University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning will host a conference, Future of Urbanism, March 19 & 20, 2010. An international roster of speakers – academics and practitioners – will address some of the most critical issues facing our cities and their environs in six sessions, comprised of 15-minute segments and a panel discussion. Topics will include: Urban and Regional Ecologies; The Urbanism of Inequity; Megacity vs. Shrinking city; New Public Spaces + Urban Culture, Lifestyle and the Post-Functionalist City; Imaging the City / Representing the Future; and Cities as Theaters for (Unending) War / The Future of Urban Warfare

The presentations are free and open to the public.

Event details:
Friday, March 19, 2010: 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, 2010: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location:
Rackham Auditorium
915 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109

RSVP for the Future of Urbanism conference: http://taubmancollege.umich.edu/futureofurbanism

The speaker presentations will be available on Taubman College’s YouTube site in April: http://taubmancollege.umich.edu/youtube

Future of Urbanism is the 2nd conference in a series of events that brings together international experts to provide insight and debate on design initiatives past, present and future. The other conferences include:

Future of Design Fall 2009
Future of Technology Fall 2010
Future of History Winter 2011