60th International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) 
"The Ecology of Place:

Learning from Nature, Culture, and History" 

Sant'Agostino Conference Center, Cortona, Italy

October 29-November 1, 2024                    ​

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Friday, November 1st​​

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2:30 PM PLENARY 13 ("Speed Presentations")
Learning from Nature and Culture
 

Agrihoods and Agroforestry
Andrew Georgiadis, Project Director, Dover Kohl

   & Partners, Miami FL
Marcia Mikai Oliveira and Christina Miller
The Circular City: What is Not Reused Must Not Be

  Produced; A Biological Cycle That Can Be

   Implemented Worldwide, Adapted to Local Conditions
Gernot Mittersteiner, Architekturwerk, Vienna, Austria
Soft Assembly
Mahdi Tavanpour, Development Planner,

City of Vancouver, Canada
Place-Based Planning: From Comprehensive Plan

   to Land Use Regulation
Craig Thomas, Director of Planning and

   Development,  City of Fort Saskatchewan,

   Canada
Panel

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3:05 PM PLENARY 14 ("Speed Presentations")
Nature and Culture in Italy and Beyond
An Architect’s Sketchbook Visualizing Italian

   Architecture and Town Planning
Michael Garrison, Professor of Architecture,

   University of Texas, Austin
Healing the Landscape, Healing the Community:

   Exploring the Relationship Between Place

   Attachment and Post-Earthquake Recovery

   in Italy
Marta Saniewska, Environmental Psychologist,

   Foster and Partners, London, UK
Letting the Landscape Speak: The Logic of Italian

   Hill Settlements
Christine Storry,. Principal, Utopia Architects,

   Leura, NSW Australia
Panel

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3:45 PM BREAK (Coffee, tea, snacks)

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4:15 PM PLENARY 15
Learning from Italy

The Future of the Past: Rebuilding the Beautiful Hill

   Town of Amatrice
Giuseppe Amoruso, Politecnico di Milano and

   INTBAU-Italia, Bologna, Italy
Growing Healthy Food Connections Through

   Territorial Planning and Design: 
  Getting Agroecology on the Agenda 
Ilaria Boniburini, Researcher,  Università degli Studi

   della Basilicata
The Città Ideale
Robert Davis, Developer, Seaside, Florida
The Value of Markets in Italy and the World
Carmelo Troccoli, Executive Director, World

   Farmers' Markets Coalition, Rome, Italy
Panel

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5:30 PM CLOSING RECEPTION (Wine, hors d'oeuvres)
 

7:30 END

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Saturday, November 2nd

Partner-Led Event: Tour of Pienza, Italy
Led by Seaside Institute (Link: seasideinstitute.org - scroll down)
9:00 AM Departs from Cortona Bus Stop

(Return 6:00 PM)

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