Conferences

Placed

1 May 2009 submission deadline

Placed presents projects by artists, designers, architects, planners and other urbanists that are directed toward cultural innovation, action and change in Australian cities, suburbs, towns and communities.

Placed is a gathering project that will catalogue and map 100 or so projects produced in Australia in the last few years. The intention is to present emerging and changing ideas about our cities, communities and places. This includes interventions, artworks, and events that are articulated in urban, suburban and community situations, and that have catalysed or enabled other ways of thinking, living and doing in the urban environment.

These projects, regardless of scale, are genuinely concerned with the way we envision, create and live in our places. For more information contact Linda at lcarroli@pacific.net.au or visit: www.placing.synthasite.com/placed.php

Survival: implementing tomorrow’s city

2nd International Urban Design Conference 2-4 September 2009, Gold Coast

This conference will identify and address ways to implement best practice sustainable actions and showcase exemplar projects for leaders, designers and communities to understand the complex issues involved, and how to apply these to meet individual urban design challenges. More information is available at www.urbandesignaustralia.com.au

ICTC Society 2009 conference and exhibition

27-30 October 2009, Geelong

The International Cities, Towns and Communities Society (ICTC) 2009 conference and exhibition will be held at Deakin University Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria from 27-30 October 2009. The Call for Papers document is now available at www.ictcsociety.org/?D=81 Membership of the ICTC Society (no charge) is available at www.ictcsociety.org/?D=38 For further details contact Rob Henshaw on +61 7 5520 4288 or rob@ictcsociety.org

Whole life urban sustainability and its assessment

Second International Conference 22-24 April 2009, Loughborough, UK

There will be three keynote speakers: Peter Head (Director of Global Planning, Arup); Nigel Ingram (Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation); and Lynne Sullivan (Executive Director, Sustainable Design Inbuilt), followed by a presentation of approximately eighty papers in parallel workshop sessions, covering a wide range of relevant topics. For further information see www.sue-mot.org/conference

More Footprints Less Carbon

Walk21 New York City, October 2009

This 10th International Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities will include papers, presenters, workshops, poster displays, walkshops, and pre-and post-conference workshops that can provide insight, guidance and support within each of the conference themes, from local to international levels. For more information see www.walk21.com or if you have any questions contact walk21nyc@dot.nyc.gov