The 5th Digital Belt and Road Conference (DBAR 2021) is an annual academic conference of the "The Digital Belt and Road (DBAR) " International Science Program. The theme of this year’s conference is "Partnerships towards Sustainable Development in Digital Belt and Road". Different DBAR working groups will organize the conference sessions in five sub-themes including, Data Cooperation, Natural Resource, Environment and Disaster, Societal Development, and Regional Development.

During the forum, sessions on Big Data for the SDGs will be organized to focus on the sustainable development goals, including SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG13 (Climate Action), SDG 14 (Life below Water), SDG 15 (Life on Land) and etc.

All abstracts (in English) for the conference should be submitted through the conference website online. After successful review, authors will be invited to give oral reports or poster presentations. All abstracts accepted for the conference will also be edited and compiled as conference proceeding and will be available for all participants.