WORKING DRAFT ~ CONGRESS PROGRAMME

Council for European Urbanism – 2nd Annual International Congress

DAY ONE 9TH NOVEMBER 2006, 8.30 - 17.30 AT QUEENS HOTEL

8.30 – 9.00 Registration and Refreshments at the Queens Hotel
 

9.00 – 9.15

Delton Jackson, C.E.U.- UK Chapter - Welcome - confirmed
Cllr. Harris, Leader, Leeds City Council – Leeds Welcome - confirmed

9.15 – 9.30

Susan Parham, C.E.U. Steering Committee Chair - Sustainable Urbanism - An Holistic Approach - confirmed

9.30 - 9.40

SESSION 1 - THEME 1 - SUSTAINABLE URBANISM: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS
Moderator – (Justin Sacks (UK) New Economics Foundation, TBC) - Introduction (10 minutes)

9.40 – 10.25

Speaker 1 - Keynote Speaker address (45 minutes)
Prof. Harald Kegler/Prof. Harald Bodenschatz (Germany) - combined presentation - drawing on lessons from the Berlin Congress and looking to the future - confirmed

10.30 – 11.00

Speaker 2 (30 minutes)
John Thorp MBE (Leeds Civic Architect, UK) - Renaissance Leeds; An economic model for sustainable urbanism
confirmed

11.00 - 11.15

Brief ‘moderated’ question and answer session

11.15 – 11.45

Refreshments

11.45 – 12.15

Speaker 3 (30 minutes)
Dr Lindsay Smales / Dr Rachael Unsworth (UK) - The success of Leeds - sustainability lessons from a regional capital - confirmed

12.15 – 12.45

Panel Discussion (30 Minutes) All Speakers In Session
Chair: Jean Dent (UK), Director of Development, Leeds City Council - confirmed

12.45 – 13.45

BUFFET LUNCH AT QUEENS HOTEL

13.45 - 14.00

SESSION 2 - THEME 2 - SUSTAINABLE URBANISM: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
Moderator - Dr. Michael Crilly (UK, Ireland), Secretary, C.E.U.-UK; CABE, Introduction (10 minutes)

14.00 – 14.45

 Speaker 4 - Keynote Speaker (45 minutes)

Peter Drijver (The Netherlands) - Socially sustainable urbanism - The Dutch experience - confirmed

14.50 – 15.20

Speaker 5 (30 minutes)
Kelvin Campbell (UK / South Africa) - Urban renaissance - social masterplanning lessons from international experience - confirmed

15.20 – 15.30

Brief ‘moderated’ question and answer session (10 minutes)

15.30 – 16.00

Refreshments

16.00 – 16.30

Speaker 6 (30 minutes)
Professor Julio Cesar Perez (Cuba) Havana: A Sustainable Development for a XXI Century Caribbean Metropolis – confirmed

16.30 – 17.15

Panel Discussion - (45 Minutes) All Speakers in Session
Chair: Dr. Michael Crilly (UK/Ireland), Secretary, CEU-UK; CABE - confirmed

17.15 – 17.30

Concluding Statement (15 minutes) Lessons from Day One - Speaker TBC

18.30 – 20.00

JOINT DRINKS RECEPTION WITH THE ACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES – AT LEEDS ART GALLERY (BESIDE THE TOWN HALL)

20.30 – 22.30

CONGRESS DINNER AT THE QUEEN’S HOTEL

 


DAY TWO 10TH NOVEMBER 2006,

8.30 – 17.30

AT LEEDS CIVIC HALL

8.30 – 9.00

Registration and Refreshments at Leeds Civic Hall

9.00 - 9.30

INTRODUCTORY SESSION - OPENING STATEMENTS

9.00 – 9.15

Audun Engh, C.E.U. Board Member (TBC) - Welcome
Cllr. Jack Dunn, Deputy Lord Mayor - Civic Welcome - confirmed

9.15 – 9.30

Peter Elmlund, C.E.U. Foundation CEO (TBC) Introduction to the day

9.30 - 9.40

SESSION 3 - THEME 3 - SUSTAINABLE URBANISM - ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS
Moderator - Dr Matthew Hardy (UK, Australia), Secretary INTBAU - Introduction (10 minutes)

9.40 – 10.25

Speaker 1 Keynote Speaker address (45 minutes)
Hank Dittmar (USA/Britain), CNU, CEO Prince’s Foundation
Strategic urban design - transit oriented development - the Congress for the New Urbanism/Prince’s Foundation approach - confirmed

10.30 – 11.00

Speaker 2
Irit Solzi (Israel) - Chair Movement for Israeli Urbanism
Sustainable urbanism - adapting to climate change - examples from a harsh urban environment - confirmed

11.00 - 11.15

Brief moderated question and answer session

11.15 – 11.45

Refreshments

11.45 – 12.15

 Speaker 3 - Prof. Javier Cenicacelaya (Spain) Professor of Architecture, University of Bilbao (30 minutes) - Sustainable urbanism in Central American - a Mexican case study

12.15 – 12.45

Panel Discussion (30 minutes) - All speakers in session, chaired by moderator

12.45 – 13.45

BUFFET LUNCH AT LEEDS CIVIC HALL

13.45 - 14.00

SESSION 4 - ROUNDTABLE - SUSTAINABLE URBANISM - BRINGING THE THREADS TOGETHER
Moderator - Peter Elmlund (Sweden), CEO, C.E.U. Foundation - Introduction (10 minutes) TBC

14.00 – 16.00

Roundtable Discussion with Congress participants
6-8 speakers TBC (Will include C.E.U. representatives) TBC
An opportunity for participants to discuss key themes with speakers in plenary

16.00 - 16.30

Refreshments

16.30

FINAL PLENARY - SUSTAINABLE URBANISM - THE WAY FORWARD

16.30 – 17.30

Concluding Statements - Learning from local, regional, national and international experience - Announcing the next Congress
José Baganha (Portugal), C.E.U. – TBC
Cllr. Andrew Carter, former Leader, Leeds City Council -
Executive Member for Development, Leeds City Council - confirmed

17.30 CONGRESS CLOSE
 

 


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