2018 IEEE Global Conference on Internet of Things (2018 IEEE GCIoT) that will be held on 5-7 December 2018 in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria - Egypt. The conference is technically co-sponsored by IEEE IoT Initiative and IEEE Alexandria University.

2018 IEEE GCIoT aims to provide a forum for researchers from both academic and industry fields to share their latest research contributions and exchange knowledge with the common goal of shaping the future of IoT and smart sustainable cities. Contributed papers are solicited describing original works in these fields and related technologies.


The conference program will include paper presentations, poster sessions and project demonstrations, along with prominent keynote speakers and industrial workshops. There will be three tracks in the conference: technical track, governmental track, and industrial track.

For the technical track, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

#Topic area 1: IoT Applications and Services
• Architectures of IoT services
• Smart homes, cities and grids fundamentals and issues
• Smart Health
• Smart supply chain and framing
• Smart Manufacturing
• Smart Transportation
• Tools and technologies for IoT services
• Business models for IoT applications

#Topic area 2: Connectivity, Security, and Privacy for IoT
• 5G Networks and IoT
• IPv6 for IoT
• IoT Standards
• Cryptography, Key Management, Authentication and Authorization for IoT
• IoT Privacy and Security Concerns Tests, Certification, and Labelling
• IoT Security of Smart Sustainable cities
• Physical/MAC/Network Attacks in Internet of Things (IoT)
• Security with QoS Optimization in IoT
• Routing and Transport Protocols for IoT

#Topic area 3: Electronics and Signal processing for IoT
• IoT low power devices
• IoT sensors and actuators
• Energy optimization in IoT
• Optimization of data traffic and latencies
• Smart devices and tools signal processing
• Machine-to-Machine Communications for Smart Environments

#Topic area 4: IoT Experimental Results and Deployment Scenarios
• IoT System Modeling and Analysis—Performance
• Real case deployment scenarios and results
• IoT Deployment on Agriculture, Retails, Smart Sustainable Cities, etc.
• IoT and Future Internet Architectures
• Testbeds and experiments for Internet of Things smart sustainable cities

For the industrial track, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Closing the Gap between Research and Implementation
• Experimental prototypes, Testbed and Field Trial Experiences
• Real case deployment scenarios and results
• Industrial challenges in IoT and Smart Sustainable Cities



For the governmental track, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Real case deployment scenarios and results
• IoT and Future Internet Architectures
• IoT Standardization and Regulation
• Privacy, Identification and Authentication Issues

Additionally, we seek proposals for a Panel/Invited Session or a Tutorial of general interest and relevance to IoT. These should address the Technical Community and/or provide educational or expository material, or recognition of significant contributions to the advancement of IoT technologies. These sessions will be presented within the following tracks:

·Governmental Forum
·Industrial Forum
·Special Sessions/Tutorials


Important Dates
• Technical Paper/Panel or Tutorial Proposal Submission Due Date: August 20, 2018
• Acceptance Notification: October 1, 2018
• Camera-ready Submission: November 1, 2018
• Early Bird Registration Deadline: November 1, 2018
• Conference Date: 5 - 7 December 2018


Papers must be submitted electronically



Other Events along with the conference
1. Poster Presentation
2. Workshop on IoT: From Concepts to Implementation
3. Demonstration Session
4. Egypt IoT Challenge



IEEE GCIoT Paper Categories
• For Technical Track :
Regular Paper – 5 pages maximum (2 additional pages allowed but at an extra charge), 10 pt font double column in IEEE format. Authors must present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference.

• For Industrial and Governmental Tracks :
Extended abstract – 2 pages maximum, 10 pt font double column in IEEE format


All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings and IEEE Xplore. All papers must include title, complete contact information for all authors, abstract, and keywords on the cover page.



Paper Submission
2018 IEEE GCIoT uses EDAS for submission.