Next conference

Land use planning law and climate change : challenges and perspectives

Bucharest

Ecological University of Bucharest

20-21 September 2024

Provisional program

Following a proven method used during the previous AIDRU conferences, the Bucharest conference of 20-21 September 2024 will be prepared by national reports on which the international synthesis reports will be based, and then presented and debated during the conference. National rapporteurs will intervene at round tables, presenting a key example related to the conference object in their countries.

The conference will be held in French and English.

Registration and information : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Friday September 20, 2024
Ecological University of Bucharest

8:15	Welcome
8:30	Opening of the conference Prof. Mircea Dutu, President of the Ecological University of Bucharest Prof. Thierry Tanquerel, President of AIDRU
8:45	Presentation of the activities Prof. Vera Parisio, Secrétaire générale de l’AIDRU

First Part: Current situation

9:00	The limits of current urban planning law in the face of climate change (synthesis report) Frédéric Rolin, Professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, GRIDAUH Scientific Director
9:30	The effects of procedures and participation (synthesis report) Anna Simonati, Professor at the University of Trento
*10:00*	Break
10:15	First round table
11:15	General discussion
*12:00*	Lunch

Second part: Integration of climate policies and evolution perspectives

13:30	Integrating climate policies in urban planning law (synthesis report) Marion Chapouton, Doctor of public law, GRIDAUH Secretary General
14:00	Second round table
*15:00*	Break
15:15	The contribution of urban planning law to the adaptation to climate change (synthesis report) Andrej Dutu Buzura, Associate Professor, National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Bucharest
15:45	Third round table
*16:45*	General discussion
17:15	End of session

Saturday September 21, 2024
Ecological University of Bucharest

Third part: Urban planning law in action in the face of climate change

9:00	Fourth round table (3 countries)
9:30	Lessons from national examples (synthesis report) Thierry Tanquerel, Professor emeritus Geneva University, President of AIDRU
10:00	Award of the AIDRU – GRIDAUH prize and presentation of the prize- winning essay
10:20	(Presentation to be determined)
10:45	General discussion
*16:45*	General conclusions Prof. Jacqueline Morand Deviller, Professor emeritus University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Honorary President of AIDRU
11:30	AIDRU General Meeting
*13:00*	End of the conference

National reports

Germany
Matthias Rossi, Professor at the University of Augsburg

Austria
Lydia Burgstaller, Assistant at the University of Linz, Mediator

Belgium/Flanders
NN

Belgium/Wallonia/Brussels
Alexandre Pirson, Associate Professor at the University of Liège
Emmanuelle Gonthier, Lawyer at the Brussels Bar

Spain
Judith Gifreu Font, Associate Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Juan Manuel Trayter, Professor at the University of Girona

France
François Priet, Professor emeritus of the University of Orléans

Greece
Evangelia Koutoupa-Rengakou, Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Italy
Sandro Amorosino, Professor emeritus of the La Sapienza University of Rome
Elena Buoso, Associate Professor at the University of Padova

Netherlands
Saskia Hillegers, Assistant Professor at the Radboud University of Nijmegen
Tycho Lam, Assistant Professor at the Radboud University of Nijmegen

Portugal
Fernando Alves Correia, Professor emeritus of the University of Coimbra
Fernanda Paula Oliveira, Professor at the University of Coimbra

Romania
Mircea M. Dutu-Buzura, Ecological University of Bucharest

United Kingdom
Edward Mitchell, Lecturer at the University of Essex

Switzerland
Valérie Défago, Professor at the University of Neuchâtel
Frédéric Bernard, Professor at the University of Geneva

Turkey
Bige Açımuz, Associate Professor at the Koç University, Istanbul
Özge Aksoylu, Associate Professor at the Galatasaray University, Istanbul

European Union
Francis Haumont, Professor emeritus of UCLouvain, Lawyer at the Brussels and the Nice bars

AIDRU – GRIDAUH prize

At each AIDRU conference, the AIDRU and the Groupement de recherche sur les institutions et le droit de l’aménagement, de l’urbanisme et de l’habitat (GRIDAUH) award the AIDRU – GRIDAUH prize to a legal essay relating to the theme of the conference.

The prize’s rules can be consulted here

The deadline for the submission of essays is May 31st, 2024.

Submissions should be sent in electronic form (pdf), accompanied by a resume, to the following email : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Subject: AIDRU PRIZE)

Essays submitted after the deadline or failing to meet the rules’ requirements will not be considered.