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FUTURE EVENTS |
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21-31 august 2008,
Culture, cohesion and
competitiveness: |
Chosen as European Capital of Culture for 2008,
Liverpool has been the focus for numerous regeneration initiatives.
The 2008 ERSA Congress will provide an excellent opportunity to see,
and reflect on, the substantial progress that has been made. The overarching theme for the Congress, 'Culture, Cohesion and Competitiveness' encapsulates a number of different aspects that are topical and relevant, not only for Liverpool but also across the whole of Europe. Further information: PDF and website
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22-23 August 2008,
Performative
Architecture
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In August 2008, the Department of Architecture and Design and The Utzon Centre at Aalborg University is hosting an international conference and will be organising three parallel workshops and a conference focusing on Performative Architecture. The aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners who investigate and work with current challenges related to architecture and city life. The workshops and conference will take place at the newly opened Utzon Centre, Slotspladsen, 9000, Aalborg.
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1-2 September 2008, Pedagogical challenges to planning education in the UK and Europe |
At the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the ESDP-ERASMUS Network,
the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape and the ESDP-ERASMUS
Network cordially invite proposals for individual papers for the
conference. The conference is organised in cooperation with AESOP,
ASC, CEBE, and HaSS Faculty at Newcastle University. The conference aims to further the debate on the scientific, pedagogical and practiceoriented challenges to contemporary planning education in Europe and other world regions. Planning education is defined as education of planning analysis and methods with a territorial dimension and stressing the articulation between different spatial scales.
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15-19 September 2008,
International Conference on Water and Urban Development Paradigms,
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For more information : PDF and Website
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22-23 September 2008,
Nordic Urban and Housing Research Seminar (NSBB) Towards sustainability in urban transformation, governance cultures and housing policies
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The NSBB network (Nordisk samarbeidsgruppe for by og boligforskning) was established in 1997. Its main activity is to hold annual Nordic seminars in urban and housing research, each Nordic country having a turn as a host. With the theme “Urban Transformation, Governance Cultures and Housing Policies”, the seminar will tackle contemporary challenges to urban and housing research especially in the Nordic countries. The effort is to bring together research on socio-economic and physico-structural aspects of urban and regional transformation with research on changing urban governance cultures – drawing further implications to housing policy and planning. The seminar is arranged by YTK – Centre for Urban and Regional Studies / Helsinki University of Technology
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24-26 September 2008, Sustainable City and Creativity |
The aim of the Meeting is to analyze in depth principles and practices of the creative city for the formulation of policy lessons and recommendations able to contribute to the building of a creative city. The Scientific Committee - composed by Sir Peter Hall, Tuzin Baycan Levent, Roberto Camagni , Giuliana Di Fiore, Francesco Forte, Klaus Kunzmann, John Rees, Pierluigi Sacco and Roger Stough - has been involved in order to identify the Meeting themes/contents. The papers to be presented and then published in a proceeding volume will be selected.
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9th-11th October 2008,
EURA 2008 Conference
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European cities are engaged in difficult and challenging processes of social, economical, institutional and territorial change. Contemporary cities can be considered as learning places under different points of view:
The EURA 2008 Conference in Milan (October 9-11, 2008) will focus its attention on the exploration of these major challenges and will foster a lively debate among researchers in the field of urban studies, particularly pointing at interactions among forms of knowledge and forms of urban governance. We invite interested parties to submit one (and only one) abstract of 200-400 words Further information on this website
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23-25 November ,
2008
Capital Cities, Wicked Problems:Best Practices in Planning and Policy Response Mechanisms.
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Worldwide, capital cities, and indeed mega cities, deal routinely with intractable problems that are called ‘wicked problems.’ These problems are not easily defined, have no obvious solutions, and attempts to solve them will trigger or exacerbate other wicked problems. As cities grow, so do the wicked problems, with which government and all urban stakeholders must contend. Through presentations and discussions at its 10th Urban Planning Symposium, Sharjah, the capital of the Sharjah Emirate, aims to learn from, and share its own experiences with, planners and policy makers from other parts of the world, about planning and policy mechanisms that have proven to be effective in addressing wicked problems. Papers should be prescriptive in terms of, first, the specific mechanisms discussed, second, the political, legal, cultural, technological, environmental and other implications of the mechanisms, and, third, lessons for cities desiring to adopt or adapt the mechanisms.
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PDF and
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10 - 12 December 2008,
Evaluation
in Planning Towards methodological innovations in planning evaluation
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Planning evaluation has a strong tradition of evaluating the success of local planning interventions. Despite enormous ingenuity, quantitative approaches have rarely been sufficient to identify the deadweight (BAU) scenario and the displacement, supply chain, multiplier and leakage effects when assessing scheme direct and indirect impacts. Inadequate data sets, poorly defined problems, poorly elaborated and or multiple objectives of planned interventions have added to the complexity in the evaluation research intelligence gathering exercise. New demands have been placed on evaluation teams to identify the cost effectiveness of different solutions (individually, and in combination) and to provide evidence of how planned interventions work in different contexts to inform decisions on what policy actions to take. Planning evaluation has become an activity aimed at a multi-dimensional understanding of reality. We see as a crucial challenge here the need to understand how planning proposals are linked to their social, economic and environmental/ecological contexts. Further information: PDF and website
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23th-26th March , 2009
Parallel Patterns of
Urban Growth and Decline
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The International Urban Planning and Environment Association (IUPEA), a global network of leading planning professionals and academics, has the mission to cultivate the international dialogue on questions of spatial and environmental planning and to contribute to the development of practice oriented solutions.
Jointly with IUPEA the University of Kaiserslautern will host the 8th International Symposium for Planning and Environment, prepared by the Department of Town Planning, (Prof. Dr.- Ing. G. Steinebach) and the International Research Training Group (IRTG), (Prof. Dr. Hans Hagen). Having met in Oxford (GB) 2002, Louisville (USA) 2004 und Bangkok (Thailand) 2007 this symposium will take place March 23rd- 26th 2009 on the campus of the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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PAST EVENTS |
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The Faculty women of the ACSP invite the Faculty women of AESOP to join us
for our annual luncheon at the ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress in Chicago in July.
The FWIG (Faculty Women's Interest Group) lunch is a highlight of the yearly
ACSP conference. We have between 125-175 women sharing their companionship,
good news, job opportunities and just mingling. We'd love to include you.
The FWIG lunch this year is on Wednesday, July 9, just before the mobile
tours. The registration fee is $35 for a light lunch and reservations are
required - please use the attached form. The luncheon overlaps some of the
departure times for mobile tours, so please double-check your tour departure
time at the Congress website.
If you think that you might feel alone or a stranger to the lunch, we'd love
to "fix you up" with a lunch buddy, a FWIG member who would sit with you and
introduce you to others. Please let us know by contacting:
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The next AESOP/ACSP
Joint Congress Every six years, AESOP and ACSP (the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) combine their Annual Congress.
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26th-28th
June, 2008,
International Symposium: |
The first international OPUS Symposium will be arranged in Stavanger, Norway, June 26th – 28th 2008 as an official event of the Stavanger2008 year as one of the Cultural Capitals of Europe. www.uis.no/OPUS2008 OPUS 2008 will bring leading designers and researchers together to explore the value and design of open public urban spaces. This urban design symposium will be held in Stavanger Norway as an official event of Stavanger 2008. The symposium will explore how public spaces transform the cultural life of cities and towns including European Capitals of Culture such as Liverpool, Graz, Stockholm, etc. Historic and contemporary projects will be featured and a design workshop will be held to explore their implications for planning and better connecting public open spaces in Stavanger. Emphasis of the symposium will be placed on how public spaces can contribute to a better urban life. |
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15th-18th May, 2008,
SCUPAD, Transportation Workshop
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We invite academics and practitioners to submit papers that explore these – and possible other – transport scenarios for the post-carbon age. We especially welcome papers explore the following issues in relation to the post-carbon age: future land use patterns at regional level; developing energy-robust urban environments; transition scenarios; planners as managers of transition; accessibility in a carbon-free era; and the impact of carbon-free transport systems on the distribution of accessibility. Please submitt abstract to: Karel Martens |
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6-8 April 2008, A Suburban World? Global Decentralization and the New Metropolis |
Hosted by Dr. Robert Lang (Metropolitan Institute), Dr. Paul Knox
(Virginia Tech), and Dr. Edward Blakeley
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Further information on this
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18-20 march 2008, Sustainability, Space & Social Justice Queen’s University |
In March 2008 the annual Planning Research Conference will be held for the first time in Ireland, hosted by the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPACE), Queen’s University, Belfast. Like previous Planning Research Conferences, this event will provide an opportunity for leading national and international planning researchers to present and debate current issues in planning research in a multidisciplinary and supportive environment. Key dates: Abstract Submission: by 11th January 2008 Acceptance of abstract: by 28th January 2008 Please submit Abstracts to: prc2008@qub.ac.uk |
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28 February - 1st march 2008, European Cities and Capitals of Culture: Learning lessons from one another? French and British Planning Study Group |
The French and British Planning Studies Group, which has been in existence for 10 years, brings together academics and some practitioners on both sides of the Channel who have an interest in Franco-British comparative study. Presentations and participant interventions may be made in either French or English, as individuals prefer. Interpretation is not provided. Meetings are held twice a year and alternate between France and Britain; the practice has been to identify a theme which may be studied in both French and British contexts. Papers are invited from both members of the Group and from outside experts in the chosen theme. |
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14-15 February 2008,
Second Symposium,
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The AESOP International Academic Group on Planning, Law and Property Rights will be holding its second conference in Warsaw in February. Please note that our local host, Dr. Miroslaw Gdesz and his colleagues have arranged so there is NO ATTENDANCE FEE for the conference (the dinner and professional tour are 40 euros for those who wish to join). Hotel costs are also very reasonable. Dr. Miroslaw Gdesz has also negotiated a contract with a book publisher (for selected papers). If your research links planning and law, or planning and property rights, you may wish to consider attending this conference! Further information on this website For any questions: email
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7-8 February 2008,
Territorial
Planning: |
Territorial planning is currently subject to a wide range of debates. Traditional planning, focussing on statutory regulation of land use and on the control of urban sprawl, is no longer adequate. Strategic planning, which appeared more recently, is essentially focused on the economic dimensions of urban development. Different questions are central for researchers and professionals. How to practice or organize urban territories? How to deal with different costs of planning, renewing and managing urban contemporary spaces? How to handle social and political confl icts? Further information on this pdf For any questions: email
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11-12 October 2007 Visiting the past, meeting the limes
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The Symposium aims to explore the multiple meanings and uses of heritage as well as its complex relationships with the tourism sector and with planning and design practices. It will gather international experts and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines to deliver lectures and participate in debates.
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AESOP SUMMER ACTIVITIES- Congress, PhD Workshop and Post Congress conference |
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AESOP promotes and disseminates the development of teaching
curricula and research within the member schools through the Annual Congress
where members share their research and best practice in spatial planning.
Staff, research students and practitioners make presentations and discuss
papers on European, national, regional and local spatial planning issues,
as well as debates on planning curricula.
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AESOP Ph.D. Workshop 2006 For mor information, please visit the YA website: www.aesop-youngacademics.net
The local organising committee have created an AESOP PhD workshop which will enable PhD students from across Europe (and the USA, South Africa, South America, etc) to share their research ideas, findings, and concerns with each other in an informal atmosphere. Five internationally famous mentors will act as facilitators to guide the presentations and critical reflection by the students and to encourage discussion on major planning themes and theory. The programme presented in this document has built on the success of the Vienna (2005) and Amsterdam (2003) AESOP workshops, as well as addressing key issues raised in the evaluation reports of recent workshops. The themes below will be included in the briefing note for the mentors, will form part of the plenary round-table panel discussion, and will be addressed by the evening plenary speakers:
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