Meetings

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

09.09.2008
Local Governments' Day 2008 - Vienna, 9 September 2008
Participate in the Local Governments' Day 2008 and take a close look at the water challenges local and regional government have to deal with.read more

11.09.2008
8th Conference des Villes/Cities Conference - Paris, 11 September 2008
Each year the Association des Maires des Grandes Villes de France (AMGVF) organizes the Cities Conference, a major event in urban actors’ calendars. From the specific question of sustainable urban development to that of the European Union, debates or...read more

15.09.2008
Urban Water Conference - Leuven, 15-19 September 2008
The 'Urban Water Conference', hosted by Leuven University, intends to bridge the gap between the disciplines of water management, ecology and the approaches of engineering, urban design and spatial planning. 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

17.09.2008
World Green Roof Congress - London, 17-18 September 2008
CIRIA, in partnership with Livingroofs.org, is pleased to announce the 2008 World Green Roof Congress, to be held in London on the 17-18th September. This is the first event of it kind to showcase green roofs in the UK. The normally biannual World Gr...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

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

26.09.2008
Cities as motors of territorial cohesion - Ljubljana, 26-27 September 2008
One of the central questions in the professional debate concerning planners and territorial cohesion is how can they contribute to the political objective? As put by Jan Vogelij, the EU policy reflects ECTP aims, as well as objectives of future orien...read more

28.09.2008
1st Seminar of European Town Councils - Cáceres, 28-30 September 2008
The Extremaduran Association for the East-West Cooperation (AECEO) is organizing the First European Municipalities Meeting in Cáceres for the 28th, 29th, 30th of September, 2008. For this event, AECEO will be supported by the Regional Government of E...read more

30.09.2008
Sustainable Cities and Communities - Geneva, 30 September - 1 October 2008
The inaugural "Sustainable Cities and Communities" conference organised by Green Power Conferences in cooperation with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) will focus on the practical challenges and opportunities cities and communities will face in o...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

06.10.2008
European Transport Conference - Noordwijkerhout, 6-8 October 2008
The demands on Europe's transport systems continue to both increase and change as a result of a number of factors - economic growth, social change, demographics and the need to become more sustainable. Transport practitioners and researchers througho...read more

06.10.2008
City museums and the future of the city - Seoul, 6-8 October 2008
This 'City Museums' conference is organised by CAMOC, the International Committee for the Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities. This committee is part of ICOM, the International Council of Museums. The conference will be about the contribu...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