SPATIAL TRANSFORMATION OF CITIES CONFERENCE

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your participation in the Spatial Transformation of Cities Conference: Johannesburg as a laboratory.

Your contributions to the event were instrumental in ensuring its success and we valued the feedback and engagement prior to and during the conference. We trust that the outputs will continue to be relevant and useful for your work and that the engagement has created opportunities for further collaboration and partnership around the issue of spatial transformation in our cities.
A special thank you to our speakers for their valuable and inspiring contributions and we look forward to continuing the relationship with you in various other fora. Thank you also to our sponsors for the roles they played in ensuring the success of the event.
As the South African Cities Network and the City of Johannesburg, we have benefitted greatly from this collaboration and the insights gained will inform our work moving forward.

Geci Karuri-Sebina

South African Cities Network

Executive Manager: Programmes .

 

Sharon Lewis 

Johannesburg Development Agency
Executive Manager: Planning and Strategy
Media Coverage, links, information and graphics relating to the Spatial Conference:

Twitter Account – @SACitiesNetwork

Exploring the transformation of space in SA Cities for video –  http://youtu.be/fCOboyXhvEM 

Blog – http://2summers.net/2014/03/06/johannesburgs-amazing-race/

Instagram – http://Instagram.com/sacitiesnetwork

Gallery – http://sacities.net/component/content/article/111-uncategorised/1027-spatial-transformations-conference-galleries

Interview with Radio Today  –http://jozi91072.podomatic.com/entry/2014-03-11T04_14_10-07_00 

Twitter Results Account – https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SpatialTransSA2014&src=hash

The Times – http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2014/03/06/state-urged-to-abandon-rdp-houses-as-it-reshapes-future-of-south-african-cities

Business Day article – http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2014/03/06/business-has-embraced-joburgs-spatial-change-plan

JDA Website – http://www.jda.org.za/latest-news/1502-corridors-of-freedom-highlighted-at-spatial-transformation-of-cities-conference

Spatial Temporal Evidence for Planning SA announces the Conference http://stepsa.org/news/announcing-the-sacn-spatial-transformation-of-cities-conference

Design South Africa announces the conference – http://www.designingsouthafrica.com/news/d_za-spatial-transformation-cities-conference/ and  http://www.designingsouthafrica.com/tag/spatial-transformation-conference/

Global Regeneration Initiative for Neighbourhood Development Announces the conference – http://grindcities.com/event-spatial-transformation-of-cities-conference-4-6-march-2014/

Spatial Temporal Evidence for Planning SA announces the Conference – http://stepsa.org/news/announcing-the-sacn-spatial-transformation-of-cities-conference