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About the CITAA 4th Edition:

Recently, great attention has been raised to the transformation of our cities, which has been directed to the field of urban studies. The identity of cities has become a serious issue for many countries at present. That's why; the role of organizations and governments has become to maintain and fix architectural buildings in order to save their heritage.

It is easy to identify a city's identity by looking at its vocabularies that could be embodied through its architecture and arts, where they are the platforms of cultural, traditional, historical and economic aspects. With each city's unique identity, the impact is left behind and history is made. They identify the part of history that defines our past, shapes who we are today, and who we are likely to become in the future. Once we ignore the meaning of our traditions, we're in danger of damaging the underpinning of our identity.

Investigating these diverse approaches taken in both fields; architecture and contemporary art; this conference will discuss how historical cities are going to change in the future and how architecture and arts are to be preserved. It will also discuss the cities' self-identity, how this identity could be affected over the upcoming years as well as how the architecture and contemporary arts of cities could affect its identity.

In this context, IEREK organizes this conference to discuss several topics regarding different vocabularies. For instance, the sacred architecture, heritage buildings, open spaces, landmarks, the street escapes, etc.; all of them have direct influences at the cities' form. The cities' form also receives the indirect impact from the citizens themselves, such as their culture that accordingly depends on the art, which could be seen and embodied through moral, painting, media, digital art, and sculpture. It then discusses the fundamental elements that have the full resilience and responsibility of the identity of the cities.

Following the success of the first, second and third international conferences on "Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts", the Fourth Edition of the conference will be held from the 14^th to the 16^th  of Dec,  2020. Benefit from an opportunity and exchange knowledge with experts in this field.

This conference also welcomes research papers that includes different case studies that present many solutions of activating the concept of the responsibility of architecture and arts on the development of our cities. It is an important initiative, which presents a new approach that depends on the available features of cities and how planners and decision-makers use these resources of the cities' features as the thread tip in solving the urban problems that our cities are facing.

All accepted papers of the fourth Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) after the peer-review process will be either published as chapters in the Book Series “Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation” (ASTI) by Springer or in The International Journal of Academic Research Community Publication (ARChive) online by IEREK Press.

• 1. Identifying and Shaping Cities and formation

  1.1 Religion, Culture and The City

  1.2 City Structure, Features, and Elements

  1.3 The City's Image and Self-Identity

  1.4 Transition to Smart and Cities: Structure and Transformation

  1.5 Advances in Technologies of City Planning and Development

  1.6 Urban Growth, Morphology, and its Impact on Cities Identity

  1.7 New Development in Urban Design and Shaping the City and its Culture

  1.8 The Influences of City Elements and Vocabularies in the City Form and Development

• 2. Heritage Arts: Sustainability, Identities and Public Regulations

  2.1 Cultural Heritage Protection Conservation and Reuse

  2.2 Ideologies and Movements: Shaping the City and its History

  2.3 Visuals Arts Role in Documenting Architectural Heritage

  2.4 Branding the City Heritage Identities and Sustainable Heritage

  2.5 Public Regulations and Efforts in Heritage Conservation

  2.6 Mapping Cities Vocabularies: Ecological Approach of Conservation Projects

  2.7 The Correlation between Architecture and Arts and Conservation of Cities Vocabularies

  2.8 The Role of Heritage Sites in Driving the City Fabrics

• 3. Contemporary Arts: City Visual Arts and Visualization

  3.1 Visuals in Architectural Heritage in Modern Era

  3.2 Future of Our Past: Archeology is Yesterday's Visual Arts for today

  3.3 Visual Arts Role in Documenting Architectural Heritage

  3.4 Art, Music, Interaction Visualization Media and its Impact on Human

  3.5 The Dialogue between Ancient and Contemporary Visuals

  3.6 Cultural Spaces and Landscapes in Contemporary Arts

  3.7 Artistic Heritages and its Impact on Contemporary Arts

  3.8 Contemporary Art in Reviving Modern and Historical Cities

• 4. Development of Cities’ vocabularies

  4.1 Planning for Sustainable Context of Re-discovering Heritage Vocabularies

  4.2 The Future of Cities Art, Architecture, and Historical Cities

  4.3 Architecture and Arts in Cultural Transformation Age

  4.4 Shaping and Transformation of Successful Case Studies

  4.5 Policies and Guidelines for Planning and Transformation of Cities

  4.6 Best Practices for Dealing with Historical Areas and Buildings

  4.7 Historic Conservation and Economic Plans for Sustainable Tourism

  4.8 Cultural Spaces Development and Landscapes in Contemporary Arts

All accepted papers of the fourth Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) after the peer-review process will be either published as chapters in the Book Series “Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation” (ASTI) by Springer or in The International Journal of Academic Research Community Publication (ARChive) online by IEREK Press.

The ASTI Book Series by Springer is by highly professional members of an International Editorial Board to ensure a high-quality publication material to be eventually published online and printable.

The ASTI Book Series will be submitted for indexation in Web of Science (ISI), EI-Compendex, and Scopus databases.

Note that only authors of accepted papers who will register before the deadline of 12 September 2019 will be allowed to present during the conference sessions (see Important Dates and Conference Fees). 

• The proceedings of the 2^nd Conference of Cities Idenitity Through Architecture and Arts, (2^nd CITAA) are published in the ASTI book titled “Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts” published by Springer. As for the rest of the proceedings they are published online in the international journal of Proceedings of Science and Technology (Resourceedings).
• The 3rd Edition of the Conference had the ISBN "978/977-85525-2-2" and the proceedings will be published in the ASTI Book titled "Cities’ Vocabularies, The Influences and Formations" published by Springer.

If you are not sure whether you or one of your co-authors will be able to attend the conference, you should bear in mind that there is a fee to be paid for Audiences (Co-authors, Learners, and Interests). The accepted paper will not be included in the conference proceedings without paying the fee (see Conference Fees for more details). A research paper fee allows only one author, whether main or co-author, to attend the conference and receive only one copy of the conference proceedings book in both hard and soft copies. Extras can be requested for a fee shown below.

The proceedings of the 4th Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) will consist of many sections (or Parts), edited by a group of highly esteemed professors from our scientific committee.

For IEREK's Provious Publications, Please Click here

- Cities' Identity through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) – 1st Edition held in Cairo, Egypt in May, 2017.

Taylor & Francis

Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Cities' Identity through Architecture and Arts (CITAA 2017), May 11-13, 2017, Cairo, Egypt

Publication Link: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351680332

IEREK Press

The Academic Research Community (ARChive)

Vol 1, issue #1 (2017): Proceedings of the first international conference on: Cities' Identity through Architecture and Arts

Publication link: https://press.ierek.com/index.php/ARChive/issue/view/10/showToc

- Cities' Identity through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) – 2nd Edition held in Cairo, Egypt in September, 2018.

Springer

Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) Series.

Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts

(Selected Papers) Publication link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-14869-0

IEREK Press

The Academic Research Community (ARChive)

Vol 3, issue #4 (2019): Proceedings of the 2nd international conference: Cities’ Identity Through Architecture and Arts

Publication link: https://press.ierek.com/index.php/ARChive/issue/view/34/showToc

- Cities' Identity through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) – 3rd Edition held in University of Pisa, Italy in September, 2019.

Springer

Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) Series.

Cities’ Vocabularies, The Influences and Formations

(Selected Papers) Publication link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-51961-2

- Cities' Identity through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) – 4th Edition held online in collaboration with the University of Pisa, Italy in December 2020.

Springer (In Progress)

Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) Series.

Cities' Identity Through Architecture and Arts - Edition 2

(Selected Papers) Publication link: https://link.springer.com/book/9783030994792

- Cities' Identity through Architecture and Arts (CITAA) – 5th Edition held online in collaboration with the University of Pisa, Italy in December 2021.

Springer (In Progress)

Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) Series.

Cities’ Identity and the Silkroad Tourism and Heritage Development

(Selected Papers) Publication link: In Progress

- English will be the official language.

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Delegates in any event who cancel their registration due to special circumstances will receive refunds according to the following:

With success, the third edition of international conference on Cities Identity through Architecture & Arts (CITAA) was organized and held in the University of Pisa of Italy from the 11^th and until the 13^th of September 2019.

Covering an array of topics, the conference discussed the influence of Architecture and the Arts in shaping the identities of cities as well as their influence on the quality of life. Concepts of City Identity and Branding, Urban Growth and Development, Spatial Transformation, Conservation of Heritage, Tourism and more were topics of discussion and research.

Opening Session

An opening ceremony marked the start of the conference, which included a 'greetings and communications' session by the institutions during which words were given by:

Prof. Ing. Alberto Landi, the president of the School of Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.

Prof. Luca Lanini, D.E.S.T.E.C, Department of Energy Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.

Prof. Ferdinando Trapani, Department of Architecture, University of Palermo, Italy & Coordinator of Academic Support between IEREK and Italian Universities.

Dr. Mourad Amer, PhD, President and CEO of IEREK.

Prof. Francesco Molinari, Department of Architecture, University of Florence & Conference Chair

Following the eloquence with which they delivered their messages, our keynote speakers then drove the conference’s main theme by delivering their lectures:

Prof. Francesco Molinari, International Researcher & Project Manager: Innovation in Culture & ICT relationship

Prof. Edmond Manahasa, Department of Architecture, Epoka University: "A new approach in defining urban identity"

Prof. Luca Lanini, D.E.S.Te.C., Università di Pisa: “Designing the Future. Art, Architecture and City in the Work of Ivan Leonidov”

Prof. Elisabetta Di Stefano, Department of Humanities, Università di Palermo: "City's Identity and Aesthetics of Atmospheres"

Valentina Gensini, Director of the Contemporary Art Centre Le Murate. Progetti Arte Contemporanea, Florence: "Uncomfortable Heritage: Le Murate and the RIVA Project as experiences of urban re-appropriation"

Conference Parallel Sessions

Held in parallel to one another, the sessions were split into 5 sessions over a duration of two days as follows:

Session 1: The City’s Image and Self-identity
Moderators: Prof. Valerio Cutini, Prof. Luca Lanini

Session 2: Urban Growth & Design: Its Impact on the City’s Image
Moderators: Prof. Mario Giorgio Bevilacqua, Prof. Ferdinando Trapani

Session 3: Local Architecture & Shaping the City’s Identity
Moderators: Prof. Lina Malfona, Valentina Gensini

Session 4: Urban Morphology & Spatial Transformation
Moderators: Prof. Elisabetta Di Stefano, Dr. Arch. Ludovica Marinaro

Session 5: Conservation of Urban Heritage Areas
Moderators: Prof. Francesco Alberti, Dr. Arch. Giovanni Pescarmona

Closing Session

The Plenary session of the conference was concluded with an enlightening Lecture delivered by the conference chair, prof. Francesco Alberti, with the title of “Life between Monuments: Local Identity & Global Tourism in the Historic Neighborhood of San Lorenzo in Florence”. The final session then incorporated a general discussion of the presented research as well as final remarks and future plans by the session moderators, conference chair and keynote speakers. A final ceremony and delivery of the certificates was held in gratitude of the informative contributions made by the attendees.

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Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) is a series of peer-reviewed books based on the best studies on emerging research that redefines existing disciplinary boundaries in science, technology, and innovation (STI) in order to develop integrated concepts for sustainable development. The series is mainly based on the best research papers from various IEREK and other international conferences or direct submissions and is intended to promote the creation and development of viable solutions for a sustainable future and a positive societal transformation with the help of integrated and innovative science-based approaches. Offering interdisciplinary coverage, the series presents innovative approaches and highlights how they can best support both the economic and sustainable development for the welfare of all societies. In particular, the series includes conceptual and empirical contributions from different interrelated fields of science, technology, and innovation that focus on providing practical solutions to ensure food, water, and energy security. It also presents new case studies offering concrete examples of how to resolve sustainable urbanization and environmental issues. The series is addressed to professionals in research and teaching, consultancies and industry, and government and international organizations. Published in collaboration with Springer, the IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development will acquaint readers with essential new studies in STI for sustainable development.

Publication:

Publishing your paper with a reputable and renowned publisher is necessary to maintain the high quality standards of the scientific process along with retaining your copyright. It is even more advantageous to increase the exposure of your paper to the rest of the scientific community either online, offline, or in both versions.

All of the papers present in the book either belong to the best research papers in IEREK’s conferences or the authors’ direct submissions.Fees for direct submission: - The revision process: 200$ (nonrefundable)- Once the paper is accepted and approved: 200$.

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