Stalwarts of the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN), faculty members of planning schools, and representatives of the Institute of Town Planners will participate in a roundtable conference that will be held at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, on November 25.
The university is will be playing host to the 10th international congress of the Asian Planning Schools Association (ASPA) from November 24 to 26, which will be attended
by national and international delegates, students, urban planners and architects from across Asia. The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and Institute of Town Planners (ITPT) are the major partners towards organising the congress.
The roundtable conference will feature the discussion of various aspects of planning and reform in the education sector. “In the global economic order, Asia and Asian cities need to make a paradigm shift in their approach to planning education and practice,” said Shrawan Acharya, chairman of the academics committee at CEPT University.
The roundtable conference will have around 550 participants from 35 countries, who will examine whether planning education is attuned to the challenges of the field and the degree to which planning schools worldwide have the capabilities to lead the next generation of planning practice. The event will also how debates surrounding planning education have varied over the world’s regions and the degree to which international communication has helped to strengthen planning education in individual countries.
“The various deliberations proposed in the congress will provide a roadmap towards planning, management and sustainability of our cities. By the end of these three days, we expect is to have insight into solutions to our urban problems, possible interventions which might address the problems, discover how our Asian counterparts are faring, and what challenges and corresponding opportunities lay ahead,” Acharya said.
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