Workshops
Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Autonomous Aerial Systems and Environmental Monitoring (SkySense 2025)
https://sites.google.com/view/skysense-2025/home
SkySense 2025 is a one-day workshop held on October 6, 2025, at the University of Patras (as part of the 11th IEEE ISC2 Conference in Patras, Greece) focused on emerging trends in autonomous aerial systems and environmental monitoring. It brings together researchers, industry experts, and policymakers to explore UAVs, eVTOLs, and drone swarms for air‐quality sensing, smart infrastructure integration, secure aerial communications, and AI enabled digital twins. Featuring innovative research, emerging policies and standards and groundbreaking outcomes from EU projects EUSOME and REFINE, the workshop emphasizes both technical innovation and the associated safety, regulatory, and ethical challenges. Presenters will include cutting edge research on edge intelligence, autonomous operations, and environmental forecasting—all aimed at shaping future resilient and sustainable smart city solutions.
Workshop Chairs: Ilias Politis (Industrial Systems Institute – ATHENA RC, Greece), Evangelos Vlachos (Industrial Systems Institute – ATHENA RC, Greece)
3rd workshop on “The Future of Learning in Smart Cities: Integrating Smart Technologies for Innovative Solutions”
https://sites.google.com/view/ieee-smart-cities-workshop/home
This workshop explores the transformative intersection between smart city technologies and innovative educational ecosystems. As urban environments rapidly evolve under the pressure of climate change, digitalization, and demographic shifts, there is a growing need to rethink how cities learn, teach, and adapt. This workshop invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to examine how IoT, AI, digital twins, blockchain, and 5G/6G can be harnessed not only for urban efficiency but also for nextgeneration learning environments. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that address smart campuses, intelligent educational platforms, citizen-centered learning, adaptive content delivery, and urban data literacy. The scope also includes applications of emerging technologies in sustainability education, hybrid and immersive learning, and the role of smart infrastructure in lifelong learning strategies.
Workshop Chairs: Moustafa M. Nasralla (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia), Haleem Farman (Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia), Ikram Ur Rehman (University of West London, UK), Fehmida Hussain (Middlesex University Dubai, UAE), Engie Bashir (Middlesex University Dubai, UAE)
ENSURE Workshop on “Embedding iNtelligence in Smart mUnicipalities – challenges and oppoRtunitiEs”
https://inside-association.eu/11th-ieee-international-smart-cities-conference-isc2-2025/
Embedding intelligence in smart municipalities is a key challenge for the coming decades, as cities strive to become more resilient, inclusive, sustainable, and efficient. The ENSURE (Embedding iNtelligence in Smart mUnicipalities – challenges and oppoRtunitiEs) workshop brings together researchers and engineers from academia and industry to identify and solve critical issues in the rapid technological and regulatory transformations shaping the future of urban environments. The convergence of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the edge, Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems (CPSoS), and the IoT-edge-cloud continuum is rapidly reshaping how urban services are designed and delivered. However, these advancements do not come without risks: cybersecurity, privacy, compliance with evolving regulatory frameworks, and ethical concerns must be addressed from the start. For municipalities aiming to embed intelligence responsibly and sustainably, understanding both the technological opportunities and the regulatory obligations is crucial. This workshop provides a much-needed platform to explore these intersecting dimensions, enabling stakeholders to co-create resilient, inclusive, and future-proof urban ecosystems. This workshop stands out because it integrates both technological and regulatory perspectives, fostering dialogue between researchers, technologists, policymakers, and urban stakeholders.
Workshop Chairs: Paolo Azzoni (Inside Industry Association, Netherlands), Gianluigi Ferrari (University of Parma, Italy), Markus Tauber (Research Studios Austria FG, Austria), Amin Anjomshoaa (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Building Resilient Cities Workshop – ISC2 2025
This workshop uniquely contributes by focusing on the critical, yet often overlooked, concept of Urban Carrying Capacity (UCC). We aim to explore how technological solutions can genuinely support urban development within a city’s inherent environmental, economic, and social limits, rather than inadvertently exceeding them. This workshop distinguishes itself by delving beyond conventional approaches, integrating UCC as a systematic framework that explores the limits of a city’s ability to support its population without causing significant harm. We position UCC as the foundational lens through which smart city solutions must be evaluated, fostering a more sophisticated discourse on “responsible technology for sustainable limits.” Key focus areas include the following:
- Understanding and respecting urban ecological, social, and infrastructural limits
- Deploying technology as a supportive mechanism within capacity constraints
- Building accountability frameworks for governments and corporations
- Creating actionable strategies for real-world urban challenges
Workshop Chairs: Konstantinos Pappas (Associate Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute, USA), Bassel Daher (Texas A&M Energy Institute, USA), Malamati Louta (University of Western Macedonia, Greece), Debbra Johnson (ARISE-U.S., USA)