The 60th World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architecture (IFLA), hosted by the UCTEA Chamber of Turkish Landscape Architects, will be held in Istanbul between 4-6 September 2024 with the theme "Code Red for Earth".

The IFLA World Congress is the most important annual event for the Landscape Architecture profession and the IFLA community. The World Congress offers professional development and networking opportunities for practitioners, entrepreneurs, faculty, researchers, students, journalists, as well as anyone interested in the impact of landscape architecture on our society, economy, and culture. It is also an international event where challenges in education as well as current trends and issues in professional practice are discussed and answers to all problems are sought.

‘CODE RED’ FOR EARTH

Earth is experiencing an unprecedented rate of change. We are all living with ‘Code Red’. The scaleless and boundless nature of environmental crises creates an irreversible degradation in terrestrial, atmospheric, and aquatic environments that harm all living and their habitats. A considerable amount of the world’s population is affected daily by climate change and severe disasters, facing livelihood destruction, land-use change, habitat encroachment, extinction of species, and wildlife crime posing a significant threat to the future of the Earth and all living.

Herein, the 2024 IFLA 60th World Congress calls for humankind to take urgent action to prevent the worst impacts of environmental crises. Acknowledging human responsibility, the congress invites policymakers, professionals, scientists, and individuals on stage to establish discourse and course for the Earth’s future.

Addressing landscape architecture as a professional and academic practice that is deeply and firmly rooted in built environments’ relationship to nature, we intend to foreground the mediatory/mediating and catalytic role of Landscape Architecture and invite our esteemed scholars, researchers, educators, and practitioners to join this pivotal world conference.

The three-day congress intends to discuss anthropogenic impacts on the Earth system and establish scenarios by forming an action-oriented interaction ground rather than only (re)pointing out the problems.

Congress Details:
Student Charrette 2024 / 1-3 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
IFLA ExCo 2024 / 1 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
IFLA World Council 2024 / 2-3 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
IFLA World Congress 2024 / 4-6 September – İstanbul, Türkiye
 
Important Dates:
Call for Abstract: 17 November 2023
Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 January 2024 23.59 hours (GMT)
Abstract Acceptance Notification: 1 April 2024
Main Program Launching: 26 April 2024
Early Registration Deadline: 15 June 2024
Registration Deadline: 15 August 2024
 
For detailed information about the call, sub-themes, and guidelines, you can visit the congress website: www.ifla2024.com

IFLA World Council will take place in Istanbul, The Marmara Taksim Hotel on September 2–3, 2024.


World Council Meeting Venue

The Marmara Taksim Hotel, Istanbul

Registration

Attendees for the World Council must register for this event independently from the World Congress. Registration is now open.

• Official Delegates to IFLA should register via the form here, or if you are not able to send an official delegate please use the form to assign a proxy representative.

• Observers should register via the form here.

The forms will close 13:00 CEST Wednesday 14th August after that point you will not be able to register for the World Council.

Please note that registration for the IFLA World Congress can be done via the congress website here.

Pre-World Council Information session

IFLA will be hosting Pre-World Council Virtual Session for any of our members to attend - this explain the agenda, how the council and voting will work and be an opportunity to ask any questions. This will be on Wednesday 21st August at 14.00 Brussels time. More about this here.

Accommodation

If you would like to book the Marmara Taksim Hotel, click the link here.

Alternative nearby options include:

Taxim Hill Hotel

TRYP By Wyndham Istanbul Sisli Hotel

AKKA Hotels Lush Taksim

Taksim Gonen Hotel

 There are some other recommended hotels also on the Congress website.

For hotel booking requests or if you need any further information, please contact Gaye Ertan Culha: ifla2024turkiye@ifla2024.com

Turkish Airlines discounted tickets

Turkish Airlines is the official airline of IFLA 2024 World Council and World Congress in Istanbul, offering special discounts for all registered delegates. To proceed with the online booking tool, please visit Turkish Airlines promocode website and use the event code “003TKH24” under the Promotion code section.

Special discounts for round-trip tickets will be offered to all participants registered for the congress.
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More information here