International Scientific Conference Smart and Sustainable Cities (SSC-2022)

Smart Urban Nature laboratory invites to take part in the international scientific conference, which will be held on July 20-22, 2022 at the Department of Landscape Design and Sustainable Ecosystems of the RUDN University. The conference will be held in a hybrid format, in-person and online participation is possible.

Scientists and experts in the field of ecology, nature management, soil science, and sustainable development are invited to participate. Conference topic is “Sustainable urban ecosystems: challenges and solutions”. The conference will be an open discussion platform that brings together not only the research community, but also municipal services, environmental protection agencies and organizations working in the field of urban management and landscaping.

Also within the Conference the Department of Landscape Design and Sustainable Ecosystems of RUDN University invites students, graduate students and young scientists to take part in the international summer school "Modeling, monitoring and management of urban green infrastructure and soils (3MUGIS)" (18 - 22 July 2022). Detailed information and registration are available on the summer school page.

Conference working language: English, Russian

Speakers:

● Ricardo Valentini (UNITUS, Italy / RUDN University, Russia)

● Peter Groffman (CUNY Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, USA)

● Maria Ignatieva (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)

● Ilya Zalivukhin (Yauza group, Russia)

● Yakov Kuzyakov (Georg-August University Goettingen, Germany / PFUR, Russia)

● Jean-Louis Morel (Lorraine University, France)

● Diana Dushkova (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany / PFUR, Russia)

● Alexander Chernokulsky (A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

● Denis Vinnikov (PFUR, Russia)

Program:

Sessions

➢ Healthy trees for sustainable cities: advances in monitoring, maintenance and management

➢ Urban climate, green infrastructures, and carbon neutrality

➢ Ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for urban planning

➢ Soil quality assessment for sustainable management of urban soil resources

➢ From environmental health to human health

Round tables

➢ Advances in carbon accounting: towards carbon neutrality

➢ Blue-green urban infrastructure multi-scale approach

➢ Open Living Labs and citizens science: a new way to understand urban environment

Deadlines:

June 10, 2022 – deadline for abstract submission;

June 20, 2022 - deadline for early bird registration;

July 15, 2022 - deadline for regular registration;

Registration and all details are available on the conference webpage - http://ssc-conf.org

Contacts:

Anastasia Konstantinova konstantinova-av@rudn.ru,

Maria Korneykova korneykova-mv@rudn.ru