10th IET SMART CITIES SYMPOSIUM
1-3 December 2026, UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN
UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN IS ORGANIZING
10-IET-SCS-2026
10th IET SMART CITIES SYMPOSIUM
Date: 1-3 December 2026
Venue: e-Learning Center - University of Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain
Symposium Proceeding Volume will be submitted to the
IET Inspec, and other associated publication databases for indexing.
The IET Digital Library, IET Inspec and will appear on other indexing databases,
An annually IET run symposium related to development of smart innovations for smart cities. The symposium objectives are; to create awareness through research and publications about the future prospects of smart cities. The symposium also serves as a platform to exchange ideas and thoughts in international prospect and stand. In addition, the symposium is emphasizing the role of academia, universities, industries, experts, and innovations for promoting smart cities solutions, projects, smarter ideas, consultancies and continuity in the form of indexed publications.
The 10th IET International Smart Cities Symposium (10-scs-2026) will be held at the University of Bahrain, Bahrain, on December 1-3, 2026 at the e-learning center. The symposium will feature world-class plenary speakers, major technical symposiums, industry and academic panels, and invited tracks.
For more information, please visit symposium website: https://www.iet-smartcities-symposium.com/. You are cordially invited to submit your latest research work to the symposium. Best paper awards will be selected from accepted papers. The symposium and tracks papers will be published and indexed in IET Inspec and will appear on other indexing databases.
Samples of Previous Years Symposium Keynote
previous years
Keynote Talks and Speakers
Professor Dr. Frede Blaabjerg
Professor of Electric Power Systems and Microgrids, Aalborg University, Denmark
Professor Prakash Persad,
Professor of Mechatronics
President of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT)
Fellow of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago (APETT)
and member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Professor Sukumar Mishra
FNAE, FNASc, FIET, FIETE, FIE, SMIEEE, INAE Chair Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
India
Dr Michael Kio,
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
James Clarke School of Engineering
University of Maryland College Park
USA
Professor Josep M. Guerrero
Professor, Villum Investigator | AAU Energy
The Villum Center for Research on Microgrids (AAU CROM)
Aalborg University | Pontoppidanstraede, Aalborg Ø
Denmark
Dr. Vincenzo Pecunia, Ph.D. Cantab., FIMMM, FIET, FInstP, SMIEEE, P.Eng.
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Energy Engineering
Simon Fraser University
10285 University Drive, Surrey
British Columbia V3T 0N1
Canada
Professor El-Sayed El-Alfy, Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals-KFUPM,
KSA
Dr. Mohamed Bouri (co-PI)
Adjoint scientifique
Group Leader, Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
Ecole polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques (LSRO), Switzerland
Hakem Isa (Associate Partner at IBM Austin, Texas Part of the IBM Security Services with FOCUS on Security Strategy, Risk and
Compliance Texas),
UAS
Dr. Nesrine Miro Padovani
UpGradelle Cs Training and Consulting WLL
co-founder & CEO of UpGradelle Training & Consulting,
France
Main-Hall
Symposium Opening Ceremony Speech
09:15 am, 1st of December 2024,
Zain - E-learning Center - University of Bahrain - Sukhair - Kingdom of Bahrain
Opening Speech by Her Excellency
Dr. Haifa Ebrahim Al-Khalifa
DEAN, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Honoring Symposium General Chairperson - University of Bahrain
Her Excellency Speech will be Live streaming
December 1, 2024, 09:15+03 - 09:25+03
Keynote Talk
Printable Sensors and Energy Harvesters for Smart Cities
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Dr. Vincenzo Pecunia, Ph.D. Cantab., FIMMM, FIET, FInstP, SMIEEE, P.Eng.
Associate Professor
School of Sustainable Energy Engineering
Simon Fraser University
10285 University Drive, Surrey
British Columbia V3T 0N1
Canada
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Keynote Talk
The Convergence of Artificial Intelligence, Electric Vehicles, and Industrial Technology
Dr. Mrinal R Bachute
Associate Professor and Head of Industry Connect at Symbiosis Institute of Technology,
Pune under Symbiosis International Pune
India
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Keynote Talk
Enhancement of the Smart City concept through a low-cost-on-the-Road-Unit for Traffic Management
Dr. Fotis Giannopoulos
Prisma Electronics S.A.
HQ-Factory: 87 Demokratias Ave,
68 100, Alexandroupolis,
Greece
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Keynote Talk
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Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities: Transforming Digital Healthcare for Urban Communities
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Dr. Vikneswaran Vijean
Associate Professor
Faculty of Electronic Engineering & Technology,
Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kampus Induk Pauh Putra, Pauh, Perlis, MALAYSIA
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Keynote Talk
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Re-Imaging Smart Cities Search Applications with LLMs
Lakshmanan Sethu Sankaranarayanan
TAM - GenAI/AI & ML Solutions
Google USA, California
USA
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Keynote Talk
Main-Hall
Securing the Visual Landscape: Image Cryptography Solutions for Smart Cities
Dr. Renjith V Ravi
FIETE, C.Eng (IE) Associate Professor
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Chair
M.E.A Engineering College
Vengoor, Pattikkad PO, Malappuram
India
Keynote Talk
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Smart Cities Technologies from Theory to Practice
Professor A. R. Al-Ali
Computer Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering
American University of Sharjah
UAE