CALL FOR PAPERS

Athens Institute for Education and Research

Second Call for Papers and Participation

2^nd Annual International Conference on Construction, Architecture and Engineering, 18-21 June 2012, Athens, Greece.

The Architecture & Engineering Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will hold its 2^nd Annual International Conference on Construction, Architecture and Engineering, 18-21 June 2012, Athens, Greece. For further details, please go to the conference website: www.atiner.gr/construction.htm. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi.

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics, researchers, students and professionals in private practice and commercial construction organizations. All ATINER’s conferences are not organized around specific themes. However, special sessions will be devoted (but not confined) to design and construction processes, construction management, urban, rural and landscape planning, construction law, real estate management, materials and their use in construction, construction and housing policy and any other session to be proposed by contributors.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words (using email only to: atiner@atiner.gr) by 20 February 2012 addresses to: Dr. Nicholas Patricios, Professor of Architecture, University of Miami, USA. Abstracts should include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-CON.doc. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, (gtp@atiner.gr), President, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized about 150 international conferences and has published over 100 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and twenty research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.