Conference
CONFERENCE
program content
outline
The conference will gather some of the best keynotes in the world and share knowledge
and experience about waterfront development projects. The program outline is structured
into three different sections:
- introduction session
- nordic session
- international session
whereas a summary and comparison with a closing debate will be followed on day
two.
The introduction section will be opened by City of Stavanger as the city is the
host for the WFS 2010. Followed by the opening, the (syn·op·sis) hopes that the
Minister of Environment will find the event of such importance that he will honor
the synopsis with his presence by doing the introduction about the pilot projects
and Future Cities program. Following will be a presentation done over arching
the six cities involved in the pilot projects where a summary will be given about
their project experiences and what strategy the cities are shaping for the future.
The Nordic session will introduce selected projects from the cities it concerns
and of high relevance to the norwegian setting, and delegates will draw on their
experiences and strategies related to the concept of being a waterfront city.
The International session will be very similar, however taken into a higher level
of complexity and scale.
Each of the sessions will be bridged by Project for Public Spaces providing brief
summaries and comparisons between the projects, cities, regions, countries which
aims to build up the fundamentals towards day two summary and panel debates.
The intention is to focus on waterfront projects and give a broad picture about
how cities regardless nations manages these complex issues - also in close relations
in how it integrates the issues related to climate and energy reduction.
Conference host will be Director Rob Cowan of the UK based Urban Design Skills.
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