APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference 2025
Call for Proposals
We invite submissions for the Call for Proposals for either a Paper Presentation or Panel Session at the 2025 APRU SCL Conference. Contribute innovative research or ideas under the theme “Living with Water” and join leading academics and experts in advancing sustainable urban solutions.
FORMAT
- Paper Presentation (individual)
- Panel Session (maximum of 4 panelists)
Each Presentation or Session will consist of 30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute Q&A (total of 45-minutes each)
Submission Link & QR Code
Access Submission Page: Click HERE
SCL Hub & Conference Themes
The SCL Hub’s mission is to drive place-based innovation and collaboration in sustainable cities and landscapes through education, research, and policy to create resilient, equitable, and vibrant communities.
Living with Water across the Pacific Rim: Water underpins socio-economic growth, energy and food production, ecosystem health, and human survival, while also serving as the critical nexus for climate change adaptation, exemplifying the cross-scalar and interconnected social, ecological and economic dimensions of sustainability. Climate change projections across the Pacific Rim show that many communities will be facing the impacts of sea-level rise, as well as increased flood scale and frequency. In some locations, there will also be increased periods of drought.These events and hazards will lead to risks for residents, critical infrastructures, biodiversity, food and water security, cultural practices, among other elements of our cities and landscapes. We require effective design, tools, frameworks, and collaborative approaches to re-imagine how we live with (or without) water.
KEY DATES
Call Open | Early-February, 2025 |
Submission Deadline | March 14, 2025 |
Notification of Results | Mid-April, 2025 |
Conference Registration Deadline | May 5, 2025 |
Final Presentation Submission | June 2, 2025 |
Inquiries: Email us at scl_2025@sfu.ca