Heads of Schools Meeting is an annual forum for planning education. We are happy to welcome delegates from our member schools, whether they are heads of the schools or any key persons designated by the schools, to discuss main problems and challenges for planning education across Europe. Heads of Schools Meeting usually takes place in spring (March-May).
Recent meetings discussed: Professional Recognition for Planners in Europe (Leuven, 2007); Quality Assesment and Accreditation in Planning Education (Łódź, 2009); Planning Between Sovereignty, Interdisciplinarity, and Loss of Identity? (Lille, 2009), Planning Education and Practice (Istanbul, 2010). In 2011 the meeting in Tirana faced the question of knowledge exchange in planning, while touching the issue of research, innovation, mobility and creativity. In 2012 in Oslo we tried to find an answer how to manage planning schools in the times of crisis while in 2013 in Gdańsk AESOP discussed the topic of Smart Teaching: Innovative Steps Towards 21st Century Spatial Developments.
Forthcoming Heads of Schools Meeting will take place in 2013 in Hamburg, hosted by HafenCity University.
Association of European Schools of Planning would like to thank Gdańsk University of Technology and express our gratitude for the organization of the AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting (12th – 14th April): Smart Teaching Innovative Steps Towards 21st Century Spatial Developments. The team from Gdańsk has shown tremendous dedication to the task and remarkable reliability. We consider the cooperation with Gdańsk Univeristy of Technology very successful and pleasurable. We would also like express our word of gratitude to the cities of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot supporting the event.
We wish to especially thank Prof. Piotr Lorens and Dr Sławomir Ledwoń for their contribution to the success of our Heads of Schools Meeting. We know very well that it requires the work of a team to organize such an event, and the role played by each member of the team is important. We are deeply indebted to all who contributed to the sucess of the event. Our special word of gratitude goes to the staff of the Depratment of Urban Design and Regional Planning helping during the event .
Our special word of gratitude goes to Dr Jan Olbrycht, MEP who presented outstanding keynote speech and to our invited speakers: Prof. Milica Bajic Brkovic, Prof. Anna Geppert and Prof Andreas Voigt.
The event has been a great joy and pleasure to all of us, and has been so largely thanks to your work and hospitability, for which we remain grateful.
2013 AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting will take place on 12-14 April in Gdansk, Poland.
Smart Teaching
Innovative Steps Towards 21st Century Spatial Developments
Please notice that Council of Representatives meeting will take place on 12 April 2012.
Please register to the event here.
The Silver Jubilee AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting will take place in Norway (Aas and Oslo) on 4-5 May 2012
'How to Manage Planning Schools in the Times of Crisis'
AESOP 6th Heads of Schools meeting in Tirana, Albania 6-8 May 2011 Our Heads of Schools meetings address issues crucial for Planning Education....

The 5th AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting took place in Istanbul (Turkey), on April the 17th-18th, 2010.
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The 4th AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting took place in Lille (France), on March the 27th-28th, 2009.
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The 3rd AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting took place in Lodz (Poland), on March the 29th-30th, 2008.
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The 2nd AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting took place in Leuven (Belgium), on April the 14th, 2007.
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The 1st AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting took place in Bratislava (Slovakia), on March the 17th-18th, 2006.
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List of AESOP Heads of Schools Meetings
2006 - Bratislava (Slovakia), 17-18 March
2007 - Leuven (Belgium), 14 April
2008 - Lodz (Poland), 29-30 March
2009 - Lille (France), 27-28 March
2010 - Istanbul (Turkey), 17-18 April
2011 - Tirana (Albania), 7-8 May
2012 - Oslo (Norway), 5-6 May
2013 - Gdańsk (Poland), 12-14 April