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CEU 2nd Congress CEU 2nd Congress, 9-10 November 2006 CEU 2nd Congress

The second International Congress of the Council for European Urbanism will take place in the English city of Leeds from 9 - 10 November 2006, following thesuccessful Inaugural Congress in Berlin in 2005 www.ceunet.org

The Congress theme this year is Sustainable Urbanism.   Over two days we will be examining sustainable urbanism based on a holistic exploration of ideas and examples from across the globe, with a focus on transferable lessons of useful value to practitioners and decision makers.

We will look at how sustainable urbanism can be approached in an integrated way in a variety of settings: in cities, towns and villages in Europe and beyond.   This approach to urbanism will be explored at a range of scales from the micro-urban to the broadly regional, with an emphasis on examples which reflect the vision, aims and objectives for urbanism expressed in C.E.U.’s Charter of Stockholm (see www.ceunet.org).

Specific Congress sessions will explore the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable urbanism.   As well as an outstanding selection of speakers, substantial time has been dedicated for participants to discuss the issues in plenary sessions, involving keynote and other speakers, and facilitated by expert urbanist moderators.   A concluding Roundtable of international urbanists on Day Two will bring the themes of the Congress together to identify key, transferable lessons that can be applied to European urbanism in future.   We hope you can join us for what promises to be a very stimulating and important Congress.

DRAFT Programme

9 November 2006, from 9.00 – 17.30
Delton Jackson, C.E.U.UK Chapter
Cllr. Harris, Leader, Leeds City Council
Susan Parham, C.E.U. Europe Steering Committee Chair

Session 1 - Sustainable Urbanism - Economic Dimensions

  • Moderator – Dr Matthew Hardy, INTBAU
  • Dr Harald Kegler / Prof Dr Harald Bodenschatz, Berlin Technical University, Germany - Economic and Urban Restructuring - lessons from Berlin Congress and looking to the future
  • John Thorp MBE, Leeds Civic Architect, UK - Renaissance Leeds
  • Dr Lindsay Smales, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
  • Dr Rachael Unsworth [University of Leeds, UK - Regional Economic Restructuring of Core Cities
  • Jean Dent. Director of Development, Leeds City Council, UK

Session 2 - Sustainable Urbanism - Social Dimensions

  • Moderator - Dr. Michael Crilly, Secretary, C.E.U.UK; CABE
  • Peter Drijver, Architect, Netherlands - Dutch Demographics challenges
  • Kelvin Campbell,Urban Designer, UK / South Africa - Social Masterplanning
  • Julio Cesar, Professor of Design, University of Havana, Cuba - Self Sufficiency in the Sustainable City – Havana as a XXI Century Caribbean Metropolis

  • Reception with the Academy for Sustainable Communities - Leeds Art Gallery
  • Congress Dinner - Queen’s Hotel

10th November 2006, from 9.00 – 17.30
Cllr. Jack Dunn, Deputy Lord Mayor, Leeds City Council, UK

Session 3 - Sustainable Urbanism – Environmental Dimensions

  • Moderator – Susan Parham (UK / Australia), Chair, CEU-Europe
  • Hank Dittmar, Congress for New Urbanism, CEO Princes Foundation, USA
  • Strategic Urban Design – Transit Orientated Development and Construction Standards
  • Irit Solzi, Chair Movement for Israeli Urbanism, Israel - Adapting to climate change - Examples from a harsh urban environment
  • Javier Cenicacelaya, Professor of Architecture, University of Bilbao, Spain - Sustainable urbanism in Central America

Session 4 - Sustainable urbanism - Bringing the threads together - Roundtable Discussion

  • Moderator – Alan Simpson, CNU, UK
  • José Baganha, [Architect, Congress for European Urbanism, Portugal
  • Cllr. Andrew Carter, Executive Member for Development, Leeds City Council

Speakers confirmed so far include

  • Hank Dittmar, Director, Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment; Chair, CNU
  • Irit Solzi, Architect; Chair of Movement for Israeli Urbanism
  • Javier Cenicacelaya, Professor of Architecture, University of Bilbao
  • Dr Harald Kegler
  • Prof. Dr. Harald Bodenschatz
  • John Thorp, Leeds Civic Architect
  • Kelvin Campbell, Director, Urban Initiatives

Venues

Day One (November 9th) is being held at the historic Queen’s Hotel, next to Leeds’ main railway station Day Two is being held at the Leeds Civic Hall in the heart of Leeds Civic Quarter, a short walk up Park Row from the Queens Hotel.

You can download a map of the location of Leeds in the UK, conference venues and important sites here

Booking and Costs

  • £175.00 - Full Delegate Rate which includes attendance fee, coffee breaks, lunches, drinks reception and full three course meal on day one.
  • £120.00 - Single Day Rate: November 9th ONLY. It includes: teas, coffees, refreshments and lunches, drinks reception and full three course meal.
  • £50.00 - Student Delegate Rate. It includes attendance fee teas, coffees, refreshments and lunches, drinks reception and full three course meal
  • £25.00 - Student Single Day Rate: November 9th ONLY. It includes teas, coffees, refreshments and lunch.

    The registration for the Congress is being organised by the Leeds City Council Conference Desk
    Tel.:+44 (0) 113 247 6501 / 6502
    Fax: +44 (0) 113 247 7047
    Email conferenceleeds@leeds.gov.uk
    Registration forms can be downloaded here

    If you would like to register online please click here

    Conference Tours

    A number of tours* have been arranged for Saturday 11th November, and will be led by local urbanist experts including Delton Jackson, Chair, CEU-UK, and Dr. Lindsay Smales of Leeds Metropolitan University.

    • YORK: New Earswick and York City Centre. £25.00
    • SALTAIRE: World Heritage Site. £20.00
    • BRADFORD: Little Germany. £20.00
    • LEEDS: Walking Tour. £10.00
    • SHEFFIELD: Park Hill. £25
      *NB: Maximum tour numbers are 20 per group.

    If you would like to register please click here

    The tours will be preceded by an informal breakfast at Brown's on the Headrow hosted by local urbanist networks YORnet and Concourse.

    Hotels

    Please book accommodation early to avoid disappointment!   At the same time as the CEU Congress, Leeds will also be hosting an annual film festival, as well as the International Skills Symposium of the Academy for Sustainable Communities.  A number of rooms have been reserved however by CEU and can be securely booked online at https://www.conferencebookings.co.uk Additionally hotel bargains can often be found at: www.lastminute.com

    Travelling to the Conference

    Leeds is well served by both mainline train services and an international airport. To ensure affordable travel prices early bookings are advised, especially for train travel.   Download a Conference Travel here

    By air:

    A number of budget airlines serve the Leeds Bradford International Airport from cities throughout Europe www.lbia.co.uk These include: Jet2, Flybe, Ryanair, Easyjet. Other regional airports to consider include Manchester Manchester & Newcastle> Both cities offer direct train links to Leeds (Newcastle-Leeds 1.5 hours / Manchester-Leeds 1.5 hours)

    By rail:

    Train travel in the UK is very expensive by comparison with much of mainland Europe, unless bookings are made at least two weeks in advance, when savings are considerable.   Advance bookings are usually non-refundable, fixed reservations.   Train information for the UK is available at: www.nationalrail.co.uk   Online bookings for rail travel should be made online via individual train operating companies www.nationalrail.co.uk.   The companies serving Leeds include: GNER, Virgin, TransPennine Express. Train times and journeys can be planned here.

    Useful Links and Supporting Partners

    Further information
    Audun Engh
    Secretary Council for European Urbanism, C.E.U.
    St. Olavs gate 9
    0165 Oslo, Norway
    Tel. +47.92 62 26 26
    Email audun.engh@broadpark.no
    www.ceunet.org

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