Habitat III is the bi-decennial United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place in 2016, in Istanbul, Turkey.  The conference will focus on the implementation of the “New Urban Agenda”, building on the Habitat Agenda of Istanbul in 1996.

The establishment of an ISOCARP Think Tank will be ISOCARP’s collective first step in the run up to HABITAT III in 2016. This first meeting will take place in the afternoon of Thursday the 25^th of September during the 50^th ISOCARP Congress in Gdynia, Poland.  All ISOCARP members present in Gdynia are invited to partake in the ISOCARP/HABITAT III Think Tank and your participation is greatly welcomed.

The ISOCARP/HABITAT III Think Tank allow for ISOCARP members to provide feedback and give inputs on various HABITAT III documents and discussion papers, as well as play an overall active role in HABITAT III processes. ISOCARP members will also be encouraged to contribute to HABITAT III processes through writing, blogging and tweeting about the event in the build up to Istanbul 2016.

The agenda for the first ISOCARP/HABITAT III Think Tank will consist of the following:

• Introduction of ISOCARP/HABITAT III Think Tank by ISOCARP Secretary General Didier Vancutsem
• A briefing on ISOCARP/HABITAT III Think Tank by Vice President Technical Assistance – Project Shipra Narang Suri
• A moderated discussion.