It was a smashing success!!!. The Organizers, The Bratislava School of Planning, took the lead on organizing all the events at Bratislava (Slovakia).

There were approximately 70 Heads of Office of Planning Schools at the meeting.

The main subject of the meeting "The Bologna Process" was very timely and a subject of intense and fruitful discussion.

The Bratislava Planning School:

The City of Bratislava: The capital of Slovakia, the city of Bratislava spans for an area of 367,9 km2 and houses a population of 425,208 inhabitants

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March 16th, Thursday

9.00 – 12.00 hours: ExCo meeting

14.00 – 17.00 hours: CoRep meeting

March 17th, Friday – The HoD meeting

9.30 h.     Welcome by Simin Davoudi, President of Aesop

9.45 h.     Planning education and research, Klaus Kunzmann and Barrie Needham

10.30 h.   Bologna process: preliminary results of the survey, Simin Davoudi

11.00 h.   Discussions, focusing on common conflicts and specific solutions

12.00 h.   Lunch

14.00 h.   Introducing the importance of research assessments by Sandro Balducci

14.30 h.   General discussions

15.00 h.   Parallel workshops,focussing on in-depth discussions on both Bologna and research 

16.30 h.   Plenary conclusions: The way forward

17.00 h.   Drinks 

March 18, Saturday – Case and study trip

9.30 h.     Welcome by our Bratislava hosts

9.45 h.     Introducing the specific local context of the Bratislava planning school

10.30 h.   Introducing Bratislava’s urban planning context

11.30 h.   Study trip around and through Bratislava I

13.00 h.   Lunch

14.30 h.   Study trip around and through Bratislava II

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