Topic ‘Cities without limits’ is the topic of the next conference of the European Urban Research Asso-ciation (EURA 2011) organised in cooperation with Centre for Strategic Urban Research - formed by University of Copenhagen and Aarhus School of Architecture and funded by Realdania Research and University of Aalborg. The conference will be held in Copenhagen 23rd – 25th of June 2011.

Colleagues from Europe, North America and from across the world are warmly welcome! Core questions How to understand the urban as sites of regional and global relations?

How to govern and plan cities dominated by trans-local relations?

What is the good life in Cities without limits?

How do we meet the environmental challenges of expanding urban relations?

Call for Papers The deadline for submission of abstracts is January 31st 2011. Final versions of accepted papers should be submitted by May 27th.

Venue Radisson Blu Falconer Hotel & Conference CentreFalkoner Allé 9, 2000 Frederiksberg, CopenhagenTel: +45 3815 8001 Further information Please visit the Conference Homepage:www.eura2011.org

E-mail contact: eura2011@life.ku.dk

Conference Organisation: Senior researcher Niels Boje Groth Senior researcher Thomas Sick NielsenEx. Secretary Mariann Erichsen

Local Host Committee: Prof. Gertrud Jørgensen, Univ. of CopenhagenProf. Niels Albertsen, Aarhus School of Architecture Ass. Prof. Lars Winther, Univ. of CopenhagenAss. Prof. Jacob Norvig Larsen, Univ. of Aalborg

Cities without limits23.06 – 25.06.2011

Copenhagen

International Conference of the European Urban Research Association (EURA)

COPENHAGEN

Agenda

Wednesday 22.6.201119:00 Pre-Conference Reception,

University of Copenhagen

Thursday 23.6.201109:00 Registration10:30 Plenary Session I (keynotes 1-3)14:00 Parallel Sessions I & II (track 1-6) 20:30 Reception & Midsommer bonfire

Friday 24.6.201109:00 Parallel Sessions III – V (track 1-6)18:00 Reception at Copenhagen Town Hall

Saturday 25.6.201109:00 Plenary Session II (keynotes 4-6)11:30 Mobile workshops Frederiksberg, Copenhagen and Malmö15:00 End of conference

Photo credits: Thomas Sick Nielsen (p. 1 & 4), Wikimedia commons (p. 2 & 5), and Niels B. Groth (p. 3)

Key Note Speakers

Associate professor Lars WintherUniversity of Copenhagen, DenmarkCities unbound: Geographies, people and strategies

Professor Maurits de Hoog Delft University of Technology, NLMapping and understanding Megaregions

Professor Paola ViganòUniversity of Venice, Italy(Re)-establishing connectivity in metropolitan regions

Professor Tim Cresswell University of London, UKCitizenships in worlds of mobility

Associate professor Nina-Marie Lister Ryerson University, CanadaEcological Urbanism in the Contemporary Metropolitan Landscape

Professor Jan GehlGehl Architects, DenmarkDesigning connectivity in urban topographies

Programme

Tracks

1. Conceptualising citiesDr. Cristiana RossignoloProf. Niels AlbertsenAss. Prof. Tom Nielsen

2. Governance in cities unboundDr. Dubravka Alibegovic Dr. Pawel SwianiewiczAss. Prof. Karina SehestedAss. Prof. Anne G. Busk

3. Residential liveability in urban regionsSeniorresearch Fellow Mervi IlmonenAss. Prof. Trine A. CarstensenPh.D. student Christian Fertner

4. Resilient metropolitan landscapesProf. Rob AtkinsonProf. Gertrud JørgensenAss. Prof. Thomas S. Nielsen

5. The city of talent – knowledge economy and urbanityProf. Jens S. Dangschat Dr. Jacob N. LarsenAss. Prof. Lars Winther

6. Open trackDr. Iván TosicsSenior researcher Niels Boje Groth