Considering Life in the City ...

General information

Friday October 8th, 2010 - Palais des Congrès Liège (Belgium)

«Considering life in The City» the AMCV 's biennal symposium, will take place in Liège, October the 8th, 2010.

A cross-disciplinary approach to find new ways of turning city centres into places to live. Experiences from around the world will be presented by speakers from Australia, Belgium, France, Japan, New York and Switzerland. The following topics will be addressed : housing, mobility, place making and place management, the future of outdoor markets, town centre management...

Programme

Click on the following link, to download the programme in pdf

08.00 am - Welcome

09.00 am - Considering Life in the City
Pierre Orefice, Chairman - Les Machines - France (Nantes)
Dutch, English and French simultaneous interpretation provided

09.45 am - Public space and private funding, the Bryant Park experience in the core of the Big Apple
Jerome Barth, Vice President - Bryant Park Corporation - United States of America (New York)
Dutch, English and French simultaneous interpretation provided

10.30 am - Coffee break

11.00 am - DEBATE : Do public authorities have the power to re-built the city on the city ?

André Antoine, Minister of Finances and Employment of the Walloon Region
Evelyne Huytebroeck, Brussels' region Minister of Environment and Urban Regeneration
Hervé Jamar, MP and mayor of Hannut
Jacques Gobert, Mayor of La Louvière and President of the Walloon Cities & Towns' Union
Yves De Greef, City of Tournai's Deputy-Mayor of Culture and Economic development

Moderation by Françoise Baré, Journalist at the rtbf.be in Belgium
Real-time caricatures by caricaturist Pierre Kroll, Belgium

With the support of the Walloon Region

Practical information

Date

Friday October 8th, 2010

Place

Palais des Congrès
Esplanade de l'Europe, 2
4020 Liège - Belgium

Participation

120€  (all taxes included)
 This price includes entrance, coffee breaks and lunch.
To pay on Bank Account n° 068-2310156-31 (IBAN: BE04 0682 3101 5631 - BIC/Swift: GKCC-BEBB) stating «Symposium AMCV + surname + first name» before September the 20th, 2010. (Beware that we will NOT accept cheques)

Cancellation

Any cancellation needs to be put on paper and sent to the AMCV before & including September the 10th, 2010. Otherwise, fees will be due.

Simultaneous interpretation

Dutch, English and French simultaneous interpretation will be provided during the plenary session.
Please check on 'programme' for interpretation during the workshops

 Directions

By car :
From highway E42 and E40, follow the A602 until exit 35, follow the signs "Palais des congrès"
From highway E313, follow the A601, A25 & N610
A map is available on the following link 
Plan de Liège

Plan d'accès complet

By train :
Thalys (high speed train): from Brussels Station Gare du Midi or from Paris Station Gare du nord or on ordinary lines, from Brussels or Lille Flandres
direct link from Brussels airports [Zaventem-National, Charleroi-Sud]

By bus :
From Liège Guillemins train station, bus n°17 or 38b going to Palais des Congrès

Accommodation

Hôtel Holiday Inn
+32(0)4.349.20.00 (next to the Palais des Congrès)

Information

AMCV - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Tel: +32(0)65.88.54.66 - Fax: +32(0)65.31.87.62

Registration

Click on the link below to download the registration form.

Please, send back before September the 20th, 2010 by post, fax or email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Postal address: AMCV, Rue Samson 27 - 7000 Mons (Belgium) - Fax: +32 (0)65 31 87 62