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Latest IMCL Conference Videos and Proceedings 

Videos of the 59th IMCL conference plenary presentations and other events in Dorchester and Poundbury, UK, October 10-14, 2023 are below. We will add videos from the 60th IMCL conference in Newport, RI USA in the coming weeks - check back to see more!

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See the 59th IMCL Conference Proceedings (e-reader) here.

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See the 60th IMCL Conference Proceedings (e-reader) here. ​

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An insightful summary report on the 59th IMCL was prepared by attendee Nancy Woltering, senior planner for the City of Santa Rosa, California USA, and is available here.  Our thanks to Nancy!

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Highlights reel

Welcome and Introduction

Opening Film: "The Progress We've Made"

From Port Grimaud to Le Plessis-Robinson: Xavier Bohl, Atelier Bohl, and Yves Bovero, SEMPRO 

Taking Good Urbanism Global, Planning for Rapid Urbanisation: Savini Rajapakse, The Prince's Foundation

Lessons from Poundbury: Ben Murphy, Duchy of Cornwall

Carmel, Indiana, 28 Years of Suburban Retrofit: Jim Brainard, City of Carmel, IN USA

The New (Old) Science of Cities for People: A Conversation with Semir Zeki, University College London, and Nikos Salingaros, The University of Texas at Austin

Journey to the Center of the Brain - Speculations on How the Multiple Facets of Urban Neuroscience Light a Path to Humanistic Urbanism: Nir Buras and Alison Hogg, Classic Planning Institute

Can Coding Enact "System A" at Large Scale?  Sergio Porta, University of Strathclyde (UK)

Panel Discussion 1: With Xavier Bohl, Ben Murphy,  Jim Brainard,  Sergio Porta, and Savini Rajapakse. Moderated by Michael Mehaffy.
 

Welcome and Introduction - Day 2
 

The Intentional City: Urban Design and the Civic Ecology of Place

David Brain, New College of Florida 
 

Learning to Make Livable, Beautiful Cities: The Key is the Process

Or Ettlinger, Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, and Building Beauty Postgraduate Program in Architecture 

Why Public Space Matters: Setha Low, The Graduate School, City University of New York
 

Propositions for a Meaningful Public Space: Vikas Mehta, University of Cincinnati
 

The Critical Importance of Public Space in Africa and the Establishment of CAPS: Ayanda Roji, City of Johannesburg 

 

Just Accounting: The Strong Towns Approach to Alleviating Poverty in America

Chuck Marohn, Strong Towns

 

Panel Discussion 2A: With David Brain, Kristie Daniel (HealthBridge Canada), Vikas Mehta, Ayanda Roji, and late arrival Carl McClean of Green Flag Award; moderated by Setha Low.

 

It's Not Housing that Costs Too Much -- It's Land that Costs Too Much

Patrick Condon, University of British Columbia

 

The Next Paradigm Shift: The Unification of Form and Function in Beauty

Yodan Rofe, Course Director, Building Beauty

 

Speed Presentations

Ryan Smolar, Placemaking US

Jenny Donovan, Inclusive Design

John Burrell, Burrell Foley Fischer Architects

 

Making Beauty Matter

Nicholas Boys Smith, Create Streets

 

Evening Plenary Panel

George Ferguson, Cities and People

Nicholas Boys Smith, Create Streets

Hugh Petter, ADAM Architecture

Justin Shubow, National Civic Art Association 

Common-Sense, Plain-Spoken Design

Steve Mouzon, Mouzon Design 

Friday Plenary Panel 1

Bob Gibbs, Gibbs Planning Group

Steve Mouzon, Mouzon Design

Ettore Mazzola, University of Notre Dame Rome Program

Nicholas Boys Smith, Create Streets 

A Practice of Restorative Urbanism: Design, Policy, and the Evolution of Place

Mallory Baches, Congress for the New Urbanism

Implementing the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: The Central Role of Public Space

Jose Chong, Lead, Global Public Space Programme

Friday Speed Presentations

​Neil Coghlan, Scania AB
Marcus Zarbock, Starwit Technologies
Korkut Onaran, Pel-Ona and UC Denver
Mark Wilson Jones, Apollodorus Architecture and TAG UK
Kristie Daniel, HealthBridge
Elliott Tchitchiama, Telio TMF
Patrick Condon, University of British Columbia 

 

Panel Discussion

Charles Marohn, Patrick Condon, Yodan Rofe

 

Cities for People, or Cities for Cars?

George Ferguson, Cities and People

 

Nansledan: Design and Delivery of Popular Planning

Hugh Petter, Director, ADAM Architecture

 

Best Practices Neighborhood Retail

Bob Gibbs, Gibbs Planning Group  

Possible Urban Regenerations in Education and Practice

Ettore Mazzola, University of Notre Dame, Rome Program

The Prince's Foundation: Seeking Harmony Between Built and Natural Environments

Ben Bolgar

Current Work of INTBAU

Harriet Wennberg, INTBAU Executive Director

Friday Plenary Panel 2

Ben Bolgar, The Prince's Foundation

Mallory Baches, Congress for the New Urbanism

Jose Chong, UN-Habitat

And introducing Christy Milliken, Seaside Institute

Research Symposium

Environmental Structure Research Group (ESRG)

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