[p2p-research] conference on p2p urbanism

Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 12 15:13:44 CEST 2010 

Thanks Stefano,

I'm not going to take the lead in this myself, since it is a specialized
domain. Tino can you help in getting this off the ground, and feel free to
ask me for any support?

Michel

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 4:20 AM, Stefano Serafini <metafrasis at alice.it>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> thank you for involving me in this interesting proposal. I'm of course
> really happy to host the p2p conference in the congress "La città umana" to
> be held next february in Rome. Conference approach is multidisciplinary, and
> yet theme is urbanism and human-scale architecture, grounding subject is:
> overcoming nichilism. Contributions will come from Economists, Ecologists,
> Politics, Philosopers, Sociologists, Mathematicians, Psychologists - and I
> suspect that specialists from these fields will offer the best ideas for
> renovating Urbansim and Architecture, helping to re-connect them to human
> needs. P2P may have a great role in this, by presenting an alternative way
> of thinking and operating. Both a direct participation in Rome conference,
> or a connection to the on-line event would be welcome. We can even share the
> sponsors, uniting the forces for fund-raising.
>
> As the event will be scientific, I don't worry too much about political
> partisanship. We plan to invite global thinkers, people belonging to
> different ideals, and with different political ideas - we look for people
> believing in ideas, contributing to an urgent debate, and giving a chance to
> human future. Most of participants will be young and innovative, and most of
> them belong to different worlds. I'm pretty sure several political parties
> will look for heads and ideas during the event.
>
> More the universities and associations will be involved, more the event
> will be succesfull. At the moment we have as organizers: Gruppo Salingaros,
> Italia Nostra, Roma Tre University of Rome, The Notre Dame University. I'm
> engaged with other institutions to become part of this project, but quite in
> rush, as Call for paper will be ready by the end of August only. Suggestions
> are wlecome.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stefano Serafini
>
>
>
>
>
> Nikos Salingaros пишет:
>
>>  Dear friends,
>>
>> This could be an excellent tie-in of the two conferences. I'm all for
>> it, but will have to leave the final decision to Stefano Serafini who
>> is now in Russia for three weeks. He will decide after he gets back to
>> Rome. If Stefano is agreeable, then the p2p online conference
>> (recorded in english) could link into the physical conference -- which
>> will be in italian.
>>
>> One thing that we have to think about is that p2p discussions tend to
>> become overtly political without anybody minding, whereas an organized
>> conference like the one planned for Rome is carefully and explicitly
>> a-political. This should not be a problem if we are careful. We are
>> trying to appeal to the entire political spectrum in Italy.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Nikos
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> I think we should use the italian opportunity and consider the workshop
>>> as a
>>> online specific 'substream' of the italian conference,
>>>
>>> this gives us a motivating date, and will mutually enrich both
>>> initiatives,
>>>
>>> Michel
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Nikos Salingaros <salingar at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dear friends,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My friends in Italy are organizing a major urbanism conference (a
>>>> physical one in Rome) for the spring, and we could coordinate to have
>>>> overlap. The Rome conference is not on p2p yet some p2p themes will be
>>>> discussed. Those can end up in the p2p online conference somehow, and
>>>> I can ask the presenters to record their talks for the p2p conference
>>>> -- anything is possible.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Nikos
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com
>>>> >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I do not have the necessary contacts myself for an urbanism conference,
>>>>> so I
>>>>> think Nikos proposal is the next best idea ..
>>>>>
>>>>> for me, I'll have a hyper-busy time from end of august to end of
>>>>> november,
>>>>>
>>>>> so my proposal is, unless people want to go ahead without my input,
>>>>> which is
>>>>> very fine for me, is that agatino relaunches this proposal on December
>>>>> 1,
>>>>> and we start preparing for a online conference in the spring of 2011 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Michel
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Nikos Salingaros <salingar at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Cher Michel, gentile Agatino, friends of p2p;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This sounds like a great idea! I'm all for it. But organizing a
>>>>>> physical conference is a lot of work, not to mention finding the money
>>>>>> needed to bring everybody together. As I also know from organizing
>>>>>> conferences in the past, we usually need a lead-in time of more than
>>>>>> one year, after we get the funding to plan things.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If, on the other hand, we have an internet conference, then we can
>>>>>> compress everything down to weeks. Taking the idea from the recent
>>>>>> interview I gave to Natalia Fentisova, we could record Skype
>>>>>> interviews of 30 min each and find a serious site willing to host all
>>>>>> of them. Then all we need is a nice front end and we have a conference
>>>>>> available free to all the world!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We need only very simple things for this: a sponsor website for the
>>>>>> conference/group and video links (the videos themselves will be on
>>>>>> Vimeo. I don't know if we need to pay. We also need to pay the
>>>>>> interviewer for his/her time. I'm sure we can find someone to conduct
>>>>>> the interviews. We at p2p could decide on a list of questions. We
>>>>>> could, in addition to interviews, have actual talks but I found that
>>>>>> the consistency of the Opensimsims interviewees answering the same
>>>>>> questions is beneficial.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, my interview on that site is not going to be published, so
>>>>>> we really need our own venue for publicizing p2p urbanism philosophy
>>>>>> and applications. I'm sure we will generate a great variety of ideas,
>>>>>> not necessarily in the same line, but that's good. With this
>>>>>> framework, we have the option of revisiting the key ideas and having
>>>>>> follow-up interviews that develop themes we did not think of at the
>>>>>> beginning. That's what Natalia is doing now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once this is done, then I believe it will be easier to find a sponsor
>>>>>> for a physical conference to follow, although that is not my original
>>>>>> goal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best wishes to all,
>>>>>> Nikos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Michel Bauwens
>>>>>> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hi nikos, and friends,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is there any chance to think about a p2p urbanism conference, with
>>>>>>> cooperation of the p2p foundation?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was thinking about this with agatino, see below
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>> From: dr. Agatino Rizzo <a.rizzo at qu.edu.qa>
>>>>>>> Date: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: new email
>>>>>>> To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> of course Nikos's involvment could be helpful to deliver the event.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> tino
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Agatino Rizzo (M.Eng., Ph.D.)
>>>>>>> assistant professor of urban and regional planning
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
>>>>>>> College of Engineering - Qatar University
>>>>>>> Females Campus,  Room #  C 0219. P.O Box  2713
>>>>>>> Doha, State of Qatar
>>>>>>> web: http://qu.academia.edu/rizzo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Michel Bauwens
>>>>>>> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> we were very close then ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> yes, the idea of a conference is a good one, could I broach this
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>> Nikos?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I look forward to your blog contribution,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Michel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:54 AM, dr. Agatino Rizzo
>>>>>>>> <a.rizzo at qu.edu.qa>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Michel,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have spent the last year in Malaysia, precisely in Johor bahru,
>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>> next to Singapore.
>>>>>>>>> Lately, before leaving to Qatar, I have organised a Summer School
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> urbanism. To be honest in 2 weeks summer program there was no time
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> bring
>>>>>>>>> up P2P concepts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nevertheless, with Michail Galankis, I am writing a post, to be
>>>>>>>>> published
>>>>>>>>> on P2P blog, on Transurbanism, transdisciplinary urbanism. I think
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>> be interesting for the p2p community. perhaps, as Nikos did, I will
>>>>>>>>> forward
>>>>>>>>> first to you for comments and then put into the blog.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In qatar I am going to teach urban planning. Not yet ideas about my
>>>>>>>>> research capabilites there. I would like to cultivate further my
>>>>>>>>> interest on
>>>>>>>>> P2P and transdisciplinary urbanism with practical exircise such as
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> Abruzzo.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It would be nice to organise a joint table, workshop on p2p
>>>>>>>>> urbanism
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the near future. Of course from where to get funds is the main
>>>>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>>>> Maybe we could implement some contents we develop with Michail too.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> tino
>>>>>>>>> Agatino Rizzo (M.Eng., Ph.D.)
>>>>>>>>> assistant professor of urban and regional planning
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
>>>>>>>>> College of Engineering - Qatar University
>>>>>>>>> Females Campus,  Room #  C 0219. P.O Box  2713
>>>>>>>>> Doha, State of Qatar
>>>>>>>>> web: http://qu.academia.edu/rizzo
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Michel Bauwens
>>>>>>>>> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> hi tino,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> what have you been up to before qatar and what are your plans and
>>>>>>>>>> situation there?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Michel
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:55 PM, dr. Agatino Rizzo
>>>>>>>>>> <a.rizzo at qu.edu.qa>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> due to my new job at Qatar University, my email has been changed
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> a.rizzo at qu.edu.qa
>>>>>>>>>>> Please delete the previous agatino at utm.my since I'm not planning
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>>>>> it any longer.
>>>>>>>>>>> Of course, to message me you can still use my yahoo or gmail
>>>>>>>>>>> account.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> tino
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Agatino Rizzo (M.Eng., Ph.D.)
>>>>>>>>>>> assistant professor of urban and regional planning
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Architecture and Urban Planning
>>>>>>>>>>> College of Engineering - Qatar University
>>>>>>>>>>> Females Campus,  Room #  C 0219. P.O Box  2713
>>>>>>>>>>> Doha, State of Qatar
>>>>>>>>>>> web: http://qu.academia.edu/rizzo
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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