Program Overview
Program Overview
20 May |
21 May |
22 May |
Morning - 09:00 AM CEST |
Morning - 09:00 AM CEST |
Morning - 09:00 AM CEST |
Session 1. Urban Planning and Design |
Session 5. Urban Resilience and Adaptation |
Session 2. Urban Environments and Sustainability |
Afternoon - 14:00 PM CEST |
Afternoon - 13:00 PM CEST |
Afternoon - 14:00 PM CEST |
Session 4. Urban Mobility and Transportation |
Session 6. Urbanization and Social Development |
Session 2. Urban Environments and Sustainability
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IOCUS 2026 Program (DAY 1)
DAY 1 - Morning
Opening Ceremony
S1. Urban Planning and Design
Date: 20 May 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:00 (CEST, Basel)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
Opening Ceremony |
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| 09:00-09:15 | Prof. Dr. Jianming Cai Dr. Jieling Xiao Conference Chairs |
Opening Ceremony |
S1. Urban Planning and Design |
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| 09:15-09:25 | Prof. Dr. Bernhard Müller Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:25-09:45 | Prof. Dr. Xuan Liu Invited Speaker |
Transfer of Reclaimed Construction Land Quota: Restructuring Urban-Rural Link in China |
| 09:45-10:05 | Dr. Yan Zhang Invited Speaker |
Urban Representation Learning and Human Mobility Research |
| 10:05-10:20 | Evgenia Tousi Selected speaker |
Architectural Heritage and the Formation of a Layered Cityscape. The case of the Asia Minor Refugee settlements in Attica, Greece |
| 10:20-10:35 | Haneen Ahmad Selected speaker |
Evaluating Safety and Inclusivity in Park Design Through Women’s Safety Priorities Index (WSPI) |
| 10:35-10:50 | Jeba Muniat Selected speaker |
Reclaiming Fragmented Urbanism in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Data-Driven Evaluation of Infrastructural Voids and Strategic Pathways for Redesign |
| 10:50-11:05 | Anubhav Kumbhre Selected speaker |
Assessing Visual Connectivity at Property Crime Hotspots in Nashik City |
| 11:05-11:20 | Altangerel Suvd-Ochir Selected speaker |
A Study on Public Open Spaces in the Ger Districts of Ulaanbaatar city |
DAY 1 - Afternoon
S4. Urban Mobility and Transportation
Date: 20 May 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Prof. Dr. Sergio Nesmachnow Prof. Dr. Vanessa de Almeida Guimarães Session Chairs |
Welcome from the Session Chairs |
| 14:10-14:30 | Prof. Dr. Salvatore Antonio Biancardo Invited speaker |
Digital Twins and BIM for Smart Transportation Infrastructure Management |
| 14:30-14:50 | Prof. Dr. Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva Invited speaker |
The Challenges of Combining Resilience and Sustainability in Urban Mobility |
| 14:50-15:05 | Madhuni Malsha Manohari Selected speaker |
A Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework for Strategic Prioritisation of Shared Pathway Infrastructure to Enhance Community Connectivity in Coastal Cities: A Case Study in Tauranga, New Zealand |
| 15:05-15:20 | Bayu Maulana Selected speaker |
The Geometry of Delay: Assessing Route Tortuosity and Systemic Inefficiency in Jakarta's BRT Network |
| 15:20-15:35 | James Williams Selected speaker |
Multi-Resolution H3 Walkability Surfaces: A Scalable Framework for Cross-City Pedestrian Environment Assessment |
| 15:35-15:50 | Diego Gabriel Rossit Selected speaker |
Bridging Data Gaps for Smarter Decisions: Urban Microsimulation as a Strategic Tool |
| 15:50-16:05 | Hadjira Sakhri Selected speaker |
Evaluation of Energy Harvesting from Pedestrian Movement Using Piezoelectric Flooring in Urban Mobility Infrastructure: A Case Study of “Les Fusilles” Metro Station, Algeria |
| 16:05-16:20 | Mariela Taboada Aguilar Selected speaker |
Cycling Is Not the Same for Everyone: Gender Inequality in the Cycling Mobility of PUCP Students |
| 16:20-16:35 | Keerthana R Selected speaker |
Equitable Transport Resilience to Urban Flooding |
IOCUS 2026 Program (DAY 2)
DAY 2 - Morning
S5. Urban Resilience and Adaptation
Date: 21 May 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 09:00 (CEST, Basel)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | Prof. Dr. Gang Xu Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:10-09:30 | Prof. Dr. Walaa Salah Ismaeel Invited Speaker |
Spatially Enabled Environmental Impact Assessment Using AI and GIS |
| 09:30-09:45 | Xiaohang Liang Selected speaker |
Construction of community resilience dynamic monitoring and real-time evaluation model framework based on multi-source data fusion |
| 09:45-10:00 | Francesco Sommese Selected speaker |
Towards Climate-Resilient Urban Neighbourhoods: Evaluating Green Infrastructure Strategies through Environmental Simulations |
| 10:00-10:15 | Pablo Cozano-Pérez Selected speaker |
Microclimatic Variability and Thermal Discomfort during a Terral Event: The Role of Vegetation and Urban Form in Málaga, Spain |
| 10:15-10:30 | Adamantia Stamou Selected speaker |
Structural Health Monitoring and Earthquake/Climate Proofing by means of AI Sensor Fusion, Digital Twins and Smart Oracles |
| 10:30-10:45 | Ajai Paul Selected speaker |
Socio-Political Infrastructure as a Resilience Catalyst: Validating the Kerala Model for Neutralizing Epidemiological and Ecological Shocks in Kochi |
| 10:45-11:00 | Laura Simona Cotan Selected speaker |
Urban Sustainability and the Role of the National Defence System |
| 11:00-11:15 | Tuhin Bhadra Selected speaker |
Urban Resilience and Adaptation through Nature-Based Infrastructure: The Role of Peri-Urban Wetlands in a Warming City |
DAY 2 - Afternoon
S6. Urbanization and Social Development
Date: 21 May 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 13:00 (CEST, Basel)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 13:00-13:10 | Dr. Teodoro Georgiadis Session Chair | Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 13:10-13:30 | Dr. Kritika Rana Invited Speaker |
Housing, Built Environment, and Health Equity: Implications for Urbanisation and Social Development |
| 13:30-13:50 | Prof. Dr. Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor Invited Speaker |
Challenges of green infrastructure planning: experience from comparative international studies |
| 13:50-14:05 | Gabriela Adriana Munguía-Uribe Selected speaker |
Urban Identity under Touristification: The Semiotic Restructuring of Mexico City’s Historic Centre |
| 14:05-14:20 | Millena Moreira Fontes Selected speaker |
Municipal governance and the 2030 Agenda: An analysis of public policies in São Cristóvão, Brazil (2019–2025) |
| 14:20-14:35 | Azhar Iqbal Selected speaker |
Impact of Urbanization on Social Development of Punjab |
| 14:35-14:50 | Meenu C V Selected speaker |
Identity and Marginalisation in Urban India: Insights from the Census Data of Delhi |
| 14:50-15:05 | Tanvir Mahmood Selected speaker |
The Nexus of Land Use Change, Urban Densifications, and Land Markets in Infrastructure-induced Regions: A Case Study on Bairag Union, Bangladesh |
| 15:05-15:20 | Adhitya Rizky Isnandya Selected speaker |
Towards Equal and Equitable Low-Income Homeownership: Unravel Subsidized Housing Adaptation and Homeownership Effect in Bandung Metropolitan Area, Indonesia |
IOCUS 2026 Program (DAY 3)
DAY 3 - Morning
S2. Urban Environments and Sustainability
Date: 22 May 2026 (Friday)
Time: 09:00 (CEST, Basel)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | Prof. Dr. Eusébio Z. E. Conceição Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:10-09:25 | Martyna Kaniewska-Gołek Selected speaker |
The Legal Invisibility of Visual Pollution in Poland: A Systemic Gap in Urban Environmental Protection |
| 09:25-09:40 | Polyxeni Mastoraki Selected speaker |
Reclaiming Place: Human-Centered Urban Futures through Creative Sustainability |
| 09:40-09:55 | Abdulrahman Almajadiah Selected speaker |
Evaluating Vegetation and Surface Treatments for Urban Heat Island Mitigation in Hot Desert Campuses: A Microclimatic Study of Najran University |
| 09:55-10:10 | Sreya R Nambiar Selected speaker |
Urban Impacts on Avifaunal Community of Kannur Dist., Kerala, India |
| 10:10-10:25 | Md Saharik Joy Selected speaker |
Urbanization, Vegetation Loss, and Biophilic Sustainability: A Geo-Statistical Investigation in Kolkata Metropolitan Area |
| 10:25-10:40 | Gang Ling Selected speaker |
Spatio-temporal urban noise exposure at metro station entrances: a city-scale 24-h study in Shenyang |
| 10:40-10:55 | Antonio Peña-Fernández Selected speaker |
Chromium In Urban And Peri-Urban Environments: Mushrooms And Soil As Biomonitoring Tools In Leicestershire, England |
| 10:55-11:10 | Wai Yie Leong Selected speaker |
Kuala Lumpur Climate Action Plan Implementation Analytics: Programme Effectiveness, Co-Benefits, and Equity |
| 11:10-11:25 | Ivana Sentić Selected speaker |
From Urban Memory to (Un)Sustainable Vegetation Concept |
DAY 3 - Afternoon
S2. Urban Environments and Sustainability
S3. Urban Economies and Resource Management
Date: 22 May 2026 (Friday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
S2. Urban Environments and Sustainability |
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| 14:00-14:20 | Prof. Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla Invited Speaker |
Bluebelts for Urban Sustainability: NYC's Nature-Based Stormwater Resilience |
| 14:20-14:35 | Mateusz Dudzik Selected speaker |
Cement mortars with the addition of ash from municipal waste incineration as part of the circular economy |
| 14:35-14:50 | Prof. Dr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude Selected speaker |
Evaluating the Synergy between Urban Agriculture and Local Resources |
Break |
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S3. Urban Economies and Resource Management |
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| 15:05-15:15 | Prof. Dr. Meldina Kokorović Jukan On Behalf of the Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Lori Pennington-Gray |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 15:15-15:35 | Prof. Dr. Meldina Kokorović Jukan Invited Speaker |
Urban Futures in Transition: Rethinking Economies, Resources, and Resilience |
| 15:35-15:55 | Prof. Dr. Umberto Berardi Invited Speaker |
Building envelope Thermal Performance during Concurrent Heatwave–Urban Heat Island Conditions Using a Citywide Local Climate Zone Analysis |
| 15:55-16:10 | Rutool Sharma Selected speaker |
Urban Land as a Financial Resource: Lessons from Land Value Capture in Ahmedabad (India) |
| 16:10-16:25 | Mariza Tzouvali Selected speaker |
Innovating DBL Business Models: Tokenomics, Smart Contract SLAs, Decentralised Knowledge Graphs and Smart Oracles |
| 16:25-16:40 | B.L.N.K. Madhurangi Selected speaker |
Urban Economic Spillover Networks: Micro-Level Evidence of Functional Urban–Rural Integration in Sri Lanka |
| 16:40-16:55 | Juan Jose Saldarriaga Selected speaker |
Feasibility study for solid waste management using smart waste bins in the municipality of Cuernavaca, Mexico |
| 16:55-17:10 | Nitin Rathee Selected speaker |
Regulatory Determinants of Urban Land Markets: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Impacts and Market Efficiency in India |
Closing Ceremony |
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| 17:10-17:20 | Prof. Dr. Jianming Cai Dr. Jieling Xiao Conference Chairs |
Closing Ceremony |