A special edition of the International Place Branding Conference was held in Utrecht, Netherlands, in January 2012. In:polis was in charge of the following tasks:

1. Formulation of conference themes and overarching questions (themes, subthemes, Call for Papers)

2. Coordination of the Scientific Committee (Selection of members, quality control of the evaluation process, analysis of the results, feedback to committee members and authors)

3. Contextual-organisational structuring of the programme (organisation of international experts as keynote speakers, organisation of papers into thematic groups, preparation and organisation of panels and sessions)

4. Cooperation with media (selection of an international scientific journal, selection of best papers for publication in that journal, coordination of editorial work and publication)

5. Distribution of conference information (preparation and management of contact lists, newsletter publications)

6. Distribution of conference materials and marketing of conference (preparation of conference proceedings, online presentation, organisation of conference materials)

Please visit the conference website for more information (here).

Partner
Martin Boisen
Department of Human Geography & Planning
Faculty of Geosciences
Utrecht University

Team
Ares Kalandides
Verena Röber
Renard Teipelke
Brendan Colgan

Scientific Committee
Gregory Ashworth (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
Per Olof Berg (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Martin Boisen (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Ares Kalandides (INPOLIS; Association for Place Branding & Public Diplomacy)
Mihalis Kavaratzis (University of Leicester, UK)
Cathy Parker (Institute of Place Management/Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

Conference Sponsors
Municipality of Utrecht
Utrecht Citymarketing

Time Frame
January 20-21, 2012

Location
Utrecht (Netherlands)

Please contact us for more information (conference@inpolis.com).