AESOP would like to thank the IUAV of Venice and express our utmost gratitude for the excellent organization of the 2024 AESOP Heads of Schools.

We wish to thank the Venice Local Organizing Committee, Francesco Musco, Matteo Basso, Laura Fregolent, and Filippo Magni for all their work and commitment to the organization of the AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting and for their major contribution to the success of this event.

A special acknowledgement goes to Prof. Simin Davoudi (Newcastle University, past President of AESOP), Prof. Nicola Tollin (Chairholder and coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Urban Resilience, University of Southern Denmark) and Prof. Maria Attard (Director of the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, University of Malta) who presented most stimulating keynote speeches and to our invited roundtable's chairs Barbara Steinbrunner, Maria Chiara Tosi, Zeynep Enlil, Carla Tedesco, Johanna Lilius, Anna Marson, Tijana Dabovic, Elena Ostanel for all the fruitful discussions.

The event has been a great joy and pleasure to all of us and has been so largely thanks to the work and hospitality of our Italian colleagues, to whom we remain grateful.