IAPS holds a major conference every two years. These conferences have until now been held in Europe and Western Asia.

IAPS is very keen to support conferences which are compatible with the objectives of the Association and in which our members will have an interest and may indeed be attending and speaking. For example, a way to support related conferences is to offer to organise a paper session. By these means the IAPS Board will put together a themed symposium, including supplying the speakers. We believe this is an excellent way of encouraging collaboration between organisations, and for this reason we will always try to look favourably on any request by another organisation to organise such a session at one of the IAPS conferences.

The Networks too organise symposia and conferences.

IAPS is very keen to have links with sister organisations, and we are constantly looking for ways in which these relationships can benefit the membership. For example, it has been agreed that members of EDRA, MERA and PAPER will get reduced rate registration fees for IAPS Conferences. This is in turn reciprocated so that if an IAPS member attends an EDRA Conference they pay the same fee as an EDRA member. Membership of IAPS also enables reduced subscription rates to the journal Environment and Behavior.

FUTURE CONFERENCES

Arranged by the University of Stavanger, and the University of California at Davis in collaboration with Stavanger2008 and the National Association of Norwegian Architects.

To be held in Davos, two days after the end of the World Economic Forum (WEF), participants should come early to participate in the ‘public forum’ aspect of the WEF and WEF participants should stay on to attend our Conference.

Main speakers will include leaders from universities around the world and those reflecting on the nature and future of the University. The program will include numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.

Please visit the official website: http://universitiesforum.com/

Please visit the officil website!

Notice also: ICADI 2008 Universal Design Preconference Intensive:
The 21st Century Community
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
8:00am - 5:00pm Cost $100

Download here: Conference Registration Brief

Speakers confirmed to date include Professor Mark Shucksmith (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Professor Colin Jones (Heriot-Watt University) and Dr Oliver Hartwich (the Policy Exchange). There will also be presentations outlining the results of new research on sustainability issues that has been supported by the National House-Building Council Foundation.

An opportunity of dialogue about the urban environment and sustainability for different scientific fields, designers, managers and decision makers


Steering Committee:

Marino Bonaiuto
Sapienza Università di Roma

Mirilia Bonnes
Sapienza Università di Roma

Anna Maria Nenci
LUMSA, Roma

Abstract submission now open!: http://www.3s4u.com/iaps2008_EC_0.8.1/

For more information, visit the website

http://www.deakin.edu.au/events/ecohealth2007/

or contact:

Associate Professor Mardie Townsend
School of Health and Social Development
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood Vic. 3125
Australia
Ph. +61 3 9251 7278
Fax +61 3 9244 6261
Email: mardie.townsend@deakin.edu.au

Housing and environmental conditions in post-communist countries have
changed since 1989. It is interesting to observe these transformations,
compare and synthesize them, and look for positive solutions that will
improve and guarantee future living conditions. During this symposium
many subjects will be discussed, but the main aim will be to consider
the following topics :

- innovative residential architecture in post-communist countries
- post-communist large-scale housing areas – architectural, cultural,
economic, social and urban problems
- analysis of post-communist cities (such as Tychy and Nowa Huta, in Poland)
- valuing and regeneration of existing post-communist residential areas
- dealing with standardization by introducing functional, cultural,
economic and spatial
diversity
- positive and negative impacts of property tenure changes
- creating new identities and social representations for residents
- introducing ecological and energy-saving technologies
- accommodating new consumer lifestyles
- ageing people and buildings
- safety and security in residential areas
- financial, construction, social and architectural problems of
management and maintenance
- conservation of communist and post-communist large-scale housing estates.

Time and location
11-12 October 2007 Symposium at The Silesian University of Technology.

Venue: The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture,
Poland
Gliwice, Educational - Congress Center, The Silesian University of
Technology,
Gliwice, ul. Konarskiego 18B

For further information contact:

Beata.komar@polsl.pl
beata.kucharczyk-brus@polsl.pl

Yours sincerely
Roderick L.

This session will explore the diverse transactional relationships that
inhabitants, workers and visitors have with the urban outdoors. Through a
particular interest in the mundane practices of different social groups, we
are also interested to consider how such a perspective might enrich or
challenge current efforts to increase overall wellbeing through outdoor
spaces.

Large amounts of resources are spent in cities across the world in
endeavouring to provide a positive outdoor environment; policy makers are
often keen to encourage city people outdoors where they are understood to
derive benefits in terms of improved physical and mental health and a
strengthened sense of community. Yet provided spaces, where they exist, may
be under-used, or used in ways not intended, whilst other, incidental
places can prove more popular. Many may lack the means to get to allocated
sites, even locally, whilst others derive similar benefits in more removed
locations. Conflicts can also arise when the practices of some may exclude
or preclude those of others. Furthermore, professional and policy practices
are also crucial as they configure the outdoors in ways that possibly seek
to manage and control different social practices. If we move beyond notions
of discrete spaces, there are issues of lifestyle as changing work
practices, for example, can keep individuals indoors where they may
actually be happier. Individuals and groups also manage their own outdoor
experience in ways that minimise the negative by avoiding unpleasant places
and controlling their sensory experience through clothing and other
technologies.

An examination of practice and the urban outdoors has the potential to
enrich our understanding of a number of important issues including
environmental justice, social inclusion, city sustainability and urban
design. More conceptually, it could extend theories of nature experience,
everyday materiality, and physical embodiment and also provide an important
geographical perspective by considering how outdoor practices can vary
between cities.

Possible themes:
. Social cohorts: the old, the young, the rich, the poor, the infirm.
· Different lifestyles: those always indoors, those always outside.
· Communities of practice: cyclists, businessmen, dog walkers,
drivers.
· The experience of environmental processes: weather, sunshine, snow,
wind.
· City climates: tropical, temperate, seasonal, stable.
· Professional practices that configure and control.
· Exclusionary practices and excluded practices.

Abstracts (250 words max) should be submitted to r.day@socsci.gla.ac.uk by
Friday 22nd September 2006. You should also consult the AAG website
(www.aag.org) for online registration and abstract submission instructions.

Find out more about the conference at: http://www.aag.org/

Conference ‘Great Places, Great Cities’
Public spaces are vital parts of every community. Creating great public spaces that benefit our cities and foster security, lively-hood and a sense of belonging is the challenge faced by civic leaders everywhere.

This conference brings together leading experts from around the world who are challenging the current paradigm in city planning in order to create better places for people both now and in the future.

For 2 days of interactive sessions, participants can learn how to effect change through ‘placemaking’, discuss approaches with leading experts who are pushing the boundaries in urban design, transportation, community development and city renewal and hear real-life stories and experiences from change leaders in the field.

The conference will take place in Krakow (Poland), a historical European city that contains a wealth of great public spaces serving a variety of communities.

www.northampton.ac.uk/ccy

7th and 8th September 2006
The University of Northampton

For more information, please visit the official website: http://www.iaps19-bibalex.com

This Conference was organized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Advisory Committees for: Environment & Developments; Science & Technology.

Read now a commentary about the conference posted by: Aleya Abdel-Hadi.

Reflections on the Congress (pdf, 225 KB). By Aleya Abdel-Hadi