Sustainable food planning conference – reminder & update | Rural Sociology Wageningen University

As mentioned in my blog of 28 August 2009 the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), the International Studygroup on Multiple Use of Land (ISOMUL) and the Rural Sociology Group are hosting the first European Sustainable Food Planning conference. The conference will take place at De Kemphaan in the city of Almere in the Netherlands on 9 and 10 October 2009. It is still possible to register for this conference. If you are interested to participate in this conference, please apply by e-mail to corine.diepeveen@wur.nl. Costs for participation are € 100,- (incl. drinks, lunches and diner).

City estate De Kemphaan

Since the first announcement a couple of weeks ago, the conference programme has changed slightly. Below you can find the most recent version of the programme:

Day 1 – Generating ideas, exchanging experiences and comparing perspectives
09.00 – 09.30	Welcome and coffee/tea
09.30 – 09.45	Food and planning: an introduction to the conference	Prof. Kevin Morgan (Professor of Governance & Development, Cardiff University, UK)
09.45 – 10.00	Including food and agriculture in urban planning: the Almere approach	Mr. Henk Mulder (director urban planning Almere)
*10.00 – 11.00*	*Session 1: Setting the scene*
10.00 – 10.30	An integrated and territorial perspective on food studies, policy and planning	Prof. Han Wiskerke (Chair of Rural Sociology – Wageningen University, Netherlands)
10.30 – 11.00	Feeding the city: practices, challenges and lessons from developing countries	Mr. Henk de Zeeuw (director of the RUAF Foundation)
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee/tea break
*11.30 – 13.00*	*Session 2: Theoretical perspectives and academic issues*
11.30 – 12.00	Reconnecting consumers and producers: dynamics, diversity and potentials of alternative food networks	Prof. Gianluca Brunori (Professor of Agriculture Economics – Pisa University, Italy)
12.00 – 12.30	Urban food and public spaces: planning for security and sustainability	Dr. Roberta Sonnino (Lecturer in Environmental Planning – Cardiff University, UK)
12.30 – 13.00	Food and the city: the links between food, public health and sustainable urban development	Dr. Martin Caraher (Reader in Food & Health Policies – City University London, UK)
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch break
*14.00 – 15.30*	*Session 3: Food planning practices and policies*
14.00 – 14.30	Food and agriculture in Europe’s peri-urban regions	Mrs. Dwarshuis (President of Peri-Urban Regions Platform Europe – PURPLE)
14.30 – 14.50	The practice of food planning in New York city	Dr. Nevin Cohen (Associate Professor in Urban Studies – New School for Liberal Arts, New York)
14.50 – 15.10	The practice of food planning in New York state	Mr. Bob Lewis (senior planner New York State)
15.10 – 15.30	Amsterdam’s food strategy (“Proeftuin Amsterdam”)	Mr. Bart Pijnenburg MSc (Programme manager Proeftuin Amsterdam)
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee/tea break
16.00 – 18.00	Excursion to City Farm Almere	Tineke van den Berg (urban farmer)
19.30 – 22.30	Diner (Restaurant De Kemphaan – Almere)
Day 2 – Towards an agenda for sustainable food planning
09.00 – 09.30	Welcome and coffee/tea
09.30 – 10.00	Including food in planning studies and planning practices: experiences from the USA	Prof. Jerry Kaufman (Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning – University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
10.00 – 10.45	Issues, topics, themes for a sustainable food planning agenda (plenary inventory)	Moderated by Prof. Arnold van der Valk (Chair of Land Use Planning – Wageningen University, NL)
10.45 – 11.15	Coffee/tea break
11.15 – 12.45	Developing the building blocks for a sustainable food planning agenda (parallel working sessions)
12.45 – 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 – 14.45	Plenary presentation of and discussion about results of parallel working sessions	Moderated by Prof. Terry Marsden (Professor of Environmental Planning – Cardiff University, UK)
14.45 – 15.00	Sustainable food planning in Europe: concluding reflection and look ahead	Prof. Kevin Morgan (Professor of Governance & Development, Cardiff University, UK)
15.00	Coffee & tea / end of conference