Fwd: Update on 50th Congress, Gdynia, Poland, Sept 2014

[Pham Tran Hai]

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From: ISOCARP Head Office <iso...@isocarp.org>
Date: June 17, 2014, 21:23:56 GMT+07:00
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Subject: Update on 50th Congress, Gdynia, Poland, Sept 2014
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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Colleague, We kindly ask you to promote the 50th ISOCARP Congress in Gdynia, Poland, Sept. 2014, by forwarding the congress leaflet to your colleagues. For easy-to-print version click here. We are pleased to share the following congress update with you:   Keynote speakers:  Francesco Bandarin, France, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture; Professor of Urban Planning at the University Institute of Architecture of Venice Alex Krieger, USA, Principal architecture and urban design studio of NBBJ; professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Meera Mehta, India, Professor Emeritus CEPT University, Ahmedabad Pawel Orlowski, Poland, undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development.   Waterfront Planning Marathon: Nine waterfronts were selected to be presented in a plenary session. The best one will be awarded by a jury and the best presentation will be chosen by the congress audience.   Awards for Excellence: Another plenary session will be devoted to the winners of the Awards for Excellence. Please inform your colleagues about the possibility to submit an innovative urban and regional initiative in relation to the congress theme.   Parallel Sessions: A record number of abstracts of more than 300 was submitted this year. General Rapporteur Amos Brandeis and his congress team selected about 150 professional papers to be presented in the following tracks: •          Urban Design, Landscape and Livable Cities •          Social Aspects, Collaborations and Governance •          Economic, Leisure and Tourism Aspects •          Water Management •          Environment, Ecosystem and Climate Change •          Ports, Transportation and Infrastructures.   For each track one of the papers was selected as track keynote speech. On top of these Olivier Lemaire, Assocation Internationale des Villes Portuaires, France, and William Lau, Singapore Institute of Planners, will present track keynote speeches.   Launch of the 50th anniversary celebrations of ISOCARP We hope that many of you will join us in the launch of the 50th anniversary celebrations of ISOCARP. In this special session some of our former Presidents will be present.   Exhibition In case you would like to showcase your activities, services and products to an expert audience during the congress, there will be the possibility to hire an exhibition booth. For more information please contact us.   Deadline for early bird registration: 30 June 2014   Tours and Accommodation The Gdynia Local Organising Committee offers you a selection of tours (pre-congress tours, post-congress tours, accompanying partners´ tours) as well as a selection of hotels which have special prices for our congress participants.   Kind regards, Slawek Ledwon, Vice President Congresses and Events Amos Brandeis, General Rapporteur 2014                               For full information on the congress visit http://2014.isocarp.org. We look forward to seeing you in Gdynia. ISOCARP - AIU - IGSRP - Knowledge for better Cities International Society of City and Regional Planners P.O.Box 983 - 2501 CZ The Hague - The Netherlands Phone: +31-70-346.2654 - Fax: +31-70-361.7909 unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences