May 2018

CIB Call for Papers

World Building Congres‘Constructing Smart Cities’

17 – 21 June, 2019 Hong Kong, China

We would like to inform you that the CIB WorldBuilding Congress 2019 will be held in Hong Kong from17 to 21 June 2019.
The Congress is jointly hosted by the International
Council for Research and Innovation in Building andConstruction (CIB) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic
University’s Department of Building and Real Estate(BRE).
Led by the theme ‘Constructing Smart Cities’, the CIBWorld Building Congress 2019 will provide a platform
to explore the smart city development and its role insociety. This triennial congress will focus on 8 subthemes:
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Smart Utilities and Facilities Management
Smart Governance, Policy and Economy
Smart Environment
Smart Service
Smart Buildings and Infrastructure
Smart Transportation and Mobility
Smart People and Living

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Smart Planning, Design and Construction
Building and construction industry specialists,
researchers, and policymakers will convene in Hong
Kong for the 5-day World Building Congress.
Local, regional and internationally renowned industry
specialists will deliver keynote talks, case studies anddynamic presentations to reveal the latest smartbuilding, construction and infrastructure trends,practices and developments.

Call for Papers
You are invited to submit your papers to this triennial
congress and be one of the speakers or poster
presenters at the event.
Deadline to submit Abstracts

15 June 2018

Abstract can be submitted via the website, here.
Contact details

The CIB World Building Congress is regarded as theleading construction research and innovation
conference worldwide. Panel discussions, workshops,
networking events, site tours, and lab visits will offer
participants invaluable opportunities to interact andmeet researchers, policymakers, and industry peersfrom across the globe and gain knowledge and insights
into creating the smarter and more sustainable citiesof the future.

For more information, please visit the website of theCongress: http://www.wbc2019.hk
or contact by email: cib.wbc2019@polyu.edu.hk

BRE is honoured to host this triennial congress in HongKong. BRE has a multi-disciplinary team of faculty
members who possess expertise in the respective
fields of surveying, engineering, town planning,building technology, real estate, finance, law andeconomics. BRE is recognized internationally for
research strengths and actively participates in a wide
variety of high-quality application-oriented research
projects and consultancies. Amongst these, according
to a 2014 research paper published by the Journal ofConstruction and Building Materials, BRE faculty
members and colleagues of other sister departments
within the Faculty of Construction and Environment,
top the world in terms of publications related toconstruction and building technology.
On behalf of both organisers, we would like to invite
you to the CIB World Building Congress 2019
‘Constructing Smart Cities’ in Hong Kong! This vibrantcity is the ideal location for such a renowned event.
Its geographical and economic position as a gateway
between the East and West makes it an unparalleleddestination for international trade.

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