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Programme of the 4th Biennial Conference

Thursday, september 20

From 10.00
Arrival and registration of participants

13.30 h.
Plenary session
Symbolical handing over of the Biennial from Herne to Rotterdam by Martha Doehler(SRL) and Jan Laan, chairman of bnSP

Welcome and opening address by Ivo Opstelten, mayor of Rotterdam and Roger van Boxtel, minister for urban policy and integration of ethnic minorities

14.00 h.
Keynote speeches and debates
Ursula von Petz, professor of planning theory and town planning, Aachen (Germany); Stefano Boeri, architect, Milan (Italy); Adriaan Geuze, landscape architect, Rotterdam (Netherlands); Andreas Schneider, general rapporteur of the 37th ISoCARP Congress (September 2001).

18.00 h.
Reception

19.30 h.
Buffet dinner and evening programme

Friday, September 21

9.30 h.
Plenary session
Opening by Joost Schrijnen, director of department for urban development and housing dS+V, municipality of Rotterdam 'Cultures of Cities: Rotterdam'

10.00 h.
Robin Thompson, president of the European Council of Town Planners ECTP

10.15 h.
Workshops in parallel sessions
The workshops will cover different aspects of the four topics. Speakers include: Bernd Hunger, GdW Bundesverband Deutsches Wohnungsunternehmen, Berlin (Germany); Alain Lipietz, geographer, member of European Parliament (France); Catherine Trautmann, former minister of culture, former mayor of Strasbourg (France); Milan Turba, director of strategic planning, Prague (Czech Republic); representatives from the cities participating in the exhibition; selected authors of accepted papers. 

12.45-18.00 h. 
Excursions
Visits to various Dutch cities with visible examples of specific problems - and solutions - relevant to the theme 'Cultures of Cities': Rotterdam (waterfront development, new residential areas, 'city safaris', leisure centres and shopping malls, exhibitions on housing and urban planning); Amsterdam (development of newly reclaimed land, cultural development on the waterfront, multicultural housing projects); The Hague (city centre renewal); Den Bosch (restructuring of city walls); Almere (new town centre, retail and leisure development). 

19.30 h.
Optional: boat trip with dinner through the Port of Rotterdam

Saturday, September 22

9.30-12.30 h.
Continuation of workshops in parallel sessions on the four topics:
Elaboration of subjects in the light of experiences from the excursions

14.00 h.
Plenary session
Reports from the workshops by the rapporteurs, discussion and conclusions

16.30 h.
'Closing of the conference and announcement of the Biennial 2003'

17.00 h.
End of the Fourth Biennial of Towns and Town Planners in Europe

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