The 2008 ENHR Housing Conference will be held in University College Dublin, Ireland. The theme of the conference is Shrinking Cities, Sprawling Suburbs, Changing Countrysides.

The conference will address various issues relevant to this overarching theme in both urban and rural locations. Plenary sessions will address current debates on topics such as balanced regional development, urban and rural development, sociospatial segregation, new suburban communities, the role of migration and tourism, developments in post socialist societies, as well as issues which are specific to rural areas.

There will be a number of plenary sessions, some of which will be in the form of panel discussions. Confirmed participants include:

- Andrew Beer (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
- Chris Paris (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland)
- Ivan Tosics (Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
- Sasha Tsenkova (University of Calgary, Canada)
- Mary Corcoran (National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland)
- Mari Vattovaara (University of Helsinki, Finland)
- Tony Fahey (University College Dublin, Ireland)
- Montserrat Pareja Eastaway (University of Barcelona, Spain)
- Nick Gallant (University College London, England)

There will be a wide range of workshops held during the conference. A call for workshop papers will be made towards the end of this year. The winner of the first Bengt Turner Award will also be announced at the conference.

Programme
05 July 2008
New Researchers Colloquium (The Institute of Public Administration, Dublin)
06 July 2008
10:00 - 12:00: Walking Tour of Georgian Dublin 
14:00 - 18:00: Field trips 
All Day Registration (O’Reilly Hall, UCD)
07 July 2008
08:00 - 09:30: Co-ordination Committee Meeting, Registration 
09:30 - 11:00: Plenary: Welcome from Conference Committee
- Prof. Chris Paris
- Prof. Mary P. Corcoran 
11:00 - 11:30: Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00: Workshop 1 (Arts Block) 
13:00 - 14:15: Lunch
14:15 - 15:30: Parallel Plenary Sessions
Rural Housing
- Nick Gallant (Chair)
- Mark Scott
- Barbara Cernic
- Roland Goetgeluk
Post-socialist Cities
- Dr. Ivan Tosics
- Prof. Sasha Tsenkova
15:30 - 16:00: Coffee break 
16:30 - 17:30: Workshop 2 
19:00 - 23:30: Conference Dinner
08 July 2008
09:30 - 11:00: Workshop 3 
11:00 - 11:30: Coffee break
11:30 - 12.30: Parallel Plenary Sessions
Comparative Urban Developments
- Prof. Tony Fahey
- Prof. Mari Vattovaara
- Prof. Montserrat Pareja Eastaway
Q and A / Discussion
Place of Theory in Housing Research - a debate
Chaired by Prof. David Clapman
Contributions from: Prof. Ken Gibb, Prof. Peter King, Prof. Chris Allen 
12:30 - 14:00: Lunch 
14:00 - 15:30: Workshop 4 
15:30 - 16:00: Coffee break 
16:00 - 17:30: Workshop 5 
17:30 - 19:00: General Assembly 
19:00 - 20:00: Slide show 
20:30 - 23:30: Irish music and dancing night
09 July 2008
08:00 - 09:00: Coordination Committee Meeting 
09:00 - 10:30: Workshop 6
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30: Plenary Balanced Regional Development (Prof. Andrew Beer)
European Urban Sprawl: Housing, Cultures of (Anti)Urbanism and HybridCityspaces.
- Dr. Nataša Pichler-Milanovic
- Prof. Chris Couch
12:30 - 13:00: Closing comments from Dublin 2008
13:00 - 14:30: Lunch

Registration
Registration is required for all ENHR Conference participants and accompanying persons.
ENHR Members (individual or Institutional): 520 Euros 
Non-Members: 570 Euros 
Accompanying Persons:130 Euros

Reduced Registration Fee: The following countries are entitled to a 100 Euros discount on the conference fee: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan & all countries in Africa.