Meetings

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

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

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
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

06.10.2008
IUT Conference: Decent and affordable housing in the European Cities - Brussels, October 6th 2008
The International Union of Tenants hosts its annual day on October 6th in the European Parliament in Brussels.read more

09.10.2008
Romanian Urban Planners National Conference - Bucharest, 9 -10 October 2008
The Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing of Romania together with The Romanian Register of Urban Planners are cooperating on the first Romanian Urban Planners National Conference.  The conference will debate on tackling issues that Roman...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

13.10.2008
Road Safety Day 2008 - Paris, 13 October 2008
The second road safety day will be celebrated on 13 October 2008 and will address the subject of "Road Safety in our Cities". Indeed about two thirds of the accidents and one third of all road fatalities occur in urban areas, often affecting the most...read more

21.10.2008
Futuropolis 2058 - Singapore, 21-22 October 2008
Futuropolis 2058: Creating Sustainable Urban Environments through Innovation is a two day conference initiated by Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology. It aims to bring tog...read more

22.10.2008
9th World Congress of Metropolis "Connecting Cities" - Sydney, 22-25 October 2008
For the first time in the history of humanity, urban populations exceed rural populations, making more relevant than ever our mission and the work that we have carried out over the past 20 years. The challenge in the next few years is therefore to gi...read more

22.10.2008
Urban Climate Solutions - Toronto, 22-24 October 2008
Local governments around the world are demonstrating commitment in climate mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in their operations and acting as leaders in their communities. However, to be effective they cannot act alone. They must engag...read more