The 7th international conference on Changing Cities
CCVII: Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage and Socio-Economic dimensions
Main theme: “Artificial intelligence enhancing Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development in smart cities”
15-19 June 2026, Spetses Island, Greece
Conference Venue: The Anargyrion and Korgialenion Foundation (AKSS), Spetses Island, Greece, supervised by The Greek Ministry of Education.
[ see https://akss.gr/main/en/ ]
The conference E-Book of Abstracts and E-Book of Proceedings, both with individual ISBN, are indexed in the Citation base of National Centre of Documentation (EKT – Publishing) Greece.
"Following the publication of the conference Proceedings, the best 8-10 papers submitted in the conference will selected for review for the forthcoming special issue of Land journal, entitled "Urban Planning and Cultural Heritage: Bridging Tradition and Development".
Selected papers for the special issue will be published with 100€
Land/ is indexed in SSCI - Web of Science and Scopus!
CiteScore (2024): 5.9, Q1 in "Nature and Landscape Conservation" and "Ecology"
Impact Factor (2024): 3.2
Editor's Choice Articles:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/editors_choice
Most Cited & Viewed: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/most_cited
The University of Thessaly, Department of Planning and Regional Development jointly organizes with the University of Patras, Department of Architecture the 7th international conference on "Changing Cities: Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage and Socio-Economic dimensions", 15-19 June 2026, Anargyrios & Korgialenios School of Spetses Foundation, Spetses Island, Greece.
Dep. of Planning and Reg. Development
University of Thessaly
Department of Architecture
University of Patras
Sponsors
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Submission of abstracts-papers is available via the online submission system.
Read the guidelines.
REGISTRATION
Read the guidelines.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Open Call for Abstract: Wednesday 19th of November 2025
Deadline for Abstract: Tuesday 31th of March 2026
Deadline for Special Session Proposals: Tuesday 10th of February 2026
Deadline for Full Paper: Saturday 20th of June 2026
Registration Deadline: Friday 3rd of April 2026
WORKSHOP & TOUR
The Conference will organize a workshop.
The Conference will organize a tour.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM & FLYER
CONFERENCE VENUE
The Anargyrion and Korgialenion Foundation (AKSS), Spetses Island, Greece, supervised by The Greek Ministry of Education.
[ see https://akss.gr/main/en/ ]