Membership

The International Making Cities Livable Conferences, initiated in Venice in 1985, are the longest continuing Conferences on urban livability and well-being. They have been called "wonderful conferences, the best conferences on cities" by Charleston's Mayor, Joseph P. Riley Jr.

IMCL Conferences have taken place in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria; Venice and Siena, Italy; London, UK; Freiburg, Germany; Portland, OR, San Francisco, Santa Fe, St. Augustine and Charleston SC in the US; and other cities in Europe and the US with more than 8,000 representatives from cities around the world.

The IMCL Conferences bring together city officials, practitioners and scholars in architecture, urban design, planning and urban affairs, health and social sciences and the arts, from around the world to share experience and ideas.

These unique Conferences recognize the interdependence of the human and built environment of the city. They show how all city-making decisions affect quality of life, and recommend policies (in planning, land use, urban design, architecture, urban space design and transportation planning) that promote well-being.

Future IMCL Conferences

IMCL Conferences are planned for Santa Fe, Charleston, San Diego and Savannah in the US; Bath, UK, Krakow, Poland, Padova, Italy and Strasbourg, France.

Members receive:

Principles of True Urbanism (15 page booklet)
50% discount off IMCL Conference registration
30% discount off IMCL publications, including:

Books such as Genius of the European Square (new), The Wisdom of Cities and more.
Documentation Sets consisting of selected presentations at IMCL Conferences, compiled under different topics.
Image Sets, which illustrate essential features of livable cities, selected from the IMCL Council’s extensive image library.

Membership Rates

Membership rates for individuals:

Individual member $195
Graduate students $100

Membership rates for cities, organizations, firms:

Up to 2 members $400
Up to 5 members $875
Up to 10 members $1,500

Become a Member

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At the 49th Conference on Planning Healthy Communities for All in Portland, OR, May 20-24, 2012. See Call for Papers.

"The conference was one of the most interesting and genuinely useful for information gathering that I’ve been to. The different backgrounds of the participants addressing the same issues was the key."

Joe Anglin Glatting Lopez Kercher Anglin

"A wonderful Conference. I truly believe this is the best Conference on cities."

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., City of Charleston

"The most important continuous conference dialogue on making the world's cities and towns more livable for all of their inhabitants."

Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Governor, State of South Baden, Germany

"Congratulations for your extraordinary and successful effort. The Conference holds a magnifying glass to the world’s best cities, revealing why, and how they work."

Benjamin Thompson, FAIA AIA Gold Medalist

"Love for our cities unites all of us in this unique, impressive conference, with participants from different countries, with different professional backgrounds, but with one purpose: making our cities more livable."

Antonio Casellati Former Mayor, City of Venice, Italy

"Thank you for the utterly fascinating conference in Santa Fe... It has been a long time since I have been intellectually stimulated and been involved with such international creativity and innovations. The conference energized me and I was able to bring back ideas and information to my city."

Councilmember Stephanie Karlin, Avondale, AZ

"What an amazing conference! One of the best professional events I have ever attended!! Well-structured, extremely well-organized and super-high quality of both the presenters and materials presented."

Dr. Mirela Newman, Coordinator, Urban Studies Graduate Program, S Conn St. University

The Forgotten Child

“There is no topic more crucial to the well-being of our cities and of our democracy, and no one more qualified to give it the thoughtful attention it deserves.”