A Message from the University of Dundee and The Academy of Urbanism:

Dear delegates,

We have tried very hard to put on the international Sustainable Cities event today in Dundee, and waited patiently to see whether our speakers and delegates can make it by various travel modes.

However the extreme weather conditions have meant that

• Most speakers cannot make it to Dundee
• Most delegates cannot make it to Dundee
• Those who attempt would be doing so against the advice relating to Red and Yellow Alerts in Scotland, and we would not wish to inconvenience or endanger any traveller

We therefore have to advise that the decision has been made to cancel this event due the extreme adverse weather conditions.

We do apologise for any inconvenience, and would like to thank everyone for their support in trying to put this event on.

We hope you will continue to support our activity in future events and that everyone is going to be safe and comfortable over the next few days

Kindest Regards from the very disappointed Dr Husam AlWaer

An international seminar

Thursday 1st of March, University of Dundee, Dalhousie Building (LT3)

Free to attend – limited places available

The Academy of Urbanism and University of Dundee are delighted to convene a special event to consider the application of contemporary strategies to make medium-sized cities more sustainable in environmental, socio-economic and cultural terms.

We have invited senior speakers from leading AoU European City Finalists, including Bilbao, Copenhagen, Freiburg and Ljubljana together with additional input from Scottish and UK specialists.

Event Format

13.15 Registration and Networking
14.00 Welcome + Introduction
14.10 AoU City Assessments David Rudlin AoU and Kerri Farnsworth AoU
14.25 International seminar with talks by

Bilbao - Asier Abaunza Robles, Councillor, Bilbao City Council
Copenhagen - Tina Saaby, City architect of Copenhagen
Ljubljana - Liljana Jankovic Grobelsek, Head of the Planning Office, City Municipality of Ljubljana
Freiburg - Wulf Daseking, Former Head of Urban Planning, City of Freiburg
Scotland - Ian Gilzean, Chief Architect, Scottish Government

16.20 Q & A
17.00 Reception
18.00 Close

This promises to be a hugely insightful event for a wide range of policymakers, urbanists, planners, designers, researchers and students.

Places are free but will be limited, so registration is required by the 22 February.

Thanks to our sponsors: Erasmus Funds, the Scottish Government, Scottish Towns Partnership and RTPI Scotland, and to our supporters CECHR, RTPI Scotland (East Chapter) and Kevin Murray Associates.