ISOCARP

International Conference on Urban Green Transitions
2022-02-10 - 2022-02-12
Urban Green Transition: Global Agenda, Local Actions
10th February 2022
Online Mode
The School of Human Settlements (SHS), XIM University, Bhubaneswar, will organize the Annual Research on Cities Summit (ARCS) 6.0 online from 10th to 12th February 2022. In the last five years, they have successfully established a platform in India where all the academicians, researchers, industry professionals, and students share their experiences and work in urban development and planning. Over hundred quality abstracts were received worldwide. The international and national delegates will participate, discuss, debate, and deliberate over ‘Urban Green Transition: Decoding Opportunities and Challenges’ to re-imagine the urban future towards sustainability. The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi, is our knowledge partner for the event.
Plenary Session:

Welcome address: Prof. Kajri Misra, Dean, School of Human Settlements, XIM University
Moderator: Prof. Tathagata Chatterji, Professor, School of Human Settlements, XIM University

Distinguished Speakers:

Speaker 1: Mr. Frank D’hondt, Secretary General, International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
Speaker 2: Dr. Piotr Lorens, Head, Department of Urban Design and Regional Planning, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Speaker 3: Mr. Markus Appenzeller, Director MLA+, the Netherlands

The plenary session on Urban Green Transition: Global Agenda, Local Actions will start at 1:00 PM (UTC) on 10th February 2022.
Please click here to join the Plenary Session. Entire Programme can be accessed via this link.

Cyber Agora #6 Underground Urbanism
2022-03-15 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Online
Traditionally, cities around the world have used these spaces to lay down service lines—for water, sanitation, electricity—or for parking and transport. However, the multifaceted value of underground spaces is often overlooked in traditional planning processes—focussing on the horizontal and vertical expansion of urban areas above the surface. This neglect of underground spaces is linked to a limited understanding of the value of underground spaces and the importance of spatial planning to effectively utilise these spaces.
The purpose of the Cyber Agora is to expand urbanism to think beyond the “above ground”, and amplify the future of cities, which is impossible without integrating the subsurface into the urban fabric. Moreover, this event aims to highlight the value of underground spaces in the development, planning and management of a resilient and sustainable urban future, and therein role of public policies and governance.
The idea to plan and manage the use of the underground has been around for a long time. The use of the subsurface has evolved below many modern cities. It has evolved to focus on the use of subsurface as a spatial relief valve—freeing up vital space on the surface for alternate use. In the foreseeable future, planning the use of underground spaces for a sustainable, resilient, liveable and inclusive city will become inevitable—to avoid future chaos and limitations on city development. It will require cross-disciplinary integrated urban planning and government policies where public policies and urban planning acknowledge the existence of underground space and plan its use with the development of the surface.
For ITACUS and ISOCARP, underground urbanism is a domain that not only needs to be addressed but offers ample opportunity for further development in the planning community.
The event is open to urban planners, designers, urban decision-makers, engineers, placemakers, urban explorers.
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2022 YPPs’ Workshop, Kocaeli, Turkey
2022-03-19 - 2022-03-25
Young Planning Professionals’ WorkshopKocaeli, Turkey | March 19-25, 2022
Change for Resilience . Resilience for Change.

ISOCARP is proud to announce a Young Planning Professionals’ workshop (YPP) in Kocaeli, Turkey between 19 and 25 March 2022. The YPP Program is a crucial component of ISOCARP’s dedication to promote and enhance the planning profession and commitment to facilitate knowledge for better cities with the young generations. The Kocaeli YPP Workshop, ‘Change for Resilience . Resilience for Change’ intends to discuss the concept of resilience through a transformation of urban public space, which can become a critical tool for a resilient city and society. It will be organised in collaboration with the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Marmara Municipalities Union, and the ISOCARP Institute, Centre for Urban Excellence.
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United Nations MENA Climate Week 2022 Event
2022-03-28 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
United Nations MENA Climate Week 2022 Event (link)New and radical spatial planning for systemic change in citiesMarch 28, 20221:00 – 2:00 PM CEST3:00 – 4:00 PM (Dubai Time)
Cities play a critical role in our multiple crises: they are leading sources of GHG emissions, but also the places where different aspects of the climate crisis overlap and where strong responses are needed for a fair and just transition. It’s clear that the way cities are planned and managed needs to drastically change if we are serious about meeting ambitious but necessary targets for emission reduction and adaptation to a changing climate.
Action is now finally being taken by many city leaders, but is this approach enough to deliver the radical transformation our cities need to make good on our promises?
The spatial planning system is the main tool most countries have for managing urban environments: which moves are different countries in the MENA Region taking to ensure vital change to tackle the climate crisis?
In this participatory virtual event, expert planners from different parts of the region will exchange ideas and explore priorities using online tools to engage directly with the audience.
Discover the event agenda here.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83118818667
Contact person: Martina Juvara | martinaj@urbansilenceltd.com

Cyber Agora #7 Women in Planning
2022-03-31 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Amsterdam)
Cyber Agora #7 Women in Planning

March 31, 2022 | 10:00 AM CETOnline Event

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6th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning'
2022-04-07 - 2022-04-12
Annual Conference of the International Journal of E-Planning Research
April 7-12, 2022
Online
The 6th international conference on Urban e-Planning, organised by the ‘International Journal of E-Planning Research’, in collaboration with the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Lisbon, will be held virtually on April 7-12, 2022. The IJEPR Annual Conferences are a multi- and interdisciplinary forum for the exploration, discussion and presentation of innovative theoretical and empirical research on Urban e-Planning. The 6th International Conference on Urban e-Planning aims to explore how the current digital revolution in the field of urban planning can serve the common good.
Following the successful conferences in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020/2021, the 6th IJEPR Annual Conference on Urban e-Planning Research seeks both theoretical works and empirical research on ground-breaking approaches, innovative methods, and new digital tools in the field of Urban e-Planning. The conference also welcomes short presentations with a more practical orientation.
The abstract submission deadline: February 10, 2022.
For additional information, visit the website.

The International Conference on Sustainable Development - ICSD 2022
2022-06-23 - 2022-06-26
The International Conference on Sustainable Development – ICSD 2022
June 23-26, 2022
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
The International Conference on Sustainable Development – ICSD 2022 has been organised as part of the 13th Days of BHAAAS (Bosnian-Herzegovinian Academy of Arts and Sciences), the largest annual scientific gathering in the Western Balkans region committed to the importance of sustainability and interdisciplinarity as the main event’s themes.
The conference includes the following tracks:

Sustainable Urban Development: Designing Smart, Inclusive and Resilient Cities (Architecture, Urban Planning and related fields)
Quadruple Helix Approach to Sustainable Development(Social Sciences, Humanities and related fields)
Sustainable Civil Engineering(Civil Engineering and related fields)

Accepted papers will be published by Springer, a leading global scientific publishing company, in a new edition titled “Interdisciplinary Advances in Sustainable Development.”
We welcome all professionals, academics, researchers and students to submit a full research paper for the conference by January 30, 2022.
For papers and more information, click here.
For any additional questions, please feel free to contact icsd2022@bhaaas.org

World Cities Summit 2022
2022-07-31 - 2022-08-03
World Cities Summit
In-person | 31 July to 3 August 2022
The World Cities Summit is an exclusive platform for government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge new partnerships.
Jointly organised by Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the biennial Summit has been attended by over 4000 delegates, from over 500 global cities, including government, business and thought leaders.
The Summit will be held in-person, from 31 July to 3 August 2022.
This 8th edition comprises Plenaries and Track discussions, as well as other key events such as the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Lecture, WCS Mayors Forum, WCS Young Leaders Symposium, the Expo, and site visits.

Cities 4.0 2022 “Local Action, Global Achievement”
2022-09-20 - 2022-09-21 | Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Location: Royale Chulan, Kuala Lumpur
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an ambitious global effort to be delivered by 2030, entailing overarching global action on inclusiveness, socio-economic resiliency, and environmental protection. All 17 cross-cutting SDGs act as urban targets for urban actors when driving action and investment in innovative urban development. Since cities house half of the world’s population and contribute to two-thirds of the worldwide GDPs, our cities are essential in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Not all cities will work at the same speed, have similar priorities, or even the same starting point. Hence, localizing the SDGs at the local and regional city level becomes pivotal, encouraging and leading city leaders to embrace the global goals. Given the scale, complexity, and interconnectedness of smart city services, cities need integrated strategies, project implementation, and sound methods for monitoring and reporting to align to the specific goals.
The 5th edition of Cities 4.0, with the overarching theme ‘Local Action, Global Achievement,’ aims to facilitate discussions and dialogues on strategies for developing a practical roadmap to localize the SDGs for local actions on project implementation and monitoring. The conference will further discuss strategies for building climate-smart cities, from measuring urban greenhouse gas emissions to implementing urban vegetation and smart waste management. Various aspects of technological and capacity development in making the success of smart cities will also be discussed by the international experts over the two-day conference.
For more information, please have a look at the website: www.cities4pointzero.com

Healthy City Design 2022
2022-10-10 - 2022-10-11
Healthy City Design 2022
The Next Frontier: Valuing diversity, inclusivity and opportunity
October 10-11, 2022
London, UK
The next frontier’ will see new amalgams of expertise and knowledge addressing the vital questions around inclusion and diversity in the professional disciplines in design, technology, urbanism and health. Business organisations will lean into the city as part of their ESG (environmental, social and governance) commitments. Architects and engineers will plan for the complexity that comes with including a wider range of needs and desires. Public health experts will pilot a fresh approach, and technology providers will seize the moment.
For our 2022 Congress, we’re interested in receiving proposals for papers, posters and workshops in the spheres of practice, research and policy that capture key elements of this dynamic picture. We want to look at inclusive ideas and initiatives in relation to such topics as homes and neighbourhoods, work and workplace, public space and urban design, climate and community, transport and mobility, and smart cities and healthcare services.
Previous editions of the Healthy City Design International Congress have looked at creating a shared culture of wellness, reducing health inequalities, building resilience in cities, and dealing with the impact of Covid-19. In 2022, we pull all of these themes together and ask: how can design for inclusion, diversity and social equity support healthier lives in a thriving urban realm?
For additional information, please visit the website.

18nth International Conference on Urban Health- ICUH
2022-10-24 - 2022-10-27
18nth International Conference on Urban Health- ICUH
24-27 October, 2022 | Valencia Spain
The 18nth International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) is an annual initiative of the International Society of Urban Health (ISUH).
ISOCARP supports this event as a Conference Partner.
There is a growing body of urban health research and evidence, yet gaps exist in knowledge generation, translation, and application for urban design and health practice. In this context, the International Conference on Urban Health serves as a key convergence point to advance and support the generation, exchange, and application of urban health programs and policies. Through the Conference and program activities, the ISUH serves as a platform for interdisciplinary academic researchers and educators, practitioners and policymakers from multiple sectors in government and the private sector.
The theme for ICUH 2022 is Growing Our Global Community. Driving Action. Ensuring Equity. During this year’s conference, we aim to connect all global stakeholders working within the urban health realm to drive action and ensure equity across cities and regions. We will explore how urban health can connect with other urban and global agendas, such as climate change, planetary health and sustainable development. We will explore models for engagement and empowerment, prioritizing and defining equity across communities, how biodiversity and natural elements can play a role in healthy urban futures, and ways to reduce climate impacts for all.
Conference Themes

Urban Natural Environments & Ecosystem (nature and promotion of health in cities)
Urban Health Pathways (generating evidence that sheds light on the drivers of urban health that are still emerging)
Transforming Urban Environments for Health (turning evidence into practice: implementation science, policy, governance strategies, interventions, innovations, partnerships and networks)
Making it Happen (Mechanisms for supporting health and wellbeing in urban environments)
Building Equitable Cities for All (empowering vulnerable and excluded populations, addressing health disparities, informality, environmental and health justice)
Evidence and Practice from Valencia and Spain (local contributions on the above topics or new locally relevant topics)

Final Deadline for Abstract and Proposal Submissions, May 31st
For more information and Submissions find the link here.

URBAN PLANNING WEEK 2022: “Advances in Urban Planning in the Post-Pandemic City”
2022-11-08 - 2022-11-10 | Online
Since 1997, the Society of Urbanists of Peru has joined the celebration of World Town Planning Day by organising events that highlight the importance of urban planning for sustainable urban development, establishing strategic alliances, and fostering the involvement of public institutions.
Following the path already traced, in 2022 and for the third consecutive year, the Society of Urbanists of Peru presents “URBAN PLANNING WEEK”. This year’s event aims to unite urban planners and designers, as well as other professionals specialised in urban work and the general public, around the theme: “Advances in Urban Planning in the Post-Pandemic City”.
Urbanism Week 2022 is organised into three forums, which take place daily, starting from November 8-10, 2022. The forums are held in virtual format through the Google MEET platform, with simultaneous transmission (streaming) by Facebooklive.
Admission to Urbanism Week 2022 is free, pending the previous signing-up at the following link: https://www.diadelurbanismo.com/semana-del-Urbanismo-2022/
For additional information, please visit: https://www.diadelurbanismo.com/semana-del-Urbanismo-2022/)

Smart City Expo World Congress
2022-11-15 - 2022-11-17
Smart City Expo World Congress (Barcelona, November 15-17) is the leading international event for the smart city sector, a key meeting point for experts and leaders of the world’s most innovative cities, companies, research centers and international organizations. Over 24,000 professionals are expected from more than 700 cities and over 400 international speakers that will share their vision on how to build a more sustainable and livable urban future.
This year’s event will focus on eight main tracks touching the most pressing issues facing cities: Enabling Technologies, Energy & Environment, Mobility, Governance, Living & Inclusion, Economy, Infrastructures & Buildings and Safety & Security.
After last year’s success, the event will blend the physical venue with the digital space, allowing us to reach a wider audience while giving everybody the opportunity to experience the event in full.

More information at www.smartcityexpo.com
Discount Codes are Available for ISOCARP Members!
A limited number of discount codes for ISOCARP members are available on request. Please contact ISOCARP president Pietro Elisei at elisei@isocarp.org to get your discount. A first come, first served policy will be implemented for those who wish to take advantage of this exclusive promotion. Therefore, we encourage everyone interested to get in touch promptly.

FLEXIBLE PLANNING IN SEARCH FOR INNOVATIVE PLANNING INSTRUMENTS
2022-12-01 - 2022-12-02 | Gdansk
Conference Outline
Nowadays urban development processes get much more diversified than in even recent past. At the same time, contemporary planning discourse mainly focuses on goals and principles of sustainable transformation and not so much on implementation instruments. This relates to both the mode of discussing possible planning and development solutions and to the implementation models and mechanisms. And even if some issues are debated and tested in different contexts, like spurring participation and involvement of all stakeholders in the planning and development processes, these are not part of the formal processes and procedures. This comes – among others – from the fact that we are still in search of the best possible, innovative, and responding to the current needs, planning instruments, which are not codified and have not become part of the planning system yet.
The main purpose of organizing the conference on „Flexible Planning” is to present and discuss currently debated and practiced planning instruments that go beyond formalized procedures. The intention is to invite practitioners (planners and urban designers), municipal leaders (mayors, city architects, and planners), academicians, and other professionals dealing with shaping innovative instruments that can deal with specific problems and issues in urban development.

The conference program will include several sessions, including:

 Keynote presentations – dealing with both contemporary principles of urban development and practices associated with planning and development processes
 Analyses of lessons learned from various informal planning undertakings – workshops, seminars, discussions, etc.
 Discussions on key issues for contemporary planning practice – including participation and co-creation processes
 Reflections on interrelations between design and planning principles, planning methods, and implementation practices.The intention is to make this conference a venue for exchanging good practices and reassuring the key stakeholders in efforts associated with refining the local planning practices. At the same time, this will serve as a launch event for the new planning agenda for the City of Gdańsk.
The event is hosted jointly by the City of Gdansk, Fahrenheit Universities, and the Society of Polish Town Planners. At the same time, this will become an ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) Regional Event. Among others, the members of the Global Planners Network as well as of the European Council of Town Planners (ECTP) will be participating in it.
The conference will be in-person only, with no live streaming. Although, the entire event will be recorded and in subsequent weeks these recordings will be made available for everyone interested on the website of the Office of the Gdansk City Architect:
www.gdansk.pl/bam
Participation in the conference is free of charge, although registration will be required. Everyone interested in participating in the event is kindly asked to send a short e-mail to the conference secretariat: city.arch@gdansk.gda.pl

Conference programme
Venue: Main Aula, Main Building, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12 Gdańsk
Thursday, Dec. 1st
Introductory lecture
9.15 – 10.45 – The essential ingredient for making livable cities – Dhiru Thadani (ISOCARP)

10.45 – 11.15 – coffee break
11.15 – 11.30 – conference opening
Representative of GdanskTech, Piotr Lorens (City of Gdańsk), Tomasz Majda (Society of Polish Town Planners – TUP), Janet Askew (European Council of Spatial Planners – Conseil Europeen des Urbanistes ECTP-CEU), Pietro Elisei (International Society of City and Regional Planners – ISOCARP )
Session 1 – Importance of flexible planning for shaping the contemporary urban planning systems – Chair: Piotr Lorens
11.30 – 11.50 – Innovation in planning: Contemporary tools and planning paths – Pietro Elisei (ISOCARP)
11.50 – 12.10 – Adopting a more flexible and discretionary approach in Europe: the contribution of professional planners – Janet Askew (ECTP-CEU)
12.10 – 12.25 – Directions of change of the Polish planning system – Tomasz Majda (TUP)
12.25 – 12.40 – Flexibility of planning vs. Flexibility of law. Review of legislative technique measures to make statutory regulations more flexible – Jakub Szlachetko (University of Gdańsk) 12.40 – 12.55 – The missing link – the third scale of planning in the experience of Łódź – Aneta Tomczak (TUP)
12.55 – 13.10 – Inauguration of the DecydujMY! project – about education in participation and about cross-sectoral cooperation – Martyna Nagórska (Fundacja RC, TUP)
13.10 – 13.30 – Discussion
13.30 – 14.30 – lunch
Session 2 – Flexible planning within the planning system – Chair: Janet Askew
14.30 – 14.50 – The Planning System We Need – How to review and reform hard and soft planning regulations and conventions at national and city-scales – Frank D’hondt (ISOCARP)
14.50 – 15.20 – Planning for Flexibility: New Instruments – New Concepts – Hendrik van den Kamp (ECTP-CEU)
15.20 – 15.35 – Experience in comprehensive development planning – the example of Port Praski in Warsaw – Szymon Wojciechowski (APA Wojciechowski) 15.35 – 15.50 – Experience in comprehensive development planning – the example of Young City in Gdańsk – Paweł Majkusiak (JEMS Architekci)
15.50 – 16.00 – Discussion
16.00 – 16.30 – coffee break
Sesja 3 – Elastyczne planowanie we współczesnej praktyce – Chair: Frank D’hondt
16.30 – 16.50 – Professional experiences in complex planning approaches – Markus Hedorfer (ECTP-CEU)
16.50 – 17.10 – Can informal planning combined with master planning improve spatial quality and realizations – Guy Vloebergh (OMGEVING cv – Antwerp University)
17.10 – 17.25 – Urban concept and structure plan in planning city-forming processes in degraded areas – Michał Stangel (Silesian University of Technology)

17.25 – 17.40 – Cooperative urban development in the inner city and at the fringe – two good practices in Leipzig – Luise Kneipel, Thomas Mehlhorn (City of Leipzig)
17.40 – 18.00 – Discussion
EVENING – 19.00 – reception – Olivia Business Centre

Friday, Dec. 2nd
Special session
9.00 – 9.30 – New Urban Agenda for Gdańsk – Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of the City of Gdańsk
Session 4 – Flexible planning as a result of joint efforts of experts, academicians and practitioners – Chair: Agnieszka Zimnicka
9.30 – 9.45 – Masterplans as contemporary instruments for shaping comprehensive urban structures – Weronika Mazurkiewicz (TUP, PG) 9.45 – 10.00 – From student solutions to broad discussions on the development of the City of Gdańsk – Karolina Krośnicka, Małgorzata Kostrzewska, Justyna Wieczerzak (TUP, PG) 10.00 – 10.15 – Quo Vadis Gdańsku? Residents plan their city in 2015. Bottom-up approach in spatial planning – Gabriela Rembarz, Justyna Martyniuk-Pęczek, Przemysław Kluz (PG, TUP, GFIS)
10.15 – 10.30 – Master planning in practice of operational urbanism – conclusions from Polish experiences – Monika Arczyńska, Łukasz Pancewicz (A2P2, TUP)
10.30 – 11.00 – coffee break
Session 5 – Flexible planning in the contest of the formalized systems – Chair: Pietro Elisei
11.00 – 11.20 – Wrocław: Recycling space in light of the Sustainable Development Goals – Jakub Mazur, Vice Mayor of the City of Wrocław
11.20 – 11.40 – ‘NON-STANDARD’- Complementing statutory planning – Markus Appenzeller (MLA+, ISOCARP)
11.40 – 12.00 – Instruments of flexible planning in Poland – practice and perspectives – Łukasz Mikuła (UAM Poznań)
12.00 – 12.15 – Lights and shadows of flexibility in planning, a voice from London – Agnieszka Zimnicka (London Borough of Tower Hamlets)
12.15 – 12.30 – Social consultation tools used in the preparation of the new Study of Warsaw – Monika Konrad (UM Warszawa)
12.30 – 12.45 – Development, Growth and Flexibility: Planning Experiences from Qatar – Sławomir Ledwoń (Ministry of Municipality, Qatar)
12.45 – 13.00 – Dyskusja
13.00 – 14.00 – Lunch

Session 6 – Flexible planning within the experiences of cities – Chair: Izabela Mironowicz
14.00 – 14.20 – The use of urban design in planning Polish cities – different scales and possibilities – Krystyna Solarek (TUP, Warsaw University of Technology)
14.20 – 14.40 – Better Building Brussels – Kristiaan Borret (BMA Brussels – City Architect of Brussels)
14.40 – 15.00 – Practice of flexible planning on the example of Warsaw – Marlena Happach (City Architect of Warsaw)
15.00 – 15.20 – Dream and ,,REAL”- planning case study of teh New Centre of Łódź– Marek Janiak (City Architect of Łódź)
15.20 – 15.30 – Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 – coffee break
Session 7 – Selected issues in shaping the flexible planning systems – Chair: Piotr Lorens
16.00 – 16.20 – Enhancing urban spaces through underground spaces – Antonia Cornaro (ETH & ITACUS)
16.20 – 16.40 – “(Re)Shaping City Districts – with the help of Young Professional Think Deep Programme – Petr Salak (ITACUS)
16.40 – 17.00 – New Downtown of Bratislava – Vision vs. Reality – Zuzana Ladzianska (SPECTRA STUBA)
17.00 – 17.20 – Vienna experience in urban development – Manfred Schrenk (REAL CORP, ISOCARP)
17.20 – 17.40 – Architecture Planning – Acceptance of Territorial Complexity – Jacek Rymaszewski (SLETH)
17.40 – 18.00 – Discussion
18.00 – Conference closure

7th ANNUAL RESEARCH ON CITIES SUMMIT - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE URBANISM IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
2023-02-10 - 2023-02-11 | Puri, Odisha, India
This significant gathering will undoubtedly be the place to be if you wish to get inspired by the brightest minds in academics and industry, acquire inclusive knowledge on the potentials and prospects of sustainable urbanism in the global south, and— of course—have a great time.
On this occasion, the School of Human Settlements, XIM University Bhubaneswar is announcing two eminent speakers for ARCS 7.0.
PIETRO ELISEI: President of ISOCARP – International Society of City and Regional Planners (The Hague) –URBASOFIA; Director (Bucharest) – URBAN 2020 (NGO), President (Bucharest).
FRANK D’HONDT: Secretary General ISOCARP – Director Territorial Capital Institute – Urban Planning Adviser

For more details, please visit: https://shs.xim.edu.in/news-events/arcs7/
For any query, write us at: xu-arcs@xim.edu.in

International Conference of 'Urban planning,' Annual Conference of the International Journal of E-Planning Research
2023-03-27 - 2023-03-31
The 7th international conference on Urban e-Planning, organised by the ‘International Journal of E-Planning Research’, in collaboration with the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning at the University of Lisbon, will be held virtually on March 27-31, 2023. The IJEPR Annual Conferences are a multi- and interdisciplinary forum for the exploration, discussion and presentation of innovative theoretical and empirical research on Urban e-Planning. The 7th International Conference on Urban e-Planning aims to explore how the current digital revolution in the field of urban planning can serve the common good.
Following the successful conferences in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020/2021, and 2022 the 7th IJEPR Annual Conference on Urban e-Planning Research seeks both theoretical works and empirical research on ground-breaking approaches, innovative methods, and new digital tools in the field of Urban e-Planning. The conference also welcomes short presentations with a more practical orientation.
The abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2022
For additional information, please click on the banner.
https://sites.google.com/view/uep2023conference/call-for-papers?authuser=0

17th AESOP Young Academics Conference: Cities Planning for Action: Making sustainable transformations of cities and territories happen
2023-03-28 - 2023-03-31 | Antwerp
March 28-31, 2023
Antwerp, Belgium
The 17th AESOP Young Academics Conference will take place from 28 to 31 March 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium. The conference will be hosted by young academics of the Research group for Urban Development at the University of Antwerp’s Faculty of Design Sciences.
Cities and regions in every part of the world are being challenged by evolutions of which the pace is rapidly increasing, and the impacts and outcomes are more uncertain than ever. Climate change, growing urban populations, migration flows, technological revolutions, the digitalization of economies and everyday life, growing inequalities, geopolitical shifts, increasing polarization, and increasing diversity. Additionally, the Covid pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have alerted us about the global, national, and local impact of disruptive events. The time for action is immediate as pressure on cities and territories is increasing because of these challenges. Sustainable transformations are required to ensure there is space and opportunity for both people and natural species to live and thrive in the near and far future. Planning and other disciplines have spoiled us with a rich body of literature that helps understand the way forward, but we need to turn theory into practice through planning for action.
We invite young academics and practitioners of all relevant disciplines and welcome contributions that have an action oriented or applied perspective, as an opportunity to learn about innovative approaches and methods, empirical studies, the impact of research on practice, and research that actively engages with communities, practitioners, private sector stakeholders, and policy makers.
We offer five tracks to which you can contribute. The submission deadline is 7 November 2022.
​Track 1: Upscaling and delivering sustainable transformations. Implementation and governance​
​Track 2: Flows of people and goods: Active and inclusive mobility in cities and territories​
​Track 3: Healthy and resilient cities and territories: Impact and design
​Track 4: Complex and unpredictable cities and territories: Planning approaches and institutions ​
​Track 5: Action-oriented research to make sustainable transformations happen: Research methods

For more information, please click on the banner https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/aesopya2023/call/

The International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2023
2023-04-04 - 2023-04-05 | New Delhi, India
We are delighted to invite you to participate in the upcoming International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) 2023, which is being held in partnership with ISOCARP. This year’s conference will take place on 4-5 April 2023 in New Delhi, India, and will feature a hybrid format as in the last edition.
The theme of ICDRI 2023 is ‘Delivering Resilient and Inclusive Infrastructure: Pathways for Risk Informed Systems, Practices, and Investments’. The conference will provide a platform to explore and discuss the demonstrated practices and solutions that enable the provisioning of resilient infrastructure to people and economies across different geographies, climate typologies, and infrastructure sectors.
As a partner of ICDRI 2023, ISOCARP is excited to be part of this international conference, which will showcase the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities related to disaster-resilient infrastructure. This is a great opportunity for our members to gain insights into best practices and innovations, connect with experts and stakeholders, and participate in interactive discussions and workshops.
We encourage you to register for the conference as soon as possible to take advantage of the early-bird rates. Please visit the ICDRI 2023 registration website for more details on the registration process and fees: https://icdri.cdri.world

Joint ISOCARP-ITACUS Young Professionals Workshop, Gdansk, 16-21 April 2023
2023-04-16 - 2023-04-21 | Gdansk
Joint ISOCARP-ITACUS Young Professionals Workshop
Gdansk, Poland, 16 – 21 April 2023
Bridging the Divide – Connecting the Young City and the Polish Hook Areas
ISOCARP is proud to announce the upcoming Young Professionals’ workshop in Gdansk between 16 and 21 April 2023. ISOCARP in partnership with ITACUS (International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association’s Committee on Underground Space) have recently made an agreement with the City of Gdansk – which entails a Young Planning Professionals (YPP) – Young Professionals Think Deep Program (YPTDP) Workshop. The Young Planning Professionals Programme is a crucial component of ISOCARP’s dedication to promote and enhance the planning profession and commitment to facilitate knowledge for better cities with the young generations. The Programme facilitates a unique creative spirit within the Society, and it has become a source of new ideas, innovation and rejuvenation not only for the Society but also for our partners; and has made a huge impact on participants’ professional lives, in the name of the universal vision of promoting and enhancing the planning profession. YPTDP sets on the principle of how to actively involve ITA young members and make them part of a cross-disciplinary cooperation with ISOCARP. The core idea is to combine the proven methodology of ISOCARP’s YPP on underground urbanism. According to this tradition, the Gdansk YPP// YPTDP workshop on ‘Bridging the Divide – Connecting the Young City and the Polish Hook Areas’ will be offered this year again between 16-21 April, in Gdansk, Poland. At the same time, this event is intended to become a continuation of the previously organized series of workshops, which took place in 2016 and 2017 and were focusing on the Glasgow Waterfront and Wroclaw West End.
Application deadline: 10 March 2023 (11.59 pm UTC). Please read the Calls for Coordinators and Participants before applying!
If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact Zeynep Gunay, ISOCARP Board, Director YPP via gunay@isocarp.org.

International Workshop “City, Urban Planning and Qanat”, organized on the 10
2023-05-10 | Tehran (Hybird)
“ISOCARP is pleased to invite interested professionals to attend the International Workshop “City, Urban Planning and Qanat”, organized on the 10th of May 2023 by our partners the Tehran Construction Engineering Organisation (TCEO), in collaboration with the International Center on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (ICQHS) and UNESCO.
The full-day workshop (09:00 – 16:00 Iran time) will start with presentations delving into the effects of the Qanat on the urban planning of Iranian cities, in particular Yazd, followed by an interactive workshop (11:00 – 16:00) promoting the track in the historical area of the Yazd city. Leveraging on the potential of recovering and reusing hydraulic structures such as water mills and reservoirs, the participants will have the opportunity to contribute and explore possibilities for urban interventions destined to improve the attractiveness of these points for visitors, with the following purposes:

Improving the safety of the city based on the Qanat technology
Reviewing the effect of Qanat on the urban morphology of cities
Reviewing the effect of urban land uses on the quality of underground water
Identifying the role of Qanat in increasing the identity of Islamic-Iranian cities
Identifying the role of the urban planner on improving the natural environment conditions
Increasing the general information about urban planning principles and clean technologies.

More information on the City of Yazd and the heritage discussed in the workshop can be accessed here: https://isocarp.org/app/uploads/2023/04/Workshop-of-urban-planning31.pdf
The workshop is free to attend for all interested participants. For directly accessing it, please connect using the following link on the10th of May: http://adobe.tceo.ir/cityandqanat/

Finals of the 21st International Awards for Liveable Communities/LivCom Awards
2023-05-30 - 2023-06-02 | Birgu, Malta
Organizers
International Institute on Ageing United Nations-Malta
United Nations Center for Regional Development
ISOCARP
LivCom Committee
Birgu Municipal Government

30 May – 2 June, 2023

The Finals of the 21st LivCom Awards will be held in Birgu, Malta on 30 May – 2 June, 2023. This year’s Finals will be co-organized by the LivCom Committee and the International Institute on Ageing United Nations-Malta (UN-INIA), in collaboration with the ISOCARP and the United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), and co-hosted by the Birgu Municipal Government and the American University of Malta (AUM).

As a UN-backed international competition, the LivCom Awards was launched in 1997 and is the World’s major Awards Competition focusing on International Best Practice regarding the management of the local environment and development, with further objective of improving the living quality via building “liveable communities”. LivCom is non-political, embracing all nations and cultures, and over 70 countries are represented within the Awards. Participation in LivCom is free of charge.

This LivCom Awards 2023 is centred on mobilizing local authorities to focus on the management of local environment and development with an age-friendly theme to advance building more age-friendly liveable cities. As such, the First International Forum on Age-Friendly and Liveable Cities (AFLC) will be organized alongside a Technical Conference on Urban Transit and Sustainable Network (UTSN).

LivCom has been taking participation and sharing as an important goal. Numerous outstanding winner cities consider participation in LivCom as a significant platform and exchange opportunity for city development and improvement of living quality. Cities will in return learn about the best practices and solutions from other countries facing similar challenges.
Find more on: www.livcomawards.org

CNU31 - Charlotte
2023-05-31 - 2023-06-03 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
The Congress for the New Urbanism is thrilled to bring our 31st annual Congress to one of the most diverse, vibrant cities in the American Southeast with deep roots in new urbanism – the Queen City of Charlotte, North Carolina.
As the 15th largest city in the country, Charlotte will be the first city in North Carolina to host the Congress. As the third fastest growing region in the country, Greater Charlotte has the benefit of beautiful, John Nolen-designed neighborhoods, thriving mill villages, many completely built new urbanist projects, and new urban transit-oriented development neighborhoods that have added over 50,000 housing units in 10 years.
Charlotte is a city that is on the move, aggressively working to address economic mobility and affordable housing with public-private partnerships and new regulatory tools. With the recent adoption of the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan, CNU 31’s host city is ready for implementation and action – one of the great skills of New Urbanists.
Belmont, Davidson, Huntersville, Cornelius, Birkdale Village, Baxter Village, Antiquity, First Ward, Vermillion – all first-generation New Urbanist developments and towns with form based codes since the early 1990s. The Charlotte region offers long time CNU members the ability to check in and see their progress and talk with the developers and implementers who were the early authors and designers of the projects. For first-time attendees, this will provide them with insight into the transformational work that New Urbanists have been doing for decades.
And within 2 hours of Charlotte are towns and cities that are implementing New Urbanism – Asheville, High Point, Greensboro, Columbia, Rock Hill and the list goes on. From the nearby town leadership to small and large development organizations and placemaking non-profits the Charlotte region is ready for action.
With several billion dollars invested in transportation to support walkability, the Charlotte community is committed to walkable urbanism. Not only is there a longstanding tradition of New Urbanist design in the region, Charlotte is also incorporating new urbanist principles into its current growth and development patterns. The explosion of growth and the future of walkable urbanism in Charlotte will be on full display at CNU 31. With over 10,000 new residential units at the South End light rail station areas alone and over 3.8 billion dollars of investment in its first transit corridor – all walkable urbanism – there’s a lot to showcase!
After the success of our first in-person Congress since the start of the pandemic, the Congress for the New Urbanism is thrilled to bring our movement to one of the most diverse, vibrant cities in the American Southeast with deep roots in new urbanism. Please join us from May 31 to June 3, 2023 for CNU 31.Charlotte!

Cyber Agora #9 “Urban Heritage” on June 2, 2023
2023-06-02 12:00 - 14:30 UTC | Online
The International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) and the International Association of World Heritage Professionals (IAWHP) are excited to invite you to this joint webinar, which will take place on Friday June 2, from 12:00 to 14:30 CEST.
Join us in this dialogue between practitioners, academics, and professionals worldwide.
We are looking forward to learning and reflecting on international best practices and research regarding the protection and management of Urban Heritage!
Information and Registration

The second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly
2023-06-05 - 2023-06-09 | Nairobi., Kenya
The second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly will be held from 5 to 9 June 2023 in Nairobi. Kenya. The theme of the session is “A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in times of global crises

2023 RSA Annual Conference Transforming Regions: Policies and Planning for People and Places
2023-06-14 | Ljubljana, Slovenia
This four-day conference brings together academics and policymakers to exchange news, views and research findings from the fields of regional studies and science, regional and economic development, policy and planning. There will be representation from around 50 different global territories as we gather both established experts and early career researchers in the beautiful city of Ljubljana.
The conference will feature 450+ presentations, high-profile plenary speakers, a number of specially convened sessions, workshops, networking sessions, walking tours and field trips. The social programme will include the conference dinner and a reception, side events, sport activities, exhibitor stalls and post-conference tours to explore Slovenia.
#RSA23 will address topics concerned with regional and urban development, policy and research. The Association takes a broad view of its remit, but all submissions will be refereed prior to acceptance to ensure minimum standards of quality and field relevance and innovation are maintained. In addition to abstract submissions we welcome proposals for special sessions, networking events, book launches, author meets critic sessions, etc.

We are happy to announce that ISOCARP members have a discount price on non-members’ conference registration. Registration opens on 1st February here. Use the promo code “ISOCARP23” when registering to receive your 10% discount.

Thinking Big: 2050 City Megagrowth” virtual forum
2023-06-23 | Online
This Event Endorsement Agreement is signed by the event organiser and ISOCARP (the endorsing organisation) specifically and exclusively concerning the event mentioned above. The agreement is valid for the period between the date of signature and the completion of the event.

The event organiser will receive the following benefits:

The right to use the ISOCARP logo in the event’s promotional materials.

Communication about the event on ISOCARP’s Social Media channels.

The display of the July 2023 event’s banner or logo on the ISOCARP website until the event’s date.

Announcement of July 2023 event in ISOCARP PULSE Newsletter.

The endorsing organisation will receive the following benefits:

The display of the ISOCARP logo as Partner Organisation on the homepage of the July 2023 event’s website and materials

Inclusion of an ISOCARP member presentation in the July 2023 event

UIA World Congress of Architects - Copenhagen 2023
2023-07-02 - 2023-07-06 | Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Center Boulevard 5, entrance 6, Copenhagen, Denmark

2nd International Conference on Inclusive Cities
2023-08-16 - 2023-08-18 | Durban, South Africa
Open call for papers and invitation to join the Second International Conference on Inclusive Cities in Durban, South Africa, on August 16-18, 2023.
Cities have always been centers of human activity, serving as hubs for trade, culture, and innovation. However, cities face significant inequality, poverty, and social exclusion challenges. Organized online by our institutional partners, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the 2nd International Conference on Inclusive Cities 2023 seeks to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration between researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community members to explore the capacity of the state to achieve inclusive cities.
The Call for Abstracts is now open, and we invite members and partners to send in their work until 15 March 2023!
More information on the conference themes and submission process soon here.

28th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society - GeoMultimedia 2023
2023-09-18 - 2023-09-20 | Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
A constantly growing world (around 8 billion people now, 9.7 billion to be expected by 2050 [1]) with constantly expanding cities and urban agglomerations is facing various challenges such as scarcity of resources, infrastructure provision security, risk of disasters, global warming or ageing of the population. These topics have to be seen as global challenges which are unevenly distributed across the world regarding the dynamics of those phenomena and their geogeaphic location.
Are Nature-Based Solutions the key to liveable, sustainable, resilient cities even under the threats of climate change? Is it just about greening the cities and their green and blue infrastructures? What is the context of their technological developments and social innovation?
What are Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)? The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) defines them as actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems. These actions address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, and simultaneously provide human well-being and biodiversity benefits with common societal challenges. [2, 3] Another perspective of NBS is solutions that use ecological and environmental services to address contemporary environmental, social and economic challenges. [4]
NBS are definitely being understood well beyond greenery or only biotic nature. There are strong relations with topics such as liveability, social cohesion and human activities, and urban planning, architecture and design as key disciplines. Thus, beside green and blue (water) infrastructure as currently the most often addressed manifestation of NBS in cities, REAL CORP 2023 suggests to reflect also on the physical processes and materials (abiotic nature) as inevitable parts of nature. These can bes seen in connection with parameters of urban planning, such as morphology, land use, availability of space for (land) use occupancy etc. These physical world processes are also part of nature, especially as the properties of locations and sites that may well dictate their further development as well as the selection of suitable NBS for implementation at these specific locations.
NBS that directly use natural processes (e. g. natural terrain with high vegetation, which in urban areas is most often associated with a park), especially in dense urban patterns, are generally more difficult to implement due to spatial as well as economic constraints. NBS that may be more appropriate in such situations may come from a set of ideas and proposals that “mimic” nature. Here, it is important to note that nature is made up of both biotic and abiotic components. For example, in terms of reducing the occurrence of heat islands in cities, solutions can be found in the selection of suitable building materials and their appropriate treatment, appropriate physical characteristics of the components of abiotic nature, optimum orientation of buildings and their compositions on the sites, as this can influence the natural ventilation of the rooms (micro scale) or area (macro scale).
Other open questions include ways in which NBS can be addressed in various spatial planning documents and processes and how can the capabilities of NBS be used in effective policy making and implementation.
At REAL CORP 2023 we would like to highlight the following main topics:

Urban Design and Planning Driven by Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)
Urban Morphology and Landscape
Adoptive Architecture and Multifunctional Spaces
Urban Regeneration
Systems of Green and Blue Infrastructure
Sustainable Resources and Infrastructure Management
Urban Agriculture
The Human Scale and Quality of Life (also in the Context of an Ageing Society)
Public Health and Well-Being
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Air Quality Improvement
Urban Heat Islands and Urban Microclimate
Urban Policy
Socially Sustainable and Responsible Mobility
Lessons Learnt from Covid-19 – Post-Pandemic Perspectives
Co-Creation and Community Engagement (especially Engaging Underrepresented and Marginalized Communities)
Data and Information Infrastructure – an Indispensable Prerequisite for Managing Cities and Regions

For all these topics REAL CORP 2023 asks especially about

The role of urban planning and related disciplines
Digitisation and technological innovation
Short term measures, long range perspectives
Ongoing research, new ideas, best practise examples, case studies

Timeline
Submission of abstract until 15 April 2023
Feedback on general acceptance until 30 April 2023
Full paper for reviewing has to be submitted until 15 June 2023
Double blind full paper review until 15 July 2023
Final version of full paper for publication until 31 August 2023
(The final full paper for non-reviewed submissions needs to be handed in by 31 July 2023.)
Registration
To register and submit your abstract, please go to https://my.corp.at and sign up for conference participation. (If your abstract is not accepted, you may withdraw your registration free of charge. If your abstract is accepted, your registration is automatically confirmed.) As usual, all further information as well as all conference papers since 1996 are available at www.corp.at.
REAL CORP 2023 is a co-operation of

CORP – Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning
UIRS – Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, https://www.uirs.si
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, https://www.fa.uni-lj.si
ISOCARP – International Society of City and Regional Planners, https://www.isocarp.org

2022/2023 Annual National Planning Conference - People’s Cities, Energized by Planning
2023-09-23 - 2023-09-25 | Wuhan, China, Wuhan, China
Annual National Planning Conference (ANPC) is the most influential academic conference with the highest level of participation in the field of planning in China, which is held in different cities each year by Urban Planning Society of China. It has plenary session, parallel sessions, special sessions, forums and technical visit. Participants including planning administrative officials at national, provincial and city levels, urban planners, researchers, professors and planning students from different parts of China and abroad gather together each year to exchange their latest practices, and findings in planning studies, administration and education.
2022/2023 ANPC will be held in Wuhan September 23-25, 2023. The theme is People’s Cities, Energized by Planning. 2022/2023 ANPC will focus on the topics including relationship of high quality development and spatial planning, people-oriented rural revitalization and urban renewal, facilities and infrastructure based on the principle of fairness and justice, natural and cultural heritage protection, application of new generation information technology, safe and resilient city etc.
For more information, click on the banner link: http://www.planning.cn/
