The 4th. IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities (ICSGSC 2020) August 18-21, 2020 | Osaka, Japan http://www.csgsc.net/ For the past few years, smart grids have been the main topic of fervent research and development at both industrial and academic level. The smart grid is envisaged to be the next generation electric grid for Smart Cities. It enables the smart integration of conventional power generation, renewable generation, distributed generation, energy storage, transmission, distribution and demand management. The benefits of smart grid include the enhanced reliability and resilience, higher intelligence and optimized control, decentralized operation, higher operational efficiency, more efficient demand management, and better power quality. However, all these prospected transformations also bring with them numerous challenges and opportunities. ICSGSC 2020 is sponsored by IEEE; Beijing Institute of Technology, China; Beijing Jiaotong University, China and IEEE PES!!! Supported by University of Calgary, Canada and Waseda University, Japan!!! We warmly invite you to participate in the ICSGSC 2020 program and activities and we are confident that you will find the program enriching, enlightening and rewarding. Proceedings: All submissions will be peer reviewed, and the accepted papers will be published in the ICSGSC 2020 Conference Proceedings by IEEE. Conference content will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore, Ei Compendex and Scopus. ICSGSC 2020 has already been included in the IEEE conference list!! History: ICSGSC 2019 (University of California, Berkley, USA) - IEEE ISBN: 978-1-7281-3848-0 | Ei Compendex and Scopus ICSGSC 2018 (University of Malaya, Malaysia) - IEEE ISBN: 978-1-5386-8101-5 | Ei Compendex and Scopus ICSGSC 2017 (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) - IEEE ISBN: 978-1-5386-0503-5 | Ei Compendex and Scopus Submission: ICSGSC 2020 is now accepting manuscript submissions. Please submit your full paper to us: csgsc@zhconf.ac.cn Keynote & Plenary Speakers: Prof. Om P. Malik (IEEE Fellow), University of Calgary, Canada; Prof. Joe Z.Y. Dong (IEEE Fellow), The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Prof. Ryuichi Yokoyama (IEEE Fellow), Waseda University, Japan; Prof. Masayuki Morimoto (IEEJ Fellow), Tokai University, Japan; Prof. A. R. Al-Ali, American University of Sharjah, UAE. Call for Papers: Smart Grid Smart Sensors and Advanced Metering Infrastructure Power and Energy System Applications (generation, transmission, distribution, markets, operations, planning) Impact of Smart Grid on Distributed Energy Resources (electric cars, demand response, distributed generation, storage) Energy Management Systems (with applications to smart buildings and home automation) Wide Area Protection, Communication, and Control in Energy Systems Cyber Security Systems (intelligent monitoring and outage management) Smart Grid Interoperability and Standards Critical infrastructure resiliency (natural disasters, geomagnetic disturbances, etc.) Deployable microgrids Smart grid deployment and demonstration projects Smart City Intelligent urbanism Smart city Platforms and technologies Smart city roadmap Environmental sustainability Heritage conservation Appropriate technology Infrastructure-efficiency Placemaking Social access Transit-oriented development Regional integration Human scale Institutional integrity Principle one: a balance with nature Principle two: a balance with tradition Principle three: appropriate technology Principle four: conviviality A place for the individual A place for friendship A place for householders A place for the neighborhood A place for communities A place for the city domain Principle five: efficiency Principle six: human scale Principle seven: opportunity matrix Principle eight: regional integration Principle nine: balanced movement Principle ten: institutional integrity Conference Venue: Osaka International Convention Center Address: 5-3-51, Nakanoshima Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005 JAPAN Contact us: Ms. Annika N. Yang Tel:+86-28-83533337 Email:csgsc@zhconf.ac.cn Website：http://www.csgsc.net/