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| SATURDAY | ||
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Opening reception | |
| SUNDAY | ||
| 07:15 – 08:15 | Israeli Breakfast at the hotel | |
| 08:15 | Transport to Technion | |
| 09:00 – 11:30 | First session | |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Break (refreshments will be served) | |
| 11:45 – 14:15 | Second session | |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Lunch at the Technion | |
| 15:30 – 18:00 | Third session | |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Break (refreshments will be served) | |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Evening program | |
| MONDAY | ||
| 07:00 – 08:00 | Israeli Breakfast at the hotel | |
| 08:00 – 15:00 | Mobile tour to the Galilee, including lunch | |
| 15:30 – 16:45 | Meeting the Israeli planning community – Session I | |
| 16:45 – 18:00 | Meeting the Israeli planning community – Session II | |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Cocktail | |
| Back to the hotel, Free evening | ||
| TUESDAY | ||
| 07:15 – 08:15 | Israeli Breakfast at the hotel | |
| 08:15 | Transport to Technion | |
| 09:00 – 11:30 | Fourth session | |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Break (refreshments will be served) | |
| 11:45 – 13:45 | Fifth session | |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | Lunch at the Technion | |
| 15:00 – 17:30 | Sixth session | |
| 18:00 – 21:30 | Evening program (with optional dinner) | |
| WEDNESDAY | ||
| 07:15 – 08:15 | Israeli Breakfast at the hotel | |
| 08:15 | Transport to Technion | |
| 09:00 – 11:30 | Seventh session | |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Break (refreshments will be served) | |
| 11:45 – 14:15 | Eighth session | |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Lunch at the Technion | |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Haifa Declaration meeting | |
| Back to the hotel, Adjourn | ||
| Optional evening program | ||
| THURSDAY | ||
| 08:00 – 17:30 | Optional Tour to Tel Aviv-Jaffa |
Saturday, June 13th, 2009 Hotel Nof
20:00-22:00 Opening Reception (including dinner)
Greetings
Professor Oded Shmueli, Technion Vice-President for Research
Opening remarks
Professor Naomi Carmon, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Professor Susan Fainstein, Harvard University
Guest Speakers
Professor Sammy Smooha, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Haifa University
To be an Arab Citizen in the Jewish State
Mr. Nazier Magally, Author and Journalist
To be an Israelian in the Arab Nation
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Grand Building of the Water Research Institute,
Technion
(I) 09:00-11:30 Urban Planning as a Social Endeavor: Historical Perspective
Chair and Discussant: Philip Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter Marcuse, Columbia University
Social Justice and Power in Planning History and Theory
Michael Teitz & Karen Chapple, University of California, Berkeley
Planning and Poverty: An Uneasy Relationship
Frank Moulaert & Stijn Oosterlynck, Catholic University of Leuven
Spatial Development: How Culturally Empowered is It? The Role of Social Innovation in Territorially Based Collective Action
Martin Wachs, University of California, Berkeley
The Past, Present and Future of Professional Ethics in Planning
(II) 11:45-14:15 Democracy, Public Participation and the Planning Process
Chair and Discussant: Deborah Shmueli, University of Haifa
Rachel G. Bratt, Tufts University & Kenneth Reardon, University of Memphis
Beyond The Ladder: What Have We Learned About Resident Roles In U.S. Community Initiatives?
Judith Allen, University of Westminster
Neighbourhood Improvement: State, Community and Space
Shlomo Hasson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Transformation of Democracy and the City
Local Presentation
Badria Biromi-Kandalft, Director of LINK to the Environment, an Arab-Jewish non-profit organization
Environmental Issues as Leverage for Community Development and Citizen Participation
Lunch Break
(III) 15:30-18:00 Spatial Inequalities: Social and Economic Aspects
Chair and Discussant: Chester Hartman, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, Washington DC
Daniel Shefer & Amnon Frenkel, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
The Center-Periphery Dilemma and the Issue of Equity in Regional Planning
Ivan Tosics, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest
From Socialism into Capitalism: The Restructuring of Cities and the Social Outcomes
Penny Gurstein, University of British Columbia
Social Equity in the Network Society: Implications for Communities
Local Presentation
Hilmi Kitani, Director of the Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development
Jewish-Arab Business Cooperation for Improving Employment Opportunities in Arab Towns
18:00- 20:00 Evening program: Coping with Planning Challenges
Moderator: Dani Czamanski, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Guest Speakers
Yair Tzaban, former Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament)
Housing of Ethiopian Immigrants – Problems, Solutions, Challenges: Past and Future
Gavri Bargil, Secretary General of the Kibbutz Movement
Regeneration of the Kibbutzim, Rural Communal Communities in Israel
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Monday, June 15th, 2009 Planning in Israel Day
08:00-15:00 Mobile tour of Galilee and Yokneam
08:30-11:30 Visit to the Galilee
Meeting with Schenim – A non-profit organization of Jewish and Arab planners for joint development in the Galilee
Observation Post of Israel’s Water System (Eshkol reservoir), meeting Prof. Uri Shamir – Water as a Carrier of Peace in the Middle East
12:00-14:30 Visit to Yokneam
Meeting with Mayor and Planning Officers of Yokneam – one of the 35 “new towns” in Israel
15:30- 19:00 Meeting the Israeli community of planners
Coler-California Visitors Center, Technion
In collaboration with the Israel’s Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior
Greetings: Amos Brandeis, Chairman of the Israel Planners Association
15:30-16:45 Urban Regeneration: Plans, Partnerships, Success Stories
Moderator: Prof. Naomi Carmon, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Panel
Prof. Lawrence J. Vale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regeneration versus Residential Replacement: Lessons from the HOPE VI Program in the US
Prof. Tridib Banerjee, University of Southern California
California‘s Tax Increment Financing for Urban Redevelopment Projects
Prof. Susan Fainstein, Harvard University
Urban Regeneration: From Planning to Deal Making
Questions from the floor and answers by the panelists
16:45-18:00 Affordable Housing: Plans, Partnerships, Success Stories
Moderator: Prof. Rachelle Alterman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Panel
Prof. Rachel G. Bratt, Tufts University
The Role of CDCs in the US in the Provision and Management of Affordable Housing
Prof. George Galster, Wayne University
Undecided
Prof. Dennis Keating, Cleveland State University
Inclusionary Housing Programs in the U.S
Prof. Peter Marcuse, Columbia University
Affordable Housing: What Works and What Doesn’t Work
Questions from the floor and answers by the panelists
18:00-19:00 Reception (Wine and cheese will be served)
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Grand Building of the Water Research Institute
(IV) 09:00-11:30 Poverty, Housing and Urban Renewal
Chair and Discussant: Mickey Lauria, Clemson University
Dennis Keating, Cleveland State University
Urban Regeneration in the U.S. and the U.K.: A Comparative Review
George C. Galster, Wayne State University
Neighborhood Social Mix: Theory, Evidence and Implications for Policy and Planning
Lawrence J. Vale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public housing, Neighborhood Renewal and the Poor
Local Presentation
Emanuel (Ami) Yemini, Regional director of Project Renewal, Israel Ministry of Construction and Housing
Combining Physical and Social and Renewal in Low-Income Neighborhoods
(V) 11:45-13:15 Haifa Declaration/Statement, Brain Storming Meeting
Lunch Break
(VI) 14:30-17:00 Coping with Urban Challenges: Surveillance, Social Exclusion, Local Welfare
Chair and Discussant: Emily Silverman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Tridib Banerjee, University of Southern California & Anastasia Loukaitous-Sideris, University of California, Los Angeles
Suspicion, Surveillance, and Safety: A New Social Contract for Public Space?
Rachelle Alterman & Emily Silverman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
From Exclusionary to Inclusionary Land Use Regulation: Opportunities for Cross-National Learning
Alberta Andreotti & Enzo Mingione, University of Milano-Bicocca
The City as a Local Welfare System
Local Presentation
Yodan Rofe, co-founder & board member, Merhav – Movement for Israel Urbanism
Neighborhood Planning according to the Israeli version of New Urbanism
17:30- 21:30 Evening program: The City of Haifa
18:00 visit of Beit HaGefen, an Arab-Jewish community center
19:30 Special dinner at a local restaurant in the German Colony
Guest speaker
Architect and Planner Ariel Waterman, the City Engineer of Haifa
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 Grand Building of the Water Research Institute
(VII) 09:00-11:30 Planning for Diverse Social Groups
Chair and Discussant: Ernest Alexander, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Deborah Howe, Temple University
Planning for Aging involves Planning for Life
Itzhak Schnell, Tel Aviv University
Policies towards Migrant Workers
Rassem Khamaisi, University of Haifa
Culture-Oriented Planning: The Case of Arab Palestinian Communities in Israel
Arza Churchman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Planning For All: Who Does This Include and How Can It Be Accomplished?
(VIII) 11:45-14:15 Social Equity and the Good/Just City
Chair and Discussant: Naomi Carmon, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Jonathan Levine, University of Michigan
Urban Transportation and Social Equity: Three Transportation-Planning Pardigms that Impede Policy Reform
Eran Feitelson, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Environmental Equity: Is it a Viable City Planning Goal?
Norman Krumholz, Cleveland State University
Presented by Yosef Jabareen, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Towards an Equity-Oriented Planning Practice in the US
Norman Fainstein, Connecticut College & Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard University
Restoring Just Outcomes to Planning Concerns
Lunch Break
(IX) 15:30-17:30 Haifa Declaration/Statement, Brain Storming Meeting
Farewell
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 Optional tour of the city of Tel Aviv – Jaffa
The mobile tour in Tel Aviv-Jaffa will include:
- An architectural visit to the White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement, a UNESCO world heritage center.
- A chance to visit Neve Tzedek – the first Tel Aviv neighbourhood, which has been undergoing gentrification.
- A visit to the Old city of Jaffa – an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Today it is home to both Jews and Arabs. The visit will include the Jaffa Arab-Jewish Community Center.
The tour will be guided by Dr. Arch. Jacob Grobman, Harvard University, a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and resident of Tel Aviv.
Tour costs will be advertised. Transportation from Haifa to Tel Aviv on the morning of June 18 will be arranged for the tour participants, as part of the mobile tour cost.
For additional information please contact the workshop coordinator
Avigail Ferdman avigail.ferdman@gmail.com Cell phone in Israel 0523-769-728
Or Ofer Lerner oferlerner@hotmail.com Cell phone in Israel 0525-395-745
Or the secretary of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Orit Yimalkovski www.ccrs.technion.ac.il
Technion Campus, Haifa 32000, Israel Tel +972-4-8294019 Fax +972-4-8294071