IFLA will hold an online World Council meeting in March 2025. This will be in addition to the in-person World Council Meeting in Nantes in September 2025.

Delegates and observers will be welcome to join us online for 2 hours on Saturday 22nd March and a further 2 hours on Sunday 23rd March.

Registration
If you plan to attend for one, or both days please register via this link, you will then receive an email with the zoom joining instructions.

Timings

Saturday Meeting

Eastern Time, ET - Sat, 22 Mar 2025 05:00 EDT to 07:00 EDT
Central European Time, CET - Sat, 22 Mar 2025 10:00 CET to 12:00 CET
Eastern Africa Time, EAT - Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:00 EAT to 14:00 EAT
China Standard Time, CST - Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:00 CST to 19:00 CST
Australian Eastern Daylight Time, AEDT - Sat, 22 Mar 2025 20:00 AEDT to 22:00 AEDT
Wellington, New Zealand - Sat, 22 Mar 2025 22:00 NZDT to 00:00 NZDT
You can find your timezone here.

Sunday Meeting

Eastern Time, ET - Sun, 23 Mar 2025 05:00 EDT to 07:00 EDT
Central European Time, CET - Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:00 CET to 12:00 CET
Eastern Africa Time, EAT - Sun, 23 Mar 2025 12:00 EAT to 14:00 EAT
China Standard Time, CST - Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:00 CST to 19:00 CST
Australian Eastern Daylight Time, AEDT - Sun, 23 Mar 2025 20:00 AEDT to 22:00 AEDT
Wellington, New Zealand - Sun, 23 Mar 2025 22:00 NZDT to 00:00 NZDT
You can find your timezone here.

If you have any questions about this meeting please contact admin@iflaworld.org

📅 Date: 18–21 March 2025
📍 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
🌟 Themes: Climate-proofing cities, equitable access to green spaces, and making the business case for urban forests.

This forum brings together diverse stakeholders, including urban planners, foresters, and policymakers, to explore solutions for resilient urban green spaces.

🔗 Register here
📅 Abstract submission deadline: 10th December 2024

We hope to see you there!

Join the 20th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), hosted by the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) in Marrakesh, Morocco from 18 - 21 November, 2024.

ICUH is the premier global gathering for interdisciplinary professionals, researchers, policymakers, and community advocates dedicated to improving urban health worldwide.

This year's theme, "A Healthier Horizon: Activating Urban Health Strategies for a Climate Resilient Tomorrow," could not be more critical for the future of urban health in Africa and across the world. Engage with world-leading experts as we explore innovative models of city policy, development and design that foster holistic health, wellbeing and equity for all.

At ICUH 2024, you will:

1. Connect with a unique, global network of leaders striving to make cities healthier, more equitable, and environmentally sustainable.

2. Uncover transformative, evidence-based solutions for pressing urban challenges, from mental health to climate change justice.

3. Learn how to bridge the gaps between research, policy, and practice, mobilizing resources to shape cities that support health and equity today and for future generations.

Don't miss this unparalleled opportunity to drive change and make a lasting impact in cities across the globe. Be part of the movement—join us at ICUH 2024!

More here.

Academy of Architecture

Start date: 13 November 2024 / 12:00

End date: 15 November 2024 / 18:30

4th Symposium of the Istituto di studi urbani e del paesaggio (ISUP)

organised by

• Jonathan Sergison

• João Nunes

• João Gomes da Silva

with the support of

• Mosè Cometta

• and Enrico Sassi

Landscape architecture is a powerful tool for addressing issues that have generally been neglected in architectural research and practice until recently.

Innovative methodological approaches inherent to the multidisciplinary character of landscape architecture involve the consideration of time as a fundamental dimension in its conceptual framing, and a focus on exploring new ways of merging anthropic and natural systems rather than on the creation of new objects.

These characteristics may allow the transformative processes that are part of the continuous construction of human habitats to develop more ethical ways of engaging with and working towards the resolution of global issues.

In both practice and research, landscape architecture has produced new ideas
and activated processes that address contemporary challenges in innovative ways, with some exemplary results.

We call on all those who, as researchers and as professionals in practice, can communicate such experiences.

Moving away from the classical format of presenting practices’ work, individual projects or portfolios we invite contributions from designers, planners and researchers reflecting on how landscape architecture addresses the major challenges of our society and contributes to the production of contemporary space.

The symposium aims to explore the following issues

• The approach of landscape architecture to climate change

• Energy transition and energy landscapes

• Water quality, availability and distribution

• Social inequalities in access to water, food, space, and knowledge

• Relation between the anthropic and the wild

• Soil erosion and agricultural land abandonment. World hunger and productive capacity.

• Mobility at all scales

• Waste management and environmental contamination

• Territorial continuity

Zoom Webinar Link

This year, the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, Advisory Committee meetings and Scientific Symposium will take place in Ouro Preto, Brazil, from 10 to 17 November 2024, upon the generous invitation of ICOMOS Brazil. 

More here.

Calling all landscape architects, urban planners and sustainability enthusiasts!

Join us at the World Urban Forum 12 Egypt for a thought-provoking session on "Towards an International Landscape Convention - Rethinking Land Use".

Discover how an International Landscape Convention can transform our approach to urban development.

Connect with leading experts from the International Federation of Landscape Architects, the International Association of Horticultural Producers - AIPH, the International Society for Urban Health, the ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners, the World Green Infrastructure Network - WGIN and other global organizations.

Be part of the solution and contribute to building a more sustainable future for all.

More here.

Biopolis is the global voice for the "human right to nature" and the "rights of nature" in cities, presented at 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of the United Nations. 

The convention will be attended by participants from over 190 countries.  It will bring together governments, observer organizations, indigenous communities, businesses, youth groups, civil society, academia, and the general public.  

COP16 will be the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework (also known as The Biodiversity Plan). During COP 16, governments will review the progress made to implement the Biodiversity Plan, as well as the level of alignment of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) with the Plan, in particular, the integration of biodiversity in urban areas. 

The Symposium is organized by the International Living Infrastructure Commission (LINC) bringing together key global networks and organizations: The World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN), The International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA), the US Green Building Council, and local partners: The National University of Colombia, The Alexander Von Humboldt Institute, and the Colombian Green Building Council. 

Key note speakers from 5 continents and world leaders will share their experience and expertise in green infrastructure, landscape architecture, nature based solutions, urban ecology and biodiversity, on the 22nd and 23rd  of October, 2024, in Cali Colombia during the COP16.

A declaration and roadmap aiming for biodiverse cities will be presented to the governments and delegations of the convention on October 26.

The COP16 Global symposium BIOPOLIS 2024 to be held in Cali, Colombia, is available remotely via live streaming through the following channel:

DAY 1, October 22:

https://youtube.com/live/mLC4NO8AM1M?feature=share

DAY 2, October 23:

https://youtube.com/live/onmt_bO02EU?feature=share

More on the symposium website here.

More here.

60th ISOCARP World Planning Congress, 9-12 October, Sienna, Italy

REINVENTING THE (IN)VISIBLE CITIES

9-12 October 2024 | Siena, Italy

The 60th ISOCARP World Planning Congress – Reinventing the (In)Visible Cities, will be held in the historic Italian city of Siena, from the 9th to 12th October 2024. This will be the highlight event of this special year and part of ISOCARP’s 60th World Planning Congress Diamond Anniversary Series, celebrating 60 years of congresses.

https://isocarp.org/activities/60th-wpc-siena-2024/

TILA cordially invites landscape architecture professionals, scholars, and students to join the 2024 GLAC - Global Landscape Architecture Conference.

In particular, the GLAC includes a Conference and a Student Charette. These will be held from October 8 to 13, 2024, in Taipei. 

Mr. Gunther Vogt (from Vogt Landscape Architects and ETH Zurich) and Mr. Niall Kirkwood (from GSD Harvard) are among the many global disciplinary leaders who will participate in the event.

The theme of the conference is "A NEW GREEN ERA." By bringing together a vast number of global experts through keynote speeches, symposia, paper presentations, and project presentations, the conference will focus on the possibility of carbon-reducing green design in response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The deadline for submissions to the conference is July 31, 2024. For all questions, please contact the conference secretariat, Ms. Alice Tsao, at 2024glac@gmail.com

The theme of the Student Charette is “SUSTAINING LIFE FOR ALL.” This is an intensive workshop open to landscape architecture students organized by TILA in cooperation with Fujen Catholic University, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, and will be preceded by two weeks of online preparatory activities.

Through the charette, the participants will explore the historical and cultural dimensions of Taipei's Yuanshan area and develop landscape design proposals for a more sustainable and livable urban infrastructure.

The applications to the student charette are already closed. For all questions, please contact the student charette executive director, Ms. Ying-Hsuan Lin, at yhlinla8@gmail.com

For more information on the GLAC, please visit the website: https://2024glac.tw

Welcome to the Future Green City World Congress

From 23 until 26 September 2024, over the course of four days, more than 3000 experts from around the world will share their passion and knowledge about the liveable green city with a future here.

The Future Green City World Congress is an initiative of Royal Association Stadswerk the Netherlands and Royal Dutch society for garden designers and landscapers (VHG) In Utrecht, they bring together the worlds of green and civil engineering, in cooperation with World Urban Parks (WUP) and the International Federation of Municipal Engineering (IFME). The congress connects construction, greenery, infra and water. By showing different solutions and by connecting networks in these domains, we are building a city with a future together.

As organisers, Stadswerk, VHG and the City of Utrecht warmly welcome you to the Beatrix Theatre in Utrecht. For four days, this is the place to hear the best speakers and see the most inspiring examples of green transformations of cities from all over the world. And above all: here you can engage in conversation with peers from all parts of the world.

More information here.

Circular Cities Summit 2.0 is coming to Dubai, UAE on 11 September 2024.

Join us as we convene again, after a highly successful inaugural Circular Cities Network (CCN) 1.0 in Singapore, to celebrate and acknowledge the remarkable strides we have made in propelling us towards a sustainable future and building circular cities. At Circular Cities Network, our commitment to fostering sustainability knows no bounds. 

Circular Cities have grown and expanded their network with the following organisations:
ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners
IFLA International Federation of Landscape Architects
WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations
UIA - International Union of Architects
World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN)
International Society for Urban Health (ISUH)
AIPH
Society of Sustainability and Green Materials (SSGM)

Join us and inspire change!

More on the summit website here.

Regenerative Landscapes. Designing the Transition.

https://conference.eclas.org/

The 60th World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA), hosted by the UCTEA Chamber of Turkish Landscape Architects, will be held in Istanbul between 4-6 September 2024 with the theme "Code Red for Earth".

The IFLA World Congress is the most important annual event for the Landscape Architecture profession and the IFLA community. The World Congress offers professional development and networking opportunities for practitioners, entrepreneurs, faculty, researchers, students, journalists, as well as anyone interested in the impact of landscape architecture on our society, economy, and culture. It is also an international event where challenges in education as well as current trends and issues in professional practice are discussed and answers to all problems are sought.

‘CODE RED’ FOR EARTH

Earth is experiencing an unprecedented rate of change. We are all living with ‘Code Red’. The scaleless and boundless nature of environmental crises creates an irreversible degradation in terrestrial, atmospheric, and aquatic environments that harm all living and their habitats. A considerable amount of the world’s population is affected daily by climate change and severe disasters, facing livelihood destruction, land-use change, habitat encroachment, extinction of species, and wildlife crime posing a significant threat to the future of the Earth and all living.

Herein, the 2024 IFLA 60th World Congress calls for humankind to take urgent action to prevent the worst impacts of environmental crises. Acknowledging human responsibility, the congress invites policymakers, professionals, scientists, and individuals on stage to establish discourse and course for the Earth’s future.

Addressing landscape architecture as a professional and academic practice that is deeply and firmly rooted in built environments’ relationship to nature, we intend to foreground the mediatory/mediating and catalytic role of Landscape Architecture and invite our esteemed scholars, researchers, educators, and practitioners to join this pivotal world conference.

The three-day congress intends to discuss anthropogenic impacts on the Earth system and establish scenarios by forming an action-oriented interaction ground rather than only (re)pointing out the problems.

Congress Details:
Student Charrette 2024 / 1-3 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
IFLA ExCo 2024 / 1 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
IFLA World Council 2024 / 2-3 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
IFLA World Congress 2024 / 4-6 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
 
Important Dates:
Call for Abstract: 17 November 2023
Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 January 2024 23.59 hours (GMT)
Abstract Acceptance Notification: 1 April 2024
Main Program Launching: 26 April 2024
Early Registration Deadline: 15 June 2024
Registration Deadline: 15 August 2024
 
For detailed information about the call, sub-themes, and guidelines, you can visit the congress website: www.ifla2024.com

IFLA World Council will take place in Istanbul, The Marmara Taksim Hotel on September 2–3, 2024.


World Council Meeting Venue

The Marmara Taksim Hotel, Istanbul

Registration

Attendees for the World Council must register for this event independently from the World Congress. Registration is now open.

• Official Delegates to IFLA should register via the form here, or if you are not able to send an official delegate please use the form to assign a proxy representative.

• Observers should register via the form here.

The forms will close 13:00 CEST Wednesday 14th August after that point you will not be able to register for the World Council.

Please note that registration for the IFLA World Congress can be done via the congress website here.

Pre-World Council Information session

IFLA will be hosting Pre-World Council Virtual Session for any of our members to attend - this explain the agenda, how the council and voting will work and be an opportunity to ask any questions. This will be on Wednesday 21st August at 14.00 Brussels time. More about this here.

Accommodation

If you would like to book the Marmara Taksim Hotel, click the link here.

Alternative nearby options include:

Taxim Hill Hotel

TRYP By Wyndham Istanbul Sisli Hotel

AKKA Hotels Lush Taksim

Taksim Gonen Hotel

 There are some other recommended hotels also on the Congress website.

For hotel booking requests or if you need any further information, please contact Gaye Ertan Culha: ifla2024turkiye@ifla2024.com

Turkish Airlines discounted tickets

Turkish Airlines is the official airline of IFLA 2024 World Council and World Congress in Istanbul, offering special discounts for all registered delegates. To proceed with the online booking tool, please visit Turkish Airlines promocode website and use the event code “003TKH24” under the Promotion code section.

Special discounts for round-trip tickets will be offered to all participants registered for the congress.
Experience Turkish Airlines flight and service privileges during IFLA 2024 World Council and World Congress.

•Discounted online tickets with the promotional code offered specifically for IFLA 2024 World Council and World Congress participants

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For international participants arriving to Istanbul, Flights period covering 7 days before and after IFLA 2024 World Council and World Congress dates

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How much does architecture weigh when the future of the entire planet is at stake? What is the role of architecture and design amidst ecological crises, catastrophes and political upheaval? Can design make a difference, solve problems, and bring any radical change for the better?

Two days, three themes (ERA), with presentations on:
ENVIRONMENT
RESOURCES
ARCHITECTURE

The main themes have emerged from the topical phenomena of global crises; climate change, extreme weather conditions and the loss of biodiversity to the political, financial and societal changes in our environment. Check the programme HERE.

The 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium 22.-23.8.2024 is a hybrid event, onsite in Jyväskylä, Finland, and virtual for a large international audience around the world. The event language is English. The traditional onsite venue is the main building of the University of Jyväskylä (Alvar Aalto, 1954-55).