Upcoming Event – Regeneration of Public Spaces in Central Cairo

Please check out the event below. Should be an excellent opportunity to engage with experts and stakeholders in a discussion about the state and future of public space in Cairo. The registration form and agenda are available for download at the end of the post. If any readers attend and want to write a follow-up post reviewing the seminar, please send an email to cairofrombelow@gmail.com.

“Regeneration of Public Spaces in Central Cairo”

which will be held on Saturday 20^th of April 2013, at 9:30am, at the Faculty Club of the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza.

The seminar aims to bring together multi-disciplinary stakeholders to establish a platform of experts working on public space regeneration in its wide context. Through this participatory effort, we aim to share best practices, methodologies, approaches, as well as strategies in order to effectively tackle issues of planning, management, participation, Art and Culture and sustainability of public spaces in Cairo.

The seminar will be held in Arabic and will be divided into 2 parts. First part will include an introduction to the project . The second part will consist of a number of round table discussions followed by a brief of the seminar outcomes, setting the road map for a joint effort to regenerate our city spaces.

Kindly note that this is an open seminar, however a confirmation of your attendance is kindly required by filling out the  registration form, indicating preference for roundtable of your choice, and emailing it back to cairorepublicspaces@gmail.com  , no later than April 13^th, 2013 for logistical reasons.