Results of the 56th Virtual World Planning Congress
The 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress (WPC) “Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals”, the Society’s first fully virtual Congress, was successfully celebrated from 8 November 2020 until 4 February 2021. Originally planned to take place in-person in Doha, Qatar on 8-12 November 2020, the Virtual Congress was spread over four months to replace the traditional congress format in lieu of the persistent uncertainties and mobility restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
After four months of over 40 Congress sessions, 165 paper and case study presentations, ISOCARP officially closed its first fully virtual and longest World Planning Congress. The official number of registered delegates is 284. Considering that some special sessions were open to the public, the number of actual attendees is estimated at 450.
The opening ceremony took place during the World Town Planning Day on 8 November 2020. Sue Manns delivered the first keynote address on behalf of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Global Planning Network (GPN). During the closing ceremony on 4 February ISOCARP hosted a Place-leaders Roundtable, with city leaders from the Global North and the Global South sharing their perspectives and experiences on planning for an Urban Green Deal.
The Congress was co-hosted by UN-Habitat and Urban Economy Forum (UEF).
For more information about the Congress results, please take a look at the following documents:
- Closing Ceremony Highlights
- Congress Brochure
- Congress Declaration
- Congress team
- Congress tracks
- Sponsors and endorsing partners
- Programme Overview
- Review 16
- Proceedings
- Online paper platform
- Event recordings
- Congress Recap