ICUFSPAAIFS 2020: 14. International Conference on Urban Food Security, Policies and Actions Aimed at Improving Food Security

February 27-28, 2020 in Sydney, Australia

Conference Code: 20AU02ICUFSPAAIFS

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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.

ICUFSPAAIFS 2020: 14. International Conference on Urban Food Security, Policies and Actions Aimed at Improving Food Security aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Urban Food Security, Policies and Actions Aimed at Improving Food Security. 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 Urban Food Security, Policies and Actions Aimed at Improving Food Security

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 Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Urban Food Security, Policies and Actions Aimed at Improving Food Security 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

ICUFSPAAIFS 2020 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Urban Food Security, Policies and Actions Aimed at Improving Food Security. 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.

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Selected Papers

Recent Trends on Security Constrained Economic Dispatch: A Bibliographic Review
Shewit Tsegaye, Fekadu Shewarega
Government Responses to the Survivors of Trafficking in Human Beings: A Study of Albania
Irida Agolli Nasufi, Anxhela Bruci
Sediment Patterns from Fluid-Bed Interactions: A Direct Numerical Simulations Study on Fluvial Turbulent Flows
Nadim Zgheib, Sivaramakrishnan Balachandar
High Speed Rail vs. Other Factors Affecting the Tourism Market in Italy
F. Pagliara, F. Mauriello
Effect of Supplementary Premium on the Optimal Portfolio Policy in a Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with Refund of Premium Clauses
Edikan E. Akpanibah Obinichi C. Mandah Imoleayo S. Asiwaju
A Small-Scale Study of Fire Whirls and Investigation of the Effects of Near-Ground Height on the Behavior of Fire Whirls
M. Arabghahestani, A. Darwish Ahmad, N. K. Akafuah
Possibilities of Building Regional Migration Governance due to the Venezuelan Diaspora in Ibero-America (2015-2018)
Jonathan Palatz Cedeño
Humans as Enrichment: Human-Animal Interactions and the Perceived Benefit to the Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Human and Zoological Establishment
S. J. Higgs, E. Van Eck, K. Heynis, S. H. Broadberry
A Close Study on the Nitrate Fertilizer Use and Environmental Pollution for Human Health in Iran
Saeed Rezaeian, M. Rezaee Boroon
A Comparison of Short- and Long-Haul Vacation Tourists on Evaluation of Attractiveness: The Case of Hong Kong
Zhaoyu Chen
Displacement Fields in Footing-Sand Interactions under Cyclic Loading
S. Joseph Antony, Z. K. Jahanger
Reduction in Population Growth under Various Contraceptive Strategies in Uttar Pradesh, India
Prashant Verma, K. K. Singh, Anjali Singh, Ujjaval Srivastava
Stimulating Policy for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Georgia
G. Erkomaishvili, M. Kobalava, T. Lazariashvili, N. Damenia
Using Thinking Blocks to Encourage the Use of Higher Order Thinking Skills among Students When Solving Problems on Fractions
Abdul Halim Abdullah, Nur Liyana Zainal Abidin, Mahani Mokhtar
Management of Municipal Solid Waste in Baghdad, Iraq
Ayad Sleibi Mustafa, Ahmed Abdulkadhim Mohsin, Layth Noori Ali

Urban food security
Approaches and actors in urban food security
Urban food security and nutrition assessment
Urban food security and consumption
Quality of food and human health
Challenges to improving food security
Stressors affecting food security
Policies and actions aimed at improving food security
Urban food security in developing countries
Urban resilience and climate change
Urban agriculture and urban food insecurity

Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline		December 12, 2019
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection		December 31, 2019
Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline		January 28, 2020
Conference Dates		February 27-28, 2020

Marianna Charountaki	Reading University, UK
Marie Louis	Regis University, US
Shipra Agrawal	Ohio State University and Nationwide Children, US
Ankit Gupta	University of Chicago, US
Medani Bhandari	Akamai University, US
Chuixiang Yi	Queens College, City University of New York, US
Sung-jin Lee	North Carolina A&T State University, US
Medani Bhandari	Syracuse University, US
Rolf Konig	University of Texas Medical Branch, US
Mohan Boggara	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US
Elena Sherstoboeva	City University of Hong Kong, HK
Jonathan Palatz	Simon Bolivar Andean University, DO
Sherif H. ElGohary	Cairo University, EG
Babatunde Salami	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, SA
Daphné Reguiessé	IUAV University of Venice, IT
Marina Tabatadze	Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, GE
Biye Chen	Abbott Nutrition, SG
G. Fabiola Safonte	University of Catania, IT
Enelio Garcia	Mexican Petroleum Institute, MX
Liliana Vale Costa	University of Aveiro, PT
Mauro Cristeche	Universidad Nacional De La Plata, AR
Kubilay Kurtulus Bastas	Selcuk University, TR
Marios Kostas	Canterbury Christ Church University , GB
Yao Saturnin Davy Akaffou	Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, CI
Vasco Barbosa	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), PT
Ines Eugenia Garcia De Salamone	University of Buenos Aires, AR
Donna Morrison	University of Guyana, Guyana
Nor Salwati Othman	Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia
Ananya Das	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Senem Avaz	Sabanci University, Turkey

Participation Type	Early Registration Fees	Registration 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

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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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Early Bird Registration

Early Bird registration is valid until 2020-01-28 23:59:59

Online Credit Card Processing

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