Conferences

42nd EAROPH Regional Conference

5 October 2009, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The theme is “Affordable Housing - from nomadic life to city life”. For more details see www.earoph.info

More Footprints Less Carbon

New York City, 7-9 October 2009. For this 10th International Conference on Walking and Liveable Communities, the themes are: walkable communities are sustainable communities; paved with gold - investing in the public realm for a successful city; there is more to walking than walking; design strategies for urban quality; fit cities: community design for active living. For more details see www.walk21.com

ISOCARP Low carbon cities

The 45th ISOCARP International Congress will be held at Porto, Portugal, 18-22 October 2009, focused on the theme of low carbon cities. ISOCARP is a global association of experienced professional planners. It was founded in 1965 to bring together recognised and highly qualified planners in an international network. Jim Coleman is the Australian Vice-President. For more information see www.isocarp.org/index.php?id=409

ICTC Society 2009

27-30 October, Geelong The International Cities, Towns and Communities Society (ICTC) 2009 conference and exhibition will be held at Deakin University Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria from Tuesday 27 October to Friday 30 October 2009. Membership of the ICTC Society (no charge) and more details are available at www.ictcsociety.org

48th International Making Cities Livable Conference

Charleston, SC, USA 17-21 October, 2010 Co-sponsored by the City of Charleston and IMCL Council, this conference will focus on ways to improve children’s health and development by improving the built environment. The conference will bring together 350-400 delegates - elected officials, practitioners and scholars in planning, urban design, land use development, landscape architecture, architecture, public health, paediatrics and child development - from around the world to begin to develop tools for changing the way developers build, and how cities reshape existing neighbourhoods. Those wishing to present papers should submit a 250 word abstract for consideration before November 15, 2009, following the Call for Papers Guidelines on the web at http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/forthcoming-conferences/18.html.