Planning researchers, practitioners and educators from around the world gathered in Helsinki and Espoo in the turn of June and July 2026 for the World Planning Schools Congress, the largest academic planning event ever held. Over five days, more than 1500 participants took part in 1200+ presentations, 67 roundtables and 92 special sessions under the theme Peripheral Visions, Rethinking Planning.

New Collaborations Begin When Scientific Communities Meet

Scientific associations naturally develop around individual disciplines. Yet many of the changes now reshaping scientific meetings and professional education — from artificial intelligence and new technologies to new learning models and changing professional needs — increasingly cross those traditional boundaries.

Association Days Europe brings Presidents and senior representatives of scientific associations from across Europe into dialogue beyond their own disciplines.