ICUC-11
11th International Conference on Urban Climate
Date
28 Aug - 1 Sept 2023
Duration
5 Days
Venue
UNSW Sydney
Important Announcement: COVID-19 Response
The ICUC Organizing Committee surveyed the urban climate community in Aug 2020 to ask how COVID may impact their ability to submit an abstract, attend the conference at proposed dates, possible future postponement dates, and what their preferences are for face-to-face versus virtual components. Overall, 217 responses were received from 45 different countries. The complete report of this survey can be found here.
As a conclusion of this survey and given the overwhelming response received, the conference will be postponed to August 28th - September 1st, 2023.
Overview
The International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) warmly invite you to the joint 11th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC11) to be held in Sydney, Australia, from August 28th to September 1st, 2023.
The ICUC meetings are preeminent events for the presentation of research on urban climate, at all scales. This conference brings together a diverse international community of researchers, urban planners and designers, and policymakers. The conference will provide an international forum where world-leading experts on urban climate can discuss modern developments in research alongside the application of climatic knowledge to the design of better cities.
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ICUC History
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP) both ran successful international conferences on urban climate between the 1960s-80s. In 1989, these endeavours came together in the form of joint meetings under the name International Conference on Urban Climatology (ICUC). The International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) assumed responsibility for these conferences in 2003 with the meeting in Lodz, Poland.
ICUC conferences are now held every 3 years and bring together more than 600 delegates from 55 countries.
We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney in 2022!
Year
Location
Proceedings
2018
New York, USA
2015
2012
Dublin, Ireland
2009
2006
Göteborg, Sweden
2003
Conference Chairs and Organisers
Co-chairs
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Organising Committee
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Scientific committee
Peter Armstrong, Khalifa University, UAE
Alexander Baklanov, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland
Ifeoluwa Balogun, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
Benjamin Bechtel, Universität Bochum, Germany
Brij Bhushan, Mewar University, India
Winston Chow, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Andreas Christen, Universität Freiburg, Germany
Matthias Demuzere, Universität Bochum, Germany
Mat Georgescu, Arizona State University, USA
Jorge Gonzalez, City College New York, USA
Sue Grimmond, University of Reading, UK
Akhilesh Gupta, Department of Science and Technology, India
Aya Hagishima, Kyushu University, Japan
Leena Järvi, University of Helsinki, Finland
Andreas Matzarakis, German Meteorological Service, Germany
Shiguang Miao, IUM, China
Ariane Middel, Arizona State University, USA
Gerald Mill, University College Dublin, Ireland
Chandana Mitra, Auburn University, USA
Dev Niyogi, Purdue University and University of Texas at Austin, USA
David Pearlmutter, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Amauri Pereira de Oliveira, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Chao Ren, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
David Sailor, Arizona State University, USA
Jennifer Salmond, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Nigel Tapper, Monash, Australia
Mukul Tewari, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Sofia Thorsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Helen Ward, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State University, USA
James Voogt, Western University, Canada
Sevgi YILMAZ, Atatürk University, Turkey
Important Dates
*Note dates are modified to reflect the new timeline for ICUC11 2022.
- Feb 21, 2022 - Special Call for sessions/workshops/panel discussions
- Aug 17, 2022 - Opening of Abstract Submission
- Nov 15, 2022 - Deadline for Abstract Submission
- Jan 25, 2023 - Acceptance of Abstract
- Mar 30, 2023 - Optional full paper and supplementary materials
- Aug 28 - Sep 1, 2023 - Conference Day
Session Theme
The organizing committee has identified six scientific streams for ICUC11, with each stream covering various sessions and plenaries. These streams include:
- Urban climate processes
- Urban climate methods
- Biometeorology & health
- Integrated assessments of urban climate
- Climate-conscious design and sustainable development
- Urban climate policy
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Urban climate processes
- Boundary layer and urban canopy layer processes
- Surface and subsurface urban processes
- Boundary-layer effects
- Urban hydrology
- Urban water management and urban flooding
- Urban air quality
- Pollutant dispersion in the urban canopy layer
- Urban greenhouse gas emissions and uptakes in cities
- Extreme weather and disasters in the urban environment
- Forecasting and impact assessment of extreme weather events in cities
- Influence of cities on precipitations and thunderstorms
Urban climate methods
- Modelling
- Multi-scale numerical studies of urban environments
- Cities in global- and regional-scale climate models
- Urban canopy parameterizations and models
- Observations
- New observational techniques to study urban climate
- Field campaigns, sensor and network development
- Urban remote sensing
- Wind tunnel and scale model outdoor experiments
- Urban climate informatics
- IoT sensing, Crowdsourcing, and Citizen Science
- Infilling urban climate networks with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
- Urban databases and city analytics
- Geospatial datasets
Biometeorology & health
- Methods, applications, and translational research
- Urban microclimate and comfort
- Indoor/Outdoor Thermal comfort
- Physiological impacts of urban heat
- Urban environmental health
Integrated assessments of urban climate
- Inter-scale interaction of urban phenomena and climate
- Urban climate and climate change
- Climate risks and vulnerabilities in urban systems
- Climate change mitigation & adaptation in urban systems
- Climate services for cities
- Integrated urban hydrometeorology, climate and environment systems and services
- Urban climate vulnerability in developing countries
- Urban living laboratories: use cases, successful implementation, and challenges
Climate-conscious design and sustainable development
- Climate-sensitive urban design and planning
- Building climates and energy
Urban climate policy
- Planning and Governance
- Knowledge transfer of urban climate
- Urban climate communication
- Climate-Informed decision-making in cities
- Boundary layer and urban canopy layer processes
Sponsors
Contact
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