International Congress World Urban Parks 2019 takes place on the 18-20th of October in Kazan. The congress is organized by the international association World Urban Parks, the government of the Tatarstan Republic and supported by the Ministry of Construction of The Russian Federation. For the first time, the international congress World Urban Parks was held in 2015 in Ponte de Lima, Portugal. Every year the event attracts more and more people. In 2018 the congress was held in Melbourne, Australia, and there were more than 700 delegates, who represented parks and social spaces of more than 50 countries.
The main topic of the congress-2019 is — «Parks and cities — the improvement for benefit of the ecological stability and health of the citizens». This year the busy business agenda World Urban Parks Congress includes reports of t120 speakers, more than 30 sessions and plenary meetings. More than 1000 Russian and foreign guests are expected. The program manager of the Congress is organized by the bureau Citymakers, this company is an expert in the field of the city development and co-author of the concept and social and cultural program of the park "Zaryadie" in Moscow. The event takes place in the International exhibition center «Kazan Expo». The congress in Kazan will study the best Russian and international approach and techniques of the park and social spaces development on every stage - from the concept to the exploitation. There will be discussed problematic areas and it will become the practical manual for park development and management in Russia. The congress will become the ground for the discussion of the main topic by the leading experts in the field of the landscape tending, the city space development, and the management of the public spaces, by the government representatives, as well as a large and small business, that supports the city development.
The business program is oriented to the discussion of the questions of both the global development of big and small municipalities and territories and the meaningful local cases, that form new trends in the city space transformation. The first day of a Congress will be devoted to the models of city management and the influence of the park and public space on the municipal development, and the second day will be devoted to the discussion of the useful tools and the realization methods of the city development policy in certain cases.
