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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/

International Conference “Centrality in the Age of Dispersion
2023-09-28 - 2023-09-29 | Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland
Open call for papers and invitation to join the International Conference “Centrality in the Age of Dispersion” organized by the Faculty of Architecture of Wrocław University of Science and Technology at Wrocław, Poland, on 28-29 September
Human settlements have historically revolved around centers, each focusing on specific activities and forming a node in geographical space. However, modern factors such as the network society, global economy, and online services have challenged traditional urban planning paradigms. The International Conference Centrality in the Age of Dispersion, organized in partnership with ISOCARP, aims to address the need for a new way of managing territories and invites experts from different fields to present their research on urban centers and discuss dispersion phenomena.
The Call for Abstracts is now open, and we invite members and partners to submit their work for the review of the conference’s Scientific Committee, in which we are happy to highlight ISOCARP SciCom Chair Dr. Ulrich Graute’ participation. Successful abstracts may be considered for publication in ‘Planning Practice and Research’ or ‘Bulletin of Geography—Socio-Economic Series journals’.
For more information on the conference themes and submission process, please visit the event’s official website
For any Inquiries, please contact us at centrality-dispersion@pwr.edu.pl

IFLA World Congress 2023
2023-09-28 - 2023-09-30 | Stockholm, Sweden & Nairobi, Kenya
IFLA World Congress 2023
The biggest hybrid event of the year for landscape architects, planners and advocates of sustainable built environments worldwide organized by the International Federation of Landscape Architects will be a two-continent event taking place in both Sweden and Kenya, with the topic “Emergent Interaction”. Emergent Interaction is a call to action: Bolder problem-solving designs are needed in the future as many habitats face increasingly dire effects of climate change, social inequality and biodiversity loss. he IFLA World Congress offers a unique platform for borderless collaboration — to empower our professions’ range of competencies, novel approaches and potential to help address these urgent issues – globally and locally.

International Conference: Transforming Cities – Shaping Development Policies
2023-11-06 - 2023-11-07 | Instytut Kultury Miejskiej, Targ Rakowy 11, Gdańsk, Poland
Registration and contact
Participation in the conference is free of charge, but registration is required
Please register until this Sunday, October, 22nd: > the registration form

About the Conference
Contemporary urban development processes are associated mostly with the transformation of existing structures. These may include such topics as radical reuse concepts for various areas, including ones dominated by traffic, regeneration and redevelopment of abandoned areas and brownfield sites, as well as the transformation of various types of public and common spaces. Of course, these are just a few from a wide array of topics that shape current discourse on the future of cities. Many will argue that equally important are environmental, social, and economic issues, dealing with inequalities as well as – on the other side – with the physical shape of urban architecture. The wide scope of these topics proves that we are still in search of a true new planning agenda for our cities and that its character may differ depending on the character and location of the city.
The main purpose of organizing the conference on „Transforming Cities” is to present and discuss currently debated and practiced planning concepts that will shape the future of our urban spaces. The intention is to invite practitioners (planners and urban designers), municipal leaders (city architects, and planners), academicians, and other professionals dealing with diverse planning, design and development issues. Such a debate shall allow understanding how to deal with various issues and problems as well as how to put these in the broader context – both regarding the interdisciplinary character of the issue and best practices derived from the experience of other parts of the world.
The conference program will include several sessions, including:

Keynote presentations – dealing with the shape of our current urban agenda and general overview of planning practice
Broder reflection session – bringing together various perspectives on urban transformation processes
Transformation of the traffic-dominated urban spaces – reintroducing public life, greenery, reshaping urban structures – with a focus on historic urban areas;
Redevelopment of centrally located urban brownfield areas – reinterpreting urban structures, reusing heritage buildings and spaces, developing connections with the surrounding urban areas, shaping new development visions in relation to existing urban structures;
Shaping the new, transit-oriented, development spines of the cities – reshaping the urban development visions on the basis of the TOD (transit-oriented development) concept, introducing the new development concepts for housing-dominated areas, redefining the future of areas dominated by the big-box type of commercial structures;

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 an opportunity to discuss various development issues in the example of the City of Gdańsk.

Organisation
The event is hosted jointly by the City of Gdansk, Gdańsk University of Technology, 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.

Smart Cities Expo World Congress (SCEWC2023) and Tomorrow.Building (TBWC)
2023-11-07 - 2023-11-09 | Barcelona, Spain & online
Smart City Expo World Congress, organized by Fira Barcelona, is the world’s biggest and most influential event on urban innovation. We connect leaders from the most innovative companies, governments and organizations to move cities towards a better future. In premiere this year, the co-organized event Tomorrow.Building World Congress aims to be the global event empowering the green and digital transition of buildings and urban infrastructures.
Tomorrow.Building World Congress aims at catalyzing positive change in the way we plan, construct, renovate and operate buildings and urban infrastructures. We accelerate a shift in the built environment towards a circular and digitalized model that ensures efficiency, resilience and net zero cities.
Last year, Smart City Expo gathered 20,402 in-person attendees, together with over 700 cities from 134 countries, and more than 400 thought provoking speakers. As Tomorrow.Building positions as the worldwide benchmark event on the future of buildings and urban infrastructure, the event is getting ready for another record-breaking edition.
ISOCARP involvement: ISOCARP has been a long-standing participant in the SCEWC, and will join Tomorrow.Building this year with the purpose of joining the dialogue about sustainable urban development. A special 25% discount code for registration will be provided for members who wish to join, upon request.

World Town Planning Day 2023: Learn Globally, Apply Locally
2023-11-08 | Online
Every year, the 8th of November is celebrated as World Town Planning Day. It was Carlos María della Paolera, an Argentinian professor, who initiated World Town Planning Day in Buenos Aires in 1949.
On 8th November, every year, planners, urban designers, and communities worldwide celebrate how good planning improves people’s lives and benefits society at large, creating places to live, work, and play together.
This year’s theme is Learn Globally, Apply Locally, and it will focus on the value of learning from planning and planning cultures globally, fostering innovative, sustainable, and equitable solutions to address global challenges.
You are invited to join our special online webinar, endorsed by ISOCARP – the International Society of City and Regional Planners, on 8th November 2023.​

The 20th World Town Planning Day commemorative online event in Iran: “Urban Planning, Urban Innovation & Entrepreneurship)
2023-11-08 15:00 - 18:00 | Online
Join the 20th World Town Planning Day commemorative online event in Iran! “Urban Planning, Urban Innovation & Entrepreneurship” will take place on November 8, 2023, from 15:00 to 18:00, online on the http://adobe.tceo.ir/ platform.

National Planning Conference
2023-11-09 - 2023-11-10 | Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom
National Planning Conference is a collaborative event between Planning Portal and ISOCARP institutional member Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) aimed at gathering planning industry experts, professionals and public sector together to share knowledge, insight and build meaningful connections.
Join us this November in Birmingham to engage in discussions about the most important topics in UK planning and building!
https://www.circularcitiessummit.com/

Circular Cities Summit 1.0
2023-11-14 - 2023-11-15 | Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Roselle Simpor Ballroom, Level 4, 10 Bayfront Avenue Marina Bay Sands, Marina Bay Sands, SG, 018956, Singapore
We are thrilled to be one of the global partners of the upcoming “Game-Changing Innovations for Future Cities” Summit together with IFLA International Federation of Landscape Architects, UIA – International Union of Architects, WFEO – World Federation of Engineering Organizations.
Join us this November in Singapore for a global conversation toward a zero-waste-zero-carbon city!
https://www.circularcitiessummit.com/
