ISGSD 2024

Guidelines

 

1.0 CALL FOR PAPERS / CASE STUDIES

The ISGSD 2024 is now open for submissions. The theme of ISGSD 2024 is Go Green Industry
The International Symposium on Green Industry Initiative for Sustainable Industrial Development – 2024 has been organized on the 20th & 21st of June 2024 as an event parallel to the International Industry Expo – 2024 held from 19th – 23rd of June 2024 at the BMICH, Colombo. ISGSD 2024 Symposium provides an excellent opportunity for academics, research institutes, industry practitioners, and students to showcase their research, case studies and case studies of success stories.The best research and case studies will be recognized on 23rd June 2024 at the International Industry Expo-2024 Award Ceremony.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their abstract, extended abstract of research and case studies on subject matters relevant to any of the sub-themes of the sessions. The prospective, valuable contributions will be evaluated by a Scientific Review Committee.
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Green industry initiative for sustainable industrial development

Green initiatives and sustainable industrial development are becoming increasingly important in today’s global landscape. Companies are recognizing the need to reduce their environmental impact and are implementing initiatives to promote sustainability. This includes reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewable energy sources, and adopting eco-friendly production processes. By integrating these initiatives into their operations, industries can not only minimize their ecological footprint but also achieve long-term cost savings. As the world continues to prioritize sustainability, these efforts will play a crucial role in shaping the future of industrial development.

The International Symposium on Green Industry Initiative for Sustainable Industrial Development underscores the green technologies which promote the use of renewable resources, conserve the use of energy and natural resources, promote a healthy and improved environment for all forms of lives, zero greenhouse gas emission and minimize the degradation of the environment.

The International Symposium on Green Industry Initiative for Sustainable Industrial Development delves into

  • Concept, theory, fundamentals, metric, analysis
  • Architecture, designs, algorithms, approaches and
  • Domain technologies with a commitment to and action on reducing the environmental impact of processes and products by improving production efficiency: using resources more efficiently and optimizing the productive use of natural resources; enhancing environmental performance: minimizing environmental impact by reducing the generation of waste, emissions and environmentally sound management of residual wastes; and minimizing health risks: caused by environmental emissions, along with the provision of goods and services that support the occurrence of these environmental emissions.

2.0 SUB-THEMES

You are invited to submit abstracts & extended abstracts for ISGSD 2024 prepared using the given template. The official language of the conference is English. Abstracts written in English will be accepted for both poster and oral presentation formats of the conference. The work presented should be related to any of the ten thematic areas listed in the section “Conference Tracks” of this website or to any areas falling under the conference theme. An Author Declaration Form should be submitted with each abstract. The theme of the symposium is Go Green Industry.

An Extended Abstract (an extended version of the Abstract with more elaborations) should also be submitted together with each Abstract which would help the reviewers to better comprehend your research work during the Abstract review process. It will be used as a preliminary filter by the Review Committee in case subsequent full-paper manuscript submissions are to be considered for publishing on the online web portal named IDB – Research Ready for Commercialization.

If your abstract is accepted, you will be asked to submit the camera-ready version of the abstract before the stipulated deadline.

ISGSD 2024 accepts abstracts of research and case studies under the following tracks:

Symposium Tracks

Topics include but are not limited to:

This track focuses on the use of a holistic system-based approach to decouple economic growth from accelerated environmental degradation and resource use. Topics may include;

 

  • Environmental and energy management systems
  • Product life cycle optimization and process optimization
  • Development and uptake of clean technologies
  • Green and sustainable materials
  • Improved resource use
  • Green and sustainable water processing
  • Air and water pollution control, including sustainable wastewater treatment
  • Soil, land pollution and remediation
  • Green and sustainable waste generation, separation, processing and disposal
  • Sustainable waste management technologies promoting the reuse and recycling of waste
  • Waste minimization and zero-waste strategies
  • Closed loop systems and industrial symbiosis

This track focuses on continually improving energy performance and productivity and reducing the environmental and climate change impact of industrial activities. Topics may include;

 

  • Implementation of energy management system standards
  • Optimization of energy systems, energy-efficient designs and cost-effective, incremental technological innovation
  • Environmental management and decision-making for sustainability
  • Environmental modelling
  • Environmentally sound management of chemicals and (hazardous) waste
  • Substitution and/or minimization of the use of hazardous substances (such as ozone-depleting substances and persistent organic pollutants or POPs) for improved risk management and the enhanced safety of workers, communities and consumers;
  • Green and sustainable value chain management, reporting, communication, eco-labelling, etc.
This track explores the use of innovative approaches for enterprises and value chains to mitigate climate change through the increased use of renewable energy. Topics may include;
 
  • Prevention of carbon loss from value chains
  • Carbon neutrality technologies
  • Prompts process changes
  • Elimination of non-energy GHG emissions,
  • Improving the ability of industries to adapt to the impacts of climate change
  • Development of productive activities
  • Creation of new jobs through targeted training, capacity building, cluster development,
  • Development of new green business concepts and improved access to resources (including financing and technologies)
  • Assistance in business development projects would be particularly targeted towards vulnerable groups such as women, youth, and people in post-conflict areas

Promotion of agricultural productivity, food safety and decreased environmental burdens through improved access to environmentally friendly concepts, practices and technologies, and decreased use of potentially hazardous chemicals

This track focuses on preventive approaches and business models to assist enterprises in reducing the risks and impacts associated with the use of chemicals. Topics may include;
 
  • Control and management of hazardous chemicals to increase overall safety and protect the environment, workers and communities
  • Substitution, which is the replacement or reduction of hazardous substances in products and processes with less hazardous or non-hazardous substances, or by achieving an equivalent functionality through technological or organizational measures
  • Development of green chemistry, i.e. the development of safer and more resource-efficient chemical products and processes
This track explores the promotion of renewable energy and technology solutions to meet the energy needs of industries and sustainably address the issue of energy poverty. Topics may include;
 
  • Renewable and sustainable energy
  • Green and sustainable energy for transportation, including biofuels, electric vehicles and hydrogen-powered vehicles solutions
  • Green, clean and sustainable power generation and transmission
  • Energy storage and battery technologies
  • High-performance sustainable energy systems
  • Smart grids and smart grid networks
  • Advanced metering infrastructure and smart meter technologies
  • Energy harvesting, recycling, and wireless power transfer
This track examines how information and communication technologies can be used to promote sustainable industrial development. Topics may include;
 
  • Green and sustainable communications, computing and systems
  • Big data and artificial intelligence meet green challenges
  • Artificial intelligence aided environmental image or data analysis and decision-making
  • Information and communications technologies for sustainable development goals
  • Electromagnetic pollution mitigation
  • Sustainable security and privacy
  • Security and privacy issues for green and sustainable technologies
  • Green and sustainable intelligent transportation system

This topic focuses on the adverse effects of population concentration in cities which leads to environmental pollution, poverty, unemployment, low productivity, poor housing, lack of basic services and the concentration of risks associated with climate change and mitigation of adverse effects by a paradigm shift to greener cities. Topics may include;

 

  • Energy efficiency projects
  • Development of sustainable urban mobility plans
  • Air quality management
  • Integrated solid waste management and Circular economy
  • Sustainable construction
  • Participation of private sector as the main architect of circularity and green jobs