EVENT FEATURES
Register Now - Cities of the Future – Sustainable Urban Planning and Water Management
Stockholm 22-25 May 2011.
An important event for better, safer cities.
The delegates will meet, listen to and interact with people who have an enormous experience from sustainable building processes and techniques. Keynotes and other presentations, site visits and workshops form a unit that will give the delegates a unique planning experience.
It is our aim to deepen the interaction between planners and water professionals - and to show the strength in this new and innovative focus.
We are happy to have engaged highly qualified and interesting speakers, for example Arun Jain, internationally renowned urban designer and strategist, Portland, USA; Rob Skinner, a very experienced water management specialist, Melbourne, Australia; John Williamson, President of ITT Water & Wastewater, Stockholm, Sweden; Antje Stokman, Professor and landscape planner, Stuttgart, Germany.
”Cities of the Future” has been designed for politicians, urban planners, architects, water specialists, environmental, energy and transport professionals, and many others.
Its purpose is to address the emerging challenges in cities and develop new visions and concepts towards an ecologically sustainable future in old or new, big or small, growing or shrinking cities.
“Cities of the Future” is one of the leading programmes from the International Water Association.
Read more on www.cof2011stockholm.org
First Announcement – Intelligent Cities Expo 2011
8 - 10 November, CCH Congress Center Hamburg, Germany
Intelligent Cities Expo 2011 is a global exhibition & conference established to unite technology, solution and service providers for smart, sustainable and intelligent city infrastructure. Located in Hamburg to celebrate the city’s recognition as European Green Capital for 2011, this event is dedicated to the development of 21st century connected cities.
Intelligent Cities Expo 2011 takes a systems approach and looks at cities from every angle. It is only through this strategic and holistic view that you can successfully understand the interconnected nature of a city’s challenges and hence set about implementing the strategies and technology to turn those challenges into opportunities.
Running alongside the exhibition, a comprehensive 3-day conference programme will be built around the needs and priorities of all those involved in intelligent city development. Key fundamentals being addressed include Energy Efficiency & Resource Management, Governance and Intelligent Mobility. To view the full Conference Programme: http://www.intelligentcitiesexpo.com/conference-programme . Speakers will be announced and Delegate Registration will open May 2011.
If you would like to visit the show or attend the conference at Intelligent Cities Expo 2011, please go to: http://www.intelligentcitiesexpo.com/register or email info@intelligentcitiesexpo.com
First Announcement - An International Workshop on Innovation, Diversity and Sustainable Development in Areas of Social Vulnerability
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters, University of Massachusetts Boston & Chair in Multiculturalism , University of São Paulo, Brazil
November 17-18, 2011
This workshop aims to discuss strategies for the empowerment of residents in the areas of social vulnerability and the implementation of public policies with a sustainable basis, in such areas. We are interested in examining the following issues, amongst others, and welcome papers/proposals related to them:
- Strategies for sustainable development in areas of social vulnerability
- Strategies for population empowerment and the elimination of humiliations connected to social vulnerability and/or gender, age, ethnic, race, sexual orientation and disabilities
- Children and youth care and empowerment in areas of social vulnerability
- Strategies for sustainable urbanization against flooding and other kind of disasters due to climate changes or lack of public policies
- Establishing indicators of social vulnerability and sustainable development
- Strategies for fundraising to assist in the development of vulnerable areas before and after disasters
Workshop participants – who should attend
We welcome interdisciplinary approaches and proposals presented by scholars, researchers, public policy makers, governmental representatives and Non-Governmental Organizations.
Workshop location - University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
For further information and registration: http://www.mccormack.umb.edu/centers/crscad/idsd.php or e-mail: crscad@umb.edu
Early-bird closing soon - Ecocity World Summit 2011
LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LEFT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EARLY-BIRD RATE
If you want to come to the Ecocity World Summit 2011, the time to register is now!
Register before May 12, 2011, and benefit from our early-bird rate. You’ll save $100 off the regular rate!
Everything you need to know about Ecocity’s program, social activities, and international keynote speakers is now available online.
For more information on registration fees >>
Ecocity is for all public and private sector professionals, elected representatives, business people, researchers, students, and citizens who are interested in sustainable urban development and ecocities. Please pass on the word!
For more details on the preliminary program >>
Registration Now Open! - WEFTEC 2011
October 15 – 19, 2011
Los Angeles, California USA
www.weftec.org
Covering the full water cycle, WEFTEC is the leading source for research, design, and operation of collection systems, stormwater management, wastewater treatment plants, water reuse and supply, watershed management, and much more. Don’t miss your opportunity to join thousands of water and wastewater professionals at WEFTEC 2011 – The Water Quality Event!
While WEFTEC 2011 may be the largest annual event for water quality professionals, it can also be a highly specialized event for you. My WEFTEC Planner allows you to search through the 27 workshops, 114 technical sessions, exhibitors, events, facility tours, and committee meetings, and add them to your personal schedule. For the exhibition, we provide you with tools to identify products and services offered by exhibitors that are specific to your needs: browse the Exhibitor Directory by product category, geographical region, or keyword search.
Call for Abstracts - ISOCARP Congress 2011
24-28 October Wuhan, China
The theme of the 47th Congress is : "Liveable Cities - Urbanising World, Meeting the Challenge".
This theme reflects the central problem of the acknowledged world wide phenomena of the exponential and inexorable inward flow of people to cities and the consequent rapid expansion of urban development. The city of Wuhan, with its ever increasing population base, has acknowledged the importance of this Congress Theme especially with regard to learning how their particular range of urban, transportation congestion and spatial problems are being dealt with sustainably across the Globe. The Congress will support four workshops exploring the major theme in terms of low carbon environments, sustainable networks, all transportation pathways including waterways, recreational provisions, Heritage and the Green Environment.
There will be, in addition to the four topical workshops, selected half day workshops such as one being offered by the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore. Details of this workshop as well as others will also be announced at a later date when all details have been finalised.
The City is also assembling an attractive series of possible post Congress tours details of which, will be made available in due course
Call for Abstracts
ISOCARP welcomes abstracts by City and Regional Planners or interested individuals from related disciplines from all over the world.
Submissions of abstracts have to comply with the Congress Theme.
Deadline Abstract Submission: 10 May 2011
Online submission
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