This Forum, to be organized by the Cairo-based the Arab Organization for Administrative Development (ARADO), an affiliate of the Arab League is the third in a series of similar events been convened under the same theme and aim at presenting and discussing developments in ICT and its impact on the concepts of theories pertaining to cities planning and designing. 

The Forum aims at presenting and discussing theories of cities planning and designing, knowing development in the sciences and technologies of communication and information technology and the impact of this on the theories, practices and tools of planning and designing modern cities and discussion of different results of the development of the concept of city particularly problems and obstacles of the implementation of electronic and knowledge cities. The gathering also aims at laying down solutions and alternatives and reaching proposals leading to boosting positive outcomes and overcoming negative ones about the implementation of the concept of electronic, digital and knowledge city.

The Forum will discuss a number of topics like; infrastructure of electronic cities, engineering and technological problems and obstacles of the implementation of the concept of electronic, digital and knowledge city, business models in e-cities, new developments in communications and information technologies, socio-cultural impacts of e-cities and legal and ethical problems and obstacles facing the implementation of e-cities concepts.

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