After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand conference procedures, the motivations for organisers and participants as well as similarities and differences between conferences. They will understand how to participate in a conference and how to give a lecture and publish their own paper.

• Overview conferences / congresses / fairs / seminars / project-specific events: similarities and differences, motivations for organizers and participants
• Example international conference: Procedure / rules of the game, how do I participate, what do I do there, how do I manage to give a lecture myself and come to my own specialist publication
• Overview "Planning Associations": IFHP - International Federation of Housing and Planning; INTA - International Urban Development Association: ISOCARP - International Society of City and Regional Planners; ...
• Overview international planning - e.g. UN-Habitat, UNIDO, EU Structural Funds, ...
• Selected online sources for planning know-how

Paper review

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Änderungen in der LVA aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie  (Stand <19.03.2020>):

• Die CORP2020-Konferenz in Aachen, die für April geplant war, wurde verschoben. 
  Neuer Konferenztermin CORP2020: 15.-19. September 2020 („Warmup“ am 14. September 2020).
  
  
• In der Lehrveranstaltung soll es zu keinen Verzögerungen kommen. Der Tagungsband 2020 wird spätestens am 15. April online verfügbar gemacht. Für die Aufgabe "Kritische Analyse von 3 bzw. 6 Papers" steht also genug Ausgangsmaterial zur Verfügung (inkl. der Tagungsbände der vorangegangenen CORPs und anderer Konferenzen). Wie geplant soll die Analyse bis Mai durch die Studierenden durchgeführt und im Anschluss an Manfred Schrenk per E-Mail geschickt werden. Für Ende Mai / Anfang Juni wird noch ein "Abschluss-Termin" vereinbart.

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• Participation at the kick-off in March 2020 and at the closing event in June 2020
• Analysis of 3 or 6 scientific articles on spatial planning/urban development, preferably from the programme of the REAL CORP 2020 conference (available online)
• welcome, but not mandatory: participation in the international conference REAL CORP 2020, RWTH Aachen, 15-18 April 2020

Discussion "paper review"

Review of 3 (when attending the conference REAL CORP 2020) or 6 online available scientific articles on spatial planning/urban development (incl. "related disciplines"), preferably from the programme of the conference REAL CORP 2020, all of which are available online via www.corp.at; contributions from other conferences are also possible

• 2-3 pages of analysis per article, what is particularly interesting, what is unclear, and why an article is particularly good or not particularly good; whether the topic is relevant, whether the article is comprehensible, clearly structured, helpful for further activities
• Overview of the selected articles: How would you cite the respective articles if you were writing a scientific contribution yourself? Indication of author(s), title of the article, published where/when (publisher; ISBN-No.; possibly additional information (Open ...)), link to the online version
• Reasons why these articles were chosen: interesting from a professional point of view; links to own areas of interest or topics that are currently being worked on; title sounds exciting; author(s) known (personally or as recognized experts); spatial reference; "familiar/exotic" (constructive criticism is very welcome, but the articles should not be "slated")

Submission of results before the deadline (to be announced) via e-mail to manfred.schrenk@gmail.com

English as a specialist language is advantageous, as most sources/publications are in English.