The INNOMINCU 2026 Conference: Artificial Intelligence and City Security takes place online from October 15–16, 2026, bringing together academic staff, researchers, doctoral candidates, students, and professionals from urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, construction, security and defense, and technology. A key highlight of the event is the keynote address delivered by Eng. Florin Munteanu, PhD, titled “MALE HABITUS: Urban Health between Habitus, Habitat, Critical Infrastructures and Artificial Intelligence,” scheduled for October 15 at 18:20.

The City as a Complex Organism

Drawing from the Latin expression male habitus (“to be in a bad state”), Dr. Eng. Florin Munteanu proposes a re-examination of the concept of the city, viewing it not merely as a functional or safe structure, but as a complex urban organism. Within this ecosystem, human behaviors (habitus) become materialized in the built environment (habitat), which in turn reshapes the choices and lifestyle of the community.

From this perspective, the “illness” of a city does not appear suddenly; rather, it manifests as accumulated imbalances over time—such as traffic congestion, infrastructure degradation, or social isolation. A crisis is simply the moment when a latent condition becomes visible, making it vital to recognize early signals of a pre-crisis state.

Artificial Intelligence: A Tool for Perception and Anticipation

The keynote highlights a shift in understanding critical infrastructure and how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be integrated into urban governance. Rather than serving solely as an automation tool, AI becomes an instrument of perception capable of identifying relationships, patterns, and deviations invisible to individual observation, helping to construct an “informational signature” of the urban system’s state.

This approach drives a new model of governance: PERCEIVE-> UNDERSTAND->ANTICIPATE-> ACT-> LEARN

Redefining the Architecture of the Future

The talk challenges specialists to look beyond designing isolated objects and buildings, aiming instead to design the relationships between people, systems, and their living environment. The fundamental question shifts from “How can we make the city safer?” to “How can we make the city capable of maintaining its own health?”

Conference information here: INNOMINCU 2026.