Each year, the School puts on a conference designed to bring students, faculty, the profession and the public together to learn about some topic of current interest in planning.
Over two and a half days, the conference attracts about 160 participants including community members, planning and design professionals, speakers/presenters and students.
Once again we partnered with the Downtown Halifax Business Commission to present the Carmichael Lecture, which attracted several hundred participants and was a great way to kick off the conference. Our keynote speaker Dr. Marc Weiss participated in the conference panel discussion and design charrette, as well as meeting with local business and community leaders while he was in town to help launch a climate prosperity strategy for Halifax.
This year, the conference will be held later, in March (Thursday 18 to Friday 19 March). It will be held in the Medjuck Building (which we share at present with the School of Architecture) and it will be on the theme of Play. All are welcome to attend.
To find out more about the conference, please visit the conference website at http://planningconference.dal.ca/.
