The 6th Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS-2013) will be gathering in Istanbul, Turkey.

The 6th Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS-2013) will be gathering in Istanbul, Turkey, where two continents meet. Being inspired from the nature of the host city, the theme of ‘establishing bridges’ is selected as the overall theme of KCWS-2013. The summit, therefore, aims to bridge the knowledge gap in investing on sustainable and knowledge-based development and building successful cities of the knowledge era by bringing academicians, professional practitioners, civil servants and policy-makers of both prosperous and emerging knowledge cities of the world to share their knowledge and experiences with the summit delegates. Besides multidisciplinary keynote, academic and professional presentations, the summit will also provide hands-on exercises for the co-creation and exchange of knowledge through workshops and small group practice and discussion sessions in innovative formats. As part of the KCWS-2013, a PhD Consortium is also planned to provide postgraduate research students an invaluable opportunity to present, discuss and get feedback on their research projects from the international experts of their fields.

Summit Themes:

• Knowledge-based development  
• Knowledge-based urban development  
• Knowledge-based economy and value generation  
• Knowledge/creative/smart/ubiquitous/intelligent cities, regions and societies  
• Knowledge cluster, enterprise and organisations  
• Knowledge workers and creativity  
• Intellectual capital  
• Knowledge management  
• Expert systems for knowledge, firm and city management
• Urban and regional sustainable transportation
• Creativity, innovation technology and learning communities
• Globalisation, urban environment, processes and dynamics of cities
• Sustainable urban development, climate change and quality of life

*Other topics relevant to the Summit but not included in the list above will also be considered

Confirmed keynote and invited speakers

• Prof. Surinder Batra, Institute of Management Technology, India - (Knowledge villages)
• Prof. Javier Carrillo, Monterrey University of Technology, Mexico - (Knowledge based development)
• Asst. Prof. Blanca Garcia, Northern Borderlands Research College, Mexico - (Knowledge cities)
• Prof. Tommi Inkinen, University of Helsinki, Finland - (Regional innovation and development)
• Prof. Klaus Kunnzman, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany - (Knowledge and urban planning)
• Prof. Antti Lönnqvist, Tampere University of Technology, Finland - (Regional intellectual capital)
• Asst. Prof. Kostas Metaxiotis, University of Piraeus, Greece - (Regional knowledge management)
• Prof. Giovanni Schiuma, University of Basilica, Italy - (Intellectual capital of cities)
• Assoc. Prof. Tan Yigitcanlar, Queensland University of Technology, Australia - (Knowledge based urban development)

Abstract, special session and workshop proposal submission deadline:
15 February 2013