The 7th International Symposium for Next Generation Infrastructure (ISNGI 2021) invites academicians, practitioners from the infrastructure and utility industries, policy makers and other stakeholders to submit original research contributions, reviews and case studies pertaining to:

• the design, planning, financing, operation and management of next generation infrastructure• next generation infrastructure policy making and regulation• the research and innovation agenda for next generation infrastructure

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. To facilitate the submission process, please consider the following guidelines, information, tips, terms and deadlines mentioned:

• The word limit is 1500 words. The page limit is five, including tables and figures.• Your abstract should be submitted in English• The abstract should give clear insight into the purpose, methodology, results and conclusion(s) of the work• We encourage you to add a brief biography with the abstract

List of Topics

Smart and integrated infrastructures

• Systems of systems thinking
• Infrastructures independencies
• Intelligent infrastructure and data driven innovations
• Infrastructure aging and detoration
• Uncertainty modelling and propagation in infrastructure anlysis

Sustainable and reslielent infrastructure

• Infrastructure aging and detoration
• Adaptive infrastructure planning
• Sustatinable infrastructure
• Infrastructure in the circulair society
• Infrastructure development in the face of climate change
• Governance of infrastructure in transition
• Infrastructure and urbaniszation
• Climate change, infrastructure and cities

Valuing and financing infrastructure

• Impact journey/ measuring the value of infrastructure
• Funding and financing infrastructure
• Historical dimension of infrastructure
• Resilient infrastructure
• Infrastructure in the circular economy
• Assessement of infrastructure investment projects

The list is not limitative. Orginial research contributions in other relevant topic areas will be welcomed, espacially if they addres the cross-sector and interdisciplinary complexity of infrastructure systems.

Publication policy

Authors of selected abstracts/papers may be invited to submit their paper for a special issue of one of the following peer-reviewed international journals:

•  ICE journal Smart Infrastructure and Constructrion (SMIC)
•  Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (Taylor & Francis Online)

Committees

Program Committee

• Annik Fet
• Brian Collins
• Chris Barrett
• Geert Deconinck
• Giovanni Azzone
• Jens Ivo Engels
• Jim Hall
• Joanne Leach
• Marcelo Masera
• Margot Weijnen
• Marjolein Dohmen
• Martin de Jong
• Nick Tyler
• Pablo Bereciartura
• Paolo Gardoni
• Pascal Perez
• Ralitsa Hiteva
• Tom Dolan
• Wijnand Veeneman
• Zofia Lukszo 

Organizing committee

• Margot Weijnen
• Wijnand Veeneman
• Aernout van der Bend

Venue

The conference will be held in The Netherlands.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to ISNGI2021@nginfra.nl