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The Call for Papers is now OPEN for the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 Hong Kong (WSBE17 Hong Kong), to be held on 5-7 June 2017 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

With the theme of “Transforming Our Built Environment through Innovation and Integration: Putting Ideas into Action”, presentations and exchanges at WSBE17 Hong Kong will focus on innovative and integrative whole-system thinking and practices in sustainable built environment, with a particular emphasis on urban neighbourhoods and buildings.

We invite submission of papers that address various aspects of the sustainability issues and centre around the key topics of Sustainable Neighbourhood, Deep Building Renovation, High-performance Building and Community Empowerment.

Key Dates
 

31 May 2016	Deadline for abstract submission - No more than 300 words in English Submit your abstract NOW!
5 August 2016	Notification of abstract acceptance
30 September 2016	Deadline for full paper submission
15 November 2016	Reviewers' feedback to authors
30 November 2016	Final submission deadline - All papers will be published in online proceedings with an ISBN - The most noteworthy papers may be recommended for publication in the special issues of technical journals partnered with WSBE17 Hong Kong
31 December 2016	Notification of full paper acceptance - Accepted papers will be presented in either oral or poster sessions

Jointly organised by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the HKGBC, the three-day conference of WSBE17 Hong Kong will comprise inspirational keynotes, roundtables and over 100 parallel sessions and special forums, as well as a concurrent exhibition and green building tours, etc.  Furthermore, best papers and findings from around 20 SBE Regional Conferences to be held in 2016 in different cities in the world will be covered at this global event.

More details are coming soon. Please stay tuned to our updates by e-news and on our Conference website: http://wsbe17hongkong.hk.

We look forward to receiving your submission and having you as part of the WSBE17 Hong Kong!