The 2024 ARL Congress Major Infrastructure Projects - Planning: between protests and calls to pick up the pace will include two hybrid English-language sessions.
Even if you are not participating in the ARL Congress 2024, you are very welcome to join these sessions online. To register free of charge and receive the login link, please send an informal e-mail by 15 April to
Hybrid session #1:Integrative planning and conflicts
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 16:30 CET
Moderation: Britta Bockhorn and Annika Mayer (ARL, Hannover)
- Dismantling bridges & bridging boundaries. Opportunities and limitations of moving a motorway underground in the case of Vallecas Bridge in Madrid
Federico Camerin (Universidad de Valladolid / Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Alejandro Tamayo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) - Wicked planning problems in Athens: the case of the Athens metro Pantoleon
D. Skayannis (University of Thessaly) - Development of Major Infrastructure Projects, Başakşehir Istanbul Example
Ayşe Burcu Kisacik (Istanbul University) - Investing wisely in regional rapid transit systems with a long-term vision
Deborah Heinen (Metropolregion Hamburg)
Hybrid session #2: Acceleration and/or participation? Examples from abroad
Friday, 19 April 2024, 10:45 CET
Moderation: Constantin Meyer and Moritz Maikämper (ARL, Hannover)
- Evaluating faster planning processes: trading off planning time and societal value
Arnór Elvarsson (ETH Zürich) - New prospects for the belt region – integrated planning between top-down and bottum-up
Maijken Toftager Larsen (Roskilde University), Anika Slawski (Technische Hochschule Lübeck) - The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Katharina Burger (University College London)
More information on the ARL Congress 2024 here
