The 3rd PC and the 10th SSMS International Conference

SSMS2015

26th- 27th October, 2015 in Bandung, Indonesia

Objective

Resilient Region, Resilient City

Planning concerns with various problems of regions and cities to create functional and better living conditions. It learns from the past and understands current situation to create a better future. Managing crises and uncertainty has become an important issue in planning. It even becomes part of main activities. In increasingly complex and interdependent world, nations and communities have to encounter rapid and unpredictable changes sometimes with detrimental social and economic impacts. In this situation, appropriate and innovative solutions have to be found to survive in the current and future economic and environment crises. Sound management of social systems has to be undertaken along with appropriate structural or technical solutions. To survive the crises, resiliency of regions and cities has become an important quest. It will determine ability to continue development and eventually to sustain societies in the developed and the developing worlds. With this background in mind, we call concerned planners, engineers, social scientists and practitioners to share ideas, knowledge, and experience for creating wider benefits for our societies in this joint conference. The ultimate goal of this conference is to create better understanding and synergy between proponents of regional and city planning and management of social systems.

Topics

1. Innovative Disaster Mitigation and Management
– Mega Disasters and Challenges
– Disaster Early Warning, Preparedness, Prevention, and Response & Recovery
– Pre and/or Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Planning and Management
– Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Planning -Disaster Risk Financing
– Business Continuity Planning

2. Environmental Planning and Management
– Climate Change and Environmental Management -Sustainable Regions and Cities
– Green City and Carbon Reduction for resilient city
– Urban sprawl management
– Deforestation and Land degradation

3. Infrastructure Planning and Management -Infrastructure Management and Materials
– Construction Management and Dispute Resolution
– Asset Management, Information Management and Water Resource Management
– Transportation management
– Social systems management

4. Food and Energy Security
– Energy Conscious City
– Urban Farming
– Rural-Urban Transformation and Land Conversion

5. Regional/City Planning and Management -Entrepreneurship and New Business Creation -Regional-Revitalization
– Zoning Regulation in the City
– Tourism Planning
– Inclusive development
– Resiliency and Poverty

6. Methods and Tools in Resilient City and Region
– ICT for Resiliency
– GIS and Remote Sensing
– Smart City and Region
– Social based method for resilient city

7. Institution and Finance
– Innovative Enhancement Capacity
– Adaptive Forms and Behaviors
– Policy and budgeting for resilient city
– CSR and NGO’s contributions and International Cooperation

Place

Bandung, Indonesia

Venue

Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) – Click to visit –

Important dates

• Deadline for 300-word Abstract: 15th April 2015
• Notice of Acceptance: 15th May, 2015
• Deadline for Full Paper/ Extended abstract: 15th September, 2015
• Registration Deadline: 15th September, 2015

Paper

Prospective authors are expected to submit either full paper or extended abstract. Authors can choose the type of paper when they register on the web. Regardless of your paper type, you need to submit your 300- word abstract by the abstract submission deadline(15th April, 2015)

• Extended Abstract: 2 pages
• Full Paper: 6 to 12 pages

Format is available here.

All the full papers submitted at the symposium will be reviewed by reviewers selected by SSMS. The authors who submit 2-page extended abstracts are also entitled to make presentation at SSMS2015. They are also allowed to submit their full paper after the symposium for reviewing.

Abstract Submission

Prospective authors (Include those who submit extended abstracts) are invited to submit abstracts (around 300 words in English) by 15th April, 2015 All the authors need to create their account on the society website to register themselves as participants. Authors can submit their abstruct from a green icon “Abstruct submission” on the right side of this page.

Official Language

English

How to register

You can register yourself by opening your web account on SSMS website. Regardless your participation type, both authors and general participant (audience) need their own web account.

On your account, you can:

• see the status of your registration
• make registration fee payment by credit card
• abstract submission
• full paper / extended abstract submission
• re-submit modified paper (before deadline)

When you create your account for the first time, E-mail will be sent to you with ID and Password you chose. Please keep your ID and Password to login.

Registration Number

Each registered participant will have 4 digit registration number. This number is regarded as your ID number and also used for paper serial code.

Change and Cancellation

If you wish to make changes of your participation type or cancel your participation, please contact SSMS2015 organizing committee secretariat since participants can not modify once registered information by themselves.

E-mail: ssms@kochi-tech.ac.jp

Contact: Saki HAMAMURA, Mari YAMASAKI

TEL: +81 (0) 887 53 1130

Registration Fees

Regular registration fee (before 15th September, 2015): 300 US$

Late registration fee (After 16th September, 2015): 350 US$

• Payment before 15th September is advised so as to avoid higher rate payment.
• Participants who submit papers will be asked to make payment after Notice of Acceptance. The notice will be sent after 15th May, 2015.
• If refund is necessary due to cancellation or option change, please send e-mail tossms@kochi-tech.ac.jp

If you intend to join post-symposium technical tour, 100 US$ (Technical Tour fee) will be additionally charged.

How to Make Payment

The amount you need to pay will be seen on your web account in accordance with your participation type.

Credit Card Payment (via Paypal)

If you login to your web account. You will be guided to PAYPAL.

Each participant is asked to create a web account for registration. See the “How to Register” section to get further explanation.

Note: The participants will be asked to make a payment by credit card. If you find it difficult to make payment by your credit card, please contact ssms@kochi-tech.ac.jp

Members

Jenn-Chuan Chern	National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Chan, Yin Wen	Taiwan Construction Research Institute (TCRI), Taiwan
Liu, Tony C.	National Taiwan University, Taiwan
An, Xuehui	Tsinghua University, China
Sucharit Koontanakulvong	Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Chaiyuth Sukhsri	Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Somnuk Tangtermsirikul	Thammasat University, Thailand
Arnold Dix	Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Jay Lin	AECOM. USA
Takeo Ihara	Chubu Region Institute for Social Economic  Research, Japan
Kazumasa Ozawa	The University of Tokyo, Japan
Koichi Maekawa	The University of Tokyo, Japan
Hideyuki Horii	The University of Tokyo, Japan
Kenji Doi	Osaka University, Japan
Akie Kawata	Kansai University, Japan
Kiyoshi Kobayashi	Kyoto University, Japan
Masanori Hamada	Waseda University, Japan
Ushio Chujo	Keio University,  Japan
Yoshitsugu Hayashi	Nagoya University, Japan
Jun Matsushita	Chuo University,  Japan
Chitoshi Miki	Tokyo City University,  Japan
Hajime Okamura	Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Seigo Nasu	Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Osamu Tomisawa	Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Shinsuke Nakata	Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Masataka Takagi	Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Masahiro Ouchi	Kochi University of Technology, Japan

 

Steering Committee

Chair
– Professor Benedictus Kombaitan
– Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Members
– Professor Seigo NASU Kochi University of Technology, Japan
– Professor Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI Kyoto University, Japan
– Professor Kazumasa Ozawa The University of Tokyo, Japan
– Professor Roos Akbar Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
– Professor Pradono Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
– Professor Arief Rosyidie Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Organizing Committee

Chairperson
– Dr. Harkunti P. Rahayu Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Vice Chairperson
– Dr. Hatsu Prabatmodjo Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Members
– Professor Masataka TAKAGI Kochi University of Technology, Japan
– Professor Emeritus Osamu TOMISAWA Kochi University of Technology, Japan
– Professor Masahiro OUCHI Kochi University of Technology, Japan
– Associate Professor Yasuto ISHITANI Kochi University of Technology, Japan
– Dr. Denny Zulkaidi Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
– Dr. Ibnu Syabri Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
– Dr. Teti Armiati Argo Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
– Dr. Saut Aritua H. Sagala Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Secretary
– Ign. Sosrowinarsito Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
– Saki HAMAMURA Kochi University of Technology, Japan
– Mari YAMASAKI Kochi University of Technology, Japan

SSMS2015 Local Organizing Committee

Contact Person: Saki HAMAMURA, Mari YAMASAKI
Tel: +81 (0) 887 53 1130
E-mail: ssms@kochi-tech.ac.jp

International Relation Division, Kochi University of Technology Tosayamada, Kami, Kochi, 782-8502, Japan