The IFLA World Congress will take place in both Sweden and Kenya. Some specific elements will have in person events in just one country, other in just the other, and some in both. There will be video links between the two countries for all elements.

Please note the in-person meeting for the World Council will be in Nairobi, Kenya.

More information about the congress here.

The IFLA World Council will take place in Nairobi on the 26th and 27th September. There will be a video link to the venue in Stockholm and some opportunity for people to join us online also.

Date

Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th September 2023.

Venue

Safari Park Hotel, Kasarani off Thika Road, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya

There will be a video link to Architects Sweden office in Stockholm.

There will also be some opportunity for online connection for those who can’t attend either in-person venue.

Registration

Registration is now closed. The deadline for registration for the IFLA World Council was 21st August 2023. If you are interested in attending and didn’t register before the deadline please contact admin@iflaworld.org to see if we can still accommodate you.

Accommodation

Nairobi (main Council location) - there are some recommended hotels in Nairobi on the congress website here. Delegates can get a discount at the main hotel (Safari Park hotel) by using this link.

Stockholm (alternative Council location - connected digitally) - there are some recommended hotels in Stockholm on the congress website here.

Travel

Depending on location there are various things to consider

Sweden- see more on the congress website here.

Kenya - see more on the congress website here.

More information
If you need any further information please contact admin@iflaworld.org

You are invited to join this unique, never done before (at an IFLA Annual Congress) safari trip to a climate- friendly and resilient, 100% indigenous (Maasai) owned wildlife conservancy (Naboisho) which is adjacent to one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World–Maasai Mara Game Reserve. This 3-day, 2-night trip will be led by Kenyan Hitesh Mehta FAAK FASLAF RIBA, widely considered as one of the topmost Protected Area Master Planners in the world and who is also the creator of the Naboisho Conservancy Integrated Ecotourism, Biodiversity and Pastolarism MasterPlan.

Read the brochure for the trip here.

More information here.

Nine members of IFLA Europe - Nordic, Baltic and Dutch National Associations of landscape architecture - will organise a hybrid workshop and seminar on renewable energy production in the landscape on 31 August - 1 September 2023.

MARK, Finland - Suomen maisema-arkkitehtiliitto/Finnish Association of Landscape Architects
DL, Denmark - Danske Landskabsarkitekter/Association of Danish Landscape Architects
NLA, Norway - Norske landskapsarkitekters forening/Norwegian Association of Landscape Architects
FÍLA, Iceland - Félag íslenskra landslagsarkitekta/Iceland Landscape Architects Association
SA, Sweden - Akademin för landskapsarkitektur, Sveriges Arkitekter/Academy for landscape architecture, Architects Sweden
EMAL, Estonia - Eesti Maastikuarhitektide Liit/Estonian Landscape Architects’ Union
LAAA, Latvia - Latvijas Ainavu Arhitektu Asociacia/Latvian Landscape Architects Association
LKAS, Lithuania - Lietuvos kraštovaizdžio architektų sąjunga/Lithuanian Association of Landscape Architects
NVTL, the Netherlands - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Tuin- en Landschapsarchitectuur/the Netherlands Association for Garden and Landscape Architecture

Members are kindly invited to join 31 August and 1 September at the Danske Landskabsarkitekter office in Copenhagen or online.

At the seminar on Thursday 31 August, different perspectives from Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark from both academics, practitioners and developers, will be presented and discussed. The workshop will continue on Friday 1 September with an excursion to a nearby site.

The results will be included in a White Paper on good planning and design of renewable energy and advocating the role of landscape architects.

The Nordic, Baltic and Dutch associations for landscape architecture have started a network (Community of Practice) of practicing landscape architects working on energy landscapes. The project is supported by IFLA Europe.

Please register in advance for the event https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtdOGopjwrHNa5c2HLRr96sSnKNby7wKGt#/registration

More info including the event programme on the IFLA Europe website here.