The 2^nd International Conference on “Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development” (UPADSD), which was held in association with Università degli Studi di Palermo, started on October 25th, 2017 and included many discussions and covered extremely important topics. For the second time, it was a very successful conference that Cannot be forgotten.

The international conference was held in University of Palermo, Italy. It was chaired by Prof. Ferdinando Trapani (Associate professor in Urban Planning, Department of Architecture, Polytechnics School at the ‘Università degli Studi di Palermo’) and organized by IEREK.

First Day: Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches

The opening ceremony started with greetings and short-introductions by:
Rosario Crocetta, Governor of Sicilian Region
Leoluca Orlando, Mayor of Palermo
Fabio Mazzola, Vice-Rector of University of Palermo
Maurizio Carta, President of Polytechnic School, University of Palermo
Andrea Sciascia, Director of Department of Architecture, University of Palermo
Goffredo La Loggia, Director of Department Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, Aerospaziale, dei Materiali, University of Palermo
Fabio Naselli, Scientific Director of IEREK Europe
Abdelaziz Saqr, IEREK General Director
Pasqualino Monti, System Harbour Authority of Palermo
Donato Carlea, Responsible of Provveditorato Interregionale per la Sicilia e la Calabria, Ministero delle Infrastrutture e Trasporti
Francesca Moraci, Consiglio di Amministrazione ANAS
Silvia Viviani, president of INU (National Institute of Urban Planning)
Paolo La Greca, president of INU (National Institute of Urban Planning) in Sicily
Francesco Miceli, President of Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservative Architects of Palermo

Second Day: Parallel Sessions

Authors (researchers) started to present a demo of their research paper in oral presentations while session chairman and moderators listen, discuss, and evaluate…

The 1^st session was led and moderated by Maria Luisa Germanà, Renzo Lecardane, and Paola La Scala. It was about Sustainability and the built environment.

The 2^nd session was led and moderated by Giulia Bonafede, Giovanna Ceno, and Luca Barbarossa. It was about City planning.

The 3^rd session was led and moderated by Daniele Ronsivalle, Annalisa Contato, and Claudio Schifani. It was about Community planning and resilience.

The 4^th session was led and moderated by Fabiola Safonte, Luciano De Bonis, Fabio Cutaia, and Claudio Schifani. It was about Urban Policies, sustainable Tourism, Urban-Rural, Agriculture, and Cultural Heritage.

The 5^th session was led and moderated by Valeria Scavone, Michele Sbacchi, Gerlandina Prestia, and Vincenzo Todaro. It was about Quality of life.

Third Day: Closing Ceremony

It included introduction and conclusions by:
Maurizio Carta, President of Polytechnic School, University of Palermo
Stefano Moroni, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milan
Zeila Tesoriere, Department of Architettura, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Antonio Lecardane, Department of Architettura, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Ferdinando Trapani (conference chairman), PhD in urban & territorial planning, associate professor in Urban Planning, Department of Architecture, Polytechnics School at the Università degli Studi di Palermo
Dr. Abd ElAziz Saqr, General Director of IEREK

Entertainment Program

After the end of each day of the conference, a special tour was arranged by IEREK as following: