Smart Sustainable Cities 2025: Pioneering Novel Frontiers for Green Urban Living
Thank you!
A heartfelt thank you from the Conference Secretariat for all your contributions to SSC 2025, and making it an enlightening three days filled with field-current talks and inspiring discussions!
The event recordings are now available to all completed registrants on this page, below.
Please also find information on the Conference Special Issue and instructions on how to submit your full manuscript in the section below!
For any other inquiries, feel free, of course, to reach out to the Secretariat inbox at smartcities2025@mdpi.com.
We thank you once more, and hope to see you in the next edition!
the chairs
Dear esteemed colleagues and conference attendees,
We are delighted to announce the Smart Sustainable Cities 2025 Conference, an event dedicated to pioneering novel frontiers for green urban living. As the Chairs of this conference, we are honored to host a diverse meeting of opinion leaders, researchers, industry experts, and policymakers around the globe.
The rapid evolution of cutting-edge technologies (artificial intelligence, networks, sensors, vehicles, metaverse…) presents unprecedented opportunities and challenges for urban environments. Our mission is to explore these frontiers, fostering innovative solutions that improve the sustainability, efficiency, and habitability of our cities. This conference serves as a platform for the exchange of front-line research, groundbreaking ideas, and practical insights that will shape the future of urban living.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with a rich program that includes five technical tracks covering the most relevant topics of Smart Sustainable Cities: Digital, Urban Operations, Mobility, Infrastructure, and Community. These tracks will include keynotes from renowned experts, panel discussions, and technical sessions.
The first conference’s theme, ‘Pioneering Novel Frontiers for Green Urban Living,’ underscores the critical role of technology in addressing urban challenges and promoting sustainable development. By harnessing the power of smart technologies, we can create cities that are not only more resilient and inclusive but also more responsive to the needs of their inhabitants.
On behalf of the organizing committee, we wish you a productive and inspiring experience at the Smart Sustainable Cities 2025 Conference. Together, let us chart a course toward a brighter, more sustainable urban future.
The Conference Chairs,
Javier Prieto and Pierluigi Siano
Smart Sustainable Cities 2025 Chairs
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Carmen Ruiz
Sponsoring Opportunities
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Meet Our Chairs
BISITE Research Group, University of Salamanca, Spain;Prof. Prieto earned his PhD in Information and Communication Technologies and the Extraordinary Performance Award for Doctorate Studies from the University of Valladolid in 2012. Since 2007, he has worked in different public and private research centers such as the Foundation Center for the Development of Telecommunications of Castilla y León (CEDETEL), the University of Valladolid (Spain), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prof. Prieto has also served as a distinguished researcher at the University of Salamanca. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Automation of the University of Salamanca. He is also a member of the Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL). <br><br> Prof. Prieto serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the IoT Section of the Smart Cities journal and as an associate editor for the IEEE Communications Letters, Frontiers in Public Health, and Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing journals. Senior Member of the IEEE, he is the chair of the IEEE Communications Society and Signal Processing Society Joint Chapter, and the Coordinator of the IEEE Blockchain Spain Local Group.
Department of Management and Innovation Systems, University of Salerno, Italy;Pierluigi Siano (M’09–SM'14) received his M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and his Ph.D. in information and electrical engineering from the University of Salerno, Italy, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. <br><br> He is a Full Professor of Electrical Power Systems and the Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory with the Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno.<br><br> His research activities are centered on demand response, energy management, the integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids and electricity markets, and the planning and management of power systems. <br><br> In these research fields, he has co-authored more than 800 articles, including more than 400 international journals that received more than 22800 citations in Scopus with an H-index equal to 73. In 2019, he was announced as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering by the Web of Science Group. He has been the Chair of the IES TC on Smart Grids.<br><br> He is an Associate Editor for the Power & Energy Society Section of IEEE Access, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IEEE SYSTEMS and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Smart Cities.
Important Dates
3 Dec
2024 (23:59 AoE)
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4 Mar
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4 Mar
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Meet Our Speakers
AETHON Engineering, Athens, Greece;Mr. Papacharalampous has been working in the field of transportation data analysis and transportation engineering research since 2012, publishing numerous scientific papers and participating in many international conferences as a presenter. His thesis at Delft University of Technology was one of the first to utilize commercial GSM datasets for transportation analysis. <br><br> In 2016, he founded AETHON Engineering, an engineering firm specializing in research and innovation projects for smart cities, sustainable mobility, public transport, logistics, traffic safety, and automated vehicle technologies, where he currently serves as CEO. They have built and worked projects in Europe and Greece, as well as privately funded initiatives including several Horizon Europe projects, collaborating with partners across the continent. <br><br> Prior to this, Mr. Papacharalampous was a researcher at TUD performing transportation modeling for TOYOTA in the field of automatic vehicles (application of ADAS) and data analytics at the Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Metropolitan Studies.
Mr. Aitor Brazaola-Vicario
Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Bizkaia (Derio), Spain;Aitor Brazaola-Vicario holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Deusto. After working as a software developer, he joined CERN in 2017 before shifting to industrial cybersecurity in 2019 at ITP Aero. <br><br> He is now conducting research on quantum cryptography and QKD networks at Tecnalia Research & Innovation.
Password: ssc2025registered
DAY 1
Part 1
Part 2
DAY 2
DAY 3
A reminder that all interested in Smart Sustainable Cities 2025 are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue in the journal Smart Cities, to be published after the event! Click the button below for details on the SI and how to submit.
Smart Cities is indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), Inspec, AGRIS, and other databases, and has an Impact Factor of 7.0 (Q1) and a 5-year Impact Factor of 6.1 (2024).
The Special Issue, titled "Smart Sustainable Cities: Pioneering Novel Frontiers for Green Urban Living," will showcase the cutting-edge research presented at the conference, and is a broadly reaching platform with which to share your findings with a diverse readership in the Smart Cities community.
20% Discount on Publication Fees for Attendees of Smart Sustainable Cities 2025
Attendees are eligible for a 20% reduction in publication fees when submitting to the Special Issue.
Please note that other discounts can be used in conjunction with the attendee fee reduction.
SSC 2025 will be held on the comprehensive online conference platform, ClickMeeting.
How do I Join the Conference?
Once you are registered for the conference, you will receive your personalized join link through email, with the subject Your online event invitation for "Smart Sustainable Cities 2025".
Joining the conference will be as easy as clicking the "Join" button and entering the password enclosed in the same email.
You can also join directly from the SSC 2025 main page you are on now—scroll up to find the SSC 2025 Conference Room (You will need to be logged in to an account with a completed registration to see it).
How Do I Set Up My Camera and Microphone?
After joining the event and choosing to use either the browser or app version of ClickMeeting, you will see the following screen:
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Select the correct video and audio device you want to use from the dropdown menu. The video device is your webcam, and the audio device is your microphone.
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Once your devices are correct, click the red camera and microphone buttons to turn on your camera and mic for testing.
What Are the Buttons on the Main Interface?
Here are some of the main features of the primary interface when you join the conference:
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Settings: This is where you are able to change your video and audio device if you become unmuted as an attendee.
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Reactions: You can raise your hand for a question, react with an emote, or indicate that you need assistance with something here.
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Chatbox: This is where you can chat with your fellow attendees, ask questions to the presenter, or reach out to the Organizing Team.
If you encounter any issues whatsoever, let the event staff know in the chat box!
When you are given speaker permissions (for example, when asking a question live or if it is your turn to present), the interface will change to give you new options. Important features of these are:
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Camera/Microphone: These buttons toggle your camera and microphone on or off, respectively.
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Share Screen: Click this to bring up a window where you select which application you would like to share to the audience; presenters will use this to share their presentations.
Presenters, always check to make sure your camera and mic aren't off!
Troubleshooting
Reserve your Spot at the Conference Now
Attendees will only be able to access the conference if they have a completed registration; register now to secure your spot at SSC 2025!
Kindly note:
- Posters will be screen-shared to attendees from your own device.
- Poster Presenters will have their own timeslot to present their posters to the audience during the Poster Session, with Q&A opportunities every few posters.
- Posters will be displayed shortly on this page to only users with completed registrations to the conference; please send your poster presentations to smartcities2025@mdpi.com.
- Please check the List of Posters below for your specific presentation time during your Poster Session.
Poster Session A
Posters: A1 – A14
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 | 14:30–16:00 CET
Poster Session B
Posters: B1 – B13
Thursday, 6 March 2025 | 14:30–16:00 CET
Please ensure that your poster abides by the following guidelines:
• Includes title, authors, contact details, and main findings of your research, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
• Size in pixels: 1080 width x 1536 height—portrait orientation
• Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height—portrait orientation
• Font size: ≥16
The session for each poster, along with the poster numbers, titles, and presenting author, can be found below. Please contact us if there are any details for your presentation that need to be changed (last updated on 20 February 2025).
Click on the icon below to view and download the List of Posters.
