Carlos Nunes Silva_ Conference Convenor & Conference Organization
2025 – Convenor & Organization of the 9th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Urban e-Planning Research Network (UEPNET), Lisbon, Portugal, 5 - 7 May 2025.
2025 – Organizer & Chair of the Session - 'Urban Governance and Spatial Planning in Africa' (with 2 panels), AAG Annual Meeting, 24 - 28 March 2025, Detroit, Mich., USA. [Slot 1 & Slot 2]
2025 – Organizer & Chair of the Session - 'Local Government in Multi-Level Territorial Governance Systems' (with 3 panels), AAG Annual Meeting, 24 - 28 March 2025, Detroit, Mich., USA [Slot 1 ; Slot 2 ; Slot 3 ]
2025 – Organizer & Chair of the Session - ''Citizen Participation in Urban e-Planning”, AAG Annual Meeting, 24 - 28 March 2025, Detroit, Mich., USA.
2024 – Organizer & Chair of the Session - “Local and urban governance: trends, challenges and innovations in a world of difference” (with 8 panels) -- 35th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 24-30 August 2024.
2024 – Co-Convenor & Organization of the International Conference 'Reimagining Local Governance: Just, Sustainable and Diverse’, IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Maynooth University (Department of Geography & Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute), Ireland. Maynooth, 23 - 24 August 2024.
2024 - Convenor & Organization of the 8th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – University of Lisbon, Portugal, 25 - 27 March 2024.
2023 - Co-Convenor & Organization of the International Conference 'Paradigm Shifts in Local and Urban Governance', IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Centre for Economic and Regional Studies - MTA Centre of Excellence, Budapest, Hungary, 4 - 6 September 2023.
2023 – Organization of the “Sub-thematic Session 2 - Local and Urban Governance: lessons from the past and prospects for resilient and sustainable development in a time of global emergencies” -- IGU Thematic Conference “Urban Transformations: Towards Resilient Cities”, Mexico City, 18 – 25 August 2023.
2023 – Co-organization of the Session ‘Local Governance and Planning of Coastal and Maritime Areas’, IGU Thematic Conference ‘The Ocean and Seas in Geographical Thought’, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, 5 - 8 June 2023.
2023 – Organization of the Session "Adaptive island governance and climate change: The role of local government and spatial planning systems", IGU Thematic Conference 'Islands In Relations: Conflicts, Sustainability, and Peace', Osaka, Japan, 4-6 April 2023.
2023 – Organization of the Session 'Local and Urban Governance for more Just Geographies' (with 2 panels), AG 2023 Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, 23 - 27 March 2023. [Slot I ; Slot II]
2023 - Convenor & Organization of the 7th Internacional Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 27 - 31 March 2023.
2022 – Organization of the Webinar 'The Response of Local Governance to the Global Climate Emergency', IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning – University of Lisbon, 8 November 2022.
2022 – Co-Convenor and Organization of the Internacional Conference 'Local Governance in a Time of Global Emergencies', Metropolitan Autonomous University - UAM & National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM, Mexico City, 29 August - 1 September 2022.
2022 – Organizer & Chair of the Session “Local and Urban Governance: Stability, Variability, And Innovation” (with 18 panels), IGU Centennial Congress, Paris, 18 – 22 July 2022.
2022 – Organization of the Webinar 'Local Government in Ukraine: Formation, Reforms, Geopolitical Implications and Post-War Recovery', IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, 8 June 2022.
2022 – Convenor and Organization of the 6th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 7 - 12 April de 2022.
2022 – Organization of the Webinar 'Governing the Urban Night: Local Governance of the Urban Night Time', IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, 1 April 2022.
2021 – Convenor and Organization of the 5th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 7 - 10 September 2021.
2021 – Organizer & Chair of 6 Sessions in the 34th International Geographical Congress (‘Geoography Bridiging the Continents’), Istanbul, Turkey, 16 - 20 August 2021.
2021 – Co-Convenor & Organization of the International Conference 'New Challenges of Local Governance in Times of Uncertainty and Complexity', University Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland, 23 - 24 June 2021.
2021 – Co-organization of 4 Sessions at the IGU Thematic Conference “Heritage Geographies: Politics, Uses and Governance of the Past”, Lecce, Italy, 27 - 28 May 2021.
Session 1 – Local Government and the Governance of Urban Heritage; Session 2 - Citizen Participation in the Governance of Urban Heritage; Session 3 - Smart Governance and Urban Heritage; Session 4 - Urban Planning and Heritage
2021 – Organizer & Chair of the Session (with 6 panels) “Local Governance and the COVID-19 Pandemic: impacts, challenges, responses”, AAG Annual Meeting 2021, Seattle, WA, USA, 7 - 11 April 2021. [ panel 1; panel 2; panel 3; panel 4; panel 5; panel 6 ]
2019 – Co-Convenor and Organization of the Internacional Conference 'Local and Urban Governance: trends, challenges and innovations in a globalizing world', University of Cape Verde, Cidade da Praia, 4 - 7 de September 2019.
2019 – Convenor and Organization of the 4th International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 23 - 24 April 2019.
2019 – Co-organizer and Chair of the Session (with 4 panels) "Local Governance and New Challenges in Urban Policy in a Changing World", AAG Annual Meeting, Washington, USA, 3-7 April 2019.
2018 – Convenor and Organization of the International Conference 'Fifty Years of Local Governance 1980 - 2030', IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 4 - 5 September 2018.
2018 – Organizer and Chair of 5 Sessions at the IGU Regional Conference 2018 - Appreciating Difference, Québec, 6 - 10 August 2018.
2018 – Co-organizer and Chair of the Session “Local Governance for Local Development in the XXI Century: Opportunities and Limitations", IGU Thematic Conference - Practical Geography and XXI Century Challenges, Moscow, Russia, 4 – 6 June 2018.
2018 – Convenor and Organization of the 3rd International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 3 - 4 April 2018.
2017 – Co-Convenor and Organization of the International Conference 'Local Governance in the New Urban Agenda', University of Salento, Lecce, Itália, 19 - 21 October 2017.
2017 – Convenor and Organization of the 2nd International Conference “African Urban Planning”, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon & International Planning History Society (IPHS), Lisbon, Portugal, 7 - 8 September 2017.
2017 – Convenor and Organization of the 2nd International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 20 - 21 April 2017.
2016 - Convenor and Organization of the 1st International Conference 'Urban e-Planning', Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, 31 March - 1 April 2016.
2015 – Convenor and Organization of the International Conference “Local Government and Urban Governance: citizen responsive innovations in Europe and Africa”, IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon 9–10 April 2015.
2013 – Convenor and Organization of the 1st International Conference “African Urban Planning” ('Colonial and Post-Colonial Urban Planning in Africa'), Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon & International Planning History Society (IPHS), Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon 5 - 6 September 2013.
2012 – Convenor and Organization of the International Conference ‘New Challenges for Local Governance’, IGU Commission Geography of Governance & Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning - University of Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon 12 - 13 April 2012.
2003 – Convenor and Organization of the International Conference ‘Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance: Challenges and Innovations’, IGU Commission Geography and Public Policies & University of Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, 10 - 11 April 2003.
2000 – Member of the Organization of the Seminar ‘Administração e Território. Gestão de Grandes Áreas Urbanas’ (Research Project PRAXIS XXI/PCSH/P/GEO/50/96), Lisbon, Portugal, 2 - 3 February 2000.
1998 – Organization of the Session ‘Restructuring and reform of local and regional services’ of the IGU Commission Geography and Public Administration, IGU Regional Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 31 August - 2 September 1998.
1998 – Organization of the Session ‘The end of High Seas: geopolitics of the Atlantic’ of the IGU Commission World Political Map, IGU Regional Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 31 August - 2 September 1998.
1998 – Organization of the Session ‘Ethnicity and territorial self-government’, of the IGU Commissions Geography and Public Administration and World Political Map, IGU Regional Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 31 August - 2 September 1998.