The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation
within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations.
With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
ICAFSITMT 2022: 16. International Conference on Alternative Futures of Small Industrial Towns and Marginal Towns
aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of
Alternative Futures of Small Industrial Towns and Marginal Towns.
It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations,
trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Alternative Futures of Small Industrial Towns and Marginal Towns
Call for Contributions
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters.
Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or
theoretical work in all areas of Alternative Futures of Small Industrial Towns and Marginal Towns are cordially invited for presentation at the conference.
The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of
novel research materials.
Guidelines for Authors
Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers.
Downloadable versions of the check list for
Full-Text Papers and
Abstract Papers.
Please refer to the
Paper Submission Guideline,
Abstract Submission Guideline and
Author Information
before submitting your paper.
Conference Proceedings
All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers.
The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index,
Google Scholar,
Semantic Scholar,
Zenedo,
OpenAIRE,
BASE,
WorldCAT,
Sherpa/RoMEO,
and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.
Special Journal Issues
ICAFSITMT 2022 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on
Alternative Futures of Small Industrial Towns and Marginal Towns.
A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues.
All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue.
The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage.
Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication.
The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly.
Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.
Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor.
To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the
Conference Sponsorship Request Form.
Selected Papers
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Improvement of Contractor’s Competitiveness through Sustainable Construction Practices in UAE
Sareh Rajabi, Taha Anjamrooz, Salwa Bheiry
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Native Plants Marketing by Entrepreneurs in the Landscaping Industry in Japan
Yuki Hara
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The Development of a Comprehensive Sustainable Supply Chain Performance Measurement Theoretical Framework in the Oil Refining Sector
Dina Tamazin, Nicoleta Tipi, Sahar Validi
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Hospitality Management to Welcome Foreign Guests in the Japanese Lodging Industry
Shunichiro Morishita
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Training Undergraduate Engineering Students in Robotics and Automation through Model-Based Design Training: A Case Study at Assumption University of Thailand
Sajed A. Habib
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The Impact of Culture on Tourists’ Evaluation of Hotel Service Experiences
Eid Alotaibi
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A Case Study on Barriers in Total Productive Maintenance Implementation in the Abu Dhabi Power Industry
A. Alseiari, P. Farrell
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Systematic Mapping Study of Digitization and Analysis of Manufacturing Data
R. Clancy, M. Ahern, D. O’Sullivan, K. Bruton
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Using Axiomatic Design for Developing a Framework of Manufacturing Cloud Service Composition in the Equilibrium State
Ehsan Vaziri Goodarzi, Mahmood Houshmand, Omid Fatahi Valilai, Vahidreza Ghezavati, Shahrooz Bamdad
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The Impact of Political Events on National Archaeological Heritage and Tourism Industry: Study Case of Egypt after January 25th, 2011
Sabry A. El Azazy
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Implementation of Building Information Modeling in Turkish Government Sector Projects
Mohammad Lemar Zalmai, Mustafa Nabi Kocakaya, Cemil Akcay, Ekrem Manisali
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Churn Prediction for Telecommunication Industry Using Artificial Neural Networks
Ulas Vural, M. Ergun Okay, E. Mesut Yildiz
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Investigating Real Ship Accidents with Descriptive Analysis in Turkey
İsmail Karaca, Ömer Söner
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Digital Transformation of Payment Systems Using Field Service Management
Hamze Torabian, Mohammad Mehrabioun Mohammadi
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Smart Lean Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Case Study
M. Ramadan, B. Salah
Industrial marginality (industrial towns and communities in a post-industrial world; dominant narratives of re-branding, re-imaging strategies implemented in traditional SMITs and conflict in existing collective industrial identity and external re-branding efforts, etc.)
The spatial marginality of industrial towns (the “small town” and “single-industry town” perspective: how “homogeneous” are SMIT communities; rise off populism and extremism; changing role of the nation state in SMITs development, etc.)
Regional determinism vs. territorial autonomy perspective (how much influence do individual SMITs have in steering their endogenous development? Are they completely dependent on regional/national and global re-branding and re-imaging policies?)
Place-sensitive development (the often-overlooked collective strengths of industrial communities are under researched: the new article by Rodriguez-Posé (2018) has established a need to study not only the shortfalls of the “losers” in globalization, but also their place-specific strengths)
| Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline |
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March 16, 2021 |
| Notification of Acceptance/Rejection |
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April 01, 2021 |
| Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline |
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May 20, 2022 |
| Conference Dates |
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June 21-22, 2022 |
| Helene Kamensky |
Higher Education Consultant, Salzburg, AT |
| Dean Bartles |
National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, US |
| Gerard Martorell |
Lock Haven University, US |
| Richa Tungal |
Nelson Brothers, LLC, US |
| Gazan Bozai |
East Carolina University, US |
| Kevin (Jiancheng) Jia |
International Game Technology, US |
| Naveen Kumar |
UID, Karnavati University, IN |
| Gulnazi Erkomaishvili |
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, GE |
| Irina Neaga |
University of Wales Trinity St David, School of Engineering and Logistics, GB |
| Hamzeh Soltanali |
Luleå University of Technology, SE |
| Temidayo Osunsanmi |
University of Johannesburg, ZA |
| Arnesh Telukdarie |
University of Johannesburg, ZA |
| Daynier Rolando Delgado Sobrino |
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, SK |
| Evo Sampetua Hariandja |
University of Pelita Harapan, ID |
| Mohammad Takhtravanchi |
University of Salford, United Kingdom |
| Khan Farhan Rafat |
Bahria University, Pakistan |
| Goitseone Malumbela |
Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana |
| Huseyin Cetin |
Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey |
| Subarna Ferdous |
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan |
| Khalid Albarkoly |
Aston University , United Kingdom |
| Antonio Marques |
University of Minho, Portugal |
| Abbas Keramati |
University of Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of |
| Nikola Maravić |
Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Vinko Vidučić |
University of Split, Croatia |
| Balimu Mwiya |
University of Zambia, Zambia |
| Rushanim Hashim |
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Maxat Bokambayev |
The Institute of Information and Telecommunication Technologies (division of the Kazakh National Technical University named after K.I. Satpayev), Kazakhstan |
| Tareq Almuhareb |
Plymouth University, United Kingdom |
| Roman Asatryan |
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic |
| Othoman Elsayah |
Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom |
| Participation Type |
Early Registration Ticket Fees |
Registration Ticket Fees |
| Non-Student Oral/Poster Presenter Registration |
€ 450 |
€ 500 |
| Student Oral/Poster Presenter Registration |
€ 350 |
€ 400 |
| Listener Registration |
€ 250 |
€ 300 |
| Additional Paper Publication |
€ 100 |
All conference materials and services will be delivered digitally to the participant with the online conference management system.
Conference registration includes the following digital materials and services:
- e-certificates [for Authors: Certificate of Attendance and Presentation; for Listeners: Certificate of Attendance; for Chairs: Certificate of Attendance and Appreciation; for Presenters: Certificate of Best Presentation (if conferred based appraisal)]
- e-program
- e-book
- e-name badge
- e-receipt
- e-presentation
Presentation Types:
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Physical presentation is an oral conferencing presentation that is made using digital technology including embedded digital elements ( texts, tables, graphs, or videos ) for PowerPoint sharing.
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Digital presentation is a digital conferencing presentation that is made using digital technology including embedded digital elements ( texts, tables, graphs, or videos ) for PowerPoint sharing.
Early Bird Registration
Early Bird registration is valid until 2022-05-20 23:59:59
Online Credit Card Processing
Online payment option available for author
and listener delegates.
Conference participants can make online credit card payments for conference registration fees.
