Dear urban forestry colleagues,

During 26-30 May 2009, we hope to see many of you in Arnhem, The Netherlands, for the 12^th European Forum on Urban Forestry. Theme for this year’s conference in Arnhem, greenest city of The Netherlands, is ‘Urban forestry - Working together for green city values’. You can read more about this international conference here: http://www.arnhem.nl/content.jsp?objectid=69936.

Invited speakers include:

- Expert from Triple E (http://www.tripleee.nl/) on the topic of assessing and promoting the economic values of urban forests and other green spaces

- Tom Wild, University of Sheffield (to be confirmed; on the topic of ‘making places profitable’ by means of urban forests)

- Representative of the municipality of Arnhem (on the process of becoming the ‘Greenest City of The Netherlands’ ... and perhaps the ‘Greenest City of Europe’)

- Representative of Växjö Municipality (self-proclaimed ‘Greenest City of Europe’ – on the process of green city branding and the role of urban forestry in this)

- Cecil Konijnendijk, University of Copenhagen (on the topic of green city branding through the ages)

- Peter Bentsen, University of Copenhagen (on the topic of outdoor schools)

- Agnes van den Berg, Alterra (on the topic of children and nature)

- Ann Van Herzele, Free University of Brussels (on the topic of public involvement in urban green space planning and management)

- George Borgman, Borgman Beheer Advies (on practical experiences with urban forestry participation projects in The Netherlands)

- Clive Davies, Newcastle University (on the topic of green infrastructure as promising tool for future urban forestry)

- Wim Timmermans, Alterra (to be confirmed; on the topic of innovative urban forestry for the 21^st century)

Please note that deadline for abstracts (voluntary oral presentations) is 11 March 2009. Abstracts of max. 300 words, including a title and full contact details of the author(s) should be sent to John Raggers, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Now is also the time to register for this event – there are limited places for the event. Visit the conference website (see URL above) and click on the box ‘Application Form’ on the bottom-left corner of the page. Here you can complete your online registration.

Kind regards, on behalf of the Programme Committee,

Cecil

Dr Cecil C. Konijnendijk