City Action – MIU Congress, Haifa, 2006 (subject to changes)

Wednesday, November 29

Time	Lectures			Workshops	Special
08:00 09:00	Registration and Gathering
9:00 10:00	Introduction to MIU (Rappoport) Yodan Rofè Dror Gershon	Introduction to the workshops: Charette, participatory planning for sustainability (Cinemateque) Irit Solzi
10:30 13:00	Opening Session (Rappoport) Opening:Irit Solzi, MIU founder and Chair Chair: Shmuel Gelbhart, Vice Mayor, Haifa Isabel Maxwell, Israel Venture Network Yossi Ben-Artzi, Rector Haifa University – Urban History of Haifa Donatella Diolaiti, University of Ferrara and A Vision for Europe – The use of the Transect as a Planning Tool in European Cities
13:00 14:30	Lunch			Participatory Planning Workshops (Lobby) § Hadar Hacarmel § Ein Hayam § Wadi Nisnas § Haifa as a University City	Student Presentations on Urban Public Space (Lobby)
14:30 15:30	Tools for Urbanism: The Urban Fabric I (Rappoport) Chair: Moshe Adam Yaakov Yaar – Inventory of Urban Space Peera Goldman – Neighborhood Typology in Israel	Tools for Urbanism: Creating Social Diversity (Cinemateque) Chair: Zvi Weinstein Affordable Housing as a tool for urban renaissance Emily Silverman – UK Models Moshe Tuprovski – US Models	Transport and the City I (Meeting Room) Chair: Benny Shalita Debbie Adelar – Urban Projects of Netivei Ayalon Company Silvia Ratcher – Mass Transit System for Haifa
15:30 16:30	Tools for Urbanism: Center and Periphery (Rappoport) Chair: Alex Korpitzki Yodan Rofè – Influence of Major Roads on Metropolitan Structure Oded Kutok – Where is the Center and who needs it anyway?	Renewing City Centers I (Cinemateque) Chair: Miriam Erez Chezi Berkowitz – Tools for Renewal in Tel-Aviv Amos Brandeis – Completion of the Urban Puzzle in South Netanya	Transport and the City II (Meeting Room) Chair: David Smith Dan Rader – Changing Commuting Habits using the Employers – NTA Research Benny Shalita – Public Transport-Not only Economics Respondent: Yoram Shiftan
16:30 17:00	Coffee
17:00 18:00	Strategic Tools for Urban Renaissance (Rappoport) Chair: Karl Kaplan Naomi Carmon – Updating the Housing Stock: The Phoenix Strategy for Preventing Neighborhood Deterioration and Promoting Sustainable Development Aharon Cohen-Mohliver – Municipal Bonds as a Tool for Urban Renaissance	Renewing City Centers II (Cinemateque) Chair: Adam Coleman David Soket – "Stop I want to get off": The Renewal of Herzeliyah's Main Street Ofer Manor – Jerusalem: Public Realm – Realm of Challenges Respondent: Hillel Schocken	Student Panel (Meeting Room)	Participatory Planning Workshops (Lobby) § Hadar Hacarmel § Ein Hayam § Wadi Nisnas § Haifa as a University City
18:00 19:00	Tools for Urbanism: Conservation and Urban Renaissance (Rappoport) Chair: Yael Sivan-Geist Ami Shinaar – Rehabilitation of Hadar Hacarmel Nahoum Cohen – Urban Conservation Respondent: Ziva Kolodny	Tools for Urbanism: Promoting Walking (102) Chair: Ilan Kliger Gabriela Cohen – Healthy Resident, Healthy City: Back to the Future of Walking Robert Ishaq – Let's Walk: a Policy for Encouraging Walking in Israel
19:00 22:00	Opening Cocktail (Lobby and Rappoport) Chair: Dror Gershon, MIU Founder and Boardmember Welcome: Shmuel Gelbhart, Vice Mayor and Responsible for Planning, Haifa, Avi Yarom, Head of Developers Association, Haifa, Miki Mansfeld, Chair, Union of Architects Haifa and the North Keynote Address: Jaime Lerner, former Mayor of Curitiba, Governor of Paranã and President of the UIA - Urban Acupuncture

Thursday, November 30

Time	Lectures			Workshops	Special
08:00 09:00	Registration
9:00 10:00	Urban Housing (Rappoport) Chair: Peera Goldman Ashdar Urban Project Luigi Mollo – Urban Architecture in Italy	Tools for Urbanism: Participatory Planning (Cinemateque) Chair: Arza Churchman Ofer Lerner – What we shouldn't forget in participation Raseem Hamaisi – Planning the Old City with its Residents		Interim Presentations (Lobby) Nurit, Robert, Abigail, Peera, Dror
10:15 11:30	Plenary Session I: Planning Tools for the Complex City (Rappoport) Chair: Yodan Rofè, MIU Founder and Boardmember Heather Smith, CNU – New Tools from CNU: the SmartCode and Form Based Codes Michael Mehaffy, CES Europe – Codes for the Generation of Living Urban Structure
11:30 12:00	Coffee
12:00 13:30	Plenary Session II: Entrepreneurial Tools for Urban Renaissance (Rappoport) Chair: Momo Mahadav, MIU Boardmember Shlomo Lahiani, Mayor of Bat-Yam – The Need for Entrepreneurship in Urban Renaissance Shown through Examples Shraga Weissman, Director General Ashdar - Ralph Zucker, Woodridge Development LLC – “Live, Work, Play, Profit”
13:30 14:45	Lunch				Student Presentations on Urban Public Space (Lobby)
14:45 16:15	Tools for Urbanism: The Urban Fabric II (Rappoport) Chair: Irit Tzaraf-Netanyahu Horacio Schwartz – The Complex and Compact City Dror Gershon – Typology of Connection Hillel Schocken – My Urban Toolbox	Statutory Tools and Design Review (102) Chair: Anat Biran Rachelle Alterman – Design Review in an International Perspective Naomi Angel – Statutory Tools for Urban Renaissance Phillip Brandeis – Indicators for Urban Aesthetics in Israel	de-Scribing Scenery - Perceiving the Image of Urban Space from the Road (Meeting Room) with BRM Institute for Technology and Society, TAU Chair: Osnat Rosen Hava Barkan Muzikant and Orit Elhaiani Peretz - Scenery aspects of major infrastructure crossing urban patterns David Grossman - They are shouting at you! Who owns the visual environment? Sharon Rothbard – The Image of "Ayalon City" Respondent: Iris Aravot	Participatory Planning Workshops (Lobby) § Hadar Hacarmel § Ein Hayam § Wadi Nisnas § Haifa as a University City
16:15 16:45	Coffee
16:45 17:45	Tools for Urbanism: The Urban Fabric II (Rappoport) Chair: Hillel Shocken Irit Solzi – Public Buildings that Build Cities Nahoum Cohen – Urban Web Planning Respondent: Saadia Mandl	Tourism as a Lever for Renaissance (102) Chair: Leah Shamir-Sinaan Hava Lo-Yon – The German Colony in Haifa Respondent: Danny Chemansky	Architecture of Electricity (Meeting Room) Chair: Chedva Zimerman Ruth Maaoz – From a Forbidden City to a Continuum of Promenades – The Reading Promenade Galia Weiser – The Conservation of the Tiberias Power Station as the Regional Offices of the Electric Company	Participatory Planning Workshops (Lobby)
17:45 19:15	Evening Session: Charettes and Projects (Rappoport) Chair: Haia Jamchy, MIU Founder and Boardmember Interim Presentation of the Planning Workshops Neal Payton, Torti, Gallas and partners Inc. – Projects Developed in Charettes from the US Michael Mehaffy – International Research in Participatory Planning and its Implementation in South America and New Orleans
19:15 20:00	Dinner
20:00 22:00	Closing Session: "Boston" on the Mediterranean (Rappoport) Promoting Haifa in the 21^st Century as a City of Higher Education and Innovation A public debate with invited guests, the conference guests and the public Moderators: Pnina Plaut, Head of the Center for City and Regional Research, Technion and Peera Goldman, MIU Boardmember

Friday, December 1

Time	Workshops
08:00 09:00	Gathering
09:00 10:30	Participatory Planning Workshop (Lobby) § Hadar Hacarmel § Ein Hayam § Wadi Nisnas §Haifa as a University City
10:30 11:00	Coffee
11:00 13:00	Participatory Planning Workshop (Rappoport) Presentation of Results and Directions for Further Work