About the Congress
Dear Scientists,
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University will host The 6th International Congress on Sustainable Development and Space, which will be held this year within the framework of Saybilder Congress Days. The congress will be held on 08-11 October 2024 at the 100th Anniversary Cultural Center of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University and will be held with the academic support of national and foreign institutions such as Mardin Artuklu University (Turkey), ISTEUB (University of Carthage – Tunisia).
The announcement of The 6th International Congress on Sustainable Development and Space has been sent by e-mail to academics in 15 different countries, in addition to the information on the public website.
In order to give an international dimension to the scientific discussion and interaction environment related to sustainable development and space, expert speakers from 6 different countries have been invited to this Congress. Therefore, we would like to invite all academics and researchers interested in sustainable development or space to share their knowledge, ideas and experiences in the congress area.
It is possible to participate in the congress with an oral presentation, but it is also possible to participate only as a listener. The abstracts of oral participants will be included in the programme with the approval of two referees and the Organising Committee. These abstracts will then be published in a book with ISBN according to the congress calendar.
Presentations at the congress will be both face-to-face and online. It is very important for the scientists who send their abstracts to indicate the type of presentation in order to prepare the programme functionally.
The similarity rate in abstracts submitted for presentation at the congress and in full papers prepared for publication must not exceed 20%. All texts will be checked using plagiarism detection software (Turnitin or iThenticate). Manuscripts with a similarity rate exceeding 20% will be directly returned to the author, and the review process will not be initiated.
It is very valuable for scientists who cannot attend the congress as an oral presentation or as a listener to take part in the evaluation board and to act as a referee to evaluate the abstracts sent to be presented. For this reason, scientists who cannot be reached by the organising committee are expected to apply for refereeing by sending their CVs to the communication channels of the congress.
The 6th International Congress on Sustainable Development and Space will be published in a book with ISBN. However, researchers are not obliged to send their full texts.
The congress is prepared by taking into consideration the academic appointment and promotion criteria of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Gulf Countries, Iraq and Turkey. In order for the congress to be successful, we invite you to contribute as a referee, researcher or listener; to share our announcements with those around you in order to raise awareness on sustainable development and space issues and to provide information on these issues.
Best regards,
Organising Committee
MAIN TOPICS
The relationship between sustainable development and space research is complex and interrelated. Here are some key topics within this relationship:
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: This involves efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, such as rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and changing precipitation patterns.
- Renewable Energy: Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy is crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving energy security.
- Biodiversity Conservation: Protecting and restoring biodiversity is essential for maintaining ecosystem services, such as pollination, soil fertility, and water purification, which are vital for human well-being.
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: Developing technologies for growing crops in space or on other planets can provide insights into sustainable agricultural practices and contribute to food security efforts on Earth, particularly in regions prone to food shortages or environmental degradation.
- Water Management: Ensuring access to clean water and sanitation for all, as well as managing water resources sustainably to meet the needs of people and ecosystems, is critical for sustainable development.
- Circular Economy: Shifting from a linear “take-make-dispose” model to a circular economy that promotes the reuse, recycling, and repurposing of resources can reduce waste generation and minimize environmental impacts.
- Sustainable Urbanization: Designing cities and communities that are compact, resource-efficient, and inclusive can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and enhance quality of life for residents.
- Social Equity and Justice: Promoting equity and social justice is essential for sustainable development, ensuring that all people have access to basic needs such as food, shelter, healthcare, education, and opportunities for economic advancement.
- Responsible Consumption and Production: Encouraging sustainable consumption patterns and promoting the efficient use of resources can help minimize waste generation and reduce environmental degradation.
- Green Technology and Innovation: Investing in research and development of green technologies, such as clean energy technologies, sustainable materials, and smart infrastructure, is crucial for advancing sustainable development goals.
- Satellite Technology for Environmental Monitoring: Satellites equipped with sensors can monitor environmental changes such as deforestation, land use changes, ocean health, and air quality. This data is crucial for understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change and promoting sustainable land and resource management practices.
- Corporate Social Responsibility: Encouraging businesses to adopt sustainable practices, including ethical sourcing, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility, can drive positive change at scale.
- Education and Awareness: Promoting environmental literacy and raising awareness about sustainable development issues can empower individuals and communities to take action and make informed choices.
- Space Mining and Resource Utilization: Extracting resources from asteroids, the Moon, or other celestial bodies could provide valuable minerals and metals needed for sustainable development on Earth while reducing environmental impacts associated with terrestrial mining.
- Space Debris Management: As space exploration activities increase, so does the amount of debris in Earth’s orbit. Sustainable development efforts in space include developing technologies and policies to mitigate space debris and ensure the long-term sustainability of space activities.
- Space Tourism and Sustainable Tourism Practices: As space tourism becomes a reality, it’s essential to consider sustainable practices to minimize the environmental footprint of space travel, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions from rocket launches and ensuring responsible management of spaceports and launch facilities.
- Space-Based Telecommunications for Development: Satellite communications play a crucial role in providing internet connectivity and telecommunication services to remote and underserved areas, bridging the digital divide and facilitating economic development and access to education and healthcare.
- Space-Based Disaster Management and Resilience: Satellites can provide real-time data and imagery to support disaster response efforts, including monitoring natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires, enhancing early warning systems, and facilitating emergency response and recovery operations.
- Space Exploration for Scientific Knowledge: Understanding the origins and evolution of the universe, studying other planets and celestial bodies, and searching for signs of extraterrestrial life not only expand our scientific knowledge but also inspire curiosity, innovation, and collaboration, which are essential for addressing global challenges and achieving sustainable development goals.
- International Collaboration and Governance in Space: Sustainable development efforts in space require international cooperation, responsible governance frameworks, and equitable access to space resources to ensure that space exploration benefits all humanity and promotes peaceful and sustainable use of outer space.
Terms of Participation
1. The online participation fee for the congress is 1000 TL. The registration fee for in-person presentations is 290 Euros. This fee includes a three-day all-inclusive accommodation and excursion program.
2. Regardless of the number of authors, only one of the authors listed in the paper needs to pay the registration fee.
3. Participation certificates will be issued to all authors included in the paper.
4. Participants must comply with the congress participation guidelines and the final application deadlines.
5. Participation in the congress is only possible through oral presentations.
6. All abstracts and full papers submitted to the congress will be accepted upon the approval of the referees and the evaluation committee. Papers that do not receive approval from at least two referees will be rejected.
7. The acceptance and rejection process of the texts submitted for oral presentation goes through the following stages: Submission and Initial Check, Referee Assignment and Evaluation Process, Decision by the Editorial Board, Final Evaluation, and Preparation of the Invitation Letter.
o Submission and Initial Check: Authors submit their presentations to the congress’s online system or via email. The secretary (assistant editor) checks the presentation for relevance to the congress’s scope, adherence to basic writing rules, and similarity percentage. If the paper is deemed unsuitable at this stage, it may be rejected or revisions may be requested. The secretary (assistant editor) does not conduct a content review, only a formal evaluation.
o Referee Assignment and Evaluation Process: The paper is sent to two referees who are experts in the field. The referees evaluate the scientific content, methodology, reliability of the results, and contribution to the literature. They prepare a report based on their review. During this process, the authors and referees remain anonymous to each other.
o Decision by the Editorial Board President: The editor of the congress is the President of the Editorial Board. Based on the referee reports, the editor makes a decision on the acceptance, revision request (minor or major), or rejection of the paper.
o Revision and Resubmission: If a revision is requested, authors revise their paper by responding to the referees’ comments. If major corrections have been made, the revised paper is sent back to the referees for further evaluation. Minor corrections do not require another referee process; the editor’s control is sufficient for acceptance.
o Final Evaluation and Preparation of the Invitation Letter: After the revision process, the President of the Editorial Board (editor) evaluates the corrections made. Once the paper meets all the criteria, an acceptance and invitation letter is issued to the authors.
8. Preparation of the Program and Publication Process: The accepted paper is shared with the Editorial Board Members responsible for preparing the congress program and publishing the abstract books. The Editorial Board Member responsible for the program schedules an appropriate time slot and hall for the presentation. The Editorial Board Member responsible for publication handles the typesetting of the text and places it in the appropriate section.
9. Researchers may submit their full papers until the final deadline specified in the congress schedule. Full papers will be published as an electronic book with an ISBN. The congress is organized in compliance with scientific ethics and publication principles.
10. Every stage of the congress process is conducted with great care for scientific procedures and personal rights. From the submission of abstracts to the publication of full papers, participants’ objections or requests are given the utmost attention. Participants should clearly express their objections via email to the congress secretariat. The secretariat then shares the received emails with the head of the organizing committee. If an error has been made by the congress, it is immediately corrected by the head of the organizing committee. Scientific errors, on the other hand, are reviewed by experts, and the organizing committee makes decisions based on their recommendations. No scientific process can be bypassed, and no participant can be treated unfairly.
11. The congress is conducted in accordance with international scientific ethics and publication principles. To ensure compliance with these principles, at least one professor officially appointed by partner universities supervises the process. All participants and organizers of the congress are obliged to adhere to international scientific ethics and publication principles. Authors are individually responsible for any unethical conduct identified during or after the congress.
Writing Rules
**** Submissions will be uploaded via the system.
- Participation is open to all researchers (expert, faculty, or student).
- The research must be original and not published or presented on another platform. The authenticity of the submissions is the responsibility of the researchers included in the papers.
- The research titles must be consistent with one of the themes of the
- Researchers should prepare their abstracts in English as well as in the language of presentation.
***** Those who cannot submit via the system can write their abstracts in Word document in accordance with the following writing rules and send it to the congress’s contact mail.*****
- The abstract text should be written in Times New Roman, with 11 points, bold, with a single line.
- The authors’ titles and names should be written in Times New Roman with 11 points, thick and 1 line in the middle, leaving a space after the title. The university/city-country names should be written directly below the authors’ names and in the same font.
**** All authors’ contact details and ORCID numbers must be entered ****
7- Page margins should be 2.5 cm in each direction.
8- The abstract text should contain information on the subject, aim, method, and relevant findings of the research, and must not include tables, shapes, and sources.
9- Leave a line space under the abstract, with keywords consisting of at least three words and a maximum of five words. All keywords should be small letters unless they are a special name or an abbreviation.
10- Abstracts in Arabic musr use the Traditional Arabic font and the size of 14 points.
CALENDAR
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts | August 30, 2024 |
Deadline for Early Registration | June 30, 2024 |
Deadline for Late Registration | September 1, 2024 |
Publication Date of Program | September 10, 2024 |
Publication Date of Abstracts | September 15, 2024 |
Deadline for Submission of Research Papers | November 1, 2024 |
Publication Date of Research Papers | December 15, 2024 |
Online Presentations | October 8-11, 2024 |
Face to Face Sessions | October 9-10, 2024 |
VENUE
The in-person presentations of the congress will take place on October 9, 2024, at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Itri Campus (Emniyet Mah. Abant 1 Street, Yenimahalle, Ankara), G Block, -1 Floor, Blue Hall starting from 9:30 AM.
COMMITTEES
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Honorary Presidents
Prof. Dr. İbrahim Özcoşar – Rector of Mardin Artuklu University, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Naci Bostancı – Rector of Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mounir Dhouib – President of the Research Laboratory “GADEV/UMRAN” ENAU – University of Carthage Tunisia
Organizing Board
Head of the Organizing Board
Prof. Dr. Sid Ahmed Sufyan – University of Annaba – Algeria
The Congress Organizing Committee Chair leads the planning, organization, and execution processes of the congress. They ensure communication and coordination among the members of the organizing committee. The chair convenes the organizing committee for matters such as preparing the congress program and securing logistical services and makes binding decisions.
Organizing Committee Members
Prof. Dr. Gehan M. Anwar Deeb – October 6 University – Egypt
(Responsible for sending the presentations to reviewers, reviewing English texts, and preparing the program.)
Prof. Dr. Hatem Fahad Hanoo – University of Mosul – Iraq
(Responsible for the social events of the congress, including planning activities such as excursions and cocktail receptions.)
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Matarneh – Tafila Technical University – Jordan
(Oversees the scientific process related to language studies, reviews English texts, and is responsible for preparing the program.)
Prof. Dr. Najem Dhaher – Carthage University – Tunisia
(Organizes the opening and closing programs of the congress.)
Prof. Dr. Ömer Bozkurt – Mardin Artuklu University – Turkey
(Officially appointed by the university, responsible for overseeing the scientific quality of presentation texts, managing the peer-review process, and preparing the program.)
Prof. Dr. Said Assil – Regional Center for Education and Training Professions – Morocco
(Acts as the liaison between speakers, academic institutions, and other stakeholders on behalf of the organizing committee members.)
Prof. Dr. Sid Ahmed Sufyan – University of Annaba – Algeria
(Ensures the smooth progress of the congress by providing quick solutions to encountered issues; conducts post-event evaluations and offers suggestions for future improvements.)
Prof. Dr. Yasser Ahmad – University of Bahrain – Bahrain
(Responsible for the program flow during the congress, ensuring that sessions start on time, documents are arranged in a timely manner, and certificates are distributed to participants after their presentations.)
Dr. Esat Layek – Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University – Turkey
(Responsible for the effective management of the budget.)
Member of the Organizing Committee Appointed by the University for this Congress*
Prof. Dr. Ömer Bozkurt – Mardin Artuklu University, Türkiye
Science and Evaluation Board
Head of The Science and Evaluation Board
Prof. Dr. Najem Dhaher – Carthage University – Tunisia
Reviewers
Abbas Mansour Leila LREAU-USTHB – Algeria
Abdelhamid Hagui – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Alaa G. M. Osman – Al-Azhar University – Egypt
Amal Montasser – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Amine Bellalouna – Ibn Khalidou – Tunisia
Asma Bouzguerrou – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Berkani amel LREAU-USTHB – Algeria
Bousmaha Ahmed Oum – El Bouaghi University – Algeria
Emran All Elian – State of Palestine Technical University – Palestine
Fatma Hizaoui – Ibn Khaldoun University – Tunisia
Ferdaws Belcadhi – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Foued Benghodban – Oum El Bouaghi University – Algeria
Habiba Majour – Annaba University – Algeria
Habibi Yahyaoui – Université Batna 2 – Algeria
Henar Abu ElMajd – October 6 University – Egypt
Imane Oueslati – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Kheliel Messaoud – University Larbi Tébessi – Algeria
Laraba Abdelaziz – Annaba University – Algeria
Lasaad Ajam – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Mouhamed Mouhamed El Moughir – Ghaza University – Palestine
Najem Dhaher – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Nalan Demircioğlu Yıldız – Atatürk Üniversitesi
Nilgün Özpozan – Erciyes University – Türkiye
Olfa Ben Mediène – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Orora Lopez Acona – Zarzagoza University – Spain
Sabra Habli – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Sid Ahmed Bellel – Oran 2 University – Algeria
Sid Salah – Biskra University – Algeria
Silvia Serreli – University of Sassari – Italy
Şinasi Akdemir – Cukurova University
Werner Kloas – Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin – Germany
Yasmine Attia – University of Carthage – Tunisia
Yasser Abbed – October 6 University – Egypt
Zine Eddine Mokhtari – University of Tlemcen – Algeria
CONTACTS
Secretariat
00905550325360
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Iraq |
Prof. Dr. Hatem Fahad Hanno |
009647701667042 |
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Algeria |
Prof. Dr. Sid Ahmed Soufiane |
00213 556996202 |
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Tunisia |
Prof. Dr. Najem Dhaher |
00216 98272724 |
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Morocco |
Dr. Said Assil |
00212666916562 |
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Egypt |
Prof. Dr. Gehan Anwar Deeb |
00201099655502 |
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Gulf Countries |
Dr. Yasser Ahmad |
0097337292871 |
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Türkiye |
Dr. Sami Baskın |
00905550315360 |
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Other Countries |
Dr. Esat Layek |
00905426715352 |