13.11.2008
FEANTSA European Conference: Housing solutions for people who are homeless - Cardiff , 13-14 November 2008
This year's FEANTSA European Conference will look at housing solutions for people who are homeless. It is organised in cooperation with Welsh FEANTSA member Shelter Cymru and will take place in Cardiff on the 13th and 14th of November 2008.read more

17.11.2008
Coastal Cities Summit 2008: Values and Vulnerabilities - St. Petersburg (USA), 17-20 November 2008
One of the most challenging issues facing the ocean today is rapid coastal urbanization whose implications have yet to be assessed. Today, the majority of the world’s population lives within sixty kilometers of the coast line and this is steadily inc...read more

20.11.2008
26th Waterfront Center Conference - Chicago, 20-22 November 2008
The Waterfront Center, a non-profit educational organization, was formed in 1981 in the belief that waterfronts — where the land meets the ocean, bay, lake, river or canal — are unique, finite resources. The vital characteristic that separates waterf...read more

25.11.2008
2008 Polis Conference - Barcelona, 25-26 November 2008
Moving towards sustainable local mobility is widely acknowledged as being one of the most important challenges of the near future to meet the European objectives of tackling congestion and climate change. Experience has shown that progress in moving ...read more

26.11.2008
EUROCITIES Conference 2008: building active cities - The Hague, 26-29 November 2008
The theme of this year's EUROCITIES Annual Conference, hosted by The Hague, is "Building Active Cities - modern citizenship and integrated governance". This theme is closely linked to the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities, which was adop...read more

30.11.2008
URBACT Annual Conference - Montpellier, 30 November - 2 December 2008
The Annual Conference 2008 of the URBACT European programme will be held in Montpellier, France. The annual event will gather together all URBACT partners. It will be the occasion to assess and discuss cities’ progress in responding to the challenges...read more

01.12.2008
CECODHAS Observatory Colloquium Conference: Urban Change in Europe: The Place of Social Housing in Integrated Policies - London, 1 December 2008
This colloquium is the third in a series addressing the future challenges of social housing across the EU. The event will discuss a number of crucial issues relating to the role of social housing in integrated urban policiesleading to sustainable com...read more

02.12.2008
Forum des Villes - Montpellier, 2-3 December 2008
On the occasion of its presidency of the European Union, France has decided to stress the importance of “sustainability and solidarity in our cities”. Following the meeting of the ministers responsible for housing, cohesion and urban development, whi...read more

04.12.2008
Knowledge in small and medium-sized towns - Faro, 4-5 December 2008
The conference, organised by the Centro de Investigação Sobre o Espaço (CIEO), focuses on the possible contribution of towns to rural development by acting as a place of knowledge creation and diffusion in order to avoid processes of decline and prom...read more

09.12.2008
Designing the Parks part II: the present and future of park planning and design - San Francisco, 9-11 December 2008
Today’s designers, planners, and managers of public parks face an array of competing issues and opportunities, yet they lack integrated guidance to address these challenges effectively and creatively. Designing the Parks Part I, (Charlottesville, May...read more

20.01.2009
Global City 2009, Abu Dhabi 20-21 January 2009
Abu Dhabi's emphasis on sustainable urban development and its growing status as a global hub for business and tourism will receive a major thrust early next year when the world's top urban planners, decision-makers, mayors and international media wil...read more

04.03.2009
Annual Meeting Urban Affairs Association - Contesting and Sustaining the City: Neighbourhood, Region, or World - Chicago 4-9 March 2009
Policymakers, planners and scholars debate the question of how we should govern our cities. If we should plan our cities. What place should aesthetic design hold in the process? Whom should we be building our cities for? And with whom should we be ma...read more

08.03.2009
World Congress of the Renewable City 2009 - Sydney, 8-11 March 2009
WCRC 2009 is an international congress for all those in the business of fighting climate change and dramatically lowering dependence on non-renewable resources: influential industry leaders, professionals, researchers and policy makers. It is designe...read more

23.03.2009
Parallel patterns of urban growth and decline - Kaiserslautern, 23-26 March 2009
The 8th International Symposium (UPE 8) of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association aims to be a forum for discussing urban and environmental issues.read more

25.03.2009
7th EcoProcura: Climate Neutral through Procurement - Reykjavik, 25-27 March, 2009
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and Reykjavik City Council are pleased to announce the EcoProcura 2009 conference: Climate Neutral through Procurement.read more

07.05.2009
Empty Country and Lively Cities? Spatial Differentiation in the Face of Demographic Change - Berlin, 7-8 May 2009
In recent times, headlines like “Depopulation in Peripheral Regions”, “Rural Areas: Old People´s Homes of Our Society?” or “Cities as Melting Pots?” have been drawing attention to the demographic changes that are now affecting all European countries....read more

13.05.2009
Cabernet 2009 3rd International Conference on Managing Urban Land - Saint Etienne, 13-15 May 2009
The 3rd International Conference on Managing Urban Land is being organised by CABERNET and the Etablissement public foncier de l’Ouest Rhône Alpes (EPORA) in Saint-Etienne, France. EPORA is a public land management authority, created in 1998 heading ...read more

07.06.2009
UITP Conference - Public transport: making the right mobility choices - Vienna, 7-11 June 2009
No city today can function efficiently without public transport. Indeed the development of public transport is a prerequisite for sustainable urban development. During this conference UITP (International Assocation of Public Transport) will highlight...read more

14.06.2009
ICLEI World Congress 2009: Connecting leaders - Edmonton, 14-18 June 2009
The ICLEI World Congress 2009, June 14 - 18, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada will be a five-day event filled with insightful presentations and discussions, study tours and celebrations, sharing and learning in the realm of sustainability.read more