37th AESOP ANNUAL CONGRESS
ISTANBUL - Turkey // 07 - 11.07.2025
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AESOP ANNUAL CONGRESS

Every year, usually in July, AESOP holds its Annual Congress, hosted by one of its member universities. The 2024 congress is held in Paris. Congresses are a wide platform of exchange in the fields of research, education and practice in planning. They usually run around 20 thematic tracks and host outstanding invited speakers. AESOP congresses are open to all, but AESOP members benefit of reduced congress fees.

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AESOP Annual Congress

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Istanbul 2025
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Paris 2024
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Lodz 2023
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Tartu 2022

News Items

Past and present news items on the AESOP Annual Congress

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ANNUAL CONGRESSES

List of AESOP annual congresses
CONGRESS CITY YEAR
1 Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Inaugural Congress) 1987
2 Dortmund, Germany 1988
3 Tours, France 1989
4 Reggio Calabria, Italy 1990
5 Oxford, UK (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress) 1991
6 Stockholm, Sweden 1992
7 Lodz, Poland 1993
8 Istanbul, Turkey 1994
9 Glasgow, UK 1995
10 Toronto, Canada (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress) 1996
11 Nijmegen, the Netherlands 1997
12 Aveiro, Portugal 1998
13 Bergen, Norway 1999
14 Brno, Czech Republic 2000
15 Shangai, China (World Planning Schools Congress) 2001
16 Volos, Greece 2002
17 Leuven, Belgium (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress) 2003
18 Grenoble, France 2004
19 Wien, Austria 2005
20 Mexico City, Mexico (World Planning Schools Congress) 2006
21 Naples, Italy 2007
22 Chicago, U.S. (ACSP-AESOP joint Congress) 2008
23 Liverpool, UK 2009
24 Helsinki, Finland 2010
25 Perth, Australia (World Planning Schools Congress) 2011
26 Ankara, Turkey 2012
27 Dublin, Ireland 2013
28 Utrecht/Delft, The Netherlands 2014
29 Prague, Czech Republic 2015
30 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (World Planning Schools Congress) 2016
31 Lisbon, Portugal 2017
32 Gothenburg, Sweden 2018
33 Venice, Italy 2019
34 Tartu, Estonia 2022
35 Lodz, Poland 2023
36 Paris, France 2024
37 Istanbul, Turkey 2025