 15:00 Towards a Smart Routing Model (MFR

Framework) in Smart Cities

Nada M. Alhakkak

Passive Energy Saving of Residential Building

Envelop In Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Research on

Alternative of Brick In Frame Structure

Sabrina Rahman, Ishtiaque Ahmed

Energy Performance Assessment of Vertical and

Horizontal Venetian Blinds in East and West-Oriented

Residential Spaces in Cairo

Khaled El-Deeb

End of Day 2

Day 3: 7 November 2019 – Thursday

Session 4: Smart Mobility: Challenges &

Solutions

Session 5: A Computing Perspective: Global

Trends & Strategic Approaches

Session 6: Smart and Digital Applications

Location: A2-105 A2-106 A2-111

Session Moderator:

Prof. Mohd Fairuz Shahidan

Dr. Anis bin Haron

Dr. Haris bin Hassan

Session Moderator:

Prof. Rahinah binti Ibrahim

Dr. Hazween Syarina

Dr. Yau Wei Chuan

Session Moderator:

Norsidah Binti Ujang

Dr. Khao Yen Ling

Dr. Raja Majid Mehmood

9:30 – 10:00 Morning Coffee

10:00 – 10:15 Users’ Mode Change Behavior Due to On-Street

Parking Pricing A Case Study for Dhaka

Farzana Rahman, Steve Evan Halder, Ariful

Islam, Fazle Rabby

A New Vision for Future City in The Middle East

Rasha A. Moussa

Critical Factors during the Design Process among

Professional Designers on IBS Projects in Malaysia

Mohsen Delfani, Rahinah Ibrahim, Mohammad Yazah

Matraschid

10:15 – 10:30 Choice of Travel Mode for Work Trips: Some

Features for Dhaka city

Farzana Rahman, Nasif Rabbi, Ariful Islam

Developing Projects for Realizing of the Program

“Skopje 2020 Smart strategy” by Enhancing

Citizen Approach, Engineering,

Digitalization and Sensing of the City District

Toward Smarter Sustainability Urban Potential in

the Small Ring of Skopje

Emilija Sofeska, Edward Sofeski

Connected Systems in Smart Cities:Use-Cases of

Integration of Buildings Information with Smart Systems

Zohreh Pourzolfaghar, Markus Helfert

10:30 – 10:45 Assessing Spatial Accessibility to Educational

Facilities from Public Transit Using Distance

Measures: A Case of Indian Cities

Pavan Teja, Pankaj Bahadure

Tracking Successive Physical Locations of

Multiple Objects with Multiple Cameras

Chao-Yi Huang, Jong-Chen Chen, Ying-Hsuan

Chen

Emotion-Intelligent VR-Simulated Framework in

Influencing Smart Home Purchase Intentions

Athira Azmi, Rahinah Ibrahim, Ali Rashidi, Maszura

Abdul Ghafar

10:45 – 11:00 Exploration on Urban Regeneration and Design of

Characteristic Streets: A Case Study of Chengxian

Street

Tang Bin

A Novel Method of Trajectory Data Visualization

to Analyze the Current Traffic Situation in Smart

Cities

Raja Majid Mehmood, Liu Yuchen, Wang Zijie,

He Qianling

Enhanced EEG Classification Accuracy Personal-based

for Smart Healthcare Applications

Mohammad AlSallout, Ebrahim Mattar

11:00 – 11:15 The Impacts of Trucks IoT Monitoring Regulations

in Saudi Transportation EcoSystem

Mohannad Alhajj, Mohammad AlSallout, Khaled

Haimour, Khaled Alhajj

Community Participation and Sustainable Urban

Development: Application of City Development

Strategy Approach

Rose Maghsoudi, S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh

Supporting Organizational Professional Culture with

Collaborative Technology During Design Phase in

Industrialized Project Delivery in Malaysia

Maszura Abdul Ghafar, Rahinah Ibrahim

11:15 – 11:30 Residence's Satisfaction towards Transformation of

Klang River in Klang District

Ong Huay Ying, Meng XiaoYing

Sustainable Urban Design Strategies Towards

Sustainable Urban Future: “A Case of Growing

Multiple City Centers From A Single Traditional

Center Within Mudfort of Ancient Bangalore”

Nasreen Kauser Dummi Shabbir

Emerging Technology paradigm for efficient and

Transparent Land assembly for Urban Development

Rashi Gupta, Mona N Shah

11:30 – 11:45

Integrating Pedestrian Circulation with Proposed

Rapid Transit Route: Design Proposal of a Skywalk

for Smart Dhaka

Khairul Enam, Sheikh Muhammad Rezwan

Urban Computing and Smart Cities: Developing a

Health Policy Roadmap for Sustainable

Construction Designs and Web Utilities in Public

Health and Community Health Care Centres

Tilemachos Koliopoulos, Panagiotis

Kouloumbis

Sustainable Development and Integrated Design Process

Nelly Hamada Abdelraouf Moustafa

11:45- 12:00

Socio-Economic and Political Dimensions And

Their Impact On The Urban Form Of The Kuala

Lumpur Metropolitan Region

Marek Kozlowski, Aznida Azlan, Nor Azlina Abu

Bakar, Faziawati Aziz

Rumour Clock: Visual Representation of Online

Rumour Spreading

Raja Majid Mehmood, Wu Dayong, Wang

Jingyi

Placemaking as an Educational Approach in Design

Studio

Ayah Abbasi, Chaham Alalouch, Mohamed S. Saleh

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break

13:00 – 13:15

Economic Feasibility of Personal Rapid Transit

(PRT) Mode of Transport: A Case for Ahmedabad

City, Gujarat

Jash Goswami1a, Nirav Chaudhari, Jiten Shah

Towards Building of Visualization Method to

Highlight Top Users’ Trends in Social Networks

Raja Majid Mehmood, Zhang Yan, Liu

Quanwen

Urban Smart Greening: A Strategic Spatial Development

Approach to Establish Placemaking and Resilience Nexus

Dina Cartagena Magnaye

13:15 – 13:30

Is Greener Commuting Possible? A campus case

study in Schwäbisch Hall as contribution to climate

protection

Wanja Wellbrock, Ludin, D., Högele, B., Müller,

E.

Elderly Behavioural Ergonomic Data for Smart

Cities’ Design-User System

Siti Mastura Md Ishak, Rahinah Ibrahim

Implementing Integration of IP in Responsive Physical

Campus Development Process in Malaysia: Proposition

for Academia-Industry Integration in Smart Cities

Development Maznah Sahran, Rahinah Ibrahim, Samsilah Roslan,

Rusli Abdullah

13:30 – 13:45 Visualization System for Traffic Accident Data

Raja Majid Mehmood, Su Chenlu, Hong

Yating, Liu Tianyi

Digital Strategies for Indian Smart Cities Jash Goswami, Saswat Bandhopadhyay, Tushar Bose

Location: [Hall name]

14:00 – 14:30 Closing Ceremony: Panel Discussion, Final Remarks & Recommendations

14:30 – 15:00 Awards Ceremony

15:00 – 15:15 Group Photos

End of Day 3