LANDSCAPE FORUM 2016 PAFOS , 16TH-20TH March, Coral Beach Hotel & Resort.

LANDSCAPE FORUM 2016 PAFOS , 16^TH-20^TH March, Coral Beach Hotel & Resort.

Hosted by Neapolis University in Cyprus 

The 5th LE:NOTRE Landscape Forum will take place in Paphos, Cyprus from 16th to 20th March 2016. The pre-forum excursions will start on 14th of March. Neapolis University of Cyprus will host the forum at the Coral Beach Hotel & Resort.

More info at:  http://forum.ln-institute.org and the program at:  http://forum.ln-institute.org/programme/agenda/

Academic, professional experts and students will be part of four thematic sessions:

1. Urban growth and peri-urban sprawl: Walkability in the everyday landscape of Paphos
2. Sustainable tourism: Waterfront and Hotel Resorts
3. Heritage and identities: Kato Paphos Archaeological Park
4. Rural change: landscapes, circular economy and local food production: rural landscape in vernacular settlements

The programme of the forum aims to encourage the exchange of contemporary critical thinking and to provide the foundation for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.

Forum participants are invited to present own projects in the poster exhibition. A colloquium will be organized for doctoral students on the 16^th of March.

The opening of the Conference will be held by the President of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yiannakis L. Omirou.  Greetings to the participants will be addressed by the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Mr. Nicos Kouyialis. Finally the president of Neapolis University, Mr. Michael Leptos and the LE-NOTRE Hon. President, Prof.  Richard Stiles, Head of Landscape Architecture, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, will welcome the participants. Το FORUM will be coordinated by  Prof. Julia Georgi, Head of the Department Architecture, Land and Environmental Science, Neapolis University of Pafos. 

The Key Note Speakers are:

• Kathryn Moore, Birmingham School of Architecture and Design and President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA President)
• Simon Bell, Head of Department of Landscape Architecture, Estonian University of Life Sciences, ECLAS President
• Stefano Della Torre, Head of the Department of Architecture (ABC), Milano Polytechnic
• Marco Visconti, Marco Visconti Architects, Sustainable Design Groups, Torino
• Spyros Amourgis, professor emeritus of architecture at California State Polytechnic University, President of Athens School of Fine Arts
• Hanne Bat, Danish Centre for Rural Research
• Annita Demetriadou, Acting Director General of Cyprus Tourism Organization
• Phaedon Enotiades, Department of Town Planning and Housing
• Christos Christodoulou, President at Cyprus Architects Association
• Marina Solomonidou Ieronimidou, Director of the Department of Antiquity, Cyprus
• Andreas Christou, Head of Research Publicity and Silviculture Sector Department of Forests, Cyprus. Jorgen Primdahl and Prof. Lone Kristensen, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science
• Costas Apostolides, University of Malta

Participants can register at: http://forum.ln-institute.org/registrationllf2016/