Wales International Conference on Urban Air Mobility 2026
Wales International Conference on Urban Air Mobility 2026
People, Innovation, and Sustainability in Future Air Mobility
31 July 2026
9 August 2026
3 September 2026
Urban Air Mobility, Sustainable Transport, Innovation, Life Cycle Assessment, Circular Economy, Sustainability
The WIC 2026 is Now OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Instructions for authors are available online.
Submit your abstracts HERE.
Registration for free HERE.
For any inquiries, please contact us at wic2026@mdpi.com.
Welcome from the Chair
On behalf of the organising committee, it is our great pleasure to welcome you to the Wales International Conference on Urban Air Mobility 2026, hosted by the University of South Wales in Cardiff.
As emerging air mobility technologies continue to develop, Urban Air Mobility is becoming far more than a technical aviation issue. It is increasingly a multidisciplinary challenge involving innovation, sustainability, regulation, business models, infrastructure, workforce transformation, public acceptance, and regional development. This conference has been established to provide a platform for bringing these perspectives together in a meaningful and constructive way.
Under the theme “People, Innovation, Sustainability: Building the Business of Future Air Mobility,” the conference aims to foster dialogue between academia, industry, policymakers, and wider stakeholders on how future air mobility can be developed responsibly and effectively in Wales, the UK, and beyond.
The conference will adopt a hybrid format, combining an in-person event in Cardiff with online academic sessions, to encourage both direct engagement and broad international participation. Through keynote speeches, academic discussions, industry dialogue, and publication opportunities, we hope this event will stimulate new ideas, build lasting collaborations, and contribute to the advancement of sustainable urban air mobility research and practice.
We are sincerely grateful for your interest, support, and participation. We very much look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event and to sharing inspiring conversations on the future of air mobility.
With best wishes,
Dr. Tiansheng Yang
Conference Chair
South Wales Business School, University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK
Guest Editor, Journal of Urban Science Special Issue on Sustainable Urban Air Mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems
Conference Chair
South Wales Business School, University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK,
Guest Editor, Journal of Urban Science Special Issue on Sustainable Urban Air Mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems
Advisory Committee
Professor Ken Peattie
Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Professor Carolyn Strong
Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Dr. Giovanna Comerio
University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK
International Scientific Committee
Intelligent Energy Innovation College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), Shanghai, China
Jie Wang is an Assistant Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on the control and operation of grid-forming renewable energy storage systems. He has published over 20 academic papers in prestigious journals and international conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Proceedings of the CSEE, and the IEEE PES General Meeting. Among these publications, two are in CAS Region 1 journals, one is an ESI Highly Cited Paper (top 1% globally), and 13 are indexed by EI. He received the IET PRG Best Conference Paper Award. He has filed 12 invention patents, of which 7 have been granted. He has received the Special Grade Award for Scientific and Technological Progress of Shandong Province (2025), the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of Shanghai (2025), the First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the China Electrotechnical Society (2024), the Special Grade Award for Scientific and Technological Progress of the Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (2024), and the Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress of the State Grid Corporation of China. He served as a Session Chair for the PandaFPE 2023 and CFEEE 2025 conferences, and as an Invited Guest Editor for journals including Electronics.
Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. PhD and postdoctoral training completed at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Research focuses on oncogene-driven tumorigenesis and targeted therapy, with an emphasis on elucidating the key mechanisms by which tumor microenvironmental features (matrix stiffening, hypoxia, and metabolic reprogramming) regulate malignant proliferation and immune suppression. Over 40 SCI papers published, including more than 20 as first or corresponding author, in top-tier journals such as Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Journal of Advanced Research, Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, and Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. Principal investigator of two projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund and General Program), as well as multiple grants including the Fundamental Research Funds of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Exploration Project), Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Clinical Application Project, and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Academic appointments include Member of the Integrated Oncology Committee, Zhejiang Anti-Cancer Association; Scientific Editor of Military Medical Research; Young Editorial Board Member of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International; and Guest Associate Editor for special issues of Frontiers in Genetics.
Professor Ahmad Jamal is Professor of Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. His research focuses on consumer behaviour, marketing strategy, culturally diverse marketplaces, consumer identity, acculturation, tourism and hospitality experiences, and the impact of emerging technologies on consumption practices. He has published widely on ethnic marketing, consumer culture, faith-based consumption, digital platforms, AI-enabled services, and service experiences. Professor Jamal also serves as Deputy Head of Section for Teaching and Learning in the Marketing and Strategy Section.
College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China
Professor/Doctor, Doctoral Supervisor. Currently serves as the Dean of the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at Suzhou University of Science and Technology. Director of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Building Energy Conservation, Director of Suzhou Key Laboratory of New Technologies and Cross-Application of Artificial Intelligence, Director of Suzhou Key Laboratory of Innovative Application of Blockchain Data Privacy Protection, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Major at our university, and Team Leader of Artificial Intelligence and Cross-Application. Jiangsu Province's "Six Major Talent Peaks" and Jiangsu Province's "333" Key Teacher Training Program candidate. Has visited the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado in the United States. Serves as a council member of the Suzhou Artificial Intelligence Society, a member of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence and the Jiangsu Association for Artificial Intelligence, and an executive member of the Bioinformatics Special Committee of the China Computer Federation.
Zhejiang University International Business School
Dr. Chao Li is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at Zhejiang University International Business School. He has been selected for the Zhejiang Provincial Youth Top Talent Program. He received his Ph.D. from Zhejiang University in 2019. He is currently the Program Director of the International Master of Data Science (iMDS) program at ZIBS. He has published over 50 papers in flagship journals and conferences, including IEEE COMST, TMC, TITS, TCSS, as well as ICML, NeurIPS, AAAI, ACL, and KDD. His research interests include multivariate time-series and spatio-temporal data modeling, with real-world applications in population mobility, transportation, wind power, and e-commerce.
Registration
The registration for WIC 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 3 September 2026.
Instructions for Authors
WIC 2026 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadline
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 31 July 2026.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 9 August 2026.
Please note:
An abstract acceptance email only confirms that your abstract has been accepted. Oral presentation invitations are determined separately by the conference chair, and you will receive an additional email with the presentation result.
If you do not have an account, please register at www.sciforum.net. After logging in, submit your abstract using the “Submit Abstract” button on the conference homepage. No template is required.
Abstract Requirements
1. Types of Submissions
- Accepted: Original research abstracts; systematic reviews or meta-analyses abstracts (must comply with PRISMA 2020).
- Not accepted: Narrative, scoping, comparative, perspective, opinion, or essay-style reviews.
2. Content Requirements
- Length: 200–300 words.
- Structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusions.
- Language: Clear, publication-ready English.
- Originality: Must be original and unpublished; previously published abstracts will not be considered.
3. Authorship
- The submitting author must ensure all co-authors approve the content.
- Authors may submit multiple abstracts, but only one abstract per author may be selected for an oral presentation.
1. Each abstract must designate one presenter. To change the presenter, please contact us after you receive the oral/poster presentation invitation.
2. Only live presentations are accepted.
3. Presenters who do not attend will not be eligible for awards or presentation certificates.
Authors are encouraged to prepare presentations using PowerPoint or equivalent software for online display alongside their abstract. If provided, slides will be presented directly on the conference website via the Sciforum.net slide viewer and should be prepared in the same format as a traditional conference presentation of research results. All slides must be converted to PDF format prior to submission to ensure accurate online display.
Each presentation should:
- Communicate the research question or objective, methodology, key results, and scientific novelty;
- Use a clear and logical structure, typically Introduction-Methods-Results&Discussion structure (IMRaD) or a field-appropriate alternative;
- Emphasize the relevance of the work;
- Support key findings with clear figures or tables where appropriate;
- Conclude with a critical interpretation of the results and their impact.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
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Contact Organisers
Dr. Tiansheng Yang
Email: wic2026@mdpi.com
For any inquiries, please feel free to contact us.
