AESOP Annual Congress

Every year, usually in July, AESOP holds its Annual Congress, hosted by one of member universities. Congresses are a wide platform of exchange in the fields of research, education and practice in planning. They usually run around 20 thematic tracks and host outstanding invited speakers.
Every five years AESOP co-organizes the World Planning Schools Congress gathering planning schools from all over the world. AESOP congresses are open to all, but AESOP members benefit of reduced congress fees.

The latest WPSC took place in Perth, Australia (2011) and in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (2016).


List of AESOP Annual Congresses

1987 - Amsterdam, The Netherland (Inaugural Congress)

1988 - Dortmund, Germany

1989 - Tours, France

1990 - Reggio Calabria, Italy

1991 - Oxford, UK (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress)

1992 - Stockholm, Sweden

1993 - Lodz, Poland

1994 - Istanbul, Turkey

1995 - Glasgow, UK

1996 - Toronto, Canada (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress)

1997 - Nijmegen, the Netherlands

1998 - Aveiro, Portugal

1999 - Bergen, Norway

2000 - Brno, Czech Republic

2001 - Shangai, China (World Planning Schools Congress)

2002 - Volos, Greece

2003 - Leuven, Belgium (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress)

2004 - Grenoble, France

2005 - Wien, Austria

2006 - Mexico City, Mexico (World Planning Schools Congress)

2007 - Naples, Italy

2008 - Chicago, U.S. (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress)

2009 - Liverpool, UK

2010 - Helsinki, Finland

2011 - Perth, Australia (World Planning Schools Congress)

2012 - Ankara, Turkey

2013 - Dublin, Ireland

2014 - Utrecht/Delft, The Netherlands

2015 - Prague, Czech Republic

2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (World Planning Schools Congress)

2017 - Lisbon, Portugal

2018 - Gothenburg, Sweden    

2019 - Venice, Italy