The ISOCARP Award for Excellence are conferred in recognition of exceptionally innovative urban and regional initiatives. The Award was created in 2005 as the highest honour that the International Society of City and Regional Planners can give to a city, region or an institution. Until 2019, ISOCARP has bestowed 53 cities, regions of institutions with the Award for Excellence. Amongst the award recipients are the cities from all over the globe: Nanjing, Durban, Wuhan, Amsterdam, Bilbao, Singapore, Antwerp, Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Ottawa, Moscow, and Tehran. 

ISOCARP has invited laureates of the past editions of the Award for Excellence to present their award winning cities and projects. The Seminar will take 90 minutes, starting with an introduction and overview of the past editions of the ISOCARP Award for Excellence and continues with pitches of projects and cities that won the ISOCARP Award for Excellence in recent years. Ana Peric, ISOCARP Board Member and Director for Awards, and ISOCARP President Martin Dubbeling will host and moderate the Award Seminar.

Programme

14:00 | Welcome and introduction of the ISOCARP Award for Excellence

• Ana Peric, Board Member, Director for Awards, International Society of City and Regional Planners 

• Martin Dubbeling, President, International Society of City and Regional Planners 

14:05 | Luhe City Centre, Luhe (2015)

• Dhiru Thadani, Principal Partner, Thadani Architects + Urbanists 

14:25 | Wuhan East Lake Greenway Implementation Plan (2018)

• WLSP

14:40 | ZIBI, Ottawa (2016)

• Michael Stott, Director (Design), Ethos Urban

15:00 | Call for the 2020 Award for Excellence