International Housing Coalition (IHC)

Upcoming Conferences and Events

First Asian Real Estate Expo and Conference in Manila, December 6-10, 2007

The first Asian Real Estate Expo and Conference will be held in the Philippines International Convention Center in Manila December 6-10, 2007. The Conference will focus on current trends, issues and subjects related to real estate, construction and development in Asia and globally. For more information check out the Conference web site, www.aireec.com

World Urban Forum IV, October, 2008

The World Urban Forum IV (WUF IV) sponsored by UN-HABITAT will be held in Nanjing, China, October 13-17, 2008. UN-HABITAT will be putting information on WUF IV on the Internet soon. The web site is www.UNHABITAT.org

City-to-City International Symposium in South Africa, February 15-17, 2008

The symposium, sponsored by Old Mutual South Africa, PADCO/AECOM and Safari Ventures, will be held at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, February 14-17, 2008. For the first time global leaders in urban development in Africa will be brought together to examine the important role that city-to-city partnerships can, and must play, in meeting the Millennium Development Goals within African cities. The website is www.city-2-city.co.za/index_html

Australian National Housing Conference in Sydney, Australia, February 20-22, 2008

The conference, sponsored by Australian National Department of Housing, the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs, will be held in Sydney, February 20-22, 2008. It offers an opportunity for professionals working in the housing sector to meet “face-to-face” to discuss and debate the broad range of issues facing Australia’s housing systems today. The conference also gives an opportunity to meet and network with others in the housing sector. The event will attract over 1,200 delegates from across Australia and overseas and will provide an opportunity to meet and extend contacts. The website is www.iceaustralia.com/housing2008/

XLV Interamerican Housing Conference, Lima, Peru, March 10-12, 2008

The Interamerican Union for Housing (Uniapravi) is sponsoring a 45th Anniversary in Lima, Peru, March 10-12, 2008. It is a part of well known series of regional forums on housing polices, housing finance, urban development and planning. The central topic of this conference will be urban development, housing finance and quality of life with the idea of analyzing initiatives, successful experiences, policies and legal and financial instruments linked to the development of cities that give quality of life to its citizens and that can attract investment and human capital. Uniapravi is an association of housing finance organizations mainly from Latin America but also from the U.S., Canada, England and Spain. The website is www.uniapravi.org

HAS Conference 2008: Housing and Cohesion, York, England, April 2-4, 2008

The conference, sponsored by the Housing Studies Association, will be held in York, April 2-4, 2008. It will offer an opportunity to survey across the different dimensions and dynamics of neighborhood diversity and to explore the role and significance of housing as a driver of division and its potential as an agent of cohesion. Key themes for the conference will include policy perspectives and agendas on cohesion and neighborhoods including the disputed and problematical nature of neighborhoods and their population; the key dynamics of neighborhood diversity and cohesion including the intersection of difference, housing processes and connections or disconnections within and between neighborhoods; emerging and neglected dimensions of disconnection including new immigration, territoriality within neighborhoods, the role of new technologies in constructing neighborhood differences. The website is www.eukn.org/italy/meetings/2008/04/housing-and-cohesion_1002.html

Improving Slum Conditions through Innovative Financing, Stockholm, Sweden, June 14-19, 2008

The seminar, sponsored by International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and UN-Habitat, will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, June 14-19, 2008. It will address the issue of property rights and its connection to financial conditions, pro-poor management practices and tools and reinventing planning. It will help determine how to link the various financial sources and how to expand the outreach and access to finance. The website is www.justnsustshelter.org/