[Commlist] AMPS conference - Critiquing the Urban Renaissance - smart cities conference call

Critiquing the Urban Renaissance

SMART CITIES Conference Call


17-19 June, 2026

Abstracts: 1 April, 2025

University of Salford, Manchester, UK


https://amps-research.com/livable-cities-technology-media/ 
<https://amps-research.com/livable-cities-technology-media/>


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MANCHESTER: The birth place of the industrial revolution and the place 
the atom was first split. As the city in which Rolls Royce was founded 
in 1904, it is one of the UK’s most important centres for creative and 
technological industries. Branded a ‘Northern Powerhouse’, it has been 
the site of several innovations in smart city technologies.

Examining the possible role technologies and digital medias can play in 
improving life in cities, this conference strand builds on the example 
of its host city to welcome papers from diverse locations internationally.

It is interested in questions around:

- Data based digital architecture, planning and construction

- Parametric modelling in building design and city planning

- Augmented reality in architectural design

- BIM, digital twinning, intelligent urbanism, and more…..


The conference forms part of the AMPS Livable Cities and Mediated Cities 
event and publication programs.  Bringing together universities and 
scholars globally, these initiatives examine diverse readings of the 
role of technologies and media in how we design, manage and represent 
cities. Previous conferences in these series have been held in New York, 
London, Los Angeles, Istanbul, Bangalore, Lisbon, Barcelona, Calgary and 
elsewhere.

The 2026 annual conference is organised with the University of Salford, 
Manchester, UK. It is subtitled ‘Critiquing the Urban Renaissance’ and 
its broad research areas encompass:

AI, Smart Cities, Digital Infrastructures, Computational Design, 
Augmented And Virtual Realities, Mobile Apps, Intelligent Buildings, 
Parametric Urbanism, Big Data, GIS, Building Information Modelling, 
Digital Accessibility, Participatory Technology.



FULL DETAILS:
https://amps-research.com/livable-cities-technology-media/ 
<https://amps-research.com/livable-cities-technology-media/>


CONTACT:
(info /at/ amps-research.com) <mailto:(info /at/ amps-research.com)>

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