This week I will be attending the International Urban Planning Congress in Amsterdam. Titled Morgen/Tomorrow and with the motto “cities can save the world” the two-day congress will highlight the challenges and opportunities of rapid urbanisation. Six themes will be highlighted: food, energy, drinking water, infrastructure, waste and ICT with case studies from London, Paris, Hamburg, Mumbai, Chicago and Amsterdam. The speakers include the former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and Member of the European Parliament, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, also known as Dany le Rouge.

Looks like a good line up and the workshops sound interesting. I note that only Mumbai is the only Asian city in the case study and no Australian, South American or African city is mentioned. Nevertheless would be good to see what ideas are discussed. Looking forward to it.