06.07.2008
Shrinking Cities, Sprawling Suburbs, Changing Countrysides - Dublin, 6-9 July 2008
The 2008 European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) Conference will be held in Dublin from 6th- 9th July and is being organised by University College Dublin School of Applied Social Science and The Centre for Housing Research. The conference theme ...read more

06.07.2008
International Conference on Planning Scholarship - Chicago, 6-11 July 2008
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) will hold their 2008 annual conferences together at the fourth Joint Congress, July 6 -11 in Chicago at the Chicago Marriott Downtown...read more

28.07.2008
Northern Urban Regeneration Exhibition and Conference – NUREC 2008 – Liverpool, 28-29 July 2008
The Conference looks back on 30 years of urban regeneration policy and implementation, highlighting the key successes made in British Northern Towns and Cities, in areas such as city centre redevelopment and the development of the tourist industry, w...read more

28.07.2008
IAPS International conference: "Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being" - Rome, 28 July-1 August 2008
From 28 July to August 1, IAPS (International Association for People-Environment Studies) will host its 20th international conference in Rome. The title of the 20th IAPS International Conference will be "Urban diversities, biosphere and well-being: D...read more

27.08.2008
Conference on urban history – Lyon, 27-30 August 2008
The European Association for Urban History organises conferences every two years. These biennial conferences provide a multidisciplinary forum for historians, sociologists, geographers, anthropologists, art and architectural historians, economists, e...read more

08.09.2008
International Conference on Underground Spaces - The New Forest, 8-10 September 2008
Underground spaces are becoming increasingly important for a wide diversity of uses by society. They range from classical excavations to subway constructions, underground sport halls, power stations, waste repositories, underground cities, and many o...read more

16.09.2008
European Mobility Week 2008: clean air for all - 16-22 September 2008
The former European Commissioner for Environment Margot Wallström established the Car Free Day as a European initiative in the year 2000. It serves as an opportunity for participating cities to show how matters related to the environment concern them...read more

18.09.2008
BYPAD: Quality Standard For Cycling Policy in European Cities and Regions - Tartu (Estonia), 18-19 September 2008
How good is the cycling policy in your town, city or region? How can you improve it? Find out at the final BYPAD conference (Bicycle policy audit), organised on 18-19 September 2008, in Tartu (Estonia).read more

19.09.2008
44th International Planning Congress: Urban Growth without Sprawl - Dalian, 19-23 September 2008
In September 2008, the 44th International Planning Congress, organised by ISOCARP (International Society of City & Regional Planners) will have its opening in Dalian. the theme of the conference will be 'Urban growth without sprawl'read more

21.09.2008
Nordic Urban and Housing Research Seminar (NSBB) - Hanasaari, Espoo, Finland 21-23 September 2008
The NSBB network (Nordisk samarbeidsgruppe for by og boligforskning) organises the annual Nordic seminar in urban and housing research. This year's theme is "Towards Sustainability in Urban Transformation, Governance Cultures and Housing Policies".read more

22.09.2008
EUKN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - Rotterdam, 22-23 September 2008
"Cities of Opportunity – the urban promise of upward mobility" Urban areas hold an enormous potential for socioeconomic development. The challenge is to harness the potential of the whole city, to include deprived urban areas and their inhabitants – ...read more

24.09.2008
The Sustainable City 2008 - Skiathos, 24-26 September 2008
The 'Sustainable Cities 2008' conference aims to address the many inter-related aspects of the urban environment from transport and mobility to social exclusion and crime prevention. It is hoped that the meeting will build on the contributions made i...read more

24.09.2008
Sustainable City and Creativity - Naples, 24-26 September 2008
This International Meeting on "Sustainable City and Creativity: Promoting Creative Urban Initiatives" will be held in Naples on 24,25,26 September 2008. The aim of the Meeting is to analyse in depth principles and practices of the creative city for t...read more

25.09.2008
EISCO 2008 conference: Moving forward the Digital Local Agenda - Naples, 25-27 September 2008
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) together with ELANET network (CEMR) is co-organising its 7th conference on local and regional governments in the information society. EISCO 2008 will take place in Naples, Italy, from 25 to 27...read more

06.10.2008
2008 Open Days: European Week of Cities and Regions - Brussels, 6-9 October 2008
A record 217 regions and cities from 32 countries have signed up as partners for the OPEN DAYS 2008 European Week of Regions and Cities, the biggest annual gathering of EU and regional policy-makers, experts and representatives of banking, business a...read more

09.10.2008
Learning cities in a knowledge-based society - Milan, 9-11 October 2008
This EURA (European Urban Research Association) conference will focus its attention on the exploration of several of today's major challenges for cities and will foster a lively exchange and debate among researchers in the field of urban studies, par...read more

11.10.2008
The right to the city: new challenges, new issues - Vadstena, 11-15 October 2008
As it has been largely documented, modern states are facing political rescaling processes in which the roles and functions of the different levels of government are evolving. Thus city-regions are becoming central economic and political territories i...read more

11.10.2008
The Ideal City - New perspectives for the 21st century, Amsterdam 11 - 14 October 2008
What makes a city ideal? That is the question this conference, organised by Professor John Gilderbloom, will try to answer.read more

26.10.2008
Transitions in urban agriculture - Wageningen, 26-28 October 2008
From 26 - 29 October 2008 Wageningen University and Research Centre (the Netherlands) organizes a scientific conference 'Transitions towards sustainable agriculture, food chains and peri-urban areas'.read more

26.10.2008
INTA World Urban Development Congress - Riga, 26-29 October 2008
INTA, the International Urban Development Association, is holding its next World Urban Development Congress in Riga, Latvia. The Congress will take advantage of the booming expansion of Riga to address issues of governance of large-scale development ...read more