The Scientific Committee of the UIA 2017 Seoul invited participants to submit papers and design works under the theme of ‘Soul of City’ and the topics below.

Subject 1. Culture / Subject 2. Future / Subject 3. Nature

In return, 821 abstracts (575 papers, 171 Design works, and 75 Special sessions) were submitted via website at www.uia2017seoul.org by January 5, 2017.
Review of the submitted abstracts was conducted by 96 acknowledged experts in the relevant fields to assure the quality of abstracts to be published, and comply with the given theme and topics to be addressed at the UIA 2017 Seoul. The first review was conducted from January 6 to 31 for the submitted abstracts, as and the second review was conducted from June 1 to July 4 for the full papers.

Each received abstract was reviewed twice in terms of:

• - Suitability of Topic;
• - Creativity and Innovation;
• - Logicality; and
• - Sound Conclusion

To be eligible for inclusion, these abstracts were required to receive a minimum score of 4 out of 10 marked by the reviewers during the review process. After the first review, 510 abstracts were accepted for the Paper presentation (255 oral and 99 poster) and Design Works presentation (65 oral and 91 poster). 109 abstracts were conditionally accepted under the conditions to be modified or presented as posters, while 127 abstracts were rejected. At the same time, among 75 submitted abstracts for Special sessions, 37 abstracts were accepted for special sessions (31 for oral and 6 for poster), 28 abstracts were conditionally accepted, and 10 abstracts were rejected.
Authors whose abstracts were accepted after the first stage review were provided with reviewers’ comments and requested to submit their modified abstracts and full papers in reflection of the provided comments. These resubmitted full papers were reviewed again.
Authors whose papers were accepted and fully registered after this second review were provided with additional anonymous reviewers’ comments and requested to submit their revised full papers. These final papers were then added to congress programs and are to be published in the official proceedings and other publications.

Of the 821 abstracts originally received, only 438 papers were accepted for inclusion in the proceedings, with a rejection rate of 53.35%. For abstracts with clash of opinions over grades and comments given by the assigned reviewers, the General Reporter and the Scientific Committee made the final decision either to include or exclude in the abstract book and the proceedings.