The conference will address the following topics
- Planning education – teaching, learning and capacity development in a transforming urban and regional academic environment.
- The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data and other technological innovations in urban and regional planning for human settlements.
- Climate change adaptations in planning, human settlements and local economic development.
- Emancipatory research methodologies and methods in urban and regional planning (e.g. countermapping, co-production, citizen science).
- Housing and sustainable human settlements: new approaches to research, education and training.
- Planning for informality.
- Land governance and management (land-based financing, land value capture, land reform).
- Urban and regional economies: Planning as an enabler for (local) economic development.
- Planning for sustainable infrastructure and service provision.
- Spatial transformation and social justice as a means towards equal access to the city.
- Sustainable development goals as planning imperatives.
- Planning in the financialised city
Important information
Abstract length: Maximum 300 words
Abstract submission: 15 April 2025
Notifications of abstract acceptance: 30 April 2025 - Postgraduate poster submission: 1 June 2025
Submission link on Oxford Abstracts platform:
https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/78331/submitter
Conference registration opens: 30 May to 15 June 2025
Late registration: 16 June to 7 July 2025
Registration Fees:
Students
- Early bird registration – R500
- Late registration - R700
Academics and professionals
- Early bird registration - R1 500
- Late registration - R2 000
For enquiries, please contact:
Prof Abraham Matamanda MatamandaRA@ufs.ac.za
DR Kgosi Mocwagae MocwagaeKS@ufs.ac.za
Mr Thomas Stewart StewartT@ufs.ac.za
Organising Committee
- Associate Prof Abraham Matamanda – (Chairperson)
- Mr Thomas Stewart – (Co-Chairperson)
Scientific Committee
- Associate Prof Abraham Matamanda
- Associate Prof Andreas Scheba
- Prof Verna Nel
- Prof Maléne Campbell
- Dr Kgosi Mocwagae
- Dr Shamiso Mafuku
- Dr Johannes Bhanye
- Mrs Siphokazi Rammile
- Mr Thomas Stewart