Call for Papers

Actionable Knowledge for the Anthropocene

Online Conference | November 16-18, 2022

English | Español

The World Capital Institute and the Communications and Information College of the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras are pleased to open a Call for Papers for the Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS) 2022 conference that will be held on November 16-18th, 2022.

The Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS) is an independent and global meeting among professional practitioners, academics, civil servants, and policymakers that provides a forum of discussion on the themes of “knowledge cities” and “knowledge-based development”. These themes follow the key trademark of the World Capital Institute (WCI), which emphasize understanding and applying knowledge-based solutions as a key innovator for 21st Century development. 

Topics of interest

This year’s overarching theme will be “Actionable knowledge for the Anthropocene” and how it can be leveraged to face some of the toughest challenges we encounter as a society today. As part of the WCI’s mission to build a more equitable, balanced, and viable urban and planetary future, the event will highlight different perspectives on how to achieve these goals. Below we highlight the Summit’s specific daily themes and potential subtopics. Each theme addresses a pressing issue that permeates throughout global societal structures. KCWS 2022 will bring together scholars and practitioners and policymakers from multiple different disciplines and world regions actively working on these topics. The discussions will transcend theoretical proposals to put forth innovative frameworks, tools, practices, and technologies being applied across the globe to mitigate and to adapt communities, companies, and policies in response to these issues:

Climate and planetary emergencies

Islands turning towards knowledge ventures beyond the tourism economy

Post-truth society and the dissolution of the social fabric

  1. Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and innovations
  1.  Prioritizing the development of green and life-saving technologies innovations and services
  1. Facing and combating state-sponsored disinformation
  1. Mitigating and responding to population displacement and forced migration
  1. Creating incentives to attract innovators, entrepreneurs, and digital nomads to set up shop on Islands
  1. Strategies to assess truthful and fake sources of news and information
  1. Balancing economic growth ambitions and climate emergency response
  1. Strategies to increase the supply and capacity development of human capital to feed the Islands’ innovation, financing, and policy making ecosystem
  1. Balancing freedom of expression and social protections against disinformation
  1. Citizen behavioral response to climate and planetary and emergencies:  commitment vs defiance
  1. Creating Future Centers or thinking hubs to develop strategic economic and social development goals for the Islands’ future
  1. Developing and disseminating public health policies in times of the pandemic: coping with disinformation campaigns and forces opposing vaccines and mitigation measures

Papers may be based on academic, practitioner, corporate, or public sector perspectives and submitted in Spanish or English. We also encourage showcasing collaborative research, operational, and monetization initiatives among universities, businesses, NGOs, innovation acceleration organizations, and governments.

Guide for authors

The revised deadline to submit abstracts is October 15, 2022. You will be required to submit an abstract no longer than 300 words along with information regarding the authors and their affiliation, including contact information. All personal information will be kept confidential by the chair of the scientific committee. Abstracts will be evaluated by a multidisciplinary scientific committee. Authors will be notified if their paper has been chosen by October 21st. Final papers and PowerPoint presentations are due by November 4th.

The papers of the chosen authors will be divided in two categories:

  1. Papers that will be delivered during the concurrent session panels, mornings and afternoons each day
  2. Papers that will be published in the online proceedings only
Submit your abstract

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2022

For questions regarding the call of papers, write to: KCWS2022CallForPapers@upr.edu

For general enquiries, please write to: KCWS2022Info@upr.edu

We look forward to your participation in the Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS) 2022 conference!