{UAH} Urban and Infrastructure Development Conference : Post Widely

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Good Morning.

 

With this mail, I am inviting your organisation to join the initiative for 2^nd Urban and Infrastructure Development Conference for the East and Central African Region http://uidc.siup.ac.ug on the 5th -6th October 2016.

 

This conference is now an annual event bringing together; Policy Makers, Technical Personnel, Local Governments, Innovators and the Corporate world from; USA, Asia, Africa, and Europe  to explore sustainable ways for Urban and Infrastructure Development in the region.

 

The conference held its first ever 1st Urban and Infrastructure Development meeting on the 14th-15th October 2015.  http://busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=4319&pLv=3&srI=67&spI=120&cI=15.

 

A number of issues emerged among which were notably; Green Investment, Project Financing, Transport, Planning, Smartcities, Urban Technologies etc., input in the East and Central Africa Urban and infrastructure development – you can read the summary on the website above.

 

This is an enormous undertaking that covers: Housing, Transport, Technology, Communication, Energy, Utilities etc. You are well aware that in this part of the world, despite enormous growth, there are very few well planned and developed towns and cities. Existing cities have enormous issues with housing, traffic, flooding, utility and amenities deficits etc. We need funding support for this and future conferences.

 

I am therefore inviting your organisation to team up with me, to build up and be part of a secretariat that will be organizing the 2nd Urban and Infrastructure Development Conference for East and Central Africa on the 5th-6th October 2016. As East Africans we need a collective action towards city development- this involves Green Transport and Transit systems, Housing, Utilities and Amenities etc. and of course financing.

 

Currently I am working with Ministries of Lands, Housing and Urban Development /Works and Transport in; Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Rwanda. Tanzania, Burundi, South Sudan and Somalia will join. Ethiopia has already expressed interest to be part of the conference. I can send further information and a budget if you find this interesting.

 

You can pass on this mail to your members and partners or simply send me their mails I will contact them.

 

I am looking forward to your positive response, participation, suggestions and proposals.

 

Venue:  Imperial Royal Hotel Kampala

Date: 5^th - 6^th October 2016

Fee: European/North American/Asian Companies/ International Individuals $ 450 US

         Uganda/East /Central African firms/ International Individuals She 500'000

      

Attendance: By invitation

 

Account Name: Kampala School for Integrated Urban Planning

Bank Name: KCB Bank UG

Branch: Luwum Street Kampala

A\C No: 2201816115

Swift Code: KCB LUGKA

 

Registration not later than 30th   August 2016,

 

Best Wishes

 

Daniel Bwanika (+256 752 972 960)

info@idrc-ug.com

uidc.siup.ac.ug

 

*Call for paper: we are now accepting papers that should be sent to info@idrc-ug.com on the themes below

 

MAIN Theme:  Modern Green Dynamics for Metropolis (MGD) - Building and Design of Smart Cities for East and Central Africa.

 

Theme 1: Designing MGD Smart Cities – Ecological Engineering and Architecture

 

• Smart City and Urban planning
• Technologies associated with smart city planning
• Designing and modelling space for smart cities
• Ethical and ecological issues with smart cities
• Spatial planning transformation in the era of Environmental requirements
• Convergence of Housing Technology and Eco-Engineering Architecture
• Development Financing and Investment of MGD smart cities development

 

Theme 2: Physical Planning Education for MGD Smart Cities

 

• Physical planning Education and smart cities development
• Spatial landscape evaluation digitisation models vis vi reality
• Citizen participation and engagement in Smart Cities planning (OCP)
• Investment (Public /Private) areas in smart cities – which areas?
• Government, Private Planning roles in smart cities development
• Informality verse formalism in space, place making
• Development Financing and Investment MGD based Physical Planning

 

Theme 3: City Street Design and City Transport systems

 

• Smart Cities for Children, Elderly, Disabled and Women
• Smart Cities transportation modes and design technologies
• Convergence of Transport, Ecology, Town and County planning
• Business localisation for MGD Smart Cities
• Zoning principals for children Cities
• Trams and electric vehicles for MGD Smart Cities
• Off grid utilities and amenities placement
• Financing and Investment in City street design and Transport system

 

Theme 4: Environment for Smart Cities

 

• Social needs for space/environment with cities development
• Sociology of modern planning systems
• Current Urban Planning practices and future prospects
• Waster and Storm water collection and reuse
• Powering cities with green technologies
• Fighting urban violence with environmental planning
• Eliminating pollution (water, air , soil) in cities
• Recycling City Garbage recycling and Ecological farming /Issues

 

Theme 5: Local Governments in MGD Smart Cities

 

·         Local Government and Urban Governance in Africa

• Local Government and Urban Governance structures in East/Central Africa

·         Fight against corruption

·         ICT and governance in local governments

·         Public servant roles convergence with citizen participation

 

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Bwanika Nakyesawa Luwero

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