14th International Conference on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information Society
22 - 25 April 2009, Sitges (Spain / Catalonia)
www.corp.at

under the topic

CITIES 3.0: SMART, SUSTAINABLE, INTEGRATIVE
Strategies, Concepts and Technologies for Planning the Urban Future

The call for papers is open, see www.corp.at!

REAL CORP 2009 is a joint event and co-organized by

• ISOCARP, the International Society of City and Regional Planners (www.isocarp.org)
• CEIT ALANOVA - Central European Institute of Technology, Department for Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society (www.ceit.at) and
• CORP association (www.corp.at)

and will for the first time be held in the City of Sitges (Spain / Catalonia).

REAL CORP 2009 asks for future perspectives of cities and the role of planners in shaping the liveable cities of tomorrow.
Although major parts of the world are blessed to live in peace and economic wealth at the beginning of the 21st century, the world is facing serious challenges like climate change and environmental issues as well as rising energy consumption and competition on scarce natural resources, ongoing globalisation with fundamental changes in economic and working environment around the globe, demographic changes, like aging population in Europe and rapid urbanisation in Asia.
In a changing world cities have to advance and to adopt to stay what they are and have always been:

• drivers of innovation and social improvements,
• centers of economic activities, science, knowledge and arts,
• and the best places to live for the vast majority of people.

REAL CORP 2009 deals with the challenges and perspectives for cities and asks how they might look like and be organized and managed in the future, with a special focus on the role of information and communications technologies in urban development.

The major questions to be dealt with at the conference in April 2009 and related to which we invite your contributions are:

• What makes cities smart, sustainable and integrative – and livable?
• How can cities and regions take advantage of globalisation and keep their local character - how to "gLOCALize"?
• How can planners help cities find the way to a successful future?
• Government, governance, mediation, participation and planning - are there models for short-term and long-term perspectives?
• Are there technologies that can support the above-mentioned goals?
• Are there best practices for "livable cities of tomorrow"?
  

VENUE: Design Center / Centre de Disseny, Sitges
The City of Sitges has been historically a center of thought and development of the notion of well-being. In the last few years, both its citizens and government have undertaken an effort to re store to the city the impulse and creativity that flourished there in the 19th century. As an example, the City is the location for a project office of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) that conducts research and manages different programs dealing with the future of the cities.
The ISOCARP office is located at the Design Center, an ultra mo dern building in the city that the local government is dedicating as a research, fairs and workshop venue in order to guarantee the arrival of the best possible ideas to the city. REAL CORP 2009 will be one of the first events held here after a comprehensive renovation of the space that will make it more useful for both citizens and guests from all over the world.

CALL FOR PAPERS:
REAL CORP 2009 offers a peer-review procedure for scientific papers. Please use the online form on www.corp.at to register as speaker or participant. Papers are selected by the programme committee.
Reviewed Papers: submission of abstracts until 15th December 2008
Non-Reviewed Papers: Submission of abstract until 15th January 2009
Details to be found at www.corp.at

General information on CORP-CONFERENCES
CORP conferences are held annually since 1996 and are Europe's major congresses on Urban Planning, Regional Development and Information Society. The events are extraordinary interdisciplinary, whereby usually a lot of new ideas and projects are generated.
About 400 experts from around the world from the fields of urban planning, transport planning, information and communication technologies, architecture, ecology, real estate, GIS and surveying, multimedia technologies and more meet to discuss current tasks and topics on urban planning, regional development and information society in an international and interdisciplinary conference. Speakers and participants represent private companies as well as research institutions and public administration.

The programme includes expert lectures, round tables and workshops, business presentations and exhibitions as well as extensive social events.

All CORP-papers / proceedings from former CORP-conferences are available for free on the website www.corp.at

It would be great to welcome you to Sitges in April 2009 as a speaker or participant.

As usual, complete information and latest news is always available on the website www.corp.at

Best regards,
Manfred Schrenk

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Manfred Schrenk, managing director

CEIT - Central European Institute of Technology
&
CEIT ALANOVA
Department for Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society

concorde technology center schwechat (concorde.tcs)
Am Concorde Park 2, Gebäude F
A-2320 Schwechat

fon +43 1 90360 1240
fax +43 1 90360 1299
mobile +43 664 8544390
m.schrenk@ceit.at
www.ceit.at

Director CORP - Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning, www.corp.at
Vice-President / Treasurer ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners, www.isocarp.org