22 plenary speakers and 46 breakout speakers will address frontier urban topics: 15-minute cities, climate resilience/adaptation/mitigation, lessons from COVID, suburban retrofitting, tactical urbanism and placemaking, livable streets and transport, and much more. Two research symposia and three workshops have also been announced.
ABOVE: Preparing our beautiful and spacious plenary hall, the Théâtre de l'Alegria in the Maison des Arts, Le Plessis-Robinson (Paris).
LE PLESSIS-ROBINSON, FRANCE: The 58th International Making Cities Livable conference, happening May 18-20 here, will feature an impressive roster of 68 mayors, economic development experts, leading NGO heads, planners, designers and researchers, and other urban "doers," all gathering to share solutions and expertise at a critical time for cities, towns and suburbs.
The conference will gather noted international experts in urban innovations, including Carlos Moreno, developer of the “15-minute city” plan for the City of Paris and others. The concept has caught on globally, in part because it offers a humane vision for livable cities, together with the tools and strategies to achieve them. (A good summary discussion of the 15-minute city can be seen here.)
Other plenary speakers will include (in alphabetical order):
Rachelle Alterman, Professor of Urban Planning and Law, The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, and Research Fellow of the Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, Haifa, IL
Xavier Bohl, architect, Atelier Xavier Bohl, Paris FR
Ben Bolgar, Senior Director, The Prince's Foundation, London UK
David Brain, Professor of Sociology, New College of Florida USA
Jim Brainard, Mayor, City of Carmel, Indiana USA
Marc Breitman, architect, Breitman and Breitman, Paris FR
Nada Breitman, architect, Breitman and Breitman, Paris FR
Rick Cole, Executive Director, Congress for the New Urbanism, Washington D.C. USA
George Ferguson, architect, Past President, Royal Institute of British Architects, and first elected Mayor of Bristol, UK
Ricardo Fernández Gómez, Director General of Planning and Development, State of Jalisco, MX
Jing Jing, Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm SE
Christopher Leinberger, Professor Emeritus, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
Setha Low, Professor of Anthropology and Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA
Michael Mehaffy, Executive Director, Lennard Institute for Livable Cities, Oregon USA
Rui Moreira, Mayor, Porto, PT
Paul Murrain, Urbanist and Author, and INTBAU Senior Fellow, London, UK
Philippe Pemezec, Senator and former Mayor, Le Plessis-Robinson, FR
Jacques Perrin, Mayor, Le Plessis-Robinson, FR
Laura Petrella, Chief of Planning, Finance and Economy, UN-Habitat, Nairobi KE
Sergio Porta, Professor of Urban Design, Head of Department and Director of the Urban Design Studies Unit at the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
The breakout sessions, in alphabetical order, will include:
15-minute Cities (and Suburbs) for ALL: Policy and Economics (Part 1)
15-minute Cities (and Suburbs) for ALL: Culture and Place (Part 2)
Architecture and the Edges of Public Space
Building 15-minute Neighborhoods
Climate Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation: Urban Greening (Part 1)
Climate Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation: Toward a Livable Future (Part 2)
Implementing the New Urban Agenda
Lessons from COVID - and Beyond
Livable Streets and Transport
Placemaking Tools and Strategies
Tactical Urbanism and Retrofitting
And workshops and symposia:
WORKSHOP: International Placemaking Network (2-part) WORKSHOP: Leading Urbanism in Times of Chaos: Lessons from Portland and Beyond (2-part)
WORKSHOP: Christopher Alexander, Pattern Languages and The Nature of Order SYMPOSIUM: Tall Buildings Reconsidered: A Review of the Research Evidence SYMPOSIUM: Environmental Structure Research Group (Research Coordination Meeting)
Breakout speakers come from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and of course Europe, and include:
Abramson, Ric, City Architect, City of West Hollywood, USA
Adhya, Anirban, Associate Professor, Lawrence Technological University, USA
Appleyard, Bruce, Associate Professor, San Diego State University, USA
Arcurio, Joshua, Associate, David M. Schwarz Architects, USA
Bergeron, Kelly, Neighbourspace, Canada
Biehle, Frederick, Professor, Pratt Institute, USA
Bishay, Noura, Architect, NPB Design Studio, USA
Breitman, Marc, Architect, Paris, France
Breitman, Nada, Architect, Paris, France
Buckman, Stephen, Assistant Professor of Real Estate Development, Clemson University, USA
Castaneda Chavez, Monica, Project Manager, Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works of Jalisco, Mexico
Clemons, Laura, Founder, Collaborative Communities, USA
Corlin, Anne, Assistant Professor, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
El-Husseiny, Momen, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Falk, Brian, Director. The Project for Lean Urbanism and Center for Applied Transect Studies, USA
Fernandes, Cláudia, Professor , University of Porto, Portugal
Fitzgerald, Susan, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada
Hampton, Suzan, PhD Student in Architecture, University of Kansas, USA
Hasselwander, Marc, Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Kovacs-Györi, Anna, Postdoc researcher. IDA Lab - PLUS Salzburg, Austria
Latoeiro, Ricardo, PdD candidate, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Mazzola, Ettore, Professor of Architecture, The University of Notre Dame, Rome, Italy
Mestetsky, Henry, Director of Redevelopment, City of Carmel, IN USA
Moreno, Mark, Associate Professor, Andrews University School of Architecture/Interior Design, USA
Patuszynska, Beata, author, cityforchildren.pl
Perez Hernandez, Julio Cesar, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, USA
Pittari, John, Associate Professor, Auburn University, USA
Robinson, Joanna, Glendon College, York University, UK
Scheiber, Sarah, University of Malta, Malta
Shoemaker, Douglas, Director of Research and Outreach, CAGIS at UNC Charlotte, USA
Small, Thomas, CEO, Culver City Forward, USA
Southard, Ellen, Founder, Site Story LLC, USA
Srinaga, Felia, University of Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
Storry, Christine, Architect, Utopia Architects, Australia
Syed, Maria, Designer, Australia
Tang, Rennie, Associate Professor, California Polytechnic University Pomona, USA
Thomas, Craig, Director, Planning & Development, Royal Roads University, Canada
Thün, Geoffrey, Professor of Architecture / Associate Vice President for Research: Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, University of Michigan
Tirapas, Chamnarn, King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi Thailand
Westendorff, Veronica, graduate student, University of NC at Charlotte, USA
Wiberg, Katrina, Cand. Arch., Phd, MDL, Associate Professor Landscape Architecture. Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Woltering, David, Community Planning Consultant, Woltering Community Planning, LLC
Wright, Steven, Writer-Planner
Youssef, Karim, Assistant Professor, California Baptist University
Zuberi, Dan, Professor, University of Toronto
We hope you'll join us in a beautiful and instructive venue, for an important and joyful gathering! One-day registration and other discounts are available. More information and registration is here: https://www.imcl.online/2022-paris
Our beautiful and instructive venue -- an exemplar of suburban retrofitting -- Le Plessis-Robinson.