CALL FOR PAPERS -The Third Future of Places Conference 29 June-1 July 2015 – Stockholm, Sweden

THEME
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The 2015 Future of Places conference will serve as a lead-in to Habitat III and its theme “Toward a New Urban Agenda.” Conference-goers will have an opportunity to shape that agenda by helping to define the critical issues for action,particularly around the agenda of public space, place and placemaking. The Future of Places conference recognises the central importance of public spaces, not only as amenities, but as dynamic environments that are shaped by the people themselves – not abstract space but human places, shaped actively by “placemaking.” These public places, along with their adjacent private and semi-private places, form a critical connective network within the city — profoundly influencing, and potentially limiting, social, economic and personal development.

ACADEMIC SESSION
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We invite your submission of a paper abstract of no more than 300 words for initial consideration. If invited, you will be asked to complete a paper of between 3,000 and 6,000 words for the conference proceedings, accompanied by an oral presentation (with slides if desired) of 15 minutes.

It is recommended (but not required) that submissions be focused on one of the four following areas:

SCIENCE: Advancing New Theoretical Insights and Opportunities for Growing Public Space.

POLICY: Removing Barriers and Inserting Reforms to Promote a Stronger Public Realm.

PRACTICE: Advancing New Tools and Models for Public Space and Placemaking.

CIVIL SOCIETY: Organising Groups and Strategies to Achieve the Needed Changes.

We invite you to consider the following sub-themes, among others:

– Places and placemaking
– Urban spatial networks and networks of place
– Economic spillovers and social dynamics
– Innovation districts and placemaking
– Ingredients of successful urban places
– Urban capacity and capability
– Diversity and equity
– Multi-modal mobility
– Street design for health
– Emerging tools and toolkits
– Implementation strategies for short-term impacts
– Priorities for research, education, policy and practice
– Streets as drivers of urban prosperity
– Placemaking in small towns and rural settings

VENUE
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Elite Hotel Marina Tower
Saltsjöqvarns Kaj 25
131 71 Nacka Stockholm

KEY DATES
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Call for Papers – Abstracts Due …………. 15 March 2015
Notification of Selected Abstracts ……… 1April 2015
Invited Papers Due…………………………….. 1 May 2015
Notification of Selection, Revisions…….. 1 June 2015
Final Revised Papers Due…………………… 15 June 2015

Early Registration is open ………………….. 3 Feb 2015 (Use application form on website)
Early Registration Ends …………………….. 1 May 2015
Conference date……………………………….. 29 June – 1 July 2015

CONFERENCE FEES AND PAYMENT
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The conference is free for invited attendees (including those with accepted papers) and includes all meals. You may apply to attend the conference without a paper by applying at the following website: http://futureofplaces.com/application-2015/

PUBLICATIONS
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Abstracts will be reviewed by a qualified panel of referees. Selected papers will be invited to participate in a second round of peer review toward publication in a conference proceeding volume or partner journal to be announced, in the field of urban design and development.

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Future of Places
Project Leader: Peter Elmlund <[email protected]>

Send your abstract (or paper, if completed) to:

[email protected]