Join Us at the 4th Edition of Improving Sustainability Concept In Developing Countries-ISCDC (6th to 8th April 2020) 

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Overview:

 - Improving Sustainability Concept in Developing Countries – 3rd Edition, which was held under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Education and Scientific Research in Egypt, and Mr. Mohamed Farid Khamis, Founder of El Shorouk Academy and the main sponsor of this conference. The conference was organized by The Higher Institute of Engineering in El-Shorouk Academy in cooperation with the League of Arab States, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), The Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), and The Center for Environment and Development for The Arab Region in Europe (CEDARE).

- The conference was held from the 13^th to the 15^th of December at JW Marriott Hotel Cairo, Egypt. It was chaired by Prof. Gouda Mohamed Ghanem (Vice Chairman of El Shorouk Academy– Egypt), and was organized by IEREK.

- The conference was held over 3 days, where the first day included 3 plenary sessions containing 10 lectures. The following 2 days included 10 scientific sessions and 6 specialized sessions. The attendees were around 250 people from 16 countries.

- The conference was held to reflect the new visions of dealing with sustainable development issues to improve the quality of life, promote prosperity for all, and preserve and sustain natural resources for future generations.

Opening Session and welcome speech

The opening session and welcome speech started with a documentary about El Shorouk Academy, followed by a speech by Prof. Gouda Mohamed Ghanem, the Vice Chairman of El Shorouk Academy & the Conference Chairman and another speech by General Dr. Ahmed Sayed Abdelreheem - Chairman of El Shorouk Academy.

Following that was the speech by Dr. Mourad Amer, IEREK’s CEO and founder, who spoke about IEREK’s services and advancement. Prof. Rob Roggema, who is a Professor of Sustainable Spatial Transformations at Hanz University, then spoke about smart & sustainable cities and the future of having both.

Other speakers in the opening session were:

- Ambassador Sha Zukang- Former UN Under-Secretary-General

- Dr. Bassem Fahmy- Representative of the manager of the regional office for Arab countries in the United Nations programme for human settlements.

- Dr. Abdullah Alsubil- Representative and general manager deputy of the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI).

- Ambassador Dr. Kamal Hassan Aly - Representative of secretary general and the assistant secretary general of the economic sector at the League of Arab States.

- Prof. Dr. Nadia Makram Ebeid, Executive Director of the Centre for Environment & Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE).

- Mr. Mohamed Farid Khamis.

- Prof. Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama- Secertary General of the Union of Egyptian Universities.

- Prof. Dr. Mohamed Shaker Elmarkaby - Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy.

- Prof. Dr. Khaled Abdelghaffar - Minister of Higher Education and scientific research.

Sessions:

The conference was divided into 4 axes:

The first axis: Water and Sewage Service

The second axis: New And Renewable Energies.

The third axis: Climate change and its effects

The fourth axis: Sustainable and Safe Human Cities and settlements

Every axis included sessions, and each one had its moderators and reporters.

The moderators of the axes were:

- Prof. Dr. Mohamed  Abdelsalam

- Prof. Dr. Eman Elazzazy

- Prof. Dr. Mohammed Saffiudin

- Prof. Dr. Elmoataz Youssef

- Prof. Dr. Magda Ekram

- Associate Professor/ Sherif Elwan

- Prof. Dr. Khaled Dwidar

- Prof. Dr. Raafat Shemis

Plenary Sessions:

Session 1: Water and sewage services- new and renewable energies

Session 2: Climate Change and its Effects

Session 3: Sustainable and Safe Human Cities and Settlements

The sessions were professionally moderated by:

Session 1:

- Prof. Hussein Elatfy - Vice president of the Arab Water Council

- Prof. Mohamed Abdelsalam Ashour

- Eng. Ehab Ismaeil Amin – Vice president of new and renewable energy authority

Session 2:

- Prof. Dr. Wael Eldegwy, Ex- Minister of higher education and scientific research.

- Ambassador/ Shahira Wahba, Deputy Manager of Environment, Housing and Water resources- League of Arab States.

- Prof. Dr. Hesham Alkassas, Dean of the Environment institute, Ain Shams University.

Session 3:

- Prof. Dr. Abdelmohsen Barrada, Ex-dean of the faculty of urban and regional planning - Cairo University

- Architect/ Hussien Algebaly- Ex-consultant of the Minister of housing and utilities and urban communities

- Prof. Dr. Samy Badreldin Serageldin, Professor of Architectural Design, Higher Institute of Engineering- Elshorouk Academy.

Specialized sessions were also carried in parallel. Three sessions were for the International Award for livable Communities, and the other three specialized sessions were named: The role of indicators and observatories in achieving the goals of sustainable development (AUDI), Resistance against climate change, and Global Release Conference of SCC Guidelines/SUC Forum.

The International Award for Livable Communities sessions were professionally moderated by:

- Prof. Dr. Yasser Sakr – Ex - President of Helwan University

- Prof. Dr. Khaled Dewidar

- Representative of International Award for livable Communities

The other three specialized sessions were moderated by:

AUDI:

- Dr. Abdullah Alsubil (AUDI) - KSA.

- Prof. Ghada Mamdouh

Resistance against climate change:

- Prof. Dr. Mahmod Abou Zaid

- Prof. Dr. Hussein El Atfy

Global Release Conference of SCC Guidelines/SUC Forum:

- Dr. Olfat Hamdy

Keynote speakers:

Every session also included keynote speakers that were distributed on the conference days

Session 1:

- Prof. Dr. Mohamed Omran - Financial regulatory authority Chairman

"The role of regulatory authorities for money markets in supporting the sustainable development goals 2030."

- Prof. Abdel Kawi Khalifa - Faculty of Engineering, Ain shams university (Egypt).

 “Sustainable Integrated Management for Water and Wastewater Sector”

- Prof. Mohammed Safiuddin, Research Professor, Emeritus, Electrical Engineering Department, University at Buffalo (USA).

“Global Renewable Energy Grid Project: Integrating Renewables via HVDC and Centralized Storage.”

Session 2:

-Prof. Dr. Ahmad Abdelhamid - University of Drexel, Philadelphia, USA

    Sustainable Design of Building Envelope

- Amb. Sha Zukang, former UN Under-Secretary-General

 “Development Processes and significance of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development “

- Dr. Ahmed Abdelreheem - The Center for Environment and Development for The Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE).

“Africa and Arab Region’s Changing Environment”

- Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Gar Elalm, ex- dean of the faculty of engineering - Mansoura University

“Political and legal arrangements for environmental assessment systems”

Session 3:

- Prof. Dr. Ashraf Salama - Head of the architectural department, University of Strathclyde, UK

    “The Triadic Relationship of Urban Qualities in Rapidly Growing Cities”

- Arab Hoballah, Chairman of LivCom Awards

“Developing Network and Building Livable Cities”

- Prof. Galal Abada- Senior advisor planning and design, MDA, KSA- Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, ASU, Egypt.

“Sustainable Urbanism in Local Contexts Towards Humanizing Public Places.”

- Engineer/ Khaled Sedeek- Executive Manager of slums development fund

- Dr. Mai Abdelhameed - Executive Manager Social housing fund and mortgage finance fund. “International Award for livable Communities1”

Other keynote speakers at the conference were:

- Ahmed Abdelreheem- Regional programme manager of knowledge management- CEDARE.

- Khaled Abozeid- Regional Water Resources Programme Manager- CEDARE.

- Dr. Tarek Abdelmoneim- Knowledge Management and Reporting Specialist (Regional Office for Arab States - ROAS).

The international award for livable communities discussed the projects:

- Kunming City

- Kunming Project

- Alexandria

- Nanniwan

- Madinah Project

- Quzhou City

- Madinah Project II

- Cheonju

- Sochi

- Jihlava

- Calgary

- Songdo

- Norwich

At the end of the awards session, Dr. Abdelaziz Sakr, IEREK's General Director thanked the participants and gave a speech about SUCI. 

Recommendations and Closing

Included awarding the prizes of the best research in each conference axis as follows:

General Dr. Ahmed Said Abdelreheem - Shorouk Academy President.

Prof. Dr. Gouda Mohamed Ghanem - Conference Chairman- Vice Chairman of El Shorouk Academy.

- Awards Ceremony of LivCom Awards

- Closing speeches:

Ms. Soha Farouk- Program Officer, the regional office of the Arab countries- United Nations Programme for Human Settlements.

Dr. Ahmed Abdelreheem- Regional manager of knowledge program. The Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE).

Dr. Abdullah Alsubil- Representative and general manager deputy of the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI).

Ambassador/ Shahira Wahba, Deputy Manager of Environment, Housing and Water resources- League of Arab States. “In which she extended her greetings and thanks to all those who contributed to the success of the conference and the role of IEREK in organizing the conference.”

Prof. Dr. Moataz Tolba- The Secertary General of The Conference, Dean of The Higher Institute of Engineering- Elshorouk Academy.

• 1. Sustainability concept in Architecture and Urban Design.
• 2. Sustainable low-cost Mobility.
• 3. Land use management.
• 4. Energy Consumption, Performance and Simulation in Buildings and Urban Spaces.
• 5. Energy in Design Process.
• 6. Sustainable Materials and Technologies.
• 7. Buildings’ Life Cycle Costs Assessment.
• 8. Energy Efficiency in (Heating – Cooling – Lighting).
• 9. Waste management and Water recycling.
• 10. Criticism in designs and planning.
• 11. Urban design and planning and climatology.
• 12. Building designs Treatments in hot arid zones.
• 13. Sustainable schools and educational buildings.
• 14. Sustainable Industry and low-cost freight transport.
• 15. Natural resources and environmental dimension.
• 16. Green areas and public spaces development.
• 17. Coastal areas development and internal sustainable tourism.
• 18. Environmental issues: assessment, management, and solutions.

Grand Nile Tower Hotel

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Instructions

- Each research paper should have one main author who should pay the full fee (author fees) regardless of attendance.

- Each co-author (1-5 max) has his/her own separate fees to pay as shown in a table below.

- 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.

Non-Egyptian Fees :

Egyptian Fees : (Online Payment N/A)

- Delegates in any event who cancel their registration due to special circumstances for any reason will receive refunds according to the following plan and according to the number of days from the start of the event:

EXCEPTION

A refund is not possible if

- An acceptance letter has been issued (Authors only)

- The proceedings of the event have been published (Authors only)

- All matters have been finalized (accommodation/travel expenses paid for)

Visa Rejection Cases

Documents to be issued by IEREK to acquire a visa are as follows:

* Final Acceptance Letter (Authors only)

* Visa Invitation Letter

* Invoice/proof of payment

We encourage all authors and attendees to ensure their having acquired all documents (those applicable) mentioned.

* Authors: may choose to let their co-author present his/her research on his/her behalf free of charge. If the author does not have a co-author, a member of the scientific committee shall present on the author’s behalf.

* Audience members/Registrants: will only be allowed to attend another similar event of their choosing that is organized by IEREK free of charge.

(Short Papers)

- IEREK provides you the English Review service; where we will be responsible for the language review process of your paper. This service will get your paper revised in terms of grammar, punctuation, and language structure; without changing the scientific content.

- This service will ensure you have the perfect language structure, to get your perfect paper published. This will help you increase the number of citations and make it easier for others access the information provided in your paper.

Fees for the editing process:

If you are interested in getting this service, please email us your paper on: [email protected]

- IEREK has an unyielding policy regarding plagiarism. We believe that copying/taking the ideas and work of other Authors without permission and credit, is fraudulent.

- The Reviewing committee and IEREK employees have the authority to reject a paper during its reviewing process,  on the basis of the paper being subjected to either minor or major plagiarism.

- Duplicating any content, even if it is one sentence or one table without the consent of its original Author, will lead to the paper’s refusal upon the complaint of the plagiarism victim.

Since conferences are the places where new science results are typically first presented so, it helps you sharpen the saw, meet experts & influencers face to face, learning in a new space, build your knowledge base, expand your resources and grow your professional network. Yet attending conferences organized by IEREK will not only helps you gain previous benefits but also can be very rewarding on the professional level due to below reasons:

1. Open Discussions: We bring together leading academic scientists to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of smart cities development. Furthermore, you get to converse with other researchers from different universities and countries. You learn from experts in the field. It is a great opportunity to find more about your field and listen to ideas that could help inspire research ideas of your own.

2. Internationally Accredited Certificate: The participants are granted internationally recognized certificates which will be added to their certificates of experience or could be presented to the official authorities concerned.

3. Publication: The conference proceedings will be published by one or more journals since authors can choose to publish their research paper either in "Resourceedings" international journal of science hosted by IEREK Press or "SSRN" by "ELSEVIER". Besides, high-quality manuscripts based on scientific committee evaluation will be published either in Environmental Sciences & Sustainable Development (ESSD) by IEREK Press or a book series by "Springer".

4. Research Technologies: Conferences also can expand your resources by providing a great opportunity to promote gathered information on new technologies related to your research. Moreover, they let you test them out, share teaching tools and techniques, or even obtain samples of textbooks.

5. Networking: Conferences help in networking which often increases your chances of collaboration in future projects. As you can engage with respectable professors and discuss with them the very latest research projects they could be working on.

6. Academic Reputation: Attending many conferences will make you a known figure in academic circles, not to mention the benefits for your C.V as it will create an impression that you are an active member of the academic community.

7. Conference Proceedings Material: Delegates will have the choice of receiving the conference proceedings as either a hardcover book or in digital format on a CD. The CD will additionally contain proceedings from previous conferences in this series.

8. Venue: Getting an overview of the place or city where the conference is being held and learning about its people and culture.

Moreover, all conference papers are archived online in the E-Library of IEREK‘s website where they are immediately and permanently available to the international scientific community.

- For participants who need Entry Visas, IEREK will issue a visa letter for applicants who are accepted to present at our conferences.

- Please notice that we will endeavor to assist you in obtaining a visa but the responsibility is yours and the decision rests solely with the appropriate embassy.

The 3rd international conference on improving sustainability concept in developing countries, organized by IEREK, is considered to be the important step in spreading science and knowledge through the participation of researchers from all around the world.

The main goal of this conference is to improve and enhance the quality of life and built environment in developing countries. This could be achieved through the outcomes of the conference in the treatment of all problems in saving energy, using renewable energy, and to use efficient building materials and other aspects that achieve the environmental efficiency.

Additionally, this conference emphasizes on using energy performance simulation in the design process of sustainability. Using simulation tools facilitate achieving accurate and new results for studying energy consumption in buildings for both new and existing buildings as well.

Architects, environmentalists, engineers, and stakeholders are all invited to participate and contribute to this conference in order to exchange knowledge and experience in one place. This will be a great chance that works in order to evolve our built environment and also update new approaches that contribute to improving sustainability in developing different communities. This conference will discuss topics such as sustainability concept In architecture and urban design, environmental issues, and natural resources and environmental dimension.

Partner Universities

Partnership with, both, the University of Molise and the University of Palermo of Italy. Certification by both universities, alongside IEREK's, will be offered to our authors by the end of the conference.